Aronia
Instructions for use:
- 1. Chemical composition
- 2. Useful properties
- 3. Indications for use
- 4. Contraindications
- 5. Home remedies
Aronia, or black chokeberry, is a shrub from the Rosaceae family. For medicinal and prophylactic purposes, fresh, dried or frozen fruits are used, as well as their processed products - jam, preserves, jelly, candied fruit, juice, compote or tincture.
Chemical composition
Of interest for medicine are the fruits of chokeberry with an astringent, sweet and sour taste, which contain: phenolic acids and flavonoids, fiber, pectins, vitamins B, C, P, E, molybdenum, copper, manganese, iodine, boron, potassium, tannins, giving the berries astringency, amygdalin glycoside.
Beneficial features
Fresh fruits of the shrub are used as a vitamin agent, their juice helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, reduces emotional imbalance, and regulates the processes of inhibition and excitation in the brain.
The berries are harvested in September-October. The fruits can be stored fresh at temperatures up to +5 ° C for 2 months, they can be dried (at a temperature of +60 ° C).
The leaves contain substances that improve liver function, the formation and outflow of bile.
It is noticed that chokeberry has a pronounced hypotensive effect, relieves spasms. Thanks to the content of iodine and phenolcarboxylic acids, it helps with thyroid pathologies.
A good effect is observed when chokeberry is combined with black currant or rose hips. All these fruits contain a lot of ascorbic acid and therefore are recommended for atherosclerosis, in addition, with this combination, vitamin P is better absorbed.
Such properties of chokeberry are also known as increasing the acidity of stomach juice and excretion of bile. Due to the content of anthocyanin glycosides in the plant, its fruits can be included in the diet of cancer patients.
Indications for use
- Loss of appetite;
- Atherosclerosis (treatment and prevention);
- Endocrine disorders (diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism);
- Digestive problems (low acidity gastritis (hypoacid), diarrhea);
- Hemorrhagic diathesis;
- Arterial hypertension;
- Bleeding of various etiologies;
- Radiation damage;
- Burns;
- Skin pathologies (eczema, dermatitis);
- Other conditions as recommended by a doctor.
Contraindications
Due to the fact that the berries contain a large amount of ascorbic acid, they should be used with caution by those who suffer from angina pectoris, hypertension (for these patients, the ability of chokeberry to increase blood clotting threatens the appearance of blood clots).
The use of chokeberry is contraindicated in gastritis with high acidity, ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, a tendency to thrombophlebitis, increased blood clotting.
Chokeberry home remedies
Chokeberry juice
Pure black chokeberry juice is prepared as follows: the berries are poured with water at the rate of 100 ml of water per kilogram of fruits, heated to 60 ° C and kept at this temperature until they soften. After the berries are cooked, they are passed through a meat grinder or simply kneaded with a fork (you can use a pestle), squeezed. For medicinal purposes, the juice is taken 10-30 days, 30-50 ml 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. The juice is stored at a temperature not exceeding +5 ° C. Chokeberry juice is harvested for the winter, for this, after squeezing it, it is boiled for another 3-4 minutes, after which it is rolled up under iron lids.
Chokeberry juice with pulp
A kilogram of berries should be washed and chopped, heated for 15 minutes without water at a temperature of 75-80 ° C, rub through a sieve. Pour the grated berries with sugar syrup (for 1 liter of water - 350 g of sugar), bring to a temperature of 75-80 ° C. For preparation for the winter, juice is poured into heated jars and pasteurized: three-liter - 50 minutes, liter - 22 minutes, half-liter - 15 minutes.
Chokeberry fruits, mashed with sugar
Chokeberry fruits can be eaten in mashed form, with sugar: the berries are blanched for five minutes, rubbed with a sieve, mixed with sugar, and ground until a uniform mass is formed. They also prepare a mixture of chokeberry pounded with sugar, apples, cranberries or plums.
Black chokeberry infusion
Diabetics are advised to take an infusion of berries in water. Chokeberry is prepared according to the recipe: 200 ml of boiling water is poured over one tablespoon of dried fruits, kept for half an hour, filtered. Drink the remedy 3 times a day, 2-3 tablespoons. Keep cold.
Information about the drug is generalized, provided for informational purposes only and does not replace the official instructions. Self-medication is hazardous to health!
