Rowan chokeberry. Secrets of delicious chokeberry jam
Hello!
Today I want to draw your attention to a very interesting plant. This is chokeberry, the benefits and contraindications of which, or rather information about them, will be extremely important for lovers of a healthy lifestyle.
This berry is a wonderful natural healer.
Until recently, I knew absolutely nothing about these properties.
I heard from friends who talked about rowan from a gourmet point of view, about very tasty jam, and I was even lucky enough to try wonderful wine from this berry.
But, unfortunately, I didn’t know that the plant could heal.
But in our time, the problem of lack of information is solved easily and quickly. If you are also interested in this wonderful plant, then this article will help satisfy your curiosity.
So, let's get acquainted.
Chokeberry: a brief historical background
Chokeberry or chokeberry, popularly called chokeberry or simply black rowan, is a small shrub from the Rosaceae family.
Canada is the homeland of the chokeberry. Its wild representatives occupy impressively sized territories in this country.
The indigenous inhabitants of these lands, the Indians, were well aware of the medicinal properties of chokeberry and actively used its juice to treat burns, as well as in preparing various dishes from it.
In the 19th century, chokeberry first came to Europe and Russia. The wild one, naturally, was not popular because it could not boast of either an attractive appearance or the taste of the fruit.
And the Russian biologist and breeder Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin gave us cultivated chokeberry.
Thanks to a new set of chromosomes, black rowan acquired such qualities as unpretentiousness and frost resistance.
The berries can be eaten already at the end of September-October, when they are fully ripe.
Chokeberry is one of those plants that can help overcome ailments and diseases that overtake us in winter.
Fruits can be harvested both before and during the first autumn frosts.
Ripe black-purple berries have an intense ruby-colored flesh.
Having bitten the fruit, you will feel a sweet and sour taste, slightly tart and slightly astringent.
At first glance, the berries, which are unattractive, are certainly very useful and are successfully used in folk medicine. The name Aros itself translated from Greek means “benefit”.
Chokeberry: composition
The fruits of chokeberry contain a lot of vitamins:
- P, K, C, E. The amount of vitamin P (flavonoid), which is very important for fighting aging, is 2 times greater than in currants.
Just three tablespoons of berries will provide you with the daily requirement of this element beneficial for the body. - group B;
- beta carotene.
And also microelements:
- manganese;
- fluorine;
- iron;
- molybdenum;
- compounds coumarin and amygdalin;
- In terms of iodine content, chokeberry ranks first among the plants that grow in our area.
This element is contained four times more than in raspberries, strawberries and gooseberries.
Let's take a closer look at what benefits these wonderful berries can give us?
- normalization of intestinal function, acceleration and facilitation of the process of food digestion - this is a consequence of the effect of pectins on pathogenic microflora;
- cholecystitis occurs without the formation of stones - pectins act as a mild choleretic agent;
- increasing stomach acidity, getting rid of belching, putrid breath, constipation, and heaviness in the stomach.
Chokeberry will become an assistant for people with such problems; just a few berries before meals, and the result is a significant relief of unpleasant symptoms.
Fresh rowan berries or their juice are best used for diseases of the digestive system and treatment of the gastrointestinal tract.
People with high stomach acidity should exclude the fruits of this plant from their diet.
Chokeberry: how to prepare and how to store?
Many people are put off by the astringent taste of chokeberry berries. Even if a tree grows in their yard, people do not know what to do with the fruits.
So it turns out that the main consumers of these invaluable natural healers are birds.
Not eating berries is a big misconception, especially for those with high blood pressure. After all, black rowan really helps hypertensive patients.
At the end of October, when the first frosts appear, the plant accumulates the maximum amount of useful substances in its fruits.
That’s when you can start collecting and preparing ripened fruits.
But it is important not only to choose the right harvest time, but also to store the berries correctly in order to preserve as much as possible all the beneficial substances of the little doctors.
The first and easiest way is to freeze and store in the freezer. To do this, the fruits should be thoroughly cleaned of branches and leaves, washed and dried.
Then place in plastic bags in a single layer and freeze.
The second method is also not difficult to implement. They can either be dried in the oven at 60 degrees, or dried in the sun, if it is still quite active in your area at this time of year.
Chokeberry: pressure will return to normal
The easiest and most effective way to reduce blood pressure is to eat fresh berries.
If you eat only 100 grams of fruit three times a day, you will soon notice a clear improvement in your well-being and normalization of blood pressure.
What else can you do to lower your blood pressure?
It is very useful, including for hypertensive patients, to drink freshly squeezed black rowan juice. How to cook it?
The recipe is simple and unpretentious:
- Peel the berries and rinse well.
- Squeeze out the juice, about ¾ cup. This is for a day.
- Add 1 tsp. honey
- Divide the received medicine into three doses.
- Take 30 minutes before meals.
If you have dried berries rather than fresh ones, you can prepare an infusion in a thermos according to the following recipe.
Pour three tablespoons of fruit into two glasses of boiling water, close and leave to infuse for 24 hours. Take half an hour before meals before each meal.
The following recipe involves adding sugar - this is syrup. We will need:
- 1 kg of chokeberry berries;
- 50 pieces of cherry leaves;
- 800 ml water;
- 0.6 kg sugar;
- 15 gr. citric acid.
We clean and wash the berries. Boil water and put cherry fruits and leaves into the pan.
After boiling for a few minutes, remove the leaves and add citric acid.
Leave the mixture for a day. Then add sugar and cook over low heat until it boils. Hold for another two minutes. That's it, the syrup is ready, you can roll it into jars.
To normalize blood pressure, take 1-2 spoons per day.
Also, to reduce blood pressure with warm tea (not hot!), you can take a spoonful of chokeberry jam several times a day.
The recipe will not cause you any difficulties. For 1.3 kg of sugar, 1 kg of berries and 1 glass of water are required. The sequence is as follows: first boil water, add sugar and make syrup.
After the syrup boils, add the fruits, washed and blanched for 7 minutes. Boil over low heat for 10-15 minutes, set aside the mixture for 3-4 hours.
Then put it on the fire again until it boils for 15 minutes. All the jam is ready, put it in sterilized hot jars and screw on the lids.
Store either in the refrigerator or at room temperature.
You can also mix a tablespoon of honey with 50 grams of berries. To get results, take for at least 10 days, but no more than 30.
Chokeberry: contraindications
The presence of many useful and medicinal properties of the berry does not exclude cases when its use is highly undesirable; in a word, any medicine has its contraindications.
Friends! Today we got acquainted with a wonderful plant - chokeberry, learned about its benefits, and did not forget to indicate contraindications.
Today's heroine is a bright representative of natural healers who help us cope with diseases by minimizing the use of chemicals.
But we remember that before taking any medicine, even from Nature itself, you need to consult a doctor, especially if you have any serious illnesses.
That's all for today. If you have any interesting chokeberry recipes of your own, please share! Everyone will be interested!
Health and happiness to you, dear readers! Until next time.
Sincerely. Elena Shanina.
Chokeberry is a small densely branched deciduous shrub of the Rosaceae family. The fruits of chokeberry ripen in August - September. As a rule, they are dark brown or black-purple in color, with a slight waxy coating and dark ruby flesh.
Since chokeberry is a medicinal plant, its fruits can be used for medicinal purposes both fresh and dried.
To dry chokeberry for short-term storage (six months), cut rowan umbrellas are strung on a thick thread, fishing line or wire and hung in a dry room with good ventilation. This way the berries can hang all winter. At the same time, microbes will not grow in them, and they will not undergo fermentation.
To dry berries for long-term storage (a year or more), after harvesting, rowan berries are separated from the stalks, sorted, washed and dried on a towel. After this, the berries are laid out on trays or on a shallow rack in a layer of 2–3 cm and dried in the sun in the fresh air. True, for long-term storage you can dry rowan berries in the oven. First, they are dried for 20 - 30 minutes at a temperature of 40 - 45 degrees, then the temperature is increased to 60 degrees and drying continues until the berries, when squeezed with your fingers, stop releasing juice.
It is important to remember that dried berries should not change color to reddish or brown. A change in the color of the berries indicates that the temperature regime has been disturbed and the berries have almost completely lost their vitamins.
Benefit
1. The fruits of dried chokeberry are used to treat sclerosis, hypertension, decreased blood clotting, hemorrhagic diathesis, capillary toxicosis, atherosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, allergies, glomerulonephritis, thyrotoxicosis (included in medicinal preparations).2. In addition to all of the above, dried chokeberry fruits are used for severe bleeding, vitamin deficiency and radiation damage to certain areas of the skin.
3. Dried chokeberry berries are valuable medicinal raw materials. It was revealed that in 3 tbsp. spoons (50 g of dry fruits) of chokeberry contain a daily dose of vitamin P.
Harm
Chokeberry should not be used for hypotension, gastric and duodenal ulcers, hyperacid gastritis (with increased acidity of gastric juice), chronic constipation, hemorrhoids with a tendency to thrombosis, increased blood clotting, and thrombophlebitis. Before using drugs or products from the fruits of chokeberry, you should definitely consult your doctor.Chokeberry (chokeberry) - medicinal properties, recipes, application
Other names - chokeberry, black rowan, chokeberry.
Chokeberry is a small shrub or tree, up to 2.5 meters high. The leaves are oblong, oval, somewhat similar to cherry leaves.
The fruits are round in shape, black with a bluish coating, up to 12 mm in diameter. They taste sweet, slightly tart (especially when unripe), but pleasant.
Chokeberry is often grown as an ornamental, fruit or medicinal plant. Many summer residents and amateur gardeners consider it their duty to plant chokeberry on their plot.
The fruits and leaves of chokeberry are used for medicinal purposes. The leaves are harvested immediately after flowering. The fruits are harvested in the fall when they are fully ripe. Rowan berries are dried in the open air or in dryers, with good ventilation, at a temperature of 50-60 degrees. Store dried berries and leaves in paper bags or boxes in a dry place for no more than 2 years.
Chokeberry berries can also be preserved fresh: the berries, picked with stalks and leaves, are placed in a dark, cool place (no more than + 1 degree C), where they are stored for up to six months. As needed, berries can be used for various purposes, including cooking.
Chokeberry (chokeberry) is rich in many useful substances - vitamins C, P, B1, B2, E, K, B6, beta-carotene, macro- and microelements (iron, copper, boron, manganese, molybdenum, fluorine), sugars ( glucose, sucrose, fructose), as well as tannins and pectin.
Chokeberry has many medicinal properties, it lowers cholesterol levels in the blood, normalizes blood pressure, helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels, improves their elasticity and firmness.
The value of chokeberry (chokeberry) is also that, thanks to the substances it contains, it promotes the active expansion of capillaries and blood vessels. It has been experimentally established that, thanks to its capillary-strengthening and vasodilating properties, rowan fruits are one of the best remedies for the treatment of hypertension. Drink it in the form of juice, no more than 2 tablespoons per dose and 3 times a day. You can also take chokeberry in the form of an infusion (tea).
Scientific studies have shown that chokeberry improves immunity and has a positive effect on the functioning of the endocrine system.
Chokeberry is used as an antispasmodic, vasodilator, hemostatic, hematopoietic, appetizing, choleretic and diuretic.
Drinking juice or decoction of chokeberry berries helps to dilate blood vessels, resulting in an increase in their permeability and activation of the functions of the hematopoietic organs, which is useful for radiation sickness and bleeding. Chokeberry juice is a good therapeutic and prophylactic remedy for rheumatism and radiation sickness.
Chokeberry helps regulate digestion, improves appetite, increases acidity, activates the liver, promotes the formation and discharge of bile.
For burns, apply fresh chokeberry juice to the affected areas. It is useful to combine the juice and fruits of chokeberry with the fruits of black currants and rose hips, with the addition of honey.
Here are some recipes for using chokeberry.
Chokeberry juice is taken 1-3 tablespoons. spoons, 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals, or eat berries - 5-7 pieces daily for the above diseases.
Chokeberry, berry decoction : take 1 tbsp. spoon of berries, pour 1 glass of water, boil for 1 minute, set aside and leave for another 1 hour. Take the decoction 0.25-0.5 cups, 3 times a day before meals.
Chokeberry compote (for preservation): wash the rowan berries and put them in boiling water for 2-3 minutes (sterilize). Then, fill the jars 1/3 with these berries and fill them with boiling sweet syrup. Cover with sterile lids and roll up. Use sugar at the rate of 1/2 cup per liter jar.
Aronia fruit jam prepare as follows: pour 2 kg of rowan fruits with hot sugar syrup (2 kg of sugar, pour 0.5 liters of water, stir until dissolved, then boil). Let it sit for 8 hours, then boil and stand again for 8 hours, then cook until tender, until the berries settle to the bottom.
Especially appreciated for its popularity wine from chokeberry (chokeberry) . It is highly vitaminized and has medicinal properties. They make it like this: wash and chop the berries (you can do this in different ways, by hand in a mortar, grind in a meat grinder, food processor, etc.), then dilute this whole mass with boiled water, approximately 1:1 by volume, less is possible , and add sugar at the rate of approximately 1/2 cup per liter.
Mix everything thoroughly until the sugar is completely dissolved and place under a water seal. Place in a warm place and let it ferment. After 4-5 days, a maximum of a week, the berries will float to the surface and the young chokeberry wine will begin to ferment. Now the wort must be strained through a crusher, and the berries must be squeezed out and discarded.
We put the wine under the water seal again, this time before the end of fermentation. Afterwards, it must be carefully drained through a hose into another container, and the sediment must be thrown away. Now you can make adjustments (add sugar to taste) and place in a cool, dark place. That's it, chokeberry wine is almost ready; after standing for several months it will become clean and transparent.
Chokeberry vinegar . If you have a good harvest of chokeberries, you can also make vinegar from the berries, a very good thing for salads. For this you will need: juice - 400 ml, cherry leaves - 20 g, 200 g of sugar and 1 liter of water. Pour the juice, 1 liter of boiled water into a 3 liter jar, add sugar, chopped cherry leaves, mix thoroughly, cover the neck with gauze and let it sour for several weeks. As soon as it brightens (and this may take 1-1.5 months), you can bottle it and seal it with corks. Or you can cast some for your own needs, and keep the rest in a common jar with a closed lid for a year, since it will give some more sediment throughout the year. It is better to store supplies in a cool place, at a temperature of 5-15°C.
Chokeberry, contraindications . The fruits of chokeberry are contraindicated in cases of increased blood clotting, increased acidity of gastric juice, gastric and duodenal ulcers. It is not recommended for people with low blood pressure (hypotonics).
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what are we talking about, take the example of Christopher.....
Is it possible to freeze for the winter? Doesn't it lose its healing properties?
can be frozen. Yes, it loses to some extent, but less than during cooking. If only there was a bigger freezer...
I grind fresh rowan through a meat grinder with sugar 1:1, into jars and into the refrigerator. Savory!
Yes, not only tasty, but also healthy...
Will chokeberry rolled with honey turn sour over the winter: 1k1
Dmitry, it’s very possible. Usually made with sugar and refrigerated. And honey - it can turn sour on its own if there is a lot of water in it or the dishes are not clean.
I heard that ajiga is made from chokeberry, can I get the recipe?
There are different recipes for adjika with chokeberry, here is one of them:
take a liter jar of rowan, grind through a meat grinder, then add salt - 2 tablespoons. spoons, sugar 125 g, vinegar 60 g (apple vinegar can be used, about 2 tbsp), peeled cloves of garlic - not a full glass (~ 200 ml), which must then be chopped in a meat grinder, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of hops-suneli, half a teaspoon. lie cinnamon, half a teaspoon. spoons of ground cloves, and pepper, black and red, to taste, as you like.
Mix everything, put it in glass jars and put it in a cool place or in the refrigerator. I really liked this seasoning with kebabs, you can also use it with meat.
Chokeberry normalizes blood pressure. Checked personally. My grandmother had high blood pressure...it helped. I have a low one, it also helped. When I lived in the village, I ate berries and jam in winter. The pressure didn't bother me. And in 2002 she returned to the north, and after about 5 years the low pressure returned again.
I like to use frozen berries in pies and dumplings. In the poured dough it’s almost like raisins. So convenient and delicious in winter.
THANK YOU FOR THE RECIPES AND TIPS, I WILL DEFINITELY FREEZE AND MAKE SOMETHING ELSE!!!
Thank you all very much for the chokeberry recipes. We dry it, and in addition to all of the above, they take it, excuse me, for diarrhea. I ate 4-5 dried berries - and that’s it!!!
We have tons of this rowan! I dry it, freeze it, make jam and wine. Everyone is alive and well! Very healthy and tasty, eat and drink everything in moderation.
Is it possible to give a decoction of chokeberry to a child aged 1 year and 9 months or add it to fruit compote? Thank you!
In my meadow near the river, chokeberry grows up to 3 meters high. Some comments recommend eating berries (for your own calm) once a day, 4-5 pieces.
Thank you for the recipes, there is a lot of chokeberry this year, we will try and experiment.
very tasty and healthy compotes and chokeberry jam.
With high blood pressure (160 to 100), how much dried berries can you eat. Thank you!
I have had chokeberry growing in my dacha for 7 years now. It blooms very beautifully, in the fall the tree stands with red leaves. But there is no ovary. Why won’t it give birth? Tell me, I will be very grateful
she loves moisture and sun, try watering her more often
I made chokeberry jam following my recipe, it turned out very tasty. 1 kg of berries, 1 kg of sugar, 1 large orange, a little citric acid, or half a lemon - lunch.
Please tell me how to take mountain ash for low blood pressure and thyroid? Thank you!
Evgeniya, no way, because there may be problems. but if you really want to, use a little bit, at least
I ground the chokeberry in a meat grinder, then added sugar 1:1 and mixed well. I put it in jars and closed them with tight lids. They stood at room temperature last year and everything is fine, but of course it’s better to store them in a cool place. I used it with tea as a snack. Tasty and healthy!
Do chokeberries have seeds?
there are no seeds, there are some seeds, but they are very small and can hardly be felt
Question for Andrey. It seems that you know quite a lot about the medicinal properties of plants. My husband is 52 years old. We really want a child. But he doesn’t want to see doctors. A former military man, he has become disillusioned throughout his life. Would you recommend anything? By the way, we were treated to chokeberry. I thought I would cook for him because of the pressure. But it might be useful for something else..)
Thanks everyone for the helpful advice, it will be very useful.
I passed the rowan through a meat grinder with an attachment to obtain juice. I prepared 8 liters of juice. I poured it into bottles and poured a tablespoon of alcohol into each bottle to prevent mold from forming. A proven method of preservation. Now I don’t know how to drink juice.
drink like fresh juice - i.e. from 1 to 3 tbsp. spoons per dose, 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. this is if you drink for a long time, but you can drink more at once
I read how to put wine, it says to put it under a waterproofing barrier, but how does that work?
Irina, go to the page “Medicinal wines, recipes, properties, how to prepare”, everything is described there.
Cool page
I have been using chokeberry for a long time in wine, jam, drying, etc. You can make jam with the addition of chopped walnuts and lemon. and this year I prepared the juice and pasteurized it, now I drink it diluted with water about 100 ml per 1 liter of water
Victor, please write a recipe for jam with nuts and lemon. Should I take green nuts?
I met this berry last year, my husband made a tincture and consumed 50 grams once every 3 days, and his bronchial asthma attacks disappeared.
Very interesting, cool page, learned a lot of new things. Thank you.
TAKE A 3L JAR OF LIQUID FRESH HONEY. WE CAST HALF, FILL THE REMAINING SPACE WITH WASHED CHARMONIA. THE FIRST WEEK TURN IT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY, THEN PUT IT ON THE BALCONY AND FORGET) IT CAN BE STORED FOR A YEAR OR MORE WITHOUT LOSS OF USEFUL PROPERTIES. UNLIKE JAMS AND TINCTURES, IT PRESERVES ALL(!) VITAMINS AND PHYTOCIDES.
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My husband, he is 65 years old, has 2 weeks. I had a heart attack ago and had heart surgery to clean out blood vessels. Can he have something from black chokeberry or cr. mountain ash (there was also hypertension). Please answer.
Hi all! I would really like some seeds of this lofant. But I don't know if it's possible to buy it here in Canada. Perhaps someone could put the seeds in an Envelope and send it to me? I would be very grateful.
The simplest and most effective way to make chokeberry wine. I have been making this wine for many years and a lot. I wash the rowan fruits with warm water, then crush them with a mixer. I am preparing 3 liters. jars, wash them and pawn them. h / rowan for 1/3 of the jar, add 300 g of sugar, add hot water (raw, do not boil), stir with a wooden spoon and place on the window on the sunny side. I stir it twice every day. After 7-10 days, if it is warm and sunny, the grounds will sink to the bottom. I spread the contents onto the cloth with the cloth in two steps and squeeze it out. I pour the collected wine into clean 3 liters. jars up to the neck and cover with a plastic lid. I put it on the mezzanine in the corridor. After a month, I pour it into other jars, discarding the sediment. And after another month you can drink the wine, adding sugar to taste, and it won’t go sour for almost a year. I make 35-40 cans each, and my wife and I drink a glass before dinner. Lepota!
Is it possible to combine honey with chokeberry? Instead of sugar. What is the easiest way to preserve chokeberry fruits without cooking or freezing?
Do I need to blanch berries for jam?
An irreplaceable thing for hypertension, just don’t abuse it.
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Brought to the European part of the Earth at the end of the 19th century from North America, where it grows happily and still occupies a very vast territory. People of a distant continent knew about its beneficial properties long before Europeans visited it. It was used to treat many skin diseases. Europeans grew this funny plant as an ornamental. Only in the mid-20th century, when a series of laboratory studies were carried out, did black rowan begin to be used as a medicine. Until then, it was only a plant that was planted in squares, parks, and summer cottages for decorative purposes.
What does black rowan look like?
In encyclopedias you can find another name for chokeberry - chokeberry. It has a round shape, black with a slight bluish tint. Black rowan grows up to 12 mm in diameter; the photo shows what this berry looks like. Unripe fruits are slightly tart, but when they ripen, they become sweet and pleasant to the taste. The plant is usually planted in summer cottages as an ornamental plant, and the fruits are used as a cure for many diseases.
What vitamins are fruits rich in?
Black rowan has a rich set of useful vitamins and microelements: P, C, PP, E, as well as B vitamins, carotene, boron, iron, manganese, copper. It is these components of rowan that allow it to be very useful both for the prevention of diseases and for their treatment.
The benefits of chokeberry
The berries contain sugar, which is represented by fructose and lactose. They are easily digestible, and this is a very useful property for people suffering from diabetes.
By taking rowan fruits, you can stimulate brain activity and normalize blood pressure. Black rowan also has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the immune system. It is worth noting that it is collected at the end of September. Just before winter, when you need to charge your body with all the useful substances, this product will come in handy.
It is useful for people who have trouble sleeping, as well as those who suffer from overwork. Used in the treatment of measles, scarlet fever, typhus. There are cases when the properties of black rowan helped treat radiation sickness.
It promotes better kidney function, treats atherosclerosis and rheumatism. There is no need to be afraid that black rowan increases blood pressure, since its fruits are used to treat and normalize hypertension of the first and second degrees. It also lowers cholesterol levels and fights high acidity.
Interesting fact: the development of dysentery bacillus and Staphylococcus aureus is also delayed due to the consumption of rowan berries.
Due to the high iodine content, black rowan is recommended for people who suffer from diffuse toxic goiter. If you use it regularly, you can have a positive effect on the state of the endocrine system.
Both the fruits of rowan and its leaves are useful. The largest accumulation of beneficial substances is found in the skin of the berries; they have a particularly good effect on strengthening blood vessels. The leaves are used to improve liver function.
Contraindications for the use of fruits
Although this miracle berry has a number of positive characteristics, even it has contraindications. Due to the fact that it contains organic acids, its use for gastritis and peptic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum is undesirable. But if there are no exacerbations, then it can be used only in small quantities.
It is also undesirable to use it if you have low blood pressure or constipation; you should be careful if you have increased blood clotting.
Consumption of rowan during pregnancy
There are practically no contraindications for black rowan during pregnancy. Due to the fact that it contains flavonoids, it helps reduce capillary fragility. Also, regular consumption of fruits has a good effect on digestion, improves appetite, normalizes blood pressure and prevents the development of anemia in both mother and child.
The weakened body of a pregnant woman is saturated with useful vitamins, due to which the immune system is strengthened. Folic acid contained in berries plays a huge role in cell growth, normalizes the nervous system and has a beneficial effect on the health of the woman and the fetus.
However, it has one negative effect - a large amount of rowan consumed can lower blood pressure.
For what diseases is black rowan used?
It is important to note that black rowan does not lose its beneficial properties with any of the treatments. So it can be used in the form of jam, juice, jam, syrup, tea. It is especially useful in winter and spring, when the immune system is weakened.
Recipes from black rowan for various diseases
- High blood pressure: boil 1 kg of rowan with 1 glass of water for 30 minutes. The mixture is filtered and the resulting juice is consumed, 1 tbsp. l. 2 times a day.
- Gastritis with low acidity: drink freshly squeezed juice, 0.25 cups.
- Hypertension: mix 50 g of rowan with a tablespoon of honey, consume for 40 days.
- Atherosclerosis: grind 1 kg of fruit with 700 g of sugar, take 100 g per day.
- Hypovitaminosis, anemia: black currant mixed with rowan. You can also use rosehip decoction instead of currants.
- Prevention. Dry fruits are brewed for 10 minutes, consume half a glass per day.
How to prepare medicinal raw materials for the winter?
For harvesting fruits that will be used as medicines, take well-ripened berries.
Black rowan is dried in a well-ventilated place; the photo above shows how to do it correctly. If the weather does not allow air drying, then you can use an oven with the door open. Black rowan will not lose its beneficial properties and will also be suitable for treatment.
Berries can also be frozen. But this must be done quickly, using quick freezing. Such fruits store well. Just re-freezing is not allowed.
A very universal medicine is dried black rowan. How to preserve it is an individual matter. For example, it can be in a glass jar or in a bag made of cotton or linen material.
In addition, black rowan is used in many other places. Recipes for preparing various preserves, jams, compotes, and syrups are passed down from generation to generation.
Black rowan berry jam
Ingredients: 1 kg of black rowan, 1.5 kg of sugar, 1 glass of any juice, 2 glasses of water, 3 g of citric acid.
The berry is separated from the seed, washed and placed in the oven in a container with a closed lid for 2-4 hours.
The syrup is prepared from water, juice, sugar. The berries are dipped into the finished mixture and cooked until the rowan becomes transparent. Before the jam is removed from the heat, citric acid is added to it. Hot jam is poured into jars.
Black rowan syrup
Ingredients: 1 kg of rowan, 700 g of sugar, 800 g of water, 50 g of cherry leaves, 15 g of citric acid.
The fruits are cleared of leaves and washed in warm water.
All the water is poured into the pan and brought to a boil. Rowan and cherry leaves are lowered into the water. After everything has boiled for a few minutes, the leaves are removed and thrown away. Citric acid is added.
The resulting mixture is infused for a day, after which it is filtered. The resulting sediment and berries are removed, and sugar is added to the remaining liquid. Place the pan with the mixture on the fire and bring to a boil - enough for everything to boil for 5 minutes. After this, the syrup is poured into jars and rolled up.
The syrup is used as an additive to desserts and can be used to make drinks. It is also suitable for normalizing blood pressure.
Chokeberry pie
Ingredients: wheat bread 200 gr. black rowan 2.5 cups, apples 3 pcs. sugar 0.5 cups, 2 tbsp. l. milk, one egg, 2 tbsp. l. butter, 2 tbsp. l. breadcrumbs, black rowan syrup.
The bread is cut into thin slices and then dipped in a mixture of milk, egg and sugar. The berries are washed and covered with sugar, apples are added to them, preferably sour varieties. Place slices of bread on a baking sheet greased with butter and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. A mixture of rowan berries and apples is placed on top, after which the whole thing is covered with another layer of bread. The dessert is poured with an egg-milk mixture and baked in the oven until golden brown. The cooled pie can be poured with syrup or sprinkled with powdered sugar.
So, chokeberry is a very useful and well-known berry, which is used to treat many diseases, as well as to prevent and strengthen the immune system. The bush itself is used as an ornamental plant and decorates personal plots.
Rowan can be used to prepare compotes, syrups, tinctures, tea, baking, etc. It should be noted that the leaves also have beneficial properties. Most often, the berries are used to lower blood pressure. It is better to consult a doctor before use. Although this product is useful, in some cases the consumption of rowan is undesirable or the daily intake must be reduced.
Preface
Many of us have heard about chokeberry. But not everyone knows what this plant is and whether it has any relation to the mountain ash. Let’s try to figure this out, and at the same time talk about the beneficial qualities of chokeberry.
Where it grows best, taste qualities
Chokeberry, black rowan, black chokeberry - all these are the names of one shrub from the Rosaceae family. It is grown as an ornamental or medicinal plant. Its homeland is North America; the shrub entered the territory of the Russian Empire at the end of the 19th century.
Initially, it was known only as an ornamental plant, but, through the efforts of the famous scientist I.V. Michurin, in 1935 the Likernaya variety was developed, which was distinguished by large fruits and a rather sweet taste. Later, this variety became the ancestor of a line of new varieties, which, in addition to decorative functions, had medicinal and table value.
The black fruits really resemble the well-known mountain ash in appearance. They have a tart, sweet taste with a slight sourness.
Did you know?At the beginning of the 16th century, ubiquitous merchants from the Netherlands established contact with one of the tribes of the indigenous inhabitants of North America - the Delawares. Negociants from Holland paid attention to flour pureed from local berries. It had an unusual pleasant taste and, according to the Indians, a lot of useful qualities. This is how people in the Old World learned about chokeberry, later called chokeberry.
The nutritional value
Chokeberry has great nutritional value (per 100 g of product):
- calorie content - 55 kcal;
- proteins - 1.5 g;
- fats - 0.2 g;
- carbohydrates - 10.9 g;
- fiber - 4.1 g;
- water - 80.5 g;
- pectins and tannins - 2.5 g;
- iodine - 5.5 mcg;
- potassium - 160 mcg;
- vitamins: P (up to 0.5 mg), as well as A, C, E, group B.
Collection and storage
You need to collect chokeberry during the day, in dry weather. In order for the fruits to be stored well, it is necessary that they are not raw at the time of picking. Berries should be picked as a whole bunch - this way they will be better stored. Even properly harvested fresh chokeberry will not last long. In order to extend its shelf life, it is necessary to dry or freeze the berries.
Important! It is very important not to overdry chokeberries when drying them in the oven. The fact that the berry is overdried is indicated by the appearance of a red-brown tint on the surface of the fruit.
Proper drying is carried out as follows:
- The fruits are torn off from the bunches, then they must be washed and the water allowed to drain.
- Place rowan fruits in a thin layer on a baking sheet on which paper is spread and place in the oven.
- Maintain at a temperature of + 45 ° C for half an hour, then increase the temperature to + 60 ° C and dry until completely cooked.
The finished dried and cooled fruits can be poured into plastic bottles and sealed hermetically. You can hang the fruits in a cool, dry place without removing them from the branches. This way they can also be stored for quite a long time.
Use in folk medicine
Traditional medicine widely uses this plant in the treatment and prevention of many diseases. Let's consider the main ones:
Did you know? In addition to black chokeberry, there is also red chokeberry. It is used in ornamental gardening.
How to use for medicinal purposes
In folk medicine, both fruits and leaves of chokeberry are used. We'll cover some of the simplest and most common uses for chokeberry.
General strengthening decoction for immunity
To prepare it you will need:
- dry chokeberry berries - 20 g;
- water - 0.2 l.
Brew rowan with boiling water and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Then leave it to brew (30 minutes) and strain. Take 100-120 ml three times a day.
For hypertension
You need to prepare:
- freshly squeezed chokeberry juice - 50 ml;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l.
Mix the ingredients and take half an hour before meals. Or just eat 100 g of fresh berries. The course of admission is 30-45 days.
For gastrointestinal diseases
If you suffer from gastrointestinal disorders (if you have low acidity), it is recommended to eat 100 g of fresh berries every day 30-40 minutes before meals. This should be done for 5-7 weeks, depending on the result, the course can be continued.
For skin diseases
Using compresses based on freshly squeezed chokeberry juice, you can successfully fight various skin diseases: acne, dermatitis, itching, peeling, eczema.
Important! The fruits of chokeberry are rich in iodine, which the plant takes from the soil through its roots. Therefore, the more of a given element in the ground, the more of it there will be in the fruits and leaves of the plant and the more useful it will be« chokeberry» .
Alcohol tinctures
It is better to make an alcoholic tincture of chokeberry without sugar. Rowan has enough of its natural sweetness, but if you add sugar, it will be more like a table liqueur, but we provide a recipe for a tincture, which is intended for medicinal use.
You will need:
- chokeberry fruits - 1.5 kg;
- food alcohol (70%) - 1 l.
The tincture should be prepared as follows:
- Separate the berries from the branches, rinse well, let drain and dry.
- Pour the berries into a glass bottle (well washed and dry), pour alcohol so that the fruits are completely covered (the approximate amount of alcohol is indicated).
- Close the jar tightly with a lid, shake and remove away from light for 8-9 weeks (shaking the contents periodically).
- After the specified time has passed, filter the contents, pour into glass containers, seal tightly and place in a cool place.
If you take this tincture 30-50 ml 15 minutes before meals, you will normalize gastric secretions and strengthen the immune system. The product is an excellent antioxidant and inhibits oxidative processes (aka aging) in the body. Just keep in mind that we are talking about taking the tincture for treatment and prevention in moderate doses. If you still want to make a tincture with added sugar, then the following recipe will suit you.
Take:
- chokeberry fruits - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 2 tbsp;
- vodka - 1 l.
When everything is prepared, the berries are washed and dried, you can proceed:
- Pour the rowan into a bottle and mash it into a puree.
- Add granulated sugar there.
- Mix the puree, cover with a thin napkin and leave for 2 days.
- After 2 days, pour in alcohol, close and place in a dark place for 8-9 weeks.
- After the specified time, strain the tincture and pour it into a container.
The tincture should be stored in a cool place.
Vitamin deficiency, off-season period
To combat vitamin deficiency, you will need an infusion, for which you need to take:
- chokeberry (fresh or dried) - 1 tbsp. l.;
- water - 1 tbsp.
Pour boiling water over the fruits for 30-40 minutes, drain through a strainer and take 100-120 ml three times a day.
Did you know? Chokeberry became widespread in the territory of the former USSR thanks to the Altai fruit and berry station. It was from there, from Gorno-Altaisk, that the plant began to be grown en masse on state and collective farms.
For thyroid diseases
If you have problems with the thyroid gland, you can prepare a decoction for which you will need:
- chokeberry fruits (fresh or dried) - 5 tbsp. l.;
- water - 0.5 l.
Pour boiling water over the berries and let steep for 2.5-3 hours. Drain the broth, lightly squeeze the berries directly into the broth. Take 200 ml three times a day 40 minutes before meals. This should be done within 1 month. Then - 6-8 weeks break. After which the procedure should be repeated.
To prepare a decoction with fresh chokeberry fruits, take:
- fresh chokeberry juice - 50-60 ml;
- milk - 50-60 ml;
- honey - 1 tbsp. l.
Mix all ingredients and take before meals three times a day. Course - 20-25 days. After a two-week break you can continue. For diseases of the thyroid gland, you will also need a recipe that uses chokeberry ground with sugar:
- chokeberry fruits - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg.
Grind the berries with granulated sugar, package them in jars, and put them in the refrigerator. Take a teaspoon three times a day.
For weight loss
Chokeberry lowers blood sugar, removes cholesterol, toxins and breaks down subcutaneous fat. In addition, it normalizes endocrine processes and the outflow of bile. Such unique properties have made the fruit an excellent means for losing weight.
For these purposes, you need to use chokeberry juice. During the harvest period, when there is a lot of fresh juice, you can make reserves for the winter - preserve it. You need to take 50 ml of juice three times a day. You should not drink more, since the property of rowan to improve the quality of gastric juice can stimulate appetite.
For diabetes
Berry infusion:
- Pour dried fruits into a thermos at the rate of 30 g of chokeberry per 0.5 liter of water.
- Pour boiling water and leave for 10-12 hours (it is better to do it at night).
- Take 0.5 cups three times a day.
To prepare the decoction we will need:
- dry leaves of chokeberry - 3 tbsp. l.;
- water (boiling water) - 500 ml.
Pour boiling water over the leaves and simmer over low heat for 10-15 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for an hour, then strain. Take 1 glass three times a day.
How can it be used in home cosmetology?
The various beneficial properties of chokeberry have led to its use in cosmetology.
Important! Drinking chokeberry juice or tea from it has a beneficial effect on the condition of women during pregnancy.
Mask for normal skin
Mask made from chokeberry fruits, honey and milk.
You will need:
- chokeberry fruits - 2 tbsp. l.;
- milk - 2 tbsp. l.;
- honey - 1 tsp.
Using a blender, make a puree from rowan berries, add honey and milk to it. Soak the prepared fabric (gauze) base well with the resulting mass and apply it to your face for 20 minutes. After removing the mask, rinse your face with warm water and moisturize with cream.
Chokeberry mask with apple.
Ingredients:
- chokeberry - 3 tbsp. l.;
- medium size apple - 1/2 pc.
Using a blender, puree the apple and chokeberry. Next, do everything the same as in the previous recipe.
Rowan mask with beets.
For her, take:
- chokeberry pulp - 3 tbsp. l.;
- raw grated beets - 1 tbsp. l.;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
Combine and mix all ingredients. Apply to gauze, gauze to face. You should not keep the mask on for longer than 10-13 minutes. Rinse off with warm water and then apply cream.
Mask for dry skin
Chokeberry mask with butter for dry skin.
Ingredients:
- Rowan pulp - 2 tbsp. l.;
- melted butter - 1 tsp.
Mix the ingredients and apply the resulting mixture to your face. After 20 minutes, remove the mask using a tampon, rinse off any remaining residue with warm water and apply cream.
Rowan berry mask with honey.
Ingredients:
- chokeberry pulp - 2 tbsp. l.;
- honey - 1 tsp;
- sour cream - 2 tsp.
Did you know? Chokeberry contains 20 times more vitamin P than oranges, and 2 times more than black currants. Red currants, raspberries and strawberries are noticeably inferior to chokeberries in terms of the content of acids of organic origin. Raspberries and strawberries contain only a quarter of the amount of iodine found in« chokeberry» .
Mask for oily skin
Chokeberry and dill mask for oily skin.
To prepare it you will need:
- chokeberry pulp - 2 tbsp. l.;
- dill - 1 bunch.
Using a blender, chop the dill and combine with chokeberry pulp. Apply the resulting mass to your face. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes, after which rinse off the residue and moisturize with cream.
If you suffer from acne, a mask made from chokeberry and currant will suit you:
- Take equal proportions (2 tablespoons each) of currant and chokeberry berries and puree them using a blender.
- Soak the gauze prepared in advance with the resulting mass and apply to the face. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes.
- After this, wash your face and use the cream.
To make a cucumber and chokeberry mask, take 2 tbsp. l. grated fresh cucumber and 2 tbsp. l. chokeberry fruits. Mix the ingredients and apply to your face. Next you should do the same as in the previous recipe.
Scrub
You can also make a facial scrub from the fruits of chokeberry. To do this, grind half a glass of fruits using a blender and add coarse (preferably sea) salt to the resulting mass until a thick consistency is formed. Apply to face, massaging lightly like a regular scrub, then rinse with warm water.
Important! There is more vitamin C in chokeberry leaves than in fruits. At the time of flowering, its content in 100 g of leaves is more than 105 mg.
For hair
Aronia berries will also help improve the condition of your scalp and hair. Using a blender, prepare a puree from 250 g of fruit. Half an hour before washing your hair, rub the mixture into the scalp and hair roots. You can make a useful hair rinse based on the fruits.
For it you will need:
- rowan fruits - 20 g;
- water - 450 ml.
Pour boiling water over the chokeberry (dried or fresh) and place on low heat. After 15 minutes, remove the broth from the heat, let cool and strain. Apply after washing your hair.
Use in cooking
In addition to being used for medicinal purposes, chokeberry is actively used in cooking. You can prepare a lot of tasty and healthy dishes from it. Adjika from chokeberry, compote, jam, jelly, syrup, chokeberry raisins, marshmallow, homemade wine - and this is not a complete list of dishes using healthy berries. You can add fruits when stewing meat, and also prepare chokeberry ground with sugar as a filling for pies.
Its beautiful rich color is used as a dye in the making of jelly and homemade ice cream. Chokeberry is a storehouse of useful substances that will help cure many ailments, and also give beauty and youth to those who consume this healthy berry.
