Blueberries have a lot of medicinal properties. She has useful not only berries, but also leaves, as well as stems. Blueberry shoots, like other parts, have medicinal properties. The plant grows wild, is a shrub about 50 cm high, with thin, oval, finely toothed leaves. Blossoms in May, and berries begin to ripen in July. In the wild, the plant is found in wet swampy areas, in spruce and pine forests.
Features of the plant
Bilberry shoots, leaves are harvested from the plant during the flowering period. The collected material is dried under a canopy or in a well-ventilated area. Berries are used fresh, dried, jam, frozen.
Dried blueberry shoots, harvested according to all the rules, can be stored for about two years without losing their beneficial properties.
The plant contains a large amount of vitamin C, tannins. An equally important role is played by glycosides, flavonoids and other substances that determine the benefits for the body.
Bilberry shoots and leaves contain the phenol glycoside arbutin. Berries contain a lot of natural sugars, pectin, microelements, vitamins, tannins, anthocyanin glycosides.
Properties
The composition of blueberry shoots determines their properties. This plant has:
- binding property;
- hemostatic;
- antispasmodic action;
- antiseptic;
- choleretic;
- anti-inflammatory property;
- diuretic;
- cardiotonic, vasodilating action.
In addition, blueberries increase immunity, normalize metabolic processes in the body. Useful substances inhibit the growth of pathogens, including those that cause typhoid fever, diphtheria. It has been established that berries and other parts of the plant help fight tumor pathologies and diabetes.
Application
For the treatment of various pathologies in medicine, blueberries are used. Its shoots are used to treat type 2 diabetes. Prolonged intake of infusion has a beneficial effect on the work of the pancreas, helps to normalize blood sugar levels. This is possible due to the special substance included in the composition - neomyrtillin glycoside. Used to treat diabetesseparately blueberry shoots and fees.
In severe cases of treatment of pathologies, herbal tea is used in combination with pharmacological preparations.
Patients with diabetes often have vision problems. In this case, fruits and leaves help, which contain a large amount of anthocyanins, carotenoids. These elements are able to accumulate in the retina, strengthening blood vessels and reducing their fragility, which leads to angiopathy.
Bilberry shoots and other elements help fight cataracts, and also improve the nutrition of eye tissues. As a result, there is an increase in the photosensitivity of the pigment in the retina, vision improves, and eye fatigue decreases.
To whom and how blueberries are useful
Bilberry shoots are used for diabetes, as well as for the treatment of many other diseases.
Blueberries help fight intestinal diseases, stool disorders. The substances included in the composition normalize the work of the intestines, have an antimicrobial effect. The plant also helps fight low acidity, inflammatory diseases of the urinary system, including the kidneys.
It is recommended to take infusions of the plant for gout, cholelithiasis and urinary tract infections, pharyngitis, gingivitis, SARS, pathologies of the upper respiratory tract, anemia.
Recipes
Knowing the benefits and harms of blueberry shoots, you can prepare medicinal infusions and use them for a variety of diseases. The proportions of water and raw materials depend on the pathology.
The classic recipe is brewing canteenspoons of raw materials with a glass of boiling water. The composition is infused for an hour, then filtered. If necessary, the medicine is diluted with boiled water. Take one hundred grams three times a day. Blueberry medicine is drunk warm.
You can use blueberry medicinal infusions to treat pathologies in children. The dosage and course is prescribed by the doctor. They are usually advised to take no more than 50 ml of the product.
It is useful to drink a decoction of shoots. It is prepared as follows: fifty grams of shoots are poured with a liter of water and boiled for five minutes. The product is then allowed to cool for an hour. The composition is recommended for use as regular tea.
More recipes
Dried berries are used to treat diarrhea. They contain tannins, pectins, which normalize bowel function. For cooking, you need to take a pan, pour 0.5 liters of water into it and add one hundred grams of fruit. The composition is boiled for ten minutes. Taken as a tea three times a day in a glass.
In diabetes, it is recommended to use a decoction of cuttings and leaves. To prepare it, you need 50 g of raw materials and 0.5 liters of water. The broth is boiled for 15 minutes. The product is taken hot. The collection prevents the development of pathology, and also helps to lower the level of glucose.
Blueberries help to cope with high blood pressure. To prepare the composition, it is necessary to take motherwort, lemon balm, arnica and blueberry leaves in equal parts. Everything is mixed. Then two tablespoons of the mixture are poured with two glasses of water, boiled for ten minutes. Taken as a tea twice a day for 50gram. Do not take the composition during pregnancy.
When urolithiasis, it is recommended to use blueberry fruits. They contribute to the removal of stones. To prepare the product, you need to take one hundred grams of berries and pour them with a glass of boiling water. The composition is infused overnight. It is taken three times a day, 50 ml. The duration of treatment is a month, then a break is made for two weeks.
Blueberries have proven themselves well in the treatment of colds. It contains many useful vitamins, trace elements that help to cope with SARS. To prepare a remedy, two hundred grams of boiling water and 50 grams of blueberries are taken. The composition is infused for an hour. The finished product is taken one hundred grams up to five times a day. Treatment continues for two weeks.
Contraindications for use
Knowledge about the beneficial properties and contraindications of blueberry shoots helps to determine whether infusions and decoctions can be taken in a particular case. The remedy from the plant should not be taken with hypersensitivity, allergies to blueberries. It manifests itself in the form of itching, rashes on the skin. If such a reaction occurs, blueberry treatment is stopped.
Do not give blueberry-based preparations to children under three years of age. Also, do not use the collection with blueberry shoots for pancreatitis and other diseases for people prone to constipation, as this can aggravate the situation.
Don't take blueberry remedy for biliary dyskinesia.
During pregnancy and lactation, plant-based preparationsare taken only after the permission of the doctor.
