There are many different types of dogwood. They range from shrubs to tall trees.

The red color of dogwood fruits is due to the presence of anthocyanins, which are known as powerful antioxidants.

Various types of dogwood grow in the USA, Europe, Japan, China.

Traditionally, dogwood wood is used to make tool handles.

It is valued for its strength and hardness. Ripe fruits of this plant have a dark red color and a sweet and sour taste.

They can be eaten both fresh and dried. Dogwood is one of the ingredients of various products such as brandy, marmalade, wines, juices or syrups.

The benefits and harms of dogwood are completely dependent on its chemical composition. 100 g of dogwood berries contain such constituent elements as:

• water - 85.2 g;
• carbohydrates - 9.73 g;
• proteins - 0.899 g;
• organic acids - 2.23 g;
• ash - 0.83 g;
• disaccharides - 9.23 g.

Vitamins that are part of the dogwood:

• vitamin C - 0.166 mg;
• vitamin B3 - 45 mg.

Also, dogwood fruits contain many macro- and microelements:

• potassium - 363 mg;
• phosphorus - 34.54 mg;
• sodium - 32.38 mg;
• iron - 4.13 mg.
• calcium - 55.3 mg;
• magnesium - 26.5 mg.

Cornelian calorie content:

100 grams of fruit contains about 44 calories.

What diseases will dogwood help cure

The leaves, ripe fruits, and dogwood bark have been used medicinally for many years. All parts of the plant have astringent properties, as they contain tannin (gallotannic acid).

The beneficial properties of dogwood also lie in the fact that it is often used as a substitute for quinine. Dogwood tea is useful for reducing fever and getting rid of chills.

Dogwood bark can be used to treat external hemorrhoids.

1. Add about 4 tablespoons of bark to about a liter of water and boil for 30 minutes.
2. Filter the resulting mixture and apply to the affected areas to relieve discomfort.

In folk medicine, a decoction of dogwood leaves is used to treat ringworm.

However, dogwood juice should not be taken at bedtime as it has a stimulating effect.

It is also better for people suffering from constipation to refrain from eating dogwood. Otherwise, the problem can only get worse. It is advisable to avoid it and persons with too excitable nervous system.

Health benefits of dogwood pits

Dogwood bones are 34% composed of vegetable oils with antibacterial, wound healing and anti-inflammatory properties. Due to the beneficial properties of dogwood bones, they are suitable for the treatment of hemorrhoids.

For this purpose, you can eat every day 15 dried cornel fruits along with the seeds. Divide the total number of berries into morning, afternoon and evening meals. Berries should be consumed immediately before meals.

In addition, roasted dogwood pits are used as a coffee substitute.

What is useful dried dogwood

Dried dogwood also has beneficial properties. Dried dogwood fruits contain pectin, which helps to eliminate toxins, oxalates and uric acid from the body.

Pay attention to dogwood if you want to lose weight. As you know, the key to successful weight loss is a harmonious metabolism.

It is also useful for anemia and other blood diseases, as it helps to increase hemoglobin levels.

Healing qualities of dried dogwood (dried fruits)

Dried dogwood has all the beneficial properties of a fresh fruit.

Indications for the use of dried dogwood are

• dizziness;
• noise in ears;
• symptoms of kidney failure with soreness in the lower back and knees;
• impotence;
• frequent urination, and enuresis;
• and severe uterine bleeding, leucorrhoea, or profuse sweating.

If you have digestive problems, eat 10-12 dried dogwood berries an hour or two before meals.

Useful properties of dried dogwood help to normalize work gastrointestinal tract, will relieve pain or discomfort from too spicy, sour or fatty foods.

The use of dried dogwood also lies in the fact that red berries can have an antipyretic effect, so they should be consumed during colds, viral diseases and flu.

And dried dogwood fruits are an excellent seasoning for meat and fish dishes.

The use of dogwood berries for medicinal purposes

Useful properties of dogwood berries are reflected in all branches of medicine.

In Korea, dogwood fruit is a popular remedy for impotence.

If you suffer from acne and other skin problems, eat dogwood regularly, even with the bones.

Very soon you will notice that the skin is cleansed and looks more beautiful.

The medicinal properties of dogwood are used to get rid of diarrhea. For this, the following recipe is used:

1. Mix 9 berries with one pear and chopped walnut shell.
2. Brew the mixture and drink tea if necessary.

In diabetes, it is useful to drink juice from fresh dogwood berries to lower blood sugar levels. You can start with 50 g of infusion and drink it half an hour before breakfast, gradually increasing the dose to 1 cup.

Due to the high dose of vitamin C, dogwood supports the immune system, protecting you from autumn cold outbreaks.

To strengthen immunity, you need to eat half a glass of fresh dogwood berries per day for 7 days (at least).

Fresh dogwood berries mixed with apricot jam will help get rid of a sore throat.

Dogwood is an effective remedy for a variety of diseases and disease conditions such as diabetes, eczema, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, colds, and obesity.

However, as with other herbal remedies, dogwood should not be consumed without prior medical evaluation.

Although the bark, leaves, and fruit of the dogwood are not poisonous to humans, eating too much of them can cause undesirable consequences. If you still decide to use dogwood tablets or drinks, carefully follow the manufacturer's instructions.

Dogwood has been known since Ancient Greece. Currently, this berry is grown in many regions of our country and abroad. The plant has many useful qualities helping in the treatment of various diseases. Healing properties are not only berries, but also the leaves, branches and bark of this shrub. Dogwood is also widely used in cooking, it is used to make jams, jams, compotes, fruit drinks, tinctures, liqueurs.

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Composition and description

Dogwood is an ordinary shrub and looks like a small tree from the dogwood family. Its fragrant fruits are distinguished by a bright burgundy color, tart taste with sweet and sour notes. Their juiciness is due to the content of a large amount of water - about 85% by weight of the berry. Often, not knowing the description of the plant, it is confused with cotoneaster, the fruits of which are completely inedible and have a decorative function.

Dogwood berries can be called a real storehouse of vitamins. Their chemical composition:

• vitamin C. According to the content of ascorbic acid, these fruits are superior to black currants and citrus fruits;
• vitamins A and P;
• pectin and tannins;
• trace elements: potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, sulfur, phosphorus, zinc;
• minerals;
• fiber in the form of coarse plant fibers;
• organic acids: succinic, malic, tartaric, citric, gallic;
• glucose and fructose.

The calorie content of berries is low and amounts to 44 kcal per 100 grams.

What is useful dogwood?

The beneficial properties of the plant for the human body have been known since antiquity. In folk medicine, dogwood is used in the treatment of many diseases.

It has the following effect on the body:

1. 1. Strengthens. The inclusion of dishes from this berry in the menu will help strengthen the immune system and restore a weakened body.
2. 2. Relieves fever and inflammation, fights bacteria. Dogwood tinctures and teas help not only with colds and flu, but also effectively fight dysentery and typhoid infectious agents.
3. 3. Improves intestinal microflora, relieves diarrhea. Pectins, which are part of the plant, remove toxins, and tannins strengthen the surface layers of the mucous membranes.
4. 4. Improves the functioning of the digestive system.
5. 5. Normalizes blood pressure, useful in cardiovascular diseases, eliminates headaches.
6. 6. Reduces blood sugar levels. It is recommended as an adjuvant in the complex treatment of diabetes mellitus.
7. 7. Improves metabolism, helps with obesity, restores metabolism, increases hemoglobin.
8. 8. Has a hemostatic effect. Used for stomach and uterine bleeding.
9. 9. Has a wound healing effect.
10. 10. Relieves pain in rheumatism, arthritis, gout.
11. 11. Soothes. Dogwood is used for nervous disorders, stress and depression.
12. 12. Tones up.
13. 13. Strengthens the vascular walls, so it is used in the treatment of hemorrhoids.

To bring berries maximum benefit for the human body, they should be consumed only in a fully ripened form.



Application methods

In folk medicine, not only dogwood berries are used, but also other parts of the plant: leaves, branches, bark and shrub root. The effectiveness of the fruits does not depend on the form in which they are offered.



With diabetes

In this disease, dogwood berries are used in various forms. But fresh fruits are especially useful, because they contain acids that reduce blood sugar levels. To notice a positive result, you must consume at least one glass of fresh fruit per day. They are taken half an hour before meals, divided into three doses. Unripe berries are prohibited for this disease.

To prepare the infusion, take two tablespoons of fruits in a glass of boiling water, brew them and leave to infuse all night. Strained infusion is taken three times a day for half an hour before meals.

The use of cornel juice in diabetes lowers blood sugar levels. For cooking, you need 1 kg of ripe garden dogwood berries. They are covered with 400 grams of granulated sugar and left in a warm room until the juice is released. The resulting liquid is brought to 95 ° C and poured into sterilized containers.

For colds and infectious diseases

Dogwood fruits have the ability to increase immunity and have a general strengthening effect on the body. To reduce the temperature, relieve cough and prevent the development of bacterial complications, it is useful to drink a special tea made from dried berries. 10 grams of raw materials are poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for an hour. You can drink no more than three glasses a day.

A healthy drink is obtained from the bark of a shrub. The crushed raw materials in the amount of one teaspoon are poured into a glass of boiling water, insisted for 20 minutes. After filtering, the total volume is divided into three parts and taken throughout the day.

A general strengthening and tonic effect is provided by a drink prepared by a recipe, which will require:

• Cornel berries - 2 tbsp. l.;
• Water - 200 ml.

The ingredients are boiled over low heat for 20 minutes, after which they insist eight hours.

Dried dogwood will help you get rid of the symptoms of a cold faster and boost your immunity. A few a day is enough.

The leaves of the plant also have medicinal properties, they can reduce fever, relieve inflammation of the oral cavity, and even help in the treatment of tuberculosis and typhoid.

The leaves are harvested in mid-summer and dried. The shelf life of raw materials is three years. To prepare a decoction, 400 ml of water is taken for 35 grams of leaves, the mixture is boiled and boiled for 20 minutes, then squeezed.

To prepare the tincture, two tablespoons of the leaves are boiled in 250 ml of water for ten minutes, then infused for eight hours.

For diseases of the cardiovascular system

On the basis of dogwood, preparations are prepared that normalize pressure and strengthen the vascular wall. From heart pains, a decoction of dogwood, which is prepared from one tablespoon of raw materials and a glass of water, helps well. The ingredients are boiled for a couple of minutes after boiling, then insisted for two hours. Strained drink drink ¼ cup before meals three times a day.

From two spoons of fruits and 250 ml of water, you can prepare a tonic decoction:

1. 1. After boiling, wait 20 minutes.
2. 2. You need to insist 8 hours.
3. 3. Take 0.5 cup per day.

If you add rose hips to dogwood, you get effective remedy from fatigue and stress. Two tablespoons of dogwood are added to one tablespoon of wild rose, diluted with 500 ml of water and simmered for half an hour. After removing from the stove, the drink is infused for about an hour. Take 100 ml three times a day, you can add honey.

Dried dogwood also helps with low blood pressure and heart disease.

For other diseases

Various parts of dogwood are useful in skin diseases. The root of this plant is used to heal wounds and treat boils and boils. A decoction of it will also help with rheumatism, fever and the fight against viral infections.

The root is dug up in autumn or spring, dried and crushed. The tool is prepared according to this recipe:

1. 1. For 300 ml of water, take one teaspoon of powder.
2. 2. Cook for 20 minutes.
3. 3. Infuse for two hours and strain.

In the treatment of skin inflammation, compresses will help, which include a decoction of the root, honey and rye flour. A cake made from the mixture is applied to the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe body where inflammation has developed.

For medicinal purposes, the bones of the plant, which are rich in essential oils, are also suitable. They help with hemorrhoids. Seed tincture improves the healing process. After preparation, it is placed in a thermos and, if necessary, swabs are moistened and applied to a sore spot.

For weight loss

Dogwood products have the ability to burn fat. This tool gives a charge of vivacity for men, helping with great physical exertion and overwork. To leave excess weight, it is enough to consume 200 g of berries during the day. It is best to do this in the morning, as they have a strong tonic effect.

Those who are on a diet can include decoctions, compotes, dogwood fruit drinks in the daily menu. It is advisable not to add sugar, you can do with honey.

Dogwood dried fruits will become a tasty and healthy delicacy for losing weight.

Dogwood during pregnancy

For women who are expecting a baby, it is useful to include dogwood berries in various variations in the diet. Iron, which is found in large quantities in the composition of the fruit, increases hemoglobin. Also, this plant helps expectant mothers to increase immunity and improve stool with frequent constipation. But during pregnancy, you should not get too carried away with this berry, so as not to harm your health.

Before taking, you should consult with your doctor.

Contraindications

Despite all the benefits, dogwood also has contraindications. It should not be eaten:

• with increased acidity;
• with constipation - due to increased astringent properties, this will lead to even greater problems;
• small children;
• people with an unstable nervous system - a high tonic effect can lead to insomnia and overexcitation.

Due to the strong diuretic effect, dogwood fruits are prohibited for urolithiasis.

Do not include overripe berries , as they can cause fermentation in the stomach and diarrhea.

Blanks

For the preparation of dried dogwood, slightly unripe fruits are taken. They are thoroughly washed in warm water, sorted out from debris and laid out in one layer on thick paper or cloth. It is better to dry the berries in the shade on outdoors and bring it into the house at night. Drying is carried out for five days. Ready berries are put in cloth or paper bags and stored in a dry place. You can dry the berries in the oven if there is a low temperature function. The blanks are first dried at a temperature of 20 ° C, and then dried at 50 ° C.

The process of preparing dried dogwood is quite simple, but time-consuming. To prepare this healthy delicacy, 500 g of fresh dogwood will require 250 g of sugar and 250 ml of water. Recipe:

1. 1. The berries are carefully sorted out, removing rotten, spoiled and unripe ones, and then washed in running water.
2. 2. The bones should be carefully removed, after which the dogwood is covered with sugar and left for a day at room temperature. The container must be covered.
3. 3. After the set time, the juice formed in the vessel is drained. It can be used for food.
4. 4. Syrup is boiled from water and sugar and berries are poured over it.
5. 5. After 10 minutes, the syrup is drained, the berries are laid out on a baking sheet and sent for 20 minutes to the oven, heated to 70 ° C.
6. 6. After that, the dogwood is cooled, then the drying procedure in the oven is repeated three more times.

Dried dogwood is stored in the refrigerator in a hermetically sealed container.



dried dogwood

Jam will be a wonderful dessert for evening tea drinking.

To prepare it, you will need fully ripened, but not overripe berries. For a kilogram of fruit, 500 ml of water and 1.3 kg of sugar are needed. They are sorted out so that they do not come across dented, spoiled or rotten, washed thoroughly. Syrup is boiled from sugar and water, dogwood is poured over and left for 5-6 hours. Then the mass is boiled for ten minutes over low heat and immediately poured into dry containers.

Product properties

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Quite interesting, but not yet widely used berry culture, although many amateur gardeners can often find it on household plots. Dogwood is valued, first of all, for sour-sweet berries, from which delicious jam is prepared, drinks and compotes are prepared. Dogwood berries, in addition to nutritional value, are also endowed with a number of medicinal properties, which allows us to speak of them as medicinal raw materials. In addition to berries, dogwood leaves and bark also have medicinal properties.

The familiar flowering dogwood was named an aristocrat of the locals. flowering trees. Noting its beauty and year-round decorative value, it is also important source food for birds and wildlife. Tennessee produces more flowering dogwoods than any other state, and Franklin County is at the top of the list of counties that grow them commercially. Newer varieties of dogwood, called cultivars, have been developed and named by nurseries in Franklin County than anywhere else in the world.

The following dogwood facts and legends have been published by the University of Tennessee Agricultural Outreach: The name dogwood appears to have originated in Europe. The bark of one of the European species was boiled in water and used to wash dogs suffering from scabies.

Official medicine confirms the medicinal value of cornelian cherry, although it is not in a hurry to include the plant in the register of medicinal raw materials. Traditional healers, unlike official medicine, do not neglect the healing properties of dogwood, and, especially in places of its mass distribution, they use it to treat a wide range of diseases.

But when the tree was used to make the cross of Calvary, Jesus was so moved that he promised that the tree would never grow large enough to be used for that purpose. It is also said that the dogwood bracts are set in the shape of a cross and bear crucifixion nasal marks, and the autumn red leaves are associated with the blood of Jesus at Golgotha. At the same time dogwood also served in the field of medicine. Maggot cow was one of the many barks used as a cure for fever before quinine was used generically.

The dogwood family includes several species that differ in external signs and distribution area. dogwood white(Cornus alba) grows on Far East and in the Caucasus. In the same regions, as well as in the Crimea, grows dogwood blooming(Cornus florida), which is also known as turf. Most widely distributed Dogwood ordinary(male) - Cornus mas, whose natural habitat covers the Caucasian, Crimean and Transcarpathian regions. Recently, by crossing different species, breeders have bred varietal plants that are not inferior to their wild relatives in terms of medicinal value.

More important is the role that dogwood once played in the textile industry and in sports. Dogwood wood has been used to make shuttles for looms because of its very heavy, fine-grained, and very hard properties, but because wear becomes extremely smooth and abrasion resistant.

The same qualities have made it useful for golf clubs, jewelry "benches" and wedges for splitting logs. Franklin County has the good fortune of being in two growing zones and has a variety of landscapes and soils ideal for a nursery. As a result, the dogwood industry has established deep roots in Franklin County. It was here that the famous first red dogwood, Chef Cherokee, was developed and named by Isaac Ike J.

Procurement of medicinal raw materials

As mentioned earlier, the berries, leaves, roots and bark of the plant are endowed with medicinal properties. Fruit picking begins in September, when the berries are fully ripe and acquire a characteristic color. Flowering time is the best time for harvesting dogwood leaves, since during this period the maximum amount of biologically active substances is concentrated in them. Dogwood bark is harvested at the time of sap flow ( early spring), removing rings from young branches. Late autumn is the best time for harvesting roots. Drying is carried out according to traditional technology, depending on the type of raw material. Dogwood berries are also processed fresh.

Valuable properties of dogwood

Each of them played an important role in the creation of the Franklin County village. Cherry's father and brother Charles T. and Cutler Cherry moved to Franklin County from Rochester, New York and joined the cause. These early nurseries were mainly in fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and roses, and most were in the children's business before coming to Franklin County. Tree dogs weren't mentioned in their lists ornamental trees because during this era fruit trees were in demand as a source of fruit for eating, canning, making cider, and distilling peach brandy.

The chemical composition of medicinal raw materials

The fruits of all types of dogwood contain vitamins, sugars, organic acids and coloring pigments. Of the organic acids found in dogwood berries: malic, tartaric, as well as a number of phenolcarboxylic acids (gallic, glyoxalic, salicylic, etc.). Dogwood berries are rich in vitamin C and carotenoids. Astringent taste dogwood fruit is due to the presence of tannins and tannin, and anthocyanins give color.

In addition to being a dentist and merchant, he ran one of the first two registered kindergartens in the county near Winchester. Brittine, who started agriculture and grow fruit shortly after he came to Franklin County from Rutherford County, Tennessee, in which he employed John Nicholson, a native of England, and introduced Nicholson's sons Harry and Thomas Norman to the nursery. The Winchester Depot was a vital link in the transportation of baby equipment sold by 100 agents hired by the company as salespeople in several states.

Dogwood leaves during flowering accumulate ascorbic acid and tocopherols (vitamin E). The leaves also contain flavonoids and tannins. Dogwood bark is rich in tannins and salicylic acid.

Biological effect on the body

Dogwood fruits slightly lower blood pressure, have a slight diuretic effect. The astringent and bactericidal properties of the fruits determine their use in gastrointestinal disorders. Fresh and processed dogwood fruits (juices, jams) are an excellent tonic and tonic.

Soon sales of catteries around the world. Hale claimed to have the largest peach nursery in the world, with four million trees and annual sales of two million trees. Braselton and Jesse K. and J. Carmack founded the Pebble Hill Farm and Nursery Farm with William Brittain as manager. Many farmers rented or leased land from nurseries or hired to grow nurseries on their land. Pink dogwood armor has just appeared in America around Jenny, pink dogwood is considered the first in Franklin County.

Still beautiful every spring, it can be seen to the left of the porch of the house now owned by David and Sila Alexander. Her 500-acre nursery was fully cataloged around the world in the United States. She was also instrumental in establishing a village in Franklin County and ran the nursery until her death in her former employees still not fond of the memory of the Christmas party she had for them every year at her house in front of old Cowan Road, the decorated tree that touched the twelve-foot ceiling, and the nice gifts she gave them.

Dogwood bark has anti-febrile and antipyretic properties, lowers blood sugar levels.

Dogwood leaves increase bile secretion and diuresis, reduce sugar levels.

Medicinal properties of dogwood in recipes

- Infusion of berries. The infusion is used as an astringent for gastrointestinal disorders (diarrhea), to increase tone in case of loss of strength (with symptoms of a decrease in body temperature) and general weakness. The remedy helps with neurasthenia and sexual weakness. The drug is prepared by infusing dry dogwood berries in chilled boiled water for 8-12 hours, after which the liquid is drained and the pulp is separated from the seeds. The pulp rubbed through a sieve is added to the resulting infusion. For 200 ml of water - 2 tbsp. (10 g) dried fruit (daily dose, taken 3-4 times). An infusion of berries is also prescribed for anemia of various origins, during the period of beriberi, as well as during an epidemic of infectious and viral diseases transmitted by airborne droplets (flu, tonsillitis, etc.).

Dried dogwood - candied fruit

Almost three million trees have been sold in the nursery this year. Shahan, Sr., clerk to the Chief of Staff of the Shadows, later established the Shakhan Brothers Kindergarten. Templeton, Sr., a lawyer and businessman-turned-nurseryman, bought a 20 percent interest in a southern nursery school that turned out to be quite lucrative.

The recipe for a decoction of shrub leaves contains

L. worked as a foreman. Hale, Southern, Joe Shadow, Cumberland, Patty, Shaan Brothers, Rosebank, Cedar Hill and Commercial. The Red Groves, Jr. establish the Groves Nursery, which Red has been operating for years. Petty, Jr. started Hawkerssmith and Petty Nursery. Hawkersmitt and Karen Hawkersmit Kennedy. Luis later moved to the Coffee District and founded a day care center where he still works. Ike Hawkersmith and Hoskins began growing dogwood from native seed, thus becoming the first nurseries in Franklin County and among the first in the South to do so successfully.

- leaf infusion. The drug has a diuretic and choleretic effect, effectively relieves edema (dropsy) of various origins. The preparation is prepared by infusing dogwood leaves in a water bath (for 250 - 300 ml of boiling water - 1 tablespoon (2.5 - 3 g) of dried leaves). Infusion time - 30 minutes. Take the infusion three times a day, 50 ml before meals.

Cornel decoction will be beneficial for heart disease

Native larch berries, plentiful in Franklin and surrounding counties, were purchased by the pound from people who picked them in early autumn. Seeds were pressed from ripe berries and prepared for germination. Hoskins Nursery grew a large number of dogwood trees from native seed and specialized in very high quality flowering larch liners.

It has been said that Hoskins Shadow has done more to modernize baby food production in general, dogwood in particular, than any other person in the state of Tennessee, and consequently he has been called the "Dean of Shareholders" by Hubert Nicholson. Southern and other early schools in Franklin County provided the training ground for most of the nurseries in business here today. Don Shadow at Shadow Nursery, designed and named the Little Princess and Dixie's Colonnade. Don also named Autumn Gold, a variety developed by Manuel Statham, a senior at Commercial Nursery.

- fruit decoction. This therapeutic drug helps to normalize urination, has an astringent effect in gastrointestinal disorders, and can also be used as a general tonic. The decoction is prepared in the same way as the preparation of the infusion, with the only difference being that the berries are boiled for 15 minutes before infusion. For 250 ml of water - 2 tbsp. berries. Take a decoction per day, dividing by 2-4 times. It is necessary to use the decoction in a warm form, sweetened with honey.

There is about Chef Cherokee, who was a freak of nature, who appeared on a bed with Ike's overgrown pink pussies. As the word came out of his red dogwood, he began to notice the buds that were missing from the tree. that people jumped into his field under the nightlife and took a sample of a kidney or two to breed for themselves. However, Ike was credited as Chef Cherokee, and professional photographs were taken by Howard Coulson to document the tree in full bloom, up a flower called a bract.

- bark decoction. It is prescribed for outbreaks of malaria, neuralgia, back pain and tinnitus. For 1 glass of water - 10 g of crushed bark; cook for half an hour at a moderate boil, then insist for 2 hours. Assign the drug three times a day for 2 tablespoons. A decoction of the bark can also be used externally in the form of lotions and compresses to resolve abscesses. The broth is kneaded with barley flour to a mushy state.

When seeds are planted from the rosewood or mahogany dogwood, the resulting trees usually only have white flowers. To obtain a pink or red flowering dogwood from an arboreal tree that has pink or red flowers, a small tender hand is taken and spread into tender seedlings with a fairly well established root system. The next spring, the top of the seedling and all suckers are removed to allow the bud to grow. It takes almost three years to grow pink or red seedlings before they can be harvested for sale or transplanted to grow into a larger tree.

- root decoction. A decoction of the roots is prepared by analogy with the preparation of a decoction of dogwood bark. Similarly, the use of the drug (indications, dosages and frequency of administration).

Homemade preparations

Dogwood jam. To make jam, you need 1.5 kg of sugar for every kilogram of berries. The sorted and washed dogwood fruits are poured with hot sugar syrup (the indicated amount of sugar is dissolved in 200 ml of water or a little more, if necessary). After soaking the berries with syrup (after 6 - 8 hours), cook the jam until tender. Hot jam is packaged in glass jars and corked.

The basis of sales of his plants is still disease-causing dogwoods. Hoskins' son Fred became general manager and president of a kindergarten in Tennessee. He has dedicated a lifetime to making quality dogwoods, served as president of the American, Southern, and Tennis Kennel Associations, and was inducted into the Kindergarten Hall of Fame under the Fred-Tennessee Valley continues to specialize in dogwoods.

The kennels were Hubert Nicholson at the Commercial kindergarten, Hoskins and Fred Shadow at the Tennessee Valley, Don Shadow at the Shadow Nursery, and Karl Bauer at Phytotechtor. Rutgers University has allowed only seven nurseries in the United States to contract to distribute their dogwoods. It was an honor and a tribute to Franklin County that four of the seven nurseries were located here. These hybrid kees continue to be supplied in the US and Canada, Europe and the Far East. Approximately seventy-five percent of the trees originate in Franklin County.

From personal experience of readers

Ludmila Yakovenko. Gastrointestinal infections pose a great danger to infants. It was a long time ago, but even now I remember with horror how such a misfortune happened to our daughter. Vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain - so for several days in a row ... The advice of one woman helped, who recommended that her daughter drink tea with dogwood jam. I remember that at first I reacted with great distrust to this advice, after all, a baby, but there was no way out and I had to take a chance. I gave my daughter tea to drink and, lo and behold! - Vomiting and diarrhea stopped after a few hours. Now my daughter is already 44 years old, but I always prepare for the future a few jars of dogwood jam, just in case, already for my grandchildren.

Dogs sold wholesale by Franklin County kennels are available in bare root, in liners, rolls and bags, and in containers. In autumn, locals can still be seen picking berries to sell seed to nurseries for new propaganda.

For over sixty-five years, the dogwood blossom industry in Franklin County has survived and flourished, thus establishing it as one of the county's historic industries. Full precautionary statements can be found in the drug information.

Even therapy with antihypertensive agents can lead to an increase in blood pressure reduction. Among the most common possible side effects . These plants are commonly named. Some of these species are evergreen and some are shrubs or deciduous trees.

M. Kozhevnikova. Recently I read a call for help from a reader from Dnepropetrovsk, who asks for help to get rid of bloody hemorrhoids. I also had such a sore, but it helped ... Cornel, or rather, the bones of the fruit. The recipe was published in the Arguments and Facts newspaper in 1990. There, one miner said that he was cured of hemorrhoids by eating (swallowing) a glass of dogwood pits. So it helped me, although it was difficult to swallow such large bones. My sister brought 2 kg of dogwood from the Crimea, so I ate it in a week, along with the bones. 11 years have passed since then, and I don’t remember the sore anymore.

Traditionally, the wood of the corn plant has been used to make very useful wooden handles in the kitchen, wooden spoons. Wood is tough and has an absurd resilience. In ancient times, it was used to make "Magic Chopsticks". The fruits of this plant can be eaten raw or dried and used to make grappas, jams and delicious syrups.

The bark of Jamaican Corniol has many medicinal properties and is consumed by many people to treat various ailments. However, American Corniol, unlike the European one, is highly poisonous and should not be consumed. The shrubby flowers have a typical umbel opening. In Italy, it is located across the peninsula, but is easier to find in the northern areas. It is a species that prefers limestone soils. The branches are dark brown tending to red and bark, it has various cracks.

Side effects and contraindications

Obviously, dogwood, like other berries and medicinal plants, may have certain contraindications. These include, for example, a tendency to constipation. Dogwood berries should be used with caution by people who have increased acidity of gastric juice, especially in diseases such as peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum, as well as gastritis. When using dogwood berries, it is necessary to take into account its stimulating effect on the central nervous system: people with a highly excitable nervous system should not drink juice and eat dogwood berries at night.

A small five-meter tree, more like a shrub, brings invaluable benefits with its dark red small berries. This long-liver, whose age can reach 200 years, helps to extend the life of a person. All its parts have healing qualities, including dogwood pits.

Description of dogwood

Dogwood, or derain, is a very common plant that grows in many countries. Its flowering begins in the second half of March. The dogwood tree has an extremely long period of ovary formation and fruit ripening. The dense rich yellow mass of honey flowers only after 5 or 6 months bears fruit. Dogwood berries can be spherical, pear-shaped, and also elongated. The color of the smooth skin varies from red to almost black. Juicy pulp with a sweet and sour taste covers a hard stone, which accounts for 10 percent of the total mass of the berry.

Dogwood is valued for the fact that all its parts can be used for treatment: leaves, bark, fruits, seeds. All parts of the dogwood contain gallotannic acid (tannin), due to which they are characterized by an astringent property. Vitamin C in it is much more than in lemon and blackcurrant. In addition, it contains vitamins such as E, R. It is very rich in pectin, organic acids, microelements. In combination with meat, dogwood forms iron ascorbate, which is well absorbed by the blood.

Deren is good for pregnant women, children. It is recommended that a woman in position eat dogwood.

The fruit has a high content of potassium, which helps to remove excess water from the body, stabilize the activity of the cardiovascular system.

Iron helps reduce the likelihood of gaining excess body weight. Useful qualities of dogwood reduce the risk of premature birth. Its presence in the children's diet strengthens the child's immune system, enhances the secretion of gastric juice, reduces the likelihood of heart disease, the appearance of neoplasms.

Useful qualities

You can eat them in any form: as part of fresh or dried berries, whole or in powder form. Dogwood pits are famous for their high content of essential oils, about 35%.

They have the same value as sea buckthorn oil, providing many types of therapeutic effects:

• regenerating;
• antibacterial;
• astringent;
• anti-inflammatory;
• restoring.

Crushed bones can be treated with diabetes, diseases of the liver, with oily seborrhea of ​​the head.

The plant helps to regulate the amount of sugar in the blood, reducing it. Therefore, dogwood is a good helper in the fight against diabetes. When serious intoxication occurs, phytoncides remove heavy metals, toxic substances from the body, for example, lead and mercury fumes.

Dogwood is an excellent remedy against bacteria and viruses. It even kills typhoid, dysentery bacteria, salmonella.

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The fruits and bones of dogwood are indicated for stabilizing blood pressure, strengthening the vessels of the brain, with swelling of the legs, varicose veins. The plant has the ability to increase the level of hemoglobin, strengthen the walls of capillaries, larger vessels. They contain substances that improve cerebral circulation and prevent atherosclerosis. Decoctions of them have a sedative effect.

The most useful properties of dogwood bones were found in the treatment of the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea. They are beneficial for enzymatic failures in the activity of the pancreas.

The powder of them does not give side effects, compatible with medicines prescribed by a doctor. The beneficial properties of dogwood seeds constrict blood vessels, create an astringent effect, and allow them to be used to treat hemorrhoids. This is a disease of the rectum, caused by a change in the walls of the venous vessels, their expansion. The resulting nodes can become inflamed, bleed, fall out.

At the time of therapy, it is recommended to adjust the diet, excluding meat, hot spices, alcohol, tobacco. The use of dogwood helps to cure pathology, has a lasting positive effect in the fight against its symptoms. The anti-inflammatory effect of the bones leads to a decrease in swelling, redness of the nodes, and pain. The burning sensation disappears, the growth of pathogenic microflora is suppressed due to the bactericidal action. The regenerating property of dogwood seeds promotes the healing of cracks, damage to the rectum.

Contraindications

Dogwood pits have both beneficial features and contraindications. Cautions are more inherent in berries, the bones act more gently. One must be wary of using it at night, as dogwood tones the nervous system, which leads to insomnia.

You need to be careful with overripe berries, as they can provoke fermentation processes, diarrhea. Excessive consumption of dogwood should be avoided in the presence of:

Treatment

Against hemorrhoids, the healing properties of dogwood bones are used. You can just eat berries with seeds for 10-15 fruits daily. They can be fresh, dried or frozen.

Dogwood practically does not lose its valuable properties during cooking. You can achieve a faster result if you take the bones and pulp separately. A good, tasty medicine is obtained from jam with seeds. You should save them, and eat them during an exacerbation of symptoms. It will take two glasses of seeds for two or three days, which are distributed evenly at each meal.

There is another recipe for using dogwood seeds for hemorrhoids. While eating berries, jam preparations, they are preserved.

Dried bones are swallowed half an hour before meals. They are well digested.

Morning intake - 1 tablespoon, daytime - 2 teaspoons, evening portion - 1 teaspoon. To improve the condition, you need to eat about 3 glasses of nucleoli. If you additionally use the pulp, then the vascular walls will also be strengthened, which will favorably affect the hemorrhoids. For prevention, eat one glass of seeds annually.

A kilogram of dogwood must be cleaned of pulp. The bones are dried, crushed in a mortar, and then sieved. The resulting powder is taken three times a day, the serving is one mustard spoon, or one third of a teaspoon. Reception continues until the powder is completely eaten. Dogwood can also be used for baths, lotions, microclysters for hemorrhoids.

It is necessary to dissolve one tablespoon of seed powder in 50-150 ml of warm water. It should be administered at night after going to the toilet or performing a cleansing enema. Microclysters help well with the internal form of the disease. For the treatment of external nodes, lotions and baths are used. To make a bath, you need to mix 2 tablespoons of seed powder with 5 liters of warm water. It is recommended to carry out treatment within a month.

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There is a recipe for infusion on dogwood bones against hemorrhoids. Dried, ground dogwood seeds, 1 tablespoon, pour a glass of boiled water in a thermos.

After infusion for 12 hours, a cotton swab is impregnated with the agent, used in the form of anal suppositories. The procedure should be carried out at night, leaving until the morning. You can buy ready-made candles with dogwood extract in a pharmacy. In a severe form of the disease, when surgery may be required, self-medication is dangerous.

To get rid of oily seborrhea on the head, you can dilute 2 liters of infusion of dogwood seeds with 5 liters of water. The solution is used as a hair rinse until it runs out. An infusion of dogwood seeds can be used to wipe the skin of the face.

Dogwood seeds can be used to make a healthy coffee drink. Washed bones should be dried in a pan. The color of the coffee will depend on the degree of roasting of the seeds, the roast, the darker. It remains to grind them in a coffee grinder. Now you can brew like regular coffee and drink. Such a drink will relieve drowsiness for the whole day.

Storage

The easiest way to preserve the valuable properties of dogwood is to dry it. The absence of high-temperature processing allows you to save as much as possible all the trace elements, vitamins of the berry. In dried form, their content becomes more saturated.

Ripe fruits are dried along with the seeds: you need to spread the raw materials on paper in an even thin layer, periodically turning over, avoiding direct sunlight. Home drying is preferable to industrial drying, as it occurs without the use of sulfurous acid. You can use a fruit dryer, the temperature should be between 50 and 70 degrees. Dried fruits with seeds are perfectly stored in linen bags made of natural fabrics, in a dark, dry place.

Dogwood is a real gift of nature for people. Where this shrub grows, it remains only to use the gifts offered correctly.

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Content

Dogwood is a shrub that produces bright red fruits in the wild, growing in a warm climate, cultivated in many countries of Europe and Asia (Ukraine, Russia, France, Bulgaria, Italy). It is common in nature, can grow in any weather conditions. At the same time, it is little known among ordinary consumers, has not been widely used as a food or medicinal substance, which looks unreasonable, since it is one of the most useful berries for human health.

What is useful dogwood for the body?

Dogwood is a plant that has medicinal properties: has a diuretic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, astringent (treats poisoning) action. The berry normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract, normalizes blood pressure, strengthens blood vessels, normalizes metabolism, blood sugar levels.

A huge range of useful properties leads to the fact that the plant is used to create medicines, is included in the diet of diabetics, pregnant women, children, people with gastrointestinal disorders, high blood pressure. Consumed in various types: as jam, candied fruits, dried fruits, compotes, tinctures, which improves taste qualities berries, makes a pleasant medicine for the whole family.

With diabetes

Extracts from this plant are used in the manufacture of medicines for people with diabetes, because the berries:

• help lower blood sugar levels;
• improve metabolism;
• reduce the level of cholesterol, the volume of glucose;
• improve digestion, intestinal motility;
• remove toxins, improve immunity.

With hemorrhoids

Dogwood is traditionally considered the best remedy against hemorrhoids. To get rid of this ailment, you need to pick the berries while they ripen (jam is also suitable), eat 2 glasses with seeds (or 1 - 2 jars of jam) for five days.

During pregnancy

Dogwood is useful and indispensable for women during pregnancy. It eliminates many unpleasant symptoms, treats many diseases without the involvement of medicines, which is so necessary for pregnant women. With it, you can quickly and easily:

• Eliminate heartburn, which often suffers from pregnant women.
• Strengthen the immune system, which will help to better fight colds and infections.
• Increase the level of potassium, calcium, iron, magnesium, vitamin E, in which pregnant women have a great need.
• Normalize the work of the digestive tract.
• Increase hemoglobin.
• Strengthen the work of the heart, normalize blood pressure, which will help prevent miscarriage.
• Prevent obesity - contains substances that contribute to the normalization of metabolism.

Reviews

Elena, 32 years old: “My mother-in-law ate dogwood from jam right with the bones to cure hemorrhoids. It helped her, the hemorrhoids went away, and the operation was avoided.”

Ira, 28 years old: “I bought dogwood last summer, I didn’t take it before. The seller said that it is healthy and tasty if you cook jam. I made jam in a bread maker, crushed the whole jar in a week. I didn't get sick all winter. More needs to be done this year!

Tonya, 45 years old: “All childhood we ate dogwood right raw, I like the taste. Now I continue to buy from time to time - it helps with constipation and generally normalizes the work of the digestive tract.

Natalia, 50 years old: “It is necessary to take dogwood from hemorrhoids in the form of a decoction, compote or tea. It is good to brew powder from ground seeds, which is then drunk for five days. I took dogwood powder in parallel with the use of ointments, the result is good, it is excellent for the treatment.

Useful properties of dogwood berries

Dogwood is useful in any form - dried, dried, fresh, boiled, even the bone is suitable for the treatment of certain diseases. Let us consider in more detail the properties of the plant, having studied the composition and usefulness of a particular species and components. This will help to more accurately determine the application for each individually.

dried dogwood

Dried dogwood, like all dried fruits, has even big amount nutrients than its fresh or thermally processed counterpart, during drying, all vitamins remain in the fruit. The fruits are rich in:

• Fructose.
• organic acids.
• Carotene.
• Phytoncides (antibacterial action).
• Essential oils.
• Pectins.
• Vitamins C, A, R.
• Micro and macro elements.

Dried fruits are good for the treatment of sore throats, diabetes mellitus, as an antipyretic, diaphoretic, anti-inflammatory agent, for gastrointestinal disorders, to normalize blood pressure. Caloric content of cornel dried fruits - 44 kcal / 100 g.

Fresh fruits have a specific sour taste, which may not be to everyone's liking. However, during drying, the sour taste disappears, the fruit becomes sweet, pleasant, which gives it an undeniable advantage over fresh. The berries are dried under the indirect rays of the sun on the street or in special dryers directly with the seeds.

dried dogwood

Dried dogwood (candied fruits) are boiled in syrup and dried fruits of the dogwood bush, which retain vitamin C for a long time, phytoncides (in terms of the content of useful qualities, dried and dried are identical). Therefore, dried dogwood is useful for prevention and treatment:

• SARS, acute respiratory infections, influenza.
• Angina, bronchitis.
• internal infections.
• external infections.
• Obesity (normalizes metabolism, promotes weight loss).
• Anemia, anemia (increases the level of hemoglobin).

To make candied dogwoods:

1. Wash the berries, remove the seeds, sprinkle with sugar (1 kg of sugar per 400 g of berries), leave to insist (for a day) in a warm place (22 ° C).
2. The berries will secrete juice, preserve it, and pour the pulp with syrup (for 1 kg of berries, 350 g of sugar and the same amount of water).
3. The syrup should be hot (85 ° C), hold the berries in it for 5 minutes. Preserve the juice again, and dry the pulp for 15 minutes in the oven (at a temperature of 80 ° C).
4. Cool the berries and repeat the procedure twice more (for 20 minutes at a temperature of 65 - 70 ° C).
5. After that, the berries are placed over a heat source (30°C) for 4-6 hours for direct drying.

Bones

Berry pits are used for the treatment and prevention of gastrointestinal diseases, hemorrhoids, and diarrhea. To do this, the bones are ground in a coffee grinder (fried or raw) and applied in powder form. Cornel powder has no side effects, and therefore can be used in parallel with medications. Roasted seeds, ground into powder, are also used instead of coffee.

dogwood jam

Dogwood jam helps to cope with many colds, scarlet fever, tonsillitis, measles, flu. Because the berry is shown to children as tasty and effective medicine. Jam Recipe:

1. Wash the dogwood, remove the stones.
2. Divide the berries into "heaps", place each in cheesecloth.
3. Blanch twice in boiling water.
4. Alternate lowering into boiling water and cold water(then the berries will remain whole).
5. Take sugar, water (1.5 kg of sugar, 0.5 l of water is taken for each kilogram of berries), prepare syrup.
6. Place the berries there, leave for 2 hours.
7. Next, put the pot with dogwood on the fire and boil until the mixture takes the form of jam.
8. 3 minutes before the end of the cooking process, pour 3-5 g of citric acid into the pan.
9. Heat the jars for blocking, sterilize, pour the resulting jam into it, roll it up, wrap it up - let it stand warm until it cools completely. The jam is ready!

Contraindications and harm dogwood

Dogwood - useful product, which has a tonic effect, and therefore there are a number of contraindications if such an action is undesirable for a person. It is contraindicated in those who:

• There is nervous excitement.
• Gastritis, acidity in the stomach.
• Ulcer of the stomach or duodenum.
• Individual intolerance.
• Constipation.
• Duodenitis (inflammation of the duodenum).
• Insomnia (do not use at night).

Photo: How dogwood grows

Dogwood is a shrub that grows in height and can reach 10 m (like a tree). It is distributed in many parts of Europe and Asia, has been cultivated by people since ancient times and is valued for its beneficial properties. It grows and blooms in a very unusual way: at first, yellow or reddish flowers appear on the bare stems and branches of the shrub, which bloom and bloom when not a single green leaf has yet opened on the tree. Further, the flowers depart, the foliage blooms, yellowish fruits appear, which then ripen and turn red, acquiring characteristic appearance dogwood berries.

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The medicinal properties of dogwood have been known for a long time and are used by traditional medicine in various directions. Dogwood medicine can be not only healing, but also tasty if it is a fragrant jam or rich sweet and sour compote.

The chemical composition and calorie content of dogwood

Dogwood fruits contain vitamins (C, PP, A), sugars (sucrose, glucose, fructose), pectin, carotenoids, tannins, tannins, coloring pigments (anthocyanins), organic acids (citric, malic, tartaric, succinic), phenol carboxylic acids (gallic, glyoxalic, salicylic), macronutrients (potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium, phosphorus), trace elements (iron, zinc, manganese, iodine), essential oils, phytoncides, catechins.

Energy value of 100 g of berries:

• protein - 1 g;
• carbohydrates - 9 g,
• organic acids - 2 g,
• dietary fiber - 1.5 g,
• water - 85 g,
• ash - 0.8 g.

The leaves contain tannins, flavonoids, tannins, iridoids. During the flowering of dogwood, the leaves accumulate vitamins C and E. Glycoside, horse meat (an antimalarial agent), tannins and salicylic acid are found in the bark and roots, and fatty oils are found in the bones. Calorie dogwood - 45 kcal per 100 g of fruit.

Important! Dogwood contains more vitamin C than citrus fruits, strawberries and gooseberries - 50 mg per 100 g of berries.

Dogwood has many useful properties.

It has a beneficial effect on the digestive system: it improves appetite, enhances gastric secretion, helps with intestinal upset, providing an astringent and anti-inflammatory effect, normalizes metabolism, and helps in losing weight. Useful for diseases of the blood (anemia) and the circulatory system: strengthens the walls of blood vessels, normalizes blood pressure, increases hemoglobin. Has an antipyretic effect.

Great content phytoncides in berries allows you to fight infectious diseases, and pectins cleanse the body of metabolic products, heavy metals. Dogwood is used as a preventive measure in case of danger of poisoning with toxic substances (lead and mercury vapors).

Fresh berries and products from them well tone and strengthen the body.

The leaves have a hypoglycemic, bile and diuretic effect, and the bark has anti-febrile and antipyretic properties. Tinctures from the leaves or bark are used to treat skin conditions (eczema, skin infections).

The medicinal properties of dogwood root are very valuable: its decoction is taken for malaria. Dogwood bones have astringent and vasoconstrictive properties, which is important in the treatment of hemorrhoids.

Did you know? There is evidence that early American settlers used dogwood to brush their teeth, and American natives used the wood to make arrows.

How to prepare and store medicinal raw materials of dogwood

Dogwood fruits are harvested after ripening (in September) and in dry weather. Fresh berries can be processed into blanks (jam, compote) or dried. Drying retains more nutrients. The fruits should be laid out in a thin layer, dried in the sun and dried in a dryer, in the oven or naturally. Dried berries taste sweeter.

In dried form, the berries are stored for up to three years.

Dogwood leaves are harvested after flowering (June-July), when the amount of accumulated nutrients is greatest, and the bark is removed in rings from young branches in early spring.

Roots are harvested in spring or autumn. The collected vegetative parts of the plant must be well cleaned and dried under a canopy in a ventilated area. Raw materials can be stored in linen or cotton bags in a dry place for about two years.

Did you know? Juice, compote, pie filling, syrup, jelly and jelly, jam, jam, jam, marshmallow, marmalade, tincture, liquor, wine are made from dogwood berries. Dogwood is very popular in the Caucasus, where soup, sauces and seasonings for meat and fish, and lavash are prepared from it.

Traditional medicine recipes

Thanks to its many beneficial properties, dogwood has become popular medicinal raw material in folk medicine.

To strengthen immunity

For a week, you need to eat half a glass of fresh dogwood berries a day or drink a berry decoction with honey. This will help increase the body's defense against colds.

To combat stress

For calming down disorders nervous system(stress, nervous overexertion) a decoction of dried crushed dogwood pits is recommended. The use of berries helps to increase physical endurance.

For headache

Dogwood normalizes brain pressure, and drinks from it are a natural analgesic. With migraine, a lotion of fresh crushed berries wrapped in gauze should be applied to the site of increased pain.

For colds

For colds, it is useful to eat dogwood jam, and fresh and dried dogwood - for flu, sore throat, scarlet fever, measles. To combat colds and flu, a healing decoction is prepared. It is necessary to pour two tablespoons of fresh or dried berries with a glass of water and boil over low heat, and after 8 hours, remove the stones from the fruits and chop the pulp. A decoction with the addition of honey should be taken twice a day, 50 ml.

Important! In order for nutrients to be better absorbed, it is recommended to eat dogwood in the morning. The daily norm is 200 g of berries.

With hemorrhoids

The main raw material for the treatment of the disease is dogwood bones. The easiest way is to eat 15 whole berries several times a day or make jam from them. You can also use a glass of seeds or powder from them during the day, prepared from a kilogram of fruits at a dosage of one spoon three times a day.

For diarrhea

There are several recipes for treating diarrhea with dogwood:

• A decoction of two tablespoons of fresh fruits or dry leaves and a glass of water: boil for 10-15 minutes, leave for 8 hours, take half a glass before meals.
• A decoction of two tablespoons of dried cornelian fruit and a glass of water: pour boiling water over the berries, cook for 30 minutes. Take 100 g three times a day.
• Infusion of two tablespoons of berries and a glass of boiling water: leave for 8 hours, take 100 g twice a day.
• Kissel: 50-60 dogwood berries and 0.5 liters of water boil until the berries are completely boiled. Consume before meals. The same jelly is useful for general strengthening of the body and the treatment of beriberi.

For rheumatism

A decoction for rheumatism consists of a teaspoon of crushed dogwood roots and 300 ml of water. It must be boiled for 20 minutes over low heat, then left for several hours and strained. Take two tablespoons half an hour before meals three times a day.

With abscesses

The medicine for abscesses and boils is prepared from boiled dogwood bark and barley flour in equal parts. The compress is applied to the abscess and fixed with a bandage or plaster. After 4-6 hours it needs to be changed.

With diabetes

Fresh dogwood juice in diabetes promotes the work of the pancreas and digestive system, controls the level of glucose in the blood. Half a glass of juice should be drunk half an hour before a meal, and if the body tolerates it well, you can increase the intake to a glass. After 10 days of admission, you must pause to rest the body.

Important! Before eating dogwood berries, be sure to rinse with running water or even pour over boiling water. Foods with cornelian cherry should be cooked before consumption to avoid a decrease in the amount of nutrients (for example, oxidation of ascorbic acid).

The benefits of dogwood for pregnant women and children

Moderate consumption of dogwood is of great benefit to a woman's body during pregnancy, since it contains many useful substances and vitamins, and is also able to reduce toxicosis. To normalize the functioning of the heart and remove fluid from the body, potassium is needed, contained in dogwood. Dogwood also has a positive effect on the circulatory system: it strengthens the walls of blood vessels, normalizes blood pressure and increases hemoglobin content. It is also good for the digestive system.

For the intrauterine development of the baby, colds and viral diseases of the mother are dangerous. Using dogwood, she can not only strengthen the immune system, but also defeat the disease faster without the increased use of medications.

Dogwood is also very useful for children. It feeds a small body beneficial substances necessary for its growth and development: vitamins (especially ascorbic acid), carotene, pectins, glucose, fructose, bioflavonoids, mineral salts. They are indispensable for growth and development. bone tissue, normalization of metabolism, positively affect the nervous, circulatory, digestive, immune systems. For children, you can cook various fruit salads with dogwood or desserts with dairy products.

Important! With an increased tone of the uterus and the threat of miscarriage, it is forbidden to use dogwood for pregnant women.

How dogwood is used in cosmetology

Dogwood masks help to cope with problems oily skin: eliminate shine, narrow enlarged pores and nourish the skin with beneficial substances.