Useful and medicinal properties of blackberry sizoy

Blackberry is a half-shrub up to 150 cm high, its stems are densely covered with spines. The leaves of the blackberry are regular, petiolate, triple. Flowers large, white, collected in corymbose inflorescences. The fruits are large, black, tightly connected to the flower bud and open with it. They are edible, tasty and have a fragrant smell. The blackberry blooms in June-August, the fruits ripen in August-September.

Blackberry sizaya is spread throughout the European part of Russia, in Western Siberia, Central Asia, and Kazakhstan.

For medicinal purposes use fruits, leaves, less often roots. Infusion of dried leaves is good for bleeding: uterine, gastric, hemoptysis. A positive effect of blackberry on diabetics is noted( fruits reduce blood sugar and urine levels).Blackberry preparations have anti-inflammatory, diuretic and diaphoretic effects, are used in folk medicine as an astringent and bactericidal agent.

Infusion of dried fruits and leaves of blackberries is used for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, colds, increased nervous excitability( especially in the climacteric period).

For diabetes it is recommended to take the blackberry in collection: horsetail herb, valerian root, ash bark, blackberry berries. All in equal parts, pour 1 liter of boiling water. Infuse for 2 hours. Take 0.5 glasses 3-4 times a day.

For nervous disorders, in the menopausal period, it is recommended to take tea with the following composition: a blackberry leaf - 25 g, a yeast herb - 20 g, a thyme grass - 10 g, a herbage of the motherwort - 20 g, a weed grass - 15 g. People predisposed to hysteria, the composition can add hawthorn flowers( 10g).

With nervous overstrain, you can drink tea from the leaves of blackberries, black currants, strawberries, mint, lemon balm. All take in equal shares, brew 5 tbsp.l.mix 1 liter of boiling water and take a glass 3-4 times a day.

Powder from dry leaves of blackberry is used to treat purulent wounds, lichens, trophic ulcers. For the same purpose, you can use fresh blackberry leaves.

With shortness of breath, hypertension, atherosclerosis, take the blackberry both in fresh and dried form 4-5 times a day.

With hypo and avitaminosis, blackberry tea is considered to be an excellent remedy.

Bulgarian healers and herbalists recommend using blackberry leaves as a strong infusion in the treatment of diarrhea, enterocolitis and dysentery.

When treating colitis MA Nossal recommends using an infusion of 2 parts of blackberry leaves and 1 part of calendula flowers. Take a 0.6-1 glass of infusion three times a day for a month.

Traditional medicine recommends the use of immature blackberry fruit as an astringent in the treatment of diarrhea.

PREPARATION OF LEAVES OF BLACKBERRY: 2 tbsp.l.on 0,5 l. Can be used to treat angina( rinsing).

An agent that stops diarrhea is a powder from dry leaves of blackberry. Take it 1 to 2 g three times daily before meals.

ROOF REFINERY BLACKBERRY: 1 tbsp.l.for 300 ml. Boil for 10 minutes, drain. Drink 0.5 cup three times a laziness for colds as a diaphoretic.

BERRY TASTE: 20 g per 200 ml alcohol with a strength of 40 °.Take 25-30 drops. Used for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, with flu and hypothermia.