Blackthorn - Useful Properties Of Blackthorn, Blackthorn Recipes, Blackthorn Berry, Blackthorn Flowers, Blackthorn Root. Thorns, Wild

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Useful properties, recipes and blackthorn root

Useful properties of blackthorn

The blackthorn, or blackthorn, is a shrub of the plum family. It bears fruit with round-shaped berries, black or dark blue, the surface of which is covered with a waxy coating. The taste of the pulp is sweet and sour and tart. Frozen fruits are sweeter. They contain sugars, organic acids, pectins, coloring agents, essential oils, vitamins C and P.

Due to the presence of tannins, thorn has astringent properties. And the presence of pectins has an adsorbing effect. Decoctions, infusions and thorn juice have anti-inflammatory, diuretic, laxative, expectorant properties.

Sloe based recipes

Blackthorn juice: fruit should be pitted, heated to 60–70 ° C, kneaded, squeezed out, poured into jars.

Decoction of fruits: 1 tablespoon of fresh or dried raw materials must be poured with 1 glass of boiling water and left for 1 hour. It is recommended to drink the remedy in the morning on an empty stomach for 4 days.

Infusion of blackthorn flowers # 1: 2 teaspoons of chopped flowers (dry or freshly picked) are required to be insisted in a glass of cold water for 8 hours. Take the medicine 1–2 tablespoons 4–5 times a day as a diuretic for diseases of the kidneys, liver, to cleanse the skin in case of allergies, acne and furunculosis.

Infusion of blackthorn flowers number 2: you need to insist 1 tablespoon of flowers in 1 glass of warm boiled water for 40 minutes and drink 1 glass a day as a laxative.

Infusion of thorn leaves: 1 tablespoon of chopped leaves should be poured with 1 glass of hot water, boil for 15 minutes, cool, strain, squeeze. Take 1/2 cup infusion 3 times a day before meals.

Tea from flowers and leaves of thorns: 2 teaspoons of raw materials must be poured into 1/4 liter of water, slowly bring to a boil and strain. It is recommended to drink 2 cups of tea a day.

Thorn berry

Blackthorn berries are used for the preparation of various fortified drinks, wines, tinctures, compotes, syrups, which have a pleasant aroma and excellent taste. The best time to pick fruit is after the first frost. Drying is done under the sun or in an oven. Fresh and dry berries help with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Blackthorn juice is especially valuable during the period of exacerbation of diseases, with inflammation of the kidneys and liver, metabolic disorders, as well as with vitamin deficiency.

Berry juice resists germs and infection, so it is drunk for stomach upsets caused by microbes and parasites. The use of fruits is recommended for dysentery, food poisoning. Berries contribute to the elimination of sodium salts from the body. Due to the high content of vitamin C, thorn is indispensable for colds. Healing properties can be obtained from thorn wine, which relieves infectious and intestinal diseases. Some skin diseases are treated with juice, lotions and applications will be beneficial for eczema.

Thorn flowers

The flowers are harvested during the budding period, the leaves after flowering. Infusion of flowers strengthens the immune system, has a diuretic and diaphoretic effect, and is useful for hypertension. The broth cures constipation, liver disease. Antimicrobial properties help to eliminate purulent processes on the skin, the broth also relieves nausea and shortness of breath.

Decoctions have a positive effect on vascular permeability, on the treatment of prostate adenoma. Their soothing properties help with neuralgia.

Thorn root

The roots of the thorns are dug up in the fall. After the roots have dried in the sun, they are placed in a dryer or oven. Means from the roots have a diaphoretic and antipyretic effect, are used for diarrhea, during respiratory diseases, and improve the general condition of malaria.

Decoction from the bark and roots. Method 1: taking 1 part of the bark and roots in 20 parts of water, take the composition of 1-2 tablespoons 4-5 times a day as a diaphoretic and antipyretic agent. Method 2: brew 5 g of bark or root in 200 ml of boiling water, put in a water bath, boil for 30 minutes and drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day after meals. The bark is cut before the flowers appear.

Tincture of thorns

There is a wonderful recipe for such a unique berry tincture. To prepare the drug, it is advisable not to wash the harvested berries, select the intact ones and pour them into a jar, then pour 70% vodka, covering 5 cm more than the level of the fruits. As the vodka is absorbed, it should be topped up. Three months later, the liquid must be drained, the berries must be sprinkled with sugar. If the fruit is 10 kg, then you need 1.5 kg of sugar.

The berries are kept for another month until the syrup is formed, then they need to be filtered and mixed with the liquid that we separated from the berries at the beginning. The incredible aroma of the tincture will appear in six months.

Thorns

The prickly thorn grows in Asia, in the west of Europe, in the European part of Russia, in the vastness of the Mediterranean, in Siberia and the Caucasus. This is a stone fruit crop, which is specially grown in their personal plot by those who know about the healing power of berries. Berry juice is prescribed not only for adults, but also for children to solve problems associated with the stomach, loss of appetite, and poisoning. Candidiasis, leucorrhoea in women is treated with a decoction.

A decoction of berries: 200 ml of boiling water, 5 g of bark or sloe root should be put in a water bath, boiled for 30 minutes. It is recommended to drink the product 1/3 cup 3 times a day after meals. You can do douching by diluting the broth with water in a 1: 1 ratio.

Wild thorn

Wild thorn grows in abandoned areas, bears fruit well. He is the progenitor of cultivated varieties, there are about 200 species. In spring, the crown of the plant becomes white, and a fragrant smell spreads around. Being fed with living juices of the soil, the shrub bears fruit with berries that ripen under the sun at the end of September, they acquire the power of solar energies and give it to people.

Contraindications to the use of thorns

Remember that only the pulp of the berries is edible. They may be contraindicated in case of individual intolerance. These are minor disadvantages of the turn, it has much more advantages.

The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist

Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).