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WITH Latin the word "rowan" is translated as "attracting birds." Indeed, the bright fruits of the tree attract many birds. Previously, the berries were used as bait for catching birds. Beneficial features mountain ash was known in Ancient Greece And Ancient Rome. First of all, its disinfecting properties were valued. IN old times they put a rowan branch in the water so that it for a long time was drinkable. This plant is associated with many legends, rituals, folk signs and believe. In Rus', it was considered a tree of family happiness and prosperity, so the newlyweds planted it in front of the windows of the new house. Previously, the "rowan spirit" treated the weak. For this, a sick person was placed under a tree so that it would “draw out” the disease.

Features of mountain ash

In traditional medicine, rowan fruits are prescribed as a tonic for beriberi and hypovitaminosis. In pharmacology, it also refers to drugs that affect digestive system and metabolism. What is useful rowan ordinary? What is its healing power?

area

The rowan tree is found in the temperate climate of the Northern Hemisphere. It can be seen throughout Russia, not counting the Far North. It also grows in the mountains, where it becomes a shrub subspecies. It takes root well in the Urals and the North Caucasus, but more often it can be found in the forest, forest-steppe zone. Rowan is a lone tree. Rarely forms continuous thickets. It can be found in the undergrowth of deciduous, coniferous, mixed forests, between shrubs, as well as on the edges and clearings, clearings, on the banks of streams, where there is a lot of light. Although the tree tolerates shade well, it endures severe frosts. In city gardens, alleys and parks, mountain ash is a real decoration. It pleases the eye with beautiful fruits not only in autumn, but also in winter.

Botanical description

Rowan ordinary is well known even to small children. It is easily recognizable by its bright red or bright orange fruits.

Among ornamental trees, mountain ash is considered a long-liver. Some species can live up to 200 years. The tree begins to bear fruit after the seventh year of life. A good harvest can be taken every three years.

Other types

There are about 100 types of mountain ash. Many varieties are bred as ornamental and fruit plants. The bitter taste of the berries "forced" breeders to grow new varieties with fruits that are more tender and palatable. There are two large variety groups - Moravian and Nezhin mountain ash. Large-fruited varieties were bred in Germany and the Czech Republic. A well-known Russian biologist and breeder I. V. Michurin played an important role in the cultivation of new tree varieties. The scientist crossed mountain ash with other varieties of this tree, as well as with apple, hawthorn, medlar, pear and other plants. As a result of selection work, new food, honey-bearing, decorative, phytomeliorative tree species have appeared. Two of the most famous species are used as medicinal raw materials - mountain ash and chokeberry. ABOUT medicinal properties chokeberry.

Procurement of raw materials

You can collect fruits from wild and ornamental varieties. Trees should grow in an ecologically clean area, away from highways and industrial areas. Useful properties of mountain ash red maximally accumulate only in ripe fruits. A sign of maturity is juicy pulp and bright orange color of berries.

• collection. In wild varieties, the fruits are bitter, so they are recommended to be removed after the first frost. Then the taste of the berry will be softer and softer. When harvesting, whole brushes of mountain ash are cut off, and then the fruits are separated.
• Billet. Berries, if possible, are dried for several days in a ventilated room. Lay out thin layer. Then dried in an oven or dryer at a temperature of 50°C. After drying, the fruits become shriveled, but do not lose their bright color. Blackened berries are removed. The berries should not stick together, this indicates the moisture preserved in the fruits.
• Storage . Dry raw materials are stored in linen, paper bags for 2 years, protected from moisture. Also, the berry can be frozen whole, packed in bags. Or you can make a puree out of it and freeze it in this form.

Chemical composition and healing effect

The main healing property of mountain ash is a multivitamin. It is unique in its own way chemical composition a plant that is useful in the complex treatment of various diseases.

Rowan improves metabolic processes in the body, normalizes metabolism. It is also used externally for skin lesions - in the form of lotions, baths, compresses.

Indications

Rowan is primarily prescribed for beriberi and hypovitaminosis, as well as for their prevention, especially in the spring. What diseases and symptoms are indications for the use of this medicinal plant?

• Hypertension.
• Atherosclerosis.
• Rheumatism.
• Gout.
• Decreased acidity of gastric juice.
• Salt metabolism disorders.
• Diabetes.
• High cholesterol in the blood.
• Obesity.
• Atony of the large intestine.
• Haemorrhoids.
• Inflammatory skin diseases.
• Muscle weakness.
• Spasms of cerebral vessels.
• Asthenia and anemia.
• Dysmenorrhea (painful periods).
• Bronchitis (for better sputum discharge).

In some sources you can find information that mountain ash is used in complex therapy oncological diseases, to support immunity and restore the body after exhausting procedures.

Contraindications

What are the contraindications of mountain ash?

• Individual intolerance and allergic reaction.
• Gastritis with high acidity.
• stomach ulcer and duodenum.
• Cardiac ischemia.
• Thrombophlebitis.
• Hypotension.
• Children under 3 years old.

Preparations based on mountain ash only in rare cases can harm the body. But in the presence of any chronic diseases Before taking this medicinal plant, you need to consult a specialist. Is it possible to drink mountain ash during pregnancy? Information on this topic is conflicting. This is a question a woman should ask her gynecologist.

Rowan red does not apply to toxic plants. However, you should not abuse it, especially fresh berries and juice. Sorbic acid can cause mild poisoning in case of overdose, as it is a natural antibiotic. But poisoning is extremely rare, because the bitter fruits of mountain ash prevent this. It is known that at heat treatment sorbic acid is destroyed and does not pose any danger.

The use of mountain ash in folk medicine

IN folk medicine rowan is used in different types- tinctures, infusions, teas, fortified drinks, decoctions, juice, jam. Most often, fruits are used, less often - flowers, even more rarely - rowan bark and leaves. Although the latter contain no less useful substances than fruits.

Infusion

The infusion is drunk with hypovitaminosis, general exhaustion of the body and anemia. It can be cooked different ways, but it is important not to boil the fruits so that their valuable properties are not lost.

Cooking

1. Put 1 tbsp. a spoonful of fruit in an enamel pan.
2. Fill with 2 glasses cold water and close the lid.
3. Hold in a boiling water bath for 10-15 minutes.
4. Leave for 1 hour.

Before taking the infusion must be filtered. It can be diluted boiled water. Take ½ cup 4 times a day. Store in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.

Alcohol tincture

It can be used as a medicinal prophylactic.

Cooking

1. Take 200 g of rowan fruit.
2. Fill with a liter of vodka.
3. Insist 2 weeks.
4. Strain.

Take the tincture in small doses - a teaspoon 3 times a day. Store in a dark and cool place. It can be prepared from fresh and dried rowan. Dried fruits are good for diarrhea, they are even recommended to be chewed without cooking.

A decoction of rowan flowers

Medicinal properties have rowan flowers, which are collected in May-June. From the inflorescences, decoctions are prepared for violations of the liver and endocrine system, hemorrhoids, cough, gynecological diseases.

Cooking

1. Take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of rowan flowers.
2. Pour in a glass of boiling water.
3. Leave for 15-20 minutes.
4. Strain.

Take a decoction of ½ cup 3 times a day. Also, the decoction can be infused in a thermos for 3-4 hours and drink ¼ cup 3 times a day. In addition, decoctions of flowers and rowan leaves can be added to therapeutic baths for joint pain. Decoctions are used for gargling with pharyngitis and laryngitis.

Vitaminized tea

This is a good prophylactic during influenza and SARS epidemics. It is useful to drink it in the spring, when the body is observed acute shortage vitamins and microelements.

Cooking

1. Take 1 tbsp. a spoonful of rowan berries and rose hips.
2. Pour in 2 cups of boiling water.
3. Infuse in a thermos for 6-8 hours.

Take warm tea ½ cup several times a day. You can add honey and ginger to such a drink to enhance the tonic properties.

Juice

Juice is recommended to drink with gastritis with low acidity, cholecystitis, vitamin deficiency. You can squeeze small portions of juice with a juicer. Well, if the pulp is preserved in the juice, then a lot of carotene remains in it. You can make juice for long-term storage.

Cooking

1. Prepared 1 kg of berries are immersed in salted boiling water for 5 minutes.
2. Rinse the berries with cold water.
3. Rubbed through a sieve.
4. The finished puree is poured with hot syrup (200 g of sugar for 2 cups of water).
5. Pour into liter jars, sterilize for 15 minutes and roll up.

Freshly squeezed juice is taken in a strict dosage - 1 teaspoon 4 times a day, it is preferable to drink half an hour before meals. Fresh juice is also used externally, they are treated with papillomas and warts.

Jam

Rowanberry makes a delicious treat. It is used to make jam, compote, jelly, syrup, marshmallow, marmalade, liqueurs and liqueurs. There are many cooking recipes
jam from rowan berries. Here is one of them.

Cooking

1. Prepare 1 kg of fresh fruit.
2. From 1.3 kg of sugar and 2 glasses of water, boil the syrup.
3. Pour berries with hot syrup and leave for 2-3 hours.
4. Cook over low heat, stirring until thickened.
5. Remove from heat and infuse the jam for another 5 hours.
6. Transfer to dry sterilized jars and seal tightly.

Fructose can be used instead of sugar. You can also add some apples, which will give the jam a pleasant aroma and sourness. Rowan makes good jams and jellies because it contains a natural thickener - pectin.

Puree

Fortified drinks can be prepared from mashed potatoes by diluting them with boiled water. You can also eat puree with water or tea.

Cooking

1. Pass through a meat grinder 1 kg of berries.
2. Pour in 1 kg of sugar and mix thoroughly.
3. Pour into dry sterilized jars.
4. Store your puree in the refrigerator.

Take 1-2 tbsp. spoons 2-4 times a day.

Some features of the application

In pharmacology, mountain ash is produced in two dosage forms- as dried fruits and multivitamin syrup. But also the fruits are widely used in the confectionery and alcoholic beverage industry, in animal husbandry, veterinary medicine, and crop production.

Mountain ash brings great benefits in landscaping urban areas. In forest reclamation, the tree is used as a snow-protective and wind-resistant plantation. Wood is used in turning and carpentry, musical instruments are made from it.

Useful properties and contraindications of mountain ash are described in detail in folk medicine. It is used to treat the digestive system, beriberi, rheumatism, hypertension, anemia, it relieves inflammation of the skin, pain in the joints, strengthens immune system. In industrial pharmacology, mountain ash is used less frequently, although it is valued for its tonic, multivitamin property.

Life Form:	tree or shrub
Dimensions (height), m:	6-15
Crown diameter, m:	4-6
Crown shape:	ovoid. The bark is gray, smooth, the branches are dark brown
Growth pattern:	growing fast
Annual growth in height:	40 cm
Annual increase in width:	30 cm
Durability:	Durable 70-100 years
Leaf shape:	Up to 20 cm long, consist of 9-15 leaflets up to 5 cm long and up to 1.5 cm wide
Summer coloring:	Green
Autumn coloring:	Yellow, orange, red
Flowers (coloring):	White with a smell, collected in corymbose inflorescences up to 15 cm in diameter
Beginning and end of flowering:	Late May early June
Fruit:	Fruits are edible, spherical, bright red or orange, up to 0.8 cm in diameter, ripen in September, remain on the branches for a long time.
Decorative:	It is especially beautiful during flowering and fruiting, the autumn color of the foliage is also decorative.
Application:	Single landings, groups, alleys
Attitude towards light:	Shade-tolerant, but blooms and bears fruit better in lighted places
Relation to moisture:	Does not tolerate waterlogging and drought
Soil attitude:	Undemanding, but does not tolerate salinity
Frost resistance:	frost-resistant
Note:	smoke and gas resistant

Rowan ordinary - Sorbus aucuparia

A small tree (up to 15 m) or a large shrub with alternate, pinnate leaves, dark green above, bare, lighter below, pubescent. Tree with an oval crown, gray smooth bark. Branches are pinkish gray. Annual shoots glabrous or pubescent with lenticels. Flowers up to 1 cm, in large corymbs. The fruits are orange-red, spherical, long-lasting on the branches, very decorating the walnut tree. Mountain ash is frost-resistant, tolerates slight shading, is undemanding to the soil, but develops better on loose soil. Avoids sickness. Rowan ordinary has many decorative forms: in the shape of the crown, the color and taste of the fruit, the color of the leaves, which can be successfully used in green building. The typical form, its hybrids and varieties are decorative throughout the growing season. The mountain ash is very beautiful in solitary and group plantings, edges, alleys throughout Russia.

Leaves pinnately compound, 11-15 leaflets, oblong-lanceolate in outline, 10-20 cm long. Leaflets 3-5 cm long, sharp, serrate, glabrous or pubescent, dull above, light green below.

Inflorescence corymbose 5-10 cm wide. Sepals and pedicels glabrous or pubescent. Flowers about 1 cm in diameter, white, with rounded petals, about 5 mm in diameter, densely pubescent above. Stamens usually 20. Styles from 2 to 5 (usually 3), free, pubescent at the base. blooms in May.

The fruits are spherical, red, about 1 cm in diameter. They ripen in August-September.

Distributed in the forest zone of Europe, the Caucasus, Asia Minor and North Africa. It does not grow well on wet peaty-marsh, as well as saline soils. It grows better on loamy soils than on sandy ones. In some places, usually near the nesting sites of fieldfares, mountain ash forms numerous populations that stably exist due to the regular supply of seeds. Under shading conditions, mountain ash is also capable of vegetative propagation by shoots, root offspring and rooting of creeping shoots. On forest clearings, clearings and forest edges, mountain ash also renews well, begins to bear fruit earlier (already at the age of 5 years), has a long life expectancy (up to 50-80 years) and more large fruits. Of all the flowers on the tree, about one third forms fruits. In addition, in the process of fruit development, a significant part of them falls off before the final ripening period. Mountain ash is characterized by cross-pollination with the help of insects, in some cases self-pollination occurs. Cases of formation of seedless fruits are known. Rowan ordinary has long been used as a fruit and medicinal plant: its fruits are rich in sugars, organic acids, vitamins, etc. It is successfully cultivated. Strong wood is used in turning and furniture production. Mountain ash is planted in cities due to its resistance to smoke and gases. It is used in the creation of forest belts for various purposes.

" Rowan

Mountain ash is loved by Russian gardeners. In old times, she was planted near houses to protect households from the evil eye. This tall, beautiful tree retains its decorative effect in all seasons of the year. It is not only decorative, but has healing properties, and rowan berries used to make marshmallows, preserves, jams, liqueurs and tinctures. WITH detailed description characteristics of this variety of mountain ash can be found below.

Rowan - a tree with a height of 5 m and above. Sometimes it can reach a height of up to 20 m. An adult tree has a crown 6 m wide. It has a perfectly even trunk. Therefore, rowan wood is very often used in carpentry. The trunk and branches are smooth, grayish in color.

Beautiful rowan leaves are oblong and have an elongated shape. Unpaired, alternate. Thanks to the leaves, rowan is so popular in landscape design.

Rowan inflorescence - panicle. Flowers are white or pale pink. They do not have an aromatic odor.

It starts fruiting 5-7 years after planting. Gives stable yields from the age of 30. Fruits abundantly every 3 years. Blooms in late May, early June. Berries appear in September. When ripe, they are red or black. The color of the berries depends on the variety of rowan. Berries round shape, usually bitterly. There are rowan varieties with a sweet taste. Despite the fact that they are inferior in taste to other berries, they are useful. Due to its beneficial properties, it is successfully used in traditional medicine.

How to grow a tree and get fruits

Landing

Rowan grows and develops on any soil, so growing a tree will not be difficult. It is better if the soil is moist, but not swampy. Does not like acidic soils, so lime must be applied before planting.

2-3 year old seedlings are suitable for planting. Best planting season- this is the middle of autumn in warm areas. In cold mid-September. Planting is also possible in the spring.

For landing you will need:

1. Shovel.
2. Peg.
3. Bucket for watering.
4. Leg-split.

Prepare a landing site in advance. Dig and clear weeds. If planting several trees, then the distance between them is 4-5 m.

Dig a hole 80 cm deep and 50 cm wide. If the seedling has a powerful root system, then the landing pit should be bigger size. Such that the roots fit freely in it.

In the soil that was taken out when digging the hole, add:

1. Superphosphate 600 grams.
2. Humus 12 kg.
3. Potassium salt 130 grams.

Mix all components thoroughly with the ground.

Pour a drainage layer at the bottom of the pit. Pebbles or coarse sand are suitable as drainage. Pour a mound of prepared earth onto the drainage. Put a rowan seedling on it. Drive a peg into the center. Spread the roots and cover with soil. Trample it around the stem. Pour abundantly with water. Mulch the soil around the tree with humus. Tie it with twine to a peg.

The root neck, after the earth has settled, should be at the level of the soil.

tree care

1. Rowan is unpretentious in care. Likes abundant watering. Lack of moisture will delay the growth and development of the tree.
2. Regular loosening of the soil around the stem. Rowan gives abundant basal shoots, which must be removed so that a shrub does not turn out. In this case, hemp should not be left.

1. For better growth and the development of mountain ash needs top dressing. In spring, nitrogen fertilizers are needed:

• Mullein 1 kg.
• Urea 10 grams.
• Ammonium nitrate 15 grams.

The components are diluted in 10 liters of water.

In autumn, phosphorus-potassium is introduced.

• Nitroammophoska 20 grams.

1. Tall rowan varieties require shaping pruning. Dry branches are cut out in the spring. The cut is made at an angle of 45 degrees.

Picking berries

With the collection of rowan fruits should not be delayed. First, it is pecked by birds. Secondly, it becomes tasteless. That's why Harvest occurs at the end of August, beginning of September.

How rowan breeds

Over time, every gardener has a desire to propagate a rowan bush. After all, this decorative tree is not only beautiful, but also useful. Rowan can reproduce in several ways:

1. Seeds.
2. Budding.
3. Inoculation.
4. layering.

Reproduction by seeds

The most popular and simple propagation of mountain ash is by seeds. For this method, the collected seeds must be stratified for 3-6 months in order for them to sprout.

To prepare seeds for planting, pick a ripe handful from a mountain ash. Gently crush the berries and rinse the seeds thoroughly under running water. After that, mix with peat. Place the mixture in a container, and put in a cool place at a temperature of 1 degree.

The most suitable room for seed stratification is the basement.

If there is no basement, put the seed container on the top shelf of the refrigerator. Don't forget to moisturize. After the time has passed, the seeds should peck. Now take the container with the seeds to the air. Bury in the snow. Sow the seeds outdoors in the spring.

For planting seeds, dig a plot. The soil should be loose and fertile. Free it from weeds. Apply humus, superphosphate and potash fertilizers. Planting seeds is carried out in grooves with a distance of 25 cm from each other. The depth of embedding in the soil is 2-3 cm. Cover with light soil (mix humus or peat with the ground).

Thickened seedlings will need to be thinned out. Leave 8 cm between plants.

Further plant care consists of:

1. Loosening.
2. Weeding.
3. Top dressing.

The first dressing is given to young mountain ash when 2-3 true leaves appear. Make a solution of urea or ammonium nitrate. After about a month, top dressing should be repeated.

undergrowth

Propagation by shoots is not a difficult method of reproduction. For good result you must follow the rules:

1. For reproduction, shoots of 2-3 years of life are taken.
2. Carefully separate it from the mother tree.
3. Leave the shoot in place for growing.
4. After two years, the grown bush is transplanted to a permanent place.

layering

To get good credits for propagation, two-year-old shoots are used.

The mother bush must be spudded. Be sure to fertilize with humus. Dig deep into the soil. Remove collecting grass.

Dig grooves from an adult bush. Depth 10 cm. Lay shoots in the grooves. Secure it with fork hooks. In order for the shoots to take root better, make small cuts on the bark. Tie the stem of the mountain ash to the peg. Two years later, if the cutting has developed a good root system, the cutting is transplanted to a permanent place.

budding

This breeding method is complex and is used for breeding varietal mountain ash.

For rootstock take seedlings of simple mountain ash. Since its bark is plastic, it is therefore easily separated, and provides good engraftment.

Rowan budding is done in early August. The process is the same as for apple, pear and other fruit trees. The difference is the cultivation of rowan seedlings.

A year after budding, cut the stock into a spike. The height will be approximately 28 cm. Remove all the kidneys on it. The shoot that has grown from the grafted bud must be tied to a thorn.

A year later, they begin to form a crown. Deleted top part seedling. Where the kidneys are close. The cut is made at an acute angle to the trunk.

For planting in parks and alleys, the tree is formed high; for gardens, the crown is cut so that it is not tall. Usually 3 skeletal branches are laid in the first tier.

Since the mountain ash starts to grow very early, planting should be carried out in autumn period. Fertile, light soils are recommended for planting. Organics, phosphorus and potash fertilizers are applied as top dressing.. Trees are planted according to the scheme 6 * 4 or 6 * 3 m. The holes are prepared with a depth of 60 cm, a width of 80 cm. A drainage layer of 10-15 cm is poured onto the bottom. A couple of buckets of humus are placed on it. And also superphosphate 250 grams, potassium salt in the amount of 100. Cover with soil from above and plant seedlings.

When planting budded seedlings, keep in mind that the root collar at the beginning should be about 5 cm above ground level. After the earth settles, it will be at ground level.

Seedlings are regularly watered during the growing season. Weeded. So that the earth does not dry out under them, the near-trunk circle is mulched with peat, humus or straw.

In autumn, you need to whitewash the trunks to protect against sunburn spring. So that young trees do not freeze out, in winter they need to be spudded to a height of 30 cm.

Fertilizers for mountain ash are applied once every 4 years. When landing, it is shortened. In subsequent years, the removal of diseased, damaged branches is carried out. It is recommended to thin out the crown once every 5 years.. Older trees need rejuvenating pruning. In this case, the main branches are shortened by ⅓ of the length. After rejuvenating pruning, be sure to feed. Organic and mineral fertilizers are applied under the near-stem circle of mountain ash.

Rowan in its decorative effect takes perhaps the first place among the trees. She is beautiful in all seasons. In winter, it is adorned with red berry beads. From spring to autumn, a riot of foliage colors. And the more that mountain ash is not only an ornamental tree, but it is also very useful. It is successfully used in folk medicine for diseases. Therefore, it is advisable to plant a beautiful mountain ash in your garden.

Mountain ash is a tree up to 10 m tall, rarely a shrub from the Rosaceae family. Rowan fruits are spherical, berry-like, red, sour, bitter, slightly tart in taste. After the first frosts, the fruits lose their astringency, become tasty, somewhat sweet. Blooms in May - early June. The fruits ripen in September, remaining on the tree until late winter.

In nature, mountain ash is found in forests and mountainous areas of the northern and middle parts of the northern hemisphere. Pretty easy to care for, most rowan trees look great almost all year round.

In Rus', rowan sprigs decorated tables, it was served with sugar and drenched in honey, pickled and dried. Previously, rowan paste was prepared in Ukraine, for which frozen fruits were crushed with wooden spoons and mixed with powdered sugar. Our ancestors wrote that rowan berries, especially touched by frost, mixed with flour and honey and baked in the oven, have the same pleasant taste, as well as sweets made from them in sugar, with which even the tables of the rich were decorated.

Useful properties of mountain ash

Rowan fruits contain huge amount vitamins. It has more vitamin C than lemons. Rowan has vitamins, B2, PP,,, provitamin A, sugars (up to 8% - fructose, glucose, sucrose, sorbose), glycosides, amino acids, tannins, pectin and bitter substances, 48% organic acids (malic, citric, succinic ), flavonoids (a lot of rutin), a lot of iron, copper and manganese, iodine, zinc, potassium, magnesium, alcohols (sorbitol and idit), essential oil; as well as phytoncides, which heal and disinfect the air.

Rowan berries have a diuretic, diaphoretic, hemostatic, choleretic effect; they were used in Bulgaria in the treatment of kidney stones, rheumatism and as a laxative. In Hungary, they treated dysentery. The Norwegians used mountain ash as a wound healing agent, as well as for edema.

The astringent taste of chokeberry reminds us that it contains a lot of tannins, organic acids and pectins, which means it has a great effect on digestion. For example, in the fruits of aronia, vitamin P is 2 times more than in black currants, and 20 times more than in oranges and apples. And the iodine content in chokeberry berries is 4 times higher than in strawberries, gooseberries and raspberries.

Mountain ash is an excellent vitamin and tonic, in terms of the content of carotene - provitamin A, it surpasses many varieties of carrots. To prepare multivitamin tea, you need to pour 1 tablespoon of crushed mixture of dried rowan berries and rose hips with 2 cups of boiling water and insist in a thermos for 12 hours. In order to improve palatability can be added to the infusion sugar or, better, honey. At fragile vessels you can take freshly squeezed juice 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day.

chokeberry contains sorbitol, which means that its berries can be eaten with diabetes without fear of high blood sugar levels.

Thanks to unique composition, chokeberry berries help with many diseases. It has already been established that chokeberry berries and juice, when used regularly, help control blood pressure levels. And high blood pressure stabilizes, and normal - does not decrease. Chokeberry is needed by everyone who lives in a city, as it protects the body from radioactive exposure. This berry is useful for bleeding, kidney disease, allergies (eczema, neurodermatitis) and gastritis.

In folk medicine, rowan fruits are used for anemia, kidney and liver diseases, diabetes mellitus, especially small vessels, in case of violations gastrointestinal tract, with hemorrhoids.

Dangerous properties of mountain ash

Chokeberry contains a large number of organic acids, therefore, with hyperacid gastritis and peptic ulcer stomach and duodenum, it should be consumed moderately and only without exacerbations. In such situations, special herbal preparations containing chokeberry.

Rowan is an owl. She gets up at about 10 am in the summer. She reaches her peak of activity at 12-4 pm, and falls asleep at about two in the morning.

It is one of the 12 sacred trees in Scandinavia. This beauty is actually a warrior tree, capable of giving a very tough rebuff to the influence of evil. According to some beliefs, she is a distant ancestor of the first sacred tree of goodness on Earth, which withered with the advent of evil forces on our planet. Many ancient legends say that mountain ash is the fruit of true love.

According to one of the legends, a wife turned to her, at whose feet her beloved husband died. Evil people wanted to separate them, but could not achieve this either with the help of gold, or with the help of power and weapons, or even with the help of death. Their life was beautiful, and their death became beautiful. Having kissed her husband for the last time, the faithful wife called on the Lord to protect her from the power of the murderers, and at the same moment became a mountain ash on his grave. Its fruits turned red like blood spilled in the name of love.

Evil always hates love, because love is a divine feeling, not subject to any charms and sorcery, and a man and a woman, sincerely loving friend friend, become one, like the Creator, and come out of the power of the evil forces of our planet.

Rowan keeps the bitter fire of love in its berries. This tree is able to kindle the flame of a true sense of selflessness in the hearts of people.

Since the mountain ash is a warrior tree, it also protects true love from misfortunes and troubles. Its ripe bunches have been and are used as amulets from the dirty deeds of others during the wedding and as a talisman of family happiness in the house. To do this, small branches of mountain ash (always with ripe, bright fruits) are simply placed on the window.

As long as the berries are red, the branch will not lose its strength - no trouble will enter the house that can separate loving hearts.

IN Western Europe rowan was believed to protect against evil spirits. Therefore, a cross made of mountain ash was often used at home as a protective talisman.

Born from death in order to continue life in a different guise, having conquered death, mountain ash really protects ... but from the energy of the dead world, including from the walking dead, and partly from zombies and their influence.

In Rus', it was used precisely for this. It is now completely forgotten that rowan wine (purely Russian wine) was considered healing, and it was almost never used, except in cases of severe loss of strength or depression. Sometimes rowan broth or rowan branches were used as additional remedy in the treatment of damage and evil eye, nervous diseases. It was believed that life force mountain ash is able to drive away the ghosts of death from a person and return him to our world. Often, in order to bring a fainted person to himself (that is, who has lost a real idea of ​​\u200b\u200breality) and force him to at least go for treatment (which is actually very, very difficult to do), a rowan cross was placed under his bed for the night. Anyone can make such a cross himself.

To do this, at noon in September, when the Sun is in the sign of Virgo (from 1.09 - 22.09), two rowan branches with berries. The berries were then placed on the window as a charm or used as food, and two branches of the same length were crossed and firmly tied in the middle with red threads. Then, over this cross, “Our Father” was read three times, a drop of wax dripped onto the intersection of the threads. church candle, he was dipped in holy water three times and swept over the candle flame three times and was ready for use. This cross can also be placed under the bed to ward off bad thoughts or dreams (but for a period not exceeding 21 days in a row), hang in the house as a talisman against the strength of the dead kingdoms, etc.

The energy of mountain ash is quite hard, contains certain radiations, close to X-rays, which pierce our body through and through. Therefore, many, being under a mountain ash, feel uncomfortable. Mountain ash cleanses our body of accumulated dirt and toxins, forcing it to expel excess salts, poisons and putrefactive products with sweat and waste. First of all, mountain ash cleanses our intestines and blood. People who have accumulated a lot of dirt inside will feel bad at the first moment after the influence of this tree, their temperature may even rise or pressure jump. Although later, when the body is cleansed, both strength and health will come. Therefore, communication with mountain ash is better to start with 5-10 minutes and gradually increase to an hour. It is better not to be under it for more than an hour - an overabundance of its energy will be clearly felt, which can lead to a headache or nervous breakdown. Communication with this tree is standard. Most harmoniously, its energy affects us if we stand with our backs against it, straightening the spine. This position allows the mountain ash not only to cleanse us, but also to tear off energy bindings from us, stretching from other people and interfering with our personal happiness.

From ancient times, rowan wood was used only as decorations, handicrafts, for magical purposes. It is almost never used in industry and decoration. You will not experience much delight with the constant influence of the heavy and harsh energy of rowan wood. She, like rowan wine, is slightly intoxicating, healing and bitter at the same time. Therefore, what is good in medicinal purposes in small doses, with increasing doses it can become a poison.

Rowan - the most magical plant. It is believed that it develops sensitivity and the gift of foresight. Its wood has a unique quality - to dampen inertia, so handles for sledgehammers are made from it. The tree itself has an unusually strong energy, controls the entire forest. In the past, rowan groves grew on the sacred sites of the ancient gods' shrines, as rowan trees provided magical protection.

Clusters of mountain ash are hung at the entrance to the cattle pen and at the door lintel, or planted at the gate to protect themselves from the evil eye and spoilage, the powder from its fruits is added to flour

Since ancient times, the sick were taken out under the mountain ash, as the strong astral energy of the tree healed all diseases.

Rowan berries save from intoxication. They are given to the patient to chew, as rowan increases resistance to oxygen starvation.

Some healers and healers strongly recommend planting mountain ash near entrance gate Houses.

It is good to use rowan and how protective agent for livestock. To do this, it is enough to hang bunches of mountain ash on poles at the entrance to cattle pens or place them on ceiling beams.

It is believed that in this case, not a single slander can harm pets, and the animals themselves will get sick less often and breed better.

Many magicians use mountain ash for divinatory purposes, using the mountain ash as an incense to promote closer contact with spirits.

Constant wearing carrying rowan berries with you helps you learn to control your feelings. The person becomes more calm and reasonable.

magical properties mountain ash is able to transform the consciousness of an angry person, directing him not to the expression of anger, but to its sublimation.

The fact is that anger is just energy, a person gives this energy one color or another. It is like fire, and fire can both burn and warm. Therefore, the properties of mountain ash are manifested in the fact that they help a person to “repaint” a person’s energy flows into softer tones, and then aggression (the energy of movement) finds a way out not in a surge of uncontrollable anger, but in more peaceful and creative purposes.

In a house in which at least one family member has a restless character and often shows outbursts of anger for any reason, it is imperative to keep rowan twigs in the rooms.

Rowan beads are considered the strongest remedy for any alien witchcraft. Rowan was also used to protect small children and babies from the evil eye and damage. Chuvash for this purpose put on a child a necklace of mountain ash. Rowan is considered very powerful tool against the dead, ghouls, werewolves and zombies. In Danaan Ireland, a rowan stake was driven into a corpse so that it would not come to life.

If a person is overlaid with rowan branches (leaves and berries on the branches must be mandatory), give half a liter of infusion on rowan berries (hot) to drink, then after three hours damage of moderate severity will be removed from the person. Branches after this procedure - discard.

With mountain ash, the esoteric teaching of trees connects the runes Nautiz and Algiz. Protective runes were usually carved on the wood of the mountain ash, since the mountain ash was known for its ability to protect against witchcraft. It was believed that rowan could protect from the evil eye and damage, from evil will. Such skills were associated with mountain ash, such as the ability to control one's feelings and protect oneself from other people's spells.
Rowan is the best ally for women who find true pleasure in the physical side of love. Direct contact with mountain ash can awaken the dormant sexuality in a woman.

Favorite for rowan female age about 40 years old. In love, she gives such women a particularly warm autumn, full of strength. Rowan is considered female tree. It is women that she primarily takes under her protection. Rowan fruits have traditionally been part of love potions. Rowan was sought for help with infertility, female diseases, frigidity. In some nations, berries or rowan branches were placed in the bed of the newlyweds. Rowan also helped to overcome unrequited love and control their feelings.

Among many peoples, sorcerers, oracles and soothsayers preferred to settle or conduct rituals in rowan groves, which were strictly forbidden to be cut down. It was allowed to cut large branches of mountain ash only for the manufacture of staves for clergy and wanderers who went on a long journey. And small branches with flowers or fruits to decorate dwellings and conduct ritual actions. Rowan trees were often planted around shrines and temples. It was believed that this is a charitable plant that promotes communication with higher powers and predictions. Healers often use mountain ash for healing purposes, in particular, for dental treatment. This practice was very popular among many Slavic peoples.

IN Ancient Rus', if you were overcome by a toothache, they went to the mountain ash, bowed to it three times to the ground and said:

Rowan, rowan,
take mine toothache,
And I won’t eat you for a century for this.

After that, they bowed again three times, kissed the trunk of the tree and touched it three times with their teeth.

Some magicians used rowan twigs in search of metal deposits, and often to search for buried treasures or treasures of wondrous peoples - gnomes, elves, goblins, and so on.
In the old folk calendar there is even a special day dedicated to this tree - "Peter-Paul Fieldfare", which falls at the end of September.

In folk medicine, mountain ash is used as a hemostatic, antiscorbutic, choleretic, diuretic, diaphoretic, laxative, with beriberi, rheumatic pains, to increase protective properties organism. Most often, its berries are used, but flowers, buds, foliage, and bark are also used.

IN medicinal purposes rowan fruits and berries can be used without special treatment. fresh or dried berry used for beriberi, to increase the protective properties of the body, stimulate appetite. For this, you can also use juice, syrup, infusions and decoctions of rowan berries. Diluted juice of rowan berries is used to gargle with colds. Unripe rowan berries with a pronounced astringent action used as an antidiarrheal agent.

Fresh juice 1-2 teaspoons is taken 30 minutes before meals for gastritis with low acidity. It is worth considering that the juice is an effective natural choleretic and decongestant, promotes excretion from the body harmful substances. Fresh berries or juice prevent gas formation and fermentation processes in the intestines. How aid juice can be used in the treatment of hypertension (moderately reduces blood pressure) and atherosclerosis, to lower blood cholesterol levels. To do this, it is taken in a tablespoon 30 minutes before meals.

For the treatment of eczema and fungal diseases, gruel from crushed fruits or leaves is used. To do this, they are bandaged to the affected areas for 1-1.5 days, after which the skin is allowed to dry and a fresh bandage is applied. Usually, after 5-7 days of treatment, a daily break is taken when the affected area is lubricated sea ​​buckthorn oil. In folk medicine, infusions, decoctions, rowan syrups are widely used. It is worth considering that preparations from mountain ash are not recommended for young children and taken during pregnancy.

To obtain infusions, they usually take 20-25 grams of crushed dry berries (fresh 1.5 times more) per 250 ml. boiling water. Insist in a thermos or thick-walled dishes for at least 4 hours. Drink 100 g before meals for diseases of the heart, kidneys, liver, hemorrhoids, bleeding, atherosclerosis, beriberi, anemia, gastritis with low acidity, as a diuretic.

For similar purposes, a decoction can also be used, its advantage is a longer shelf life. To prepare the decoction, the same ratio of rowan fruits and water is used, but the mixture is kept at the boiling level in a water bath for 10-15 minutes, then it is infused for at least 10 hours. The principle of application is the same as for infusions. For the treatment of cough colds, female diseases, hemorrhoids make a decoction of rowan flowers, which are taken 2 times less than berries, otherwise the principle of manufacture and use is similar to the previous one. Inside, the decoction is taken before meals to relieve senile sclerosis.

In the treatment of a number of diseases, rowan syrup is used. To prepare it, 1 kg of berries is ground with 600 g of sugar, insisted in a dark place for 3 weeks, filtered and squeezed out the resulting mixture. The syrup can be used pure form. But sometimes 20 ml of alcohol or 40 ml of vodka are added to it. Drink in the morning on an empty stomach, 1-2 tablespoons for vitamin deficiency, treatment of rheumatism, polyarthritis, diseases of the stomach, kidneys, bladder. There is evidence that the syrup helps to remove stones.

Men will certainly remember that this berry allows you to combine the useful with the pleasant, if you take a stack of mountain ash on cognac before eating.

Harvesting mountain ash for medicinal and food purposes is not particularly difficult. Flowers, buds, leaves and rowan bark are dried in a well-ventilated place or in an oven at a temperature of 70-80°C. Berries can be dried, frozen, made into syrup or juice, pasteurized. In a cool place, the berry, grated with sugar or honey, is well stored. When picking berries, it is desirable to leave some of the fruits on the trees, since in winter they serve as food for many birds.

Late autumn and first frost good time for picking red rowan berries. In winter, she will delight you with delicious fragrant tea, will help improve health, and simply decorate the room, if you put dried branches with tassels of berries in a vase.

Rowan is used:

divination, predictions;
to protect newlyweds from the machinations of sorcerers and witches;
protection of livestock from evil machinations;
protection from ghouls, werewolves, the dead and zombies;
protecting the child from the evil eye and damage;
fixes negative traits character;
controlling your feelings;
dental treatment;
protection of the wedding from evil spirits;
search for metal deposits;
maintaining the health of pets;
increase in livestock production.