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Common blueberry – Vaccinium myrtillus. Other names: Myrtle-leaved blueberry, blueberry, blueberry, blueberry, bilberry, chernega. Heather family (Ericaceae).

Botanical characteristics

Low branched perennial shrub 15-40 cm high, branches bare, branched, sharply ribbed. The leaves are almost sessile, spirally arranged, continuous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, finely serrate along the margin. The leaves are pointed at the top, pale below, light green above, bare, thin, and fall off in winter. The flowers are regular, on short stalks, single, in the axils of the leaves. The corolla of flowers is greenish-white with a pinkish tint, spherical. The fruit is a spherical black berry. It blooms in May–June, the fruits ripen in July.

Spreading

Blueberries are a moisture-loving plant. In Belarus and in middle lane In Russia it grows everywhere in pine and mixed forests, among shrubs, in shaded, swampy places. The plant requires careful handling, especially considering its medicinal and nutritional value.

Chemical composition

Blueberry leaves are rich in inulin, flavonoids, and anthocyanins. The fruits contain carbohydrates (glucose, sucrose, fructose, pectin), organic acids (citric, lactic, oxalic, malic, succinic), vitamins C, B19, B2, P, PP, carotene, they contain a high amount of flavonoids, phenolic acids (quinic, coffee, chlorogenic), tannins, essential oil, compounds of manganese and iron.

Plant parts used

WITH medicinal purpose use the fruits and leaves of blueberries. The leaves are harvested during the flowering of the plant and during the period of fruit ripeness. The berries are harvested at full ripeness. Dried fruits Blueberries are sold in pharmacies. Blueberry leaves are included in the collection for patients diabetes mellitus called Arfazetin.

Application in medicine

Blueberries are known in folk medicine as a plant that increases the body's immunity, its resistance to stress, as a tonic, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, hematopoietic, vasodilator, astringent, choleretic, diuretic.

Fresh berries have a slight laxative effect; they activate intestinal motility, which is important for chronic constipation, as well as for diabetes, gout, rheumatism. Kissel and infusion of blueberries, especially dry ones, are useful as astringent for diarrhea, as well as for bedwetting, in patients with anemia and leukemia, and for dysentery.

Scientific and traditional medicine recognized hypoglycemic effect blueberry leaves. Lotions from the decoction fresh berries or an ointment of them with fresh cream or Provençal oil is applied to areas of the body with disorders skin, at pustular diseases skin, eczema, allergic rashes. A decoction from the plant is used for uterine bleeding, dropsy, gallstones, kidney stones.

Blueberries are considered a means of prevention tumor processes. Consuming them also helps improve vision.

A mixture of blueberry and strawberry juices is used to gargle the throat and mouth for sore throat, inflammatory processes, for diseases of the upper respiratory tract, in particular with laryngitis.

Natural fresh juice or berry pulp is applied to eczematous areas, to skin with psoriatic plaques, for scabies, burns, ulcers, acne, diathesis process.

At skin lesions take baths using blueberry leaves mixed with horsetail, oat straw, succession grass.

Preparation

Infusion of blueberry leaves: 1 tbsp. l. raw materials are poured with 1 cup of boiling water and left for 30 minutes, filtered. Take 0.5 cups 3 times a day before meals for diabetes mellitus, inflammatory processes in the kidneys, atony bladder, intestinal colic.
Decoction of blueberry leaves: 1 tbsp. l. dry leaves pour 1 glass of water and boil for 3 minutes. Leave for 30 minutes and filter. Take 0.5 cups 3 times a day before meals for diabetes, allergies, and inflammatory processes in the kidneys.
Cold infusion of blueberry fruit: 2 tbsp. l. dry fruits pour 1 glass of cold boiled water and leave for 8 hours, filter. Drink 0.5 glasses 3-4 times a day for hypovitaminosis, periodontal disease, diarrhea, dysentery.
Hot infusion of blueberry fruits: 2 tbsp. l. the fruits are poured with 2 cups of boiling water and left in a thermos for 4 hours, filtered. Drink 0.5 cups 3-4 times a day for anemia, after radiation injuries, overwork, diabetes.
Blueberry wine: 1 tbsp. l. dry fruits, pour 150 ml of water and boil for 20 minutes. Add 250 ml of red wine and boil the mixture for another 10 minutes. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day with chronic colitis.
Decoction of blueberry leaves: 3 tbsp. l. dry blueberry leaves, pour 1 liter of water and boil for 5 minutes, and then leave for 30 minutes. Used for douching for leucorrhoea and inflammatory processes of the female genital area, or used for enemas for hemorrhoidal inflammation.

Blueberry is a low shrub of the lingonberry family. Blueberries are juicy, sweet and sour, and black in color. The plant blooms in May-June and ripens at the end of June and July. Blueberry leaves and berries are used for food and as medicinal raw materials. Together with lingonberries and cranberries, blueberries are the wealth of Russian forests.

Features of blueberries

It has long been believed that blueberries protect against the most various diseases, treats the liver and kidneys, cleanses the blood. This berry has always been loved in Rus'. This magical berry has earned people's love for its extraordinary taste and the great benefits it brings to health. The world's blueberry reserves are mainly located in Russia, especially in the Russian north. IN southern countries this berry does not grow. In swampy areas, blueberry thickets cover kilometers.

Russian healers and healers have always loved to use blueberries for their treatment sessions because they noticed her positive influence on human health. This berry prefers swampy and wet soil. Its yield is different every year. It depends various factors. If the year is fruitful, then from good blueberry fields you can collect about a ton of berries per hectare. Blueberry is a good honey plant. During flowering of the plant, bees bring up to 2 kg of honey per day to each hive. Blueberry honey is aromatic, transparent, and has a reddish tint.

Blueberry composition

This plant contains essential organic acids. These are lactic and citric, oxalic, succinic and malic acids. This unique composition determines its unique healing qualities. Blueberries contain essential ingredients for normal life minerals, as well as salts of potassium, manganese, iron, copper, phosphorus, chromium and zinc. No plant can compare with blueberries in terms of manganese content. This plant contains B vitamins, Vitamin A, vitamin C and PP. It contains essential oil, alcohols and tannins.

The composition of blueberry leaves is unique. A decoction of them can be effectively used for diabetes.

Medicinal properties

A saying has long appeared among the people: “Where they eat blueberries and strawberries, doctors have nothing to do.” Indeed, people who have this berry on their table receive not only taste pleasure, but also health benefits. Blueberries have a beneficial effect on digestive system, helps normalize digestion. If you constantly consume this berry, you can normalize digestion and improve memory. Proven therapeutic effect plant on the retina. This plant and berries are used for both constipation and diarrhea. Bactericidal effect has juice. It destroys pathogens typhoid fever and dysentery.

Blueberries are of great benefit to those who suffer from diabetes. During the season of fresh berries, these patients are advised to eat as much as possible more berries blueberries, drink a decoction of its leaves. This reduces blood sugar and stimulates the pancreas. In other months, you need to brew dry leaves and berries and drink an infusion from them. If diabetics add Jerusalem artichoke to their menu, they can gradually give up insulin. Large quantity The antioxidants contained in blueberries help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

To prevent thrombosis and myocardial infarction, you can use blueberry jelly and fruit drinks. The anticoagulant contained in blueberries helps reduce blood clotting. Blueberries are useful for inflammation of the kidneys and urinary tract. Patients with urolithiasis need not only to eat blueberries, but also to drink a decoction from the leaves of the plant.

This amazing berry helps renew the retina and improve blood circulation. Blueberries are beneficial for everyone who strains their eyes during the working day. Medical research found that using blueberries you can for a long time keep your brain young, avoid Alzheimer's disease. Blueberries should be in the diet of people who experience nervous overload and mental stress. For colds and coughs northern peoples drink infusion and tea from the berries and leaves of the plant. Healing properties wild berries cannot be replaced by any medicine.

Contraindications

Blueberries contain sufficient quantity oxalic acid, therefore it is contraindicated for people who have urolithiasis, pancreatitis or a problem with the biliary tract. U sensitive people she can cause allergic reaction. Blueberries can accumulate harmful substances from environment Therefore, it is collected in clean ecological areas. Otherwise, it may become not a medicine, but a poison.

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Blueberry fruit - FructusMyrtilli

Common blueberry - Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Sampropertyheather - Ericaceae

Other names:

- blueberry

- Chernega

Botanical characteristics. A shrub up to 30 cm high. The stem is round, erect, branched, brown, with visible edges on the green branches. The leaves are alternate, rounded-ovate, simple, short-petiolate, with a serrate-toothed edge. The flowers are small, solitary, bisexual. The corolla is pitcher-shaped, greenish-pink, with 5 bent teeth, drooping, on short stalks, located in the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a black spherical berry with small seeds. It blooms in May-June, the fruits ripen in July-August.

Spreading. Northern and central parts of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Siberia. Another type of blueberry grows in the Caucasus.

Habitat. In spruce, pine and mixed forests, in raised bogs, mainly in moist places, it often forms large thickets, convenient for harvesting.

Preparation. When fully ripe, morning or evening. IN lately When harvesting berries, they use small-scale mechanization tools - a bucket with teeth, but often after using a bucket for collecting (homemade), leaf and fruit-bearing buds are severely damaged, which contributes to a sharp reduction in yield. When harvesting, you should not take greenish or spoiled fruits, branches, or leaves. Hand-picked fruits are placed in baskets or buckets. It is not allowed to wash berries and transfer them from one container to another. During the flowering phase, blueberry shoots are collected, being careful not to damage the flowers and fruits.

Distinctive characteristics of blueberries and possible impurities

Plant name	Diagnostic signs
Plant name		shape and number of seeds or seeds
Edible berries
Common blueberry - Vaccinium myrtillus L.	Spherical, at the top with the remainder of the calyx in the form of an annular rim, in the center there is a dimple. The pulp is black-violet.	The seeds are oblong, small, numerous.	Sweetish-astringent.
Common blueberry - Vaccinium uliginosum L.	Oval, larger than blueberries, with a waxy coating, with the remainder of the calyx in the form of an annular rim and a dimple. the flesh is green.		Sweet, slightly astringent.
Black currant - Ribes nigrum L.	Spherical, with a filmy cone-shaped perianth residue at the apex. The surface is covered with yellow glands, visible through a magnifying glass.	The seeds are smooth, numerous, larger than those of blueberries.	Sweet and sour, aromatic smell.
Bird cherry - Padus racemosa Gilib.	Spherical, grayish-black in color with a white coating from released sugar and a round white scar from the stalk.	There is one bone, round in shape.	Sourish-sweet, highly astringent.
Inedible berries (not acceptable)
Black elderberry - Sambucus nigra L.	Globular, small, at the top the remainder of the calyx is in the form of an annular rim, in the center there is a dimple. The flesh is dark red.	Achenes (3) oblong, transversely wrinkled.	Sourish-sweet.
Alder buckthorn - Frangula ainus Mill.		The bones (2) are flat with a beak-like outgrowth.	Causes vomiting.
Zhoster laxative - Rhamnus cathartica L.	Globular, black, shiny.	The bones (3-4) are triangular, with 2 flat and 1 convex sides.	Bittersweet.
Common juniper - Juniperus communis L.	Smooth, spherical, non-wrinkled, with a three-ray suture at the top.	Seeds (3) are smooth, light yellow, angular in shape.	Sweet. The smell is fragrant.

Security measures. When planning harvesting, you should take into account the frequency of blueberry fruiting. It is necessary to alternate arrays of blanks.

Drying. The fruits are laid out thin layer in the sun for 2-3 days, and then dried in Russian ovens, fruit and vegetable or other heated dryers, stirring occasionally. Dry until the berries no longer stain your hands and stick together into clumps.

External signs. According to GOST and State Fund XI, fruits are harvested during ripening. Dried fruits are highly wrinkled, small, and after soaking they take on a spherical shape; black, with a bluish coating, up to 10 mm in diameter. At the top of the fruit, the remainder of the calyx is visible in the form of a small annular rim. The red-violet pulp of the fruit contains numerous small ovoid seeds. The smell is weak. The taste is sweet and sour, slightly astringent. When chewing, saliva turns dark red, teeth and oral mucosa turn blue-violet. Unripe and burnt fruits, other parts of the plant, fruits of other plants, and mineral impurities reduce the quality of raw materials.

Qualitative reactions. The fruit decoction (1:10) has a dark purple. When a few drops of NaOH solution are added to the decoction, an olive-green color appears (flavonoids); when adding a few drops of lead acetate solution - an amorphous precipitate (tannins); when adding a few drops of ferric ammonium alum solution, a black-green color occurs (condensed tannins). When harvesting, black similar berries accidentally fall in. The presence of other berries in the raw material is not permitted. Impurities can be detected by the signs indicated in the table.

Chemical composition. Blueberries contain up to 12% tannins of the pyrocatechol group; up to 7% organic acids, including citric, malic, succinic, quinic, benzoic, lactic, oxalic; up to 30% sugar, 60 mg% ascorbic acid, 0.75-1.6 mg% carotene, 0.04% B vitamins. Blueberries contain 6 mg% sodium, 51 mg% potassium, 16 mg% calcium, 6 mg% magnesium, 13 mg% phosphorus, 7 mg% iron, manganese.

Polyphenolic compounds are represented by anthocyanins, leucoanthocyanins and catechins. The amount of polyphenolic compounds increases with better lighting plants. Ripe fruits have more anthocyanins (up to 985 mg); half-ripe ones have more catechins and leukoanthocyanins.

Tannins (18-20%), sugars, arbutin (0.47-0.58%), hydroquinone (0.47%), saponins (2.2-2.8%), organic acids ( gallic, benzoic, lemon, apple, vinegar, oxalic, tartaric), minerals(potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, sulfur, phosphorus, chlorine, iodine 1.9-2.4 mcg/kg). Biologically important glycosides are neomirtilline (2%), the aglycone of which is the vitamin-like substance inositol, and myrtilline (1%), which belongs to the anthocyanin group, the aglycone of which is a coloring substance.

Storage. In bags, on shelves, in a constant draft, since the berries are easily affected by berry moths. Shelf life 2 years.

Pharmacological properties. Water infusions and decoctions, alcohol-based tinctures and blueberry leaf extracts have been studied in many countries. Preparations of blueberry leaves have cardiotonic, diuretic, choleretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory and antiputrefactive effects. Leaf preparations lower blood sugar in animal experiments. Alcohol-water extracts of the leaves prevent the death of dogs with their pancreas removed (animals that do not receive these drugs die).

Alcohol-water extract and infusion of blueberry leaves reduce blood sugar in rabbits with nutritional and adrenaline hyperglycemia by 30-40%.

Blueberries have astringent, anti-putrefactive and antimicrobial properties. There are reports that anthocyanins from blueberries reduce the aggregation ability of erythrocytes in vitro. Blueberry kapotinoids improve night vision and visual function.

Medicines. Fruits in packs, decoction, collection "Arfazetin" (blueberry shoots).

Application. Blueberries in the form of decoction and jelly are used as an astringent for acute and chronic disorders gastrointestinal tract accompanied by diarrhea, with dyspepsia associated with increased fermentation and putrefactive processes, with colitis, enterocolitis, dysentery. Blueberry decoctions are used topically for stomatitis and gingivitis as an astringent and antiseptic.

Blueberries are used as dietary and remedy for cystitis, mild forms of diabetes.

Leaves and shoots are used for diabetes, since the glycoside neomyrtillin they contain has the ability to lower blood glucose levels (in the Arfazetin collection - blueberry shoots).

The berries are consumed fresh, dried and in the form of infusions. The infusion is prepared hot and cold. Cold way: 10 g of crushed berries (4 teaspoons of dry fruits) are infused in a glass of cold boiled water for 8 hours and taken in tablespoons throughout the day. Hot way: 2 teaspoons of crushed berries are poured into a glass of boiling water, left for 2 hours and taken in equal portions throughout the day. The infusion is used for gastrointestinal diseases, diabetes mellitus, used for inflammatory diseases mouth and pharynx for rinsing.

Blueberries are widely used as food as a delicacy, for making jam, compotes and jelly. Used for scurvy and hypovitaminosis. A positive effect of blueberries (fresh, dried, in the form of decoction, infusion, fruit drink, etc.) on visual acuity has been noted.

For the treatment of visual impairment, the drug "Difrarel" (France) has been proposed, consisting of bioflavonoids from blueberries and b-carotene, which has P-vitamin activity and is used to normalize capillary permeability, improve tissue trophism, accelerate regeneration, and treat arteriopathy.

Other names: Myrtleberry, blueberry, blueberry, blueberry, bilberry, chernega.

Heather family (Ericaceae).

Botanical characteristics. Low branched perennial shrub 15–40 cm high, branches bare, branched, sharply ribbed. The leaves are almost sessile, spirally arranged, continuous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, finely serrate along the margin. The leaves are pointed at the top, pale below, light green above, bare, thin, and fall off in winter. The flowers are regular, on short stalks, single, in the axils of the leaves. The corolla of flowers is greenish-white with a pinkish tint, spherical in shape. The fruit is a spherical black berry. It blooms in May–June, the fruits ripen in July.

Spreading. Blueberries are a moisture-loving plant. In Belarus and central Russia it grows everywhere in pine and mixed forests, among shrubs, in shaded, swampy places. The plant requires careful handling, especially considering its medicinal and nutritional value.

Chemical composition. Blueberry leaves are rich in inulin, flavonoids, and anthocyanins. The fruits contain carbohydrates (glucose, sucrose, fructose, pectin), organic acids (citric, lactic, oxalic, malic, succinic), vitamins C, B19, B2, P, PP, carotene, they contain a high amount of flavonoids, phenolic acids (quinic, coffee, chlorogenic), tannins, essential oil, manganese and iron compounds.

Parts of the plant used. The fruits and leaves of blueberries are used for medicinal purposes. The leaves are harvested during the flowering of the plant and during the period of fruit ripeness. The berries are harvested at full ripeness. Dried blueberries are sold in pharmacies. Blueberry leaves are part of a collection for patients with diabetes called “Arfazetin”.

Application in medicine

Fresh berries have a slight laxative effect; they activate intestinal motility, which is important for chronic constipation, as well as diabetes, gout, and rheumatism. Kissel and infusion of blueberries, especially dry ones, are useful as an astringent for diarrhea, as well as for bedwetting, in patients with anemia and leukemia, and for dysentery.

Scientific and traditional medicine has recognized the hypoglycemic effect of blueberry leaves. Lotions from a decoction of fresh berries or an ointment made from them with fresh cream or Provençal oil are applied to areas of the body with skin disorders, for pustular skin diseases, eczema, and allergic rashes. A decoction of the plant is used for uterine bleeding, dropsy, cholelithiasis, and kidney stones.

Blueberries are considered a means of preventing tumor processes. Consuming them also helps improve vision.

A mixture of blueberry and strawberry juices is used to gargle and gargle the mouth in case of sore throat, inflammatory processes, and diseases of the upper respiratory tract, in particular laryngitis.

Natural fresh juice or pulp from berries is applied to eczematous areas, to skin with psoriatic plaques, for scabies, burns, ulcers, acne, and diathesis.

For skin lesions, take baths using blueberry leaves mixed with horsetail, oat straw, and string grass as a raw material for infusion.

Preparation

Infusion of blueberry leaves:

Decoction of blueberry leaves:

Cold infusion of blueberry fruit:

Hot infusion of blueberry fruits:

Blueberry wine:

Decoction of blueberry leaves:

Blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) - the fruits of a plant of the lingonberry family, a branched subshrub reaching a height of 15-40 cm (with the exception of the Caucasian blueberry, the height of which reaches 3 m). This plant is usually found in damp pine, spruce and coniferous-small-leaved forests, in the tundra - in shrubs and alder thickets. Blueberry bears fruit in July-August. Berries Blueberries are actually not only black, but also blue with a bluish tinge. The pulp of the berries is reddish-violet, sweet and sour, slightly viscous in taste. Blueberry juice has the property of painting objects a persistent purple color and is difficult to wash and wash.

A special blueberry diet has been developed for fasting days: 1st day - 700-800 g of berries and 1 liter of low-fat kefir; Day 2 - 700-800 g of berries and 300 g of yogurt; Day 3 - 700-800 g of berries and 300 g low-fat cottage cheese(or 150 g low-fat cottage cheese and 150 g yogurt).

Origin

The origin of blueberries is unknown. This useful plant is widespread in Europe, Northern and East Asia and in North America. In Russia, this berry grows in the European part, the Caucasus, the Urals, and Siberia.

Nutritional value

The calorie content of blueberries is 44 kcal per 100 g. Blueberries are rich in vitamins, microelements, minerals, sugars, organic acids and tannins. They contain ascorbic acid(vitamin C), beta-carotene (provitamin A), thiamine (vitamin B1), riboflavin (vitamin B2), nicotinic acid(vitamin PP). It is enough to eat just 100 g of these berries to replenish daily requirement adult human in iron and manganese.

Blueberries are close to raspberries and strawberries in that they contain organic acids: citric, quinic, malic and succinic, as well as a lot of pectin and cane sugar. In addition, glycosides (complex organic matter, serving for storage and transfer biologically active substances in the body): arbutin, myrtilline and neomirtilline, the latter of which is credited with the ability to lower blood sugar levels.

Use in cooking

IN home cooking Blueberries are used both fresh and processed: dried, candied, boiled, canned, etc. Fruit drinks, compotes, jelly, preserves, and fruit soups are made from this berry; make fillings for pies, pies, donuts, cheesecakes, pastries and cakes; They make jams, mousses, jellies, parfaits, desserts, and ice cream. It can serve as a decoration for any fruit salad, sweet cream, or curd mass. Blueberry-based tinctures and balms have an original taste.

Combination of blueberries with fermented milk products has great value: Since this berry significantly lowers blood sugar levels, by itself it is unable to provide a feeling of fullness, even when consumed in large quantities.

Application in medicine and cosmetology

It is common knowledge that blueberries are good for the eyes. By stimulating blood circulation in the organs of vision, it protects them from fatigue, irritation, inflammation, expands the field of vision, and helps reduce eye fatigue, including during prolonged work with artificial lighting, or behind a computer screen. The berry promotes the synthesis of the hypersensitive retinal pigment rhodopsin, which sharpens night vision, which has special meaning for people of a certain range of professions (truck drivers, railway workers).

Blueberry - an indispensable tool prevention cardiovascular diseases. The rare content it contains organic compound - succinic acid- necessary to maintain the elasticity of the walls blood vessels. Blueberries improve blood microcirculation and transmission nerve impulses, prevents blood clots, lowers cholesterol and fat levels in the blood, relieves swelling and numbness in the legs caused by poor blood supply. Preparations based on blueberry berries and leaves are effective in the treatment and prevention of vascular atherosclerosis and hypertension, myocardial infarction and stroke. Blueberries and blueberry juice are necessary for people suffering from diabetes, as they lower blood sugar levels.

In folk medicine, blueberries are used as an astringent, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, multivitamin and antiscorbutic agent. The berry is recommended to be consumed for anemia, bronchial asthma, diarrhea and putrefactive fermentation in the intestines, acute and chronic enterocolitis, stomach ulcer.

Blueberry extract is included in many cosmetics- the antioxidants it contains neutralize harmful radicals, help cells renew and slow down the aging process of the skin. Masks made from fresh blueberry pulp are recommended for aging dry skin.

Contraindications

Blueberries are contraindicated for chronic constipation, difficult peristalsis, hemorrhoids. The berry is not recommended if the bile ducts and pancreas are disrupted. Individual intolerance blueberries are quite rare.

IN different areas In Russia, blueberries are called differently: “raven-berry”, “blueberry”, “blueberry”, “chernishnik”, “chernega”, “chernukha”. Everywhere, various proverbs, sayings, signs, riddles, sayings are associated with it: “Little black, little, sweet, dear to all the guys”, “The blueberry berry is ripe - the rye is also ripe”, etc. The Latin name for blueberry - myrtillus - means translated as “little myrtle”.

Although individual blueberry bushes live only 5-7 years, they are connected to each other into a single clone by a common rhizome, and the lifespan of an entire blueberry clone can reach 200 years. Blueberries still remain a wild forest berry and, unlike raspberries and strawberries, not a single gardener in the world has yet been able to “tame” them.

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