Many of us have known since childhood that raspberry is a very tasty and healthy berry, but does it really have such healing properties? We will tell about it further.
What is the use of raspberry, the chemical composition of the healing berries
The question of how useful raspberries are for the human body is better to start with the chemical composition of this plant. Raspberries, like all life on Earth, has in its composition water in the ratio of 85% of the total mass. Approximately 9% are carbohydrates, the rest is mono- and disaccharides. Also in small quantities it contains proteins and fats.
Raspberry berries contain many vitamins. Vitamin C prevails, then in a descending order go B9, PP, E, B3. It contains both micro and macronutrients: magnesium, potassium, chlorine, calcium and phosphorus. In the composition of raspberry there are also acids: salicylic, citric and malic, as well as a very useful substance anthocyanin, which makes the capillaries more durable. Raspberries are not calories. 100 g of berries contain about 40 kcal.
The beneficial properties of raspberries are as familiar to many as its extraordinary taste. This berry, along with blueberries are considered effective helpers in the prevention and treatment of many diseases. The most famous property of raspberry is its antipyretic action in respiratory diseases. Its hemostatic properties and the ability to detoxify the body deserve no less attention. The health benefits of raspberries are so great that even sciatica, atherosclerosis and anemia can be cured with special recipes.
Did you know? Bees increase raspberry yields by an average of 80%.
Medicinal properties of raspberry leaves, roots and stems
But not only berries are useful in raspberries. This plant has a positive effect on the body with all its components. For example, the leaves contain a large number of trace elements, minerals, sugars, vitamins and phytoncides. They are also very rich in ascorbic acid. Raspberry leaves are used for the preparation of various decoctions and tinctures that cure colds and viral diseases: angina, laryngitis, stomatitis. It is very effective to gargle with such broths the throat and mouth cavity.
It’s not worth getting around a raspberry root, even if few reach it, but its beneficial properties are even stronger than those of the fruits themselves. Raspberry root is the most valuable part of the plant. It is valued for its two unique properties: the treatment of bronchial asthma and diseases of the lymphatic system. Raspberry root effectively stops the blood, which is useful in the treatment of advanced hemorrhoids. He is also able to deal with such a terrible disease like malaria.
Raspberry stalks show their healing properties in the fight against such diseases:
- Laryngitis and pharyngitis.
- Flu.
- Hemorrhoids.
- Skin diseases.
- Heartburn and abdominal pain.
- Open ulcers.
Did you know? The least useful raspberry variety is yellow. The richest in medicinal substances is the black variety, but it is rarely found in Europe, since it is bred in America.
How to harvest medical raw materials
Raspberries are the favorite berry of many adherents of homeopathy, therefore, before prescribing medical recipes, you need to know the basic ways of its preparation.
Dried raspberry
Ripe intact berries need to carefully sort out and remove the stem. Place the berry in one layer on a baking sheet. Flush it is not necessary. Put in the oven at a temperature of about one hundred degrees and dry. From time to time look there and choose dried berries, mixing them. You can leave the raspberries in the sun, putting it in a single layer on a sieve, also stirring and choosing the finished. Put the dried berries in paper towels and tie them tightly. It can be used both in compotes and medicinal teas. Dried raspberry berries well help with bronchitis, easing cough.
Raspberry ground with sugar
Raspberries need to collect in sunny weather. Then pour it into an enameled and plastic container and cover it with sugar at the ratio of 1: 2 (two servings of sugar per portion of raspberry). Grind raspberries and let it stand for an hour. Then, mixing the mass with a wooden spatula, transfer to sterilized jars. Top on another centimeter sprinkle with raspberry mass of sugar and close the nylon cover. It can be stored both in the refrigerator and in the cellar.
Raspberry frost
According to nutritionists, the biggest benefit of raspberries for the body is in its frozen berries, since it contains all the necessary substances. Collect raspberries (no need to wash) and lay them on a specially prepared board. Keep a short distance between the berries, so that they do not froze. Put the raspberries in the freezer and turn on the freezing mode. The berries will freeze evenly and retain all of their therapeutic value and taste. After that, pour the berries into bags or containers.
Did you know? At the end of the century before last, the Geneva scientists created a purple raspberry variety, crossing black and red. But earlier in North America there was a spontaneous birth of such berries, as the black and red raspberries grew close by and accidentally pollinated.
Raspberry Cooking Recipes
Raspberry is a universal plant. With its berries are created culinary masterpieces, and the roots, leaves and stems are widely used for recreational purposes.
With flu and cold
For colds, acute respiratory diseases and flu, tea is made from dried berries, flowers and raspberry leaves.
Important! Salicylic acid concentration in dried raspberry berries is 20 times higher than in fresh ones.A couple of tablespoons of dried raspberry berries pour a glass of boiling water and insist fifteen minutes. You can add natural honey when the tea has cooled slightly. After drinking it, you need to immediately wrap up with a blanket and sweat well.
The recipe for a good diaphoretic next. 200 g of dried raspberry berries pour 600 ml of boiling water. Insist half an hour and squeeze the berries. It is necessary to drink within an hour before bedtime.
With a cold well helps decoction of raspberry leaves. 10 g of crushed leaves pour a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. Strain the broth and take 50 ml in the morning, afternoon and evening.
With the flu in the course are raspberry flowers. Auxiliary element will serve linden. One tablespoon of raspberry and linden flowers pour two cups of boiling water and leave for 20 minutes. Strain and drink the whole brew before bedtime.
Important! Remember that raspberry itself is not the main drug. This is only an auxiliary element to the medical preparations prescribed by the attending physician.
Skin diseases
For acne, eczema, erysipelas, conjunctivitis and blepharitis, the leaves and flowers of raspberry insist. It is necessary to apply infusion both inside, and outwardly. 10 g of crushed ingredients need to pour a glass of boiling water, insist half an hour and strain.
The people previously got rid of herpes raspberry branches. Young branches were washed with boiled water, chewed into a mush and placed on a sore spot.
Hemorrhoid treatment
Three tablespoons of raspberry leaves and berries pour two cups of boiling water. Allow it to cool and make lotions.
How to take raspberry with bronchitis and cough
The common cold, if not cured in time, can develop into more complex diseases. Therefore, we will tell you how to properly apply raspberries for bronchitis, sore throat and dry cough. We need to take the raspberry, coltsfoot and oregano. Mix them in equal proportions and pour a glass of boiling water over a tablespoon of the mixture. Insist half an hour and take half a cup warm three times a day.
Sore throat is treated by rinsing an infusion of raspberry leaves. A tablespoon of dried leaves need to chop, pour a glass of boiling water and infuse to room temperature. Then gargle three times a day.
Bronchial asthma can be treated with a decoction of the roots of raspberry. 50 g of crushed raspberry roots pour 0.5 liters of water and boil on low heat for about 40 minutes. Cooled broth strain. Take 70 ml up to six times a day.
How to treat a stomach ulcer
As an additional treatment for raspberries, it is used for stomach ulcers. You need to squeeze the juice from fresh berries and take one tablespoon before eating for 15 minutes.
Infusion of berries with rheumatism and polyarthritis
People suffering from arthritis and rheumatism, will be useful infusion of raspberry berries, leaves, coltsfoot and herbs oregano in a ratio of 2: 2: 1. Two tablespoons of the collection pour a glass of boiling water, insist one hour and strain. Drink 50 ml four times a day 30 minutes before meals.
Contraindications raspberries
Raspberries, like many other medicinal plants, has both medicinal properties and contraindications. With the wrong reception, patients can cause even more damage to their body. You should not use raspberries of the following category of people:
- Sick gout.
- Suffering gastritis.
- Patients with duodenal ulcer.
- Allergy sufferers.
- Diabetics.
Did you know? Currently, a raspberry variety is being produced that will not need a garter and a support. One of these varieties already exists - it is raspberry with standard stems of Tarusa. In the people it is called "raspberry tree". Its stems are elastic, and the fruits are large.
