Blueberries useful properties

In a rare, transparent forest, swampy moss-like bushes rise from marshy moss, very similar to blueberries. This is blueberry.

Blueberry( gonobobel)( Vaccinium uliginosum L.) - is a perennial plant from the family of cowberry. It is a small shrub( 30-120 cm tall) with bright-gray, obovate leaves.

Branches gray, smooth, curved;the leaves are obovate, light green, and below are gray;

Flowers with a lavender-campanulate whisk. Blossom blueberry in late May or in June. Flowers large and pinkish, like those of her closest relatives - blueberries and cowberries - are collected in a bell-shaped corolla, flowers 1-3, globose-colored, pink;

Fruits - oval blackish-blue berries ripen at the end of July. Life expectancy of the plant is up to 100 years.

Fruit - juicy, sweet, multi-seed, oval, bluish-black with a bluish blush.

Blueberry berry - large, oval, blue, it's a pleasure to collect it: you do not have to bend down low, and from one prolific bush you can collect almost half of a small basket.

grows in swamp forests almost always with Ledum.

Blueberry grows in the polar-arctic zone, on moss bogs, in damp coniferous forests and in moss-lichen tundra. Blueberries are common throughout the north of the Eurasian continent, in the south they drop in places to 49 ° N latitude. In the mountains rises to a height of 3000 m above sea level.

Leaves contain arbutin and flavonoids, berries - organic acids, sugar, tannins.

Blueberry berries are eaten fresh, used for compotes, jams, they are very delicious and healing juice. In dry or frozen form they are stored throughout the winter.

Blueberry is a valuable multivitamin. Ascorbic acid in it more than in lemons and oranges. And also carotene, sugars, organic acids, tanning and coloring substances, a large percentage of benzoic acid and anthocyanin compounds.

Blueberries contain up to 100 mg% ascorbic acid, which is 2 times more than in lemon and orange fruits. Blueberry berries contain up to 6% of sugars, vitamins C, PP and group B, up to 110 mg% of carotene, organic acids, tannins, anthocyanins.

Ways of using

In folk medicine, blueberries are widely used for various diseases. Berries or juice is prescribed at high temperature - as an antipyretic. They have antiscorbutic and restorative effect and are used for various gastrointestinal diseases( diarrhea, enteritis, gastritis), with anemia and inflammation of the bladder. Decoction or infusion of leaves are used as a laxative and metabolism-regulating agent, for example, in diabetes mellitus.

When diabetes is recommended to prepare a decoction of shoots and blueberry leaves, reducing blood sugar. Pour 1 tablespoon of raw material 200 g of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes on low heat, cool at room temperature and strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day. To obtain a lasting effect, the broth should be drunk regularly.

As a soft laxative, use a water decoction of blueberry branches along with leaves: pour 15 grams of raw material 200 g of water, boil for 10 minutes, insist for 1 hour, filter and take 1 tablespoon 4-6 times a day.

In cosmetics, fruits and leaves are used for skin diseases, burns, sweating of hands. Juice of ripe berries with sour cream or cottage cheese nourish the skin of the face and neck.

In folk medicine for a long time and successfully apply different parts of this plant. Berries and their juice perfectly quench their thirst, even with a strong fever. They strengthen the gums and help to quickly cure the mouth of small wounds and sores. The general strengthening effect of blueberries with such a rich vitamin and mineral composition is beyond doubt. They are also used for various gastrointestinal diseases, with anemia and inflammation of the bladder.

Blueberries are like blueberries, not only outwardly and to taste, their chemical compositions are similar. And I must say that blueberries are not inferior to their smaller and more common sister in anything. Therefore, similarly to blueberry, blueberry leaves also go to play.

♦ In case of anemia: take 1 part of leaves and berries of blueberry, fruits of ashberry ordinary, 2 parts of cinnamon rose hips. A tablespoon of the mixture pour a glass of boiling water, heat on a water bath for 15 minutes, insist 1 hour. Strain, take 0.5 cup 3-4 times a day.

♦ In case of inflammation of the bladder: take in equal amounts the leaves of blueberry, leaves and berries of cranberries and peppermint grass. A tablespoon of mixture pour a glass of boiling water, insist 30 minutes. Take 0.5 glasses 3-4 times a day.

♦ Antiseptic: 1 tablespoon blueberries to mash, pour a glass of water, bring to a boil. Cool and use to rinse the mouth with stomatitis and pustular lesions.

♦ Vitamin collection: take in equal quantities the leaves and berries of blueberries, blueberry berries and berries, raspberry leaves, black currant leaves. Two tablespoons of the mixture pour 0.5 liters of boiling water. Insist 1 hour. Take as 1-2 glasses of tea a day.

In the cooking of

Blueberry is the most valuable food vitamin product. The berries are eaten fresh, they are dried or frozen for long-term storage. From them they cook jam, make compotes, use them for making juice and wine.

Vitamin tea is made from leaves, which not only quenches thirst, but also improves metabolism.

Tea

Composition of tea and way of its preparation:

Common restorative tea: 1 st. . Leaves and berries blueberries on the teapot to boil with boiling water. Drink like tea. It is a delicious vitamin drink.

Healing properties: quenching thirst, improving the human body.

Water broth branches with leaves drink in heart diseases, berries are used for dysentery, decoction of leaves is used as a mild laxative. Long since the plant is valued as an antiscorbutic and antidiabetes means.

Broth: 2 tbsp. Spoons of leaves on a glass of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, infuse for 1 hour. Take 1 tbsp.spoon 4-6 times a day.

Infusion of berries: 1 tbsp.a spoonful of dry berries on a glass of boiling water, insist 30 minutes, take 1 tbsp.spoon every 2 hours with constipation, diabetes, especially with the treatment of giardiasis angiocholecystitis.

Blueberry jam

For 1 kg of blueberry berries you will need 1.2 kg of granulated sugar, 1.5 cups of water. Hand over the washed and washed berries with syrup, leave for 2-3 hours, then weld until ready.

And you can prepare blueberries and black currants, rubbed with sugar.1 kg blueberry puree, 600 g black currant puree and 900 grams of granulated sugar. In the puree mixture of berries gradually add the sugar. The resulting mashed potatoes can be packed in sterile jars, stored in a refrigerator.

Blueberry and raspberry jam

Blueberry berries - 200 g;berries of raspberry - 800 g;sugar 11,5 kg;water - 200 g.

Boil 70% sugar syrup and pour them berries. Allow to stand for 3 ^ 1 hour, then cook until cooked.

Blueberry jelly

Blueberry juice - 400 g;sugar - 200 g;gelatin - 20-30 g;water -1L.

Gelatin soak in water. Cook the sugar syrup and dissolve the gelatin that has swelled in the water. Bring to a boil, pour the juice of blueberries, stir, remove from heat and pour into molds or vases. Cool, serve.

Blueberries canned

Blueberry berries pour boiling water, bring to a boil, immediately pour into sterilized jars and roll.