Viburnum

Viburnum family includes more than 200 species, 9 of them occur in our country. Kalina - a plant timber and forest-steppe zone, steppe areas penetrates only along river valleys. Usually grows in the undergrowth of mixed and deciduous forests, clearings, glades, rivers and lakes. Occurs in the Caucasus, Crimea and Moldova. About Kalina are a lot of the songs: a long Kalina saw the symbol maiden beauty and tenderness and praised her for the joy that it gives to people.

Flowers from her with a white rim, collected in a flat poluzontiki reminiscent of elegant decor bride. In the spring of viburnum - a real beauty. Apparently, no wonder the people call it the "wedding tree": blooming viburnum twigs were put on the wedding feast as a sign of happiness. Viburnum fruits contain ascorbic acid, tannins, glycosides and other substances necessary for the body.

Kalina - an ancient medicinal plant. Promorozhennaya fresh fruits help with gastric ulcers, colitis and other stomach diseases. In medicine, their use as vitamins and tonic agent, decoction of fruits enhances contraction of the heart muscle, increases diuresis.

Kalina stuffed pies (the famous Kalinnikov) and cheesecake, for this it steamed and flavored with sugar. You can cook and marmalade, and fruit candy. Tasty and healthy viburnum, mashed with sugar. Its piquant aroma and bitterness to be particularly pleasant in winter.

Fructifying plant is very abundant, and each year, but by the content of vitamins exceed exotic lemon. Collect the fruits when fully ripe, since August. Dried in a dryer or oven at 60 - 90 œ C, spreading a thin layer and mixing, or in the attic, hanging "branches" of the fruits in bunches. Connoisseurs insist that winter is well collected in the forest frozen Kalin and prepare from it a delicious and wholesome drink. For this, frozen berries and pour boiling water directly discharged water, then mash berries and pour over boiling water. 15-30 minutes drink is ready. To improve the taste you can add a slice of lemon and honey.

Viburnum bark contains tannins, flavonoids, iridoidy, glycoside viburnin, organic acids, resins, etc. The bark and its preparations used in a variety of internal bleeding, especially in obstetric practice. Although these goals there are a number of synthetic drugs, drugs from the bark of Viburnum are soft action, low toxicity, no side effects, especially allergic nature. The bark and fruits of Viburnum - a popular traditional medicine in many countries. Fruits with honey is used for colds, coughs, hoarseness, dyspnea, jaundice, liver disease, fruit juice and honey in folk medicine for treating hypertension, decoction from the bark of Viburnum use at domestic and nosebleeds, colds and chamomile in a ratio of 1:4 take at diathesis.

elder is used in cosmetics and dermatology. The bark is used as a styptic; infusion of the flowers used for skin rashes, allergic rashes. The home cosmetics guelder rose juice is used against acne and pimples on the face, against herpes. Drink decoction of the fruit with eczema, abrasions, while reducing bleeding gums.

Viburnum bark harvested for medical purposes only in those places where the abundance guelder rose bushes. Viburnum bark collected in the spring, during the sap flow, before bud break, when it separates easily from the timber. On the felled trunk and cut the branches with a sharp knife make a circular incision at a distance of 20-25 inches apart and 2 of the longitudinal incision. The resulting strips of bark was separated from the trunk toward the bottom of the notch. Collected bark podvyalivayut air in the shade, then dried in a dryer at a temperature of 50 - 60 œ C or dried under a canopy in the open air, occasionally turning. The dried bark when bent easily, breaks down with a bang. Shelf life of raw materials for 4 years. Diluted Kalina shoots, layering, division of bushes and green cuttings.