Kalina is a two-meter perennial shrub that grows in forests, on the banks of rivers, swamps, lakes and clearings. It has long been in demand in the household: the hard wood of the viburnum is used for small crafts, baskets are woven from the branches, and a decoction of the bark with a solution of iron ammonite alum is used as a black-green dye.
Decoction, tea and viburnum tincture: useful properties
Healing properties of viburnum have long been used by traditional healers. A decoction and juice prepared from its fruits are good for coughs, colds, stomach ulcers, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, colitis, nose and internal bleeding. Viburnum tincture soothes headaches, migraines, relieves bronchial asthma, and if you make a 15-20% solution, then the juice can be used for acne, ulcers, skin diseases. Viburnum berries improve heart function and tone,have diuretic properties. They are useful for vascular spasms, neuroses. Vitamin tea made from them has a calming and restorative effect.
The fruits of viburnum owe these healing properties to their composition: they contain a lot of vitamin C and P, sugar, iron, tannins, carotene and organic acids.
How is viburnum curative tincture prepared?
Tincture of dried fruits is good for gum disease, acts as a sedative, speeds up recovery from colds. To prepare it, you need to grind 2 tablespoons of raw materials, pour one glass of boiling water and insist in a thermos for about 4 hours. Use twice daily by mouth or as a rinse.
Still helps tincture of viburnum from pressure. To do this, mix equal amounts of motherwort grass, mint and cudweed, valerian root and Baikal skullcap, and, of course, viburnum fruits, pour one tablespoon of the mixture with boiling water and leave for about 20 minutes. Take twice daily.
If you have beriberi, then vitamin viburnum tea will help you. To prepare it, you need to brew 1 tablespoon of dried berries in a glass of boiling water, leave for about 2 hours, and then strain. Drink two to three times a day with honey. This tea acts as a sedative and general tonic.
The use of roots, seeds and bark of viburnum in medicine
Not only fruit tincture of viburnum is useful. Other parts of the plant also have medicinal properties.properties. For example, a decoction of viburnum roots is a good remedy for convulsions, scrofula, insomnia, hysteria and suffocation. A decoction of the flowers of the plant improves digestion, helps with diarrhea and intestinal diseases, it is used as a diaphoretic and expectorant. The seeds have tonic properties, so they can be added to coffee. The bark, which is best harvested in early spring, is dried, crushed, and a decoction is used to stop bleeding. But the flower tincture of viburnum helps well with gastritis with low acidity. To prepare it, 2 tablespoons of flowers are brewed with a glass of boiling water and insisted. The strained liquid is taken orally twice a day. Also, this decoction can be used for rinsing with loss of voice and sore throat.
