Cloudberry
First among the berry plants, it ripens in the vast spaces of our North, along the coast of the Arctic Ocean and the Far East. Cloudberry can also be found in the forests of western and eastern Siberia, Karelia. It grows on moss (peat) bogs galore cloudberry fruits of which in appearance and taste similar to raspberries, unripe fruits red when ripe gradually turn yellow, mature - the bright-yellow, translucent, similar to amber. And they contain vitamins A and C, carbohydrates (glucose and fructose), organic acids, pectin, tannin and dyes, a complex of micronutrients.Diverse set of biologically active substances allowed to use the cloudberry with medicinal and cosmetic purposes. In folk medicine, fruits are used as a diuretic, antiscorbutic, vitamin tool.
Cloudberry, in terms of botany, is a close "cousin" of blackberries and raspberries and used in cosmetics in the same cases. Its leaves have astringent and antibacterial properties, and their broth rinse hair after washing - to strengthen and. getting rid of dandruff, is used for baths and wraps, fruit juice makes a hydrating mask. The whole plant is full of rhizome is used for the treatment of seborrhea. Used as a diuretic root and leaves of cloudberry. Fruits are eaten fresh, and processed for long-term storage: soaked in its own juice, pour cold water or freeze. Cloudberry jam is cooked, juice, jelly. Plant - a good honey plant.
Cloudberry propagated by seeds and vegetatively, rooting of creeping rhizomes and vegetative shoots.