Branched shrub with red fruits - ordinary viburnum is an old folk remedy for the treatment of various ailments.
The benefits of viburnum - in its fruits, flowers, leaves.
Also in the treatment of common diseases using the roots and bark of the plant.
Kalina: caloric and composition
The chemical composition of viburnum unusually rich. It contains saponins, resin, flobaphenes, glycosides, tannins, phyloquinones, etc.
In addition, formic, acetic, isovaleric, caproic, butyric, linoleic, cerotinic and other acids are part of viburnum.
Kalina has beneficial properties due to its vitamins (A, E, C, P, K), magnesium, potassium, iron, zinc, pectin, essential oils.
Caloric viburnum is low and is 28 kcal per 100 g of product.
With the help of viburnum, they treat a whole spectrum of diseases from the common cold to more serious ones.
1. For the treatment and prevention of respiratory diseases, a decoction of viburnum bark is used - a means most useful for human health. Prepare it for this recipe: just pour chopped bark (about 2 tablespoons) with a glass of boiling water.
Then the mixture is set on fire and boiled for a short time - 5-10 minutes. As usual in such cases, the composition is insisted and, having filtered, they drink half a glass in two doses, for efficiency, adding a spoonful of honey to the composition.
Against colds and apply this mixture. Combine the thyme, chamomile, mint (one spoon), add the same amount of viburnum bark and half a glass of fresh juice of the berries of the plant.
All is well mixed and poured boiling water, then heated in a water bath quite a bit. After the manipulations, the remedy is insisted, filtered and drunk with a general malaise and a cold for half a cup, adding some honey to taste (if there is no allergy to it).
2. Useful properties of viburnum make it possible with its help to defeat bronchitis, pneumonia. The recipe for the preparation of drugs for such diseases is special. You should slightly heat the honey (200 g), stirring it with a spoon. Then separately you need to rub a spoonful of viburnum fruits and pour them with melted honey.
The composition should be thoroughly infused (about 5 hours), and then it can be taken as a therapeutic agent as an addition to the main therapy (in a tablespoon several times a day).
3. With a strong coughing cough, you can make this composition: pour viburnum fruits (100 g) with boiling water (2 cups). Boil the composition on a very slow fire for at least half an hour. Then the mixture should be allowed to stand. Drink a healing composition of viburnum, which is extremely useful for promoting health in a couple of tablespoons after a meal.
Do not forget to add a little honey to the mixture for greater efficiency.
4. Kalina is useful for hypertension, persistent headache, and unpleasant sensations in the heart.
In the first case, the shoots of the plant are mixed (chopped), motherwort grass and valerian root (all taken in equal parts). 2 tablespoons of the healing mixture pour boiling water (1 cup) and be sure to boil a couple of minutes on low heat.
After cooling and filtering, they drink this remedy just a few sips per day.
For heart pains, use traditional infusion of viburnum berries (3-4 spoons per cup of boiling water), and for persistent headaches, drink a glass or two of fresh viburnum juice daily (honey can be added).
5. Kalina is good for the body because it helps cleanse the liver. To prepare a healing agent, it is necessary to boil 500 g of fruits until soft (in a small amount of water). Then it is necessary to strain the composition through a sieve and combine it with honey (1 cup).
Keep the mixture in the fridge. Use by all means on an empty stomach in the morning and in the evening (2 weeks).
6. Useful properties of viburnum allow you to successfully use the plant in the fight against problems such as pain in the stomach, indigestion, ulcers, constipation, and liquid stool.
In such cases, use a simple recipe: a couple of tablespoons of berries poured a glass of boiling water and drink the composition as tea.
7. Kalina is widely used to treat overwork and chronic fatigue. Prepare a tool that will relieve the surge simply. It is only necessary to grind the bark of the plant, combine it with a universal medicinal herb - chamomile (in equal proportions) and brew the composition in the classical way - a spoon per cup of boiling water.
8. Kalina is also used for skin diseases. Freshly squeezed juice plants heal boils, ulcers, eczema, using it as a compress on problem skin.
9. Kalina is a real doctor. It is used for the treatment and prevention of cancer. Useful juice of viburnum with honey (1: 1). It is consumed in several spoons up to 4 times a day.
10. In treating virtually all diseases, Viburnum tincture helps, which is easy to prepare at home. You should pour half a kilogram of berries with half a liter of vodka and let the mixture stand, as is customary, in the far corner of the cabinet.
After 3-4 weeks of infusion, the composition must be drained and squeezed, poured into a clean container and used for its intended purpose.
Tincture is used internally or lubricates the affected skin areas with it.
Kalina: what is the use for the body?
Due to its beneficial properties, viburnum has gained popularity as a therapeutic agent used in the treatment of many diseases.
What is the power of viburnum?
• It has a pronounced choleretic effect.
• Treats gastrointestinal diseases and cardiovascular pathologies.
• Due to its powerful antiseptic, anti-inflammatory properties, it is effective for colds.
• Kalina normalizes blood sugar levels.
• Helps with irregular menstruation and alleviates the condition of women in menopause.
• It has a strong hemostatic effect, therefore it is used for bleeding.
• Famous for its mild sedative effect. Relieves insomnia, anxiety, irritability.
• Removes excess fluid from the body. Kalina is low in calories, therefore it is permitted for obesity.
• It is actively used in the treatment of skin diseases due to its property to have a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin, whitening and toning it.
• Kalina is a natural antipyretic agent. This quality makes the plant indispensable for colds associated with fever.
• A high content of vitamin C allows you to call Kalina a useful plant for the body. Kalina is able to strengthen the immune system, which means with its help you can quickly defeat the existing disease.
• Viburnum decoction is effective for sore throat, hoarseness and loss of voice, for inflammation in the mouth. Anti-inflammatory properties of the plant make it possible in a relatively short time to get rid of these ailments. It is enough to rinse the throat or mouth cavity with a healing composition of miracle berries.
• Low calorie viburnum allows you to use it for weight loss. Those who seek to get rid of extra pounds, it is recommended to use the juice of the fruit of the plant (separately or in combination with another berry) or add healing fruits to the dishes.
Kalina: what's the harm to health?
The main harm of viburnum is not so much in the product itself, but in its quantity. An excess of even the most beneficial substances in the body can cause an allergic rash.
Kalina should be taken with caution by people who have low blood pressure, as well as those who have increased blood clotting and the risk of blood clots.
Kalina is a real storehouse of organic acids, but for those who suffer from gout, it will do more harm than good.
Also, the plant is not recommended for patients with high acidity of the stomach.
Kalina can not take a long time. It is best to conduct courses of treatment, alternating them intermittently.
Kalina for pregnant and lactating mothers: benefit or harm?
During pregnancy, the body of the future mother is most susceptible to various infections and viruses. In order not to harm the baby, women in the position are recommended to use natural remedies.
Thus, the unique properties of viburnum allow it to be used for colds, accompanied by a protracted cough.
Kalina is the strongest immunostimulant (and natural) and a source of vitamins that a pregnant woman needs so much.
However, in the period of carrying a baby, the official medicine does not recommend drinking broths and infusions of viburnum. It is enough to drink weak tea from bright red berries of the plant and use viburnum externally (if necessary).
With all the benefits of viburnum for the body, pregnant women should be wary of too much of this product. The fact is that the plant has the ability to increase the tone of the uterus, which can lead to irreversible consequences.
Also, viburnum (with overdose) can cause an allergic reaction, which does not please the expectant mother. To protect herself from the negative impact, a woman should consult with a doctor on taking viburnum as a remedy. Only a specialist can tell if a plant can be used in your case.
As for nursing mothers, they are not recommended to use viburnum because of the risk of allergies in the baby up to 3 months of age.
Kalina for children: benefit or harm?
Kalina is a unique plant that is good for children's health. Its rich chemical composition, as mentioned above, has anti-inflammatory and tonic effect. Kalina is used for children's colds, bronchitis, fever, and pneumonia.
As a rule, the child is made from curative berries tea with the addition of honey (in the absence of allergy). To begin with, the berries are ground (2 tablespoons), poured with water (1 cup) and boiled for half an hour over low heat.
When the composition is slightly cooled, it adds a little honey (a teaspoon). They give children such a healing tool three times a day for a third cup.
In addition, colds and coughs use sweet jam from viburnum berries, which in the season are prepared like this: they grind the fruits of the plant with sugar (1: 1).
However, before using any means on the basis of viburnum, you should consult with a pediatrician.
As a rule, experts advise to use Kalina - a useful tool for the body of a child from 2 years.
A plant with broad-spectrum properties - viburnum is extremely beneficial to health.
Moreover, all its parts have healing properties. Ways to use viburnum set. In this article, only a few were affected. Everyone can choose for themselves a recipe that will save from a particular disease.
The main thing is not to overdo it. Kalina must be dosed.
