Bearberry: application

Bearberry, the application and useful properties of which in this article will be considered, is an evergreen shrub whose stems rise upward. At the bottom, it takes root and the adventitious roots are formed. Those stems, which are below, are covered with a multilayer crust, which has a dark-brown color. In length, shoots can reach from twenty-five to one hundred and thirty centimeters. The bearberry leaves are thick and regular, they are kept on short petioles. Flowers on this plant grow water-lily, pale pink. They are always collected in little-flowering climbing brushes. The fruits of it have the shape of a ball, their color is red, they are not edible. Bearberry, the application of which can be different, blooms in May-July, and fruit begins in August. Externally bearberry is very similar to cranberries, but the difference between these plants is very high.

A lot of it can be found in dry light deciduous and pine forests, on chipped slopes of mountains, in young pine plantations, and also on clearings. You can meet her in the European part of our country, the Far East, and also Siberia. Still it can be found in the Carpathians or in the Caucasus.

People use only leaves of bearberry for their purposes. In rare cases, the bearberry extract is made from flowers. Most often, the leaves are dried with stems, since in the future they will be easily and easily divided. Dry useful plant in the attic or in a special dryer, the temperature in which you can raise to fifty or eighty degrees. The finished raw material has no smell, and its taste is bitter and astringent

Bearberry, the application of which is truly multifaceted, contains methyl arbutin, glycoside arbutin, hydrolyzed tannins, formic, ellagic, quinine, and ursolic acid, gallotanin, ellatanine, and various flavonoids and much more.

Bearberry: application

It contains a substance that has a diuretic, as well as an antiseptic effect. It is a glycoside attribute, which in the kidneys breaks down into hydroquinone and glucose. Hydroquinone is a useful substance that not only kills microbes, but also eliminates inflammatory processes. Thanks to him, bearberry is an excellent tool for treating the urinary tract and the bladder itself. In general, it is worth noting that the urinary tracts of people who take the bearberry are cleaned from inflammation products, as well as from bacterial flora.

With heart swelling, a decoction or infusion of this herb can be used as a medicine. Also it is taken with urethritis, pyelitis, with bloody urine, and with nephrolithiasis. These funds can also be used to prevent involuntary urination.

How to prepare a bearberry broth

To prepare the decoction you will need ten grams of the plant for every two hundred milliliters of water. With cystitis, he will need to consume up to four times a day for two or three teaspoons.

It is also recommended to use it for those people whose nerves are not in the best condition, you can say, at the limit. It will be useful also for venereal diseases. However, in this case, the recipe will be slightly different: For every three glasses of water, one tablespoon of this plant (with a slide) is taken. The bearberry is added to water, and then cooked until one-third of the liquid evaporates. Then decoction is decanted and two glasses are drunk a day.

Bearberry: contraindications

Its use is not possible with acute kidney disease. It can not be accepted by those who suffer from an individual intolerance to it. It is forbidden for pregnant and lactating women.

Overdosing it can cause diarrhea, vomiting and other unpleasant moments.