Medicinal berries of the viburnum

The berries of Kalina have long been known for their curative and immunostimulating properties. By the amount of vitamin C, viburnum surpasses all known citrus fruits 1.5 times. In what form is it most useful?

To begin with, the harvest of berries is collected only after the first frosts, so that the bitterness of them will disappear. They have a special smell, which you can not confuse with anything, and a pleasant sour taste. The berries of Kalina dry, grind fresh, freeze - they do not lose their remarkable healing properties.

What is the action of the viburnum

Berries normalize the pressure, increase immunity, well affect the work of the cardiovascular system, have a pronounced diuretic effect. They are often used to prevent atherosclerosis.

With nervous cramps, insomnia, neuroses, decoction of the viburnum is recommended as a sedative. Well, and with a cold, a known remedy is tea with viburnum, which is used as a diaphoretic and expectorant.

The berries of the viburnum are used in cosmetology for the removal of freckles and bleaching of the skin.

The daily use of several seeds of guelder rose helps to remove stones from the kidneys.

Fresh juice of berries of the viburnum is taken as an astringent, and for the prevention of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. To do this, dilute with water a few tablespoons of vine juice 1: 3, add a little sugar and drink on an empty stomach 3-4 times a day.

Contraindications

Kalina can not be used with kidney disease, a tendency to form blood clots (increased blood clotting), gout.

What to cook with viburnum?

Pastilla from viburnum

Berries of Kalina - 1 kg, sugar - 700 grams, water - 250 ml.

Fresh berries to hold in boiling water for 3 minutes, then drain the broth, pour a glass of fresh water, and in it boil until softening of the fruit. Then grind them through a sieve, add a glass of sugar and stew to a viscous consistency. Mass dry in the oven on wooden boards. Cut into small pieces, store in the refrigerator.

Compote of Viburnum with honey

Fresh berries - 1 glass, honey - 3 tablespoons, water - 1 liter.

Berries boil for 10 minutes, cool, drain, add honey.

Kissel from the viburnum

The juice of the viburnum is 150 grams, the starch is 100 grams, the water is one and a half liter, the sugar is 4 tablespoons.

Starch diluted with cold water. Juice of viburnum, water and sugar bring to a boil, pour a thin trickle of starch, again bring to a boil.

Roast with potatoes

Pork on the bone - 200 grams, guelder-rose juice - 150 grams, butter - 50 grams, salt, pepper.

Meat salt, pepper, fry on both sides in butter, put in fireproof utensils, pour the juice of the viburnum, burn for 40 minutes. Serve to the table immediately, because even after a few hours the taste of the dish is deteriorating noticeably.

Patties with Kalina

Yeast dough - 600 grams, vinas berries - 400 grams, lemon juice - 2 teaspoons, sugar - 150 grams.

Peel the berries, drizzle with juice, cover with sugar, leave for 15 minutes. During this time, make cakes from the dough, put a tablespoon of berries in the middle, tear the edges, place a suture down on the baking tray. After 15 minutes, put the baked in the oven for 25 minutes at 190 degrees.

Apple-and-cane jam

Apples - 3 kg, sugar - 3 kg, viburnum - 900 grams.

Skip the viburnum through the juicer. Cut the apples into slices without the core, cover with sugar, boil until the sugar dissolves. Cool, add the syrup juice, boil again, spread on sterile jars, roll up.

Hot sauce with potatoes

Calina - 400 grams, sugar - 400 grams, hot pepper - 1 piece, citric acid - a third of a teaspoon.

Kalinu to pass with boiling water, rub through a sieve, mix with sugar, ground hot pepper and citric acid. After a few hours, when the sugar has dissolved, spread out on clean jars and let stand in the open for a few days until a smooth crust forms on top. After that, put it in the refrigerator.