Irga - Useful Properties, Use, Calorie Content

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Irga bears fruits every year, in July-August, blooms in April-May. Harvested in parts, because fruits ripen gradually. Leaves for medicinal purposes are best harvested in May, and bark in autumn.

The following varieties of irgi are also grown: Canadian, blood-red, alder-leaved, smooth, spiky, Lamarck's irga, which differ in the color of leaves and fruits, and in yield.

Depending on the variety of irga, with good care, it can produce 5-10 kilograms of fruit.

The calorie content of the common irrigue berries is 45 calories, there are no fats and proteins in them, carbohydrates per 100 g of fruits - 12 g.

The beneficial properties of irgi are due to the composition of the berries: they contain malic acid, sugar, vitamins C, B, A, sterols, tannins, flavonols, coumarins, copper, cobalt, lead, pectins, carotene.

The use of irgi

Irga is a good remedy for the treatment of vitamin deficiency; it is advisable to use it regularly to prevent colds and flu. Irga is consumed dry, fresh, frozen, compote and jam are cooked from it.

As an enveloping and astringent, a decoction of the leaves and bark of irgi is used: one part of the medicinal raw material is taken for 10 parts of water. The decoction can be used to rinse the mouth with periodontal disease and other dental diseases, treat wounds, bedsores and burns, take orally for enterocolitis, gastritis, colitis. Also, with these diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such decoctions help: 20 g of dry irgi leaves are boiled for 5-6 minutes in 250 ml of water in a water bath, they insist for an hour. After that, the broth must be filtered. You can take it in a third or a quarter of a glass before meals three r / day.

Juice from fresh berries also has astringent properties. Only squeeze the juice not from freshly picked fruits, but slightly dried ones - irgu in a dry place must be kept for 7-10 days.

Irgi fruits can also be used for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, because they contain a substance that lowers cholesterol levels - beta-sitosterone. Regular use of irgu is also advised to prevent varicose veins, heart attack.

The anti-inflammatory beneficial properties of irgi are successfully used in the complex treatment of purulent sore throat - gargle with juice from the fruits.

Fresh berries have a sedative effect, help with sleep disorders, insomnia. For this purpose, berries can be given to children and adults.

Tincture on flowers of Irga ordinary helps with hypertension, heart failure.

To prepare a tincture, flowers (1 tablespoon) pour 250 ml of boiling water, insist for two hours, filter. With hypertension, the tincture is drunk 1-2 tablespoons of tablespoons 3-4 times a day.

It is also noted that the use of irgi berries serves as a good prevention of cancer, improves immunity, eliminates toxins, heavy metal salts, bad cholesterol, and reduces the effects of electromagnetic radiation.

Contraindications to the use of irgi

Considering that one of the beneficial properties of irgi is lowering pressure, it is contraindicated for hypotonic patients to be treated with tincture on the flowers of the plant.

It is recommended to take decoctions and tincture of irgi, dried and fresh fruits of various varieties of irgi only at night - since during the daytime there may be problems with concentration, drowsiness and lethargy may appear.

The fruits of the plant increase blood clotting, therefore, it is impossible to consume a large amount of the berry for those who are engaged in traumatic activities.

When collecting irga, it is important not to confuse it with buckthorn, the fruits of which can be used only a year after harvest.

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