This amazing bilberry berry: health recipes

Blueberry, this amazing plant, whose beneficial properties have been known for a long time, is used both in cooking and in recipes of traditional medicine.

As you know, dark-colored fruits and berries contain the maximum amount of antioxidants - substances that slow down the oxidative processes of organic compounds. Antioxidants prevent the formation of tumors and disorders in the tissues of organisms, and bilberry is a plant containing the maximum amount.

Berries of bilberry contain potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, copper, manganese, cobalt. From vitamins in this plant there is ascorbic acid - vitamin C, B1 and B6, vitamin PP, as well as pantothenic acid.

Preparing blueberry jam, the recipe of which was presented by the grandmother, who knew the sense in this berry, you should take into account that in the form of a jar of delicious goodies you possess a myriad wealth: a supply of vitamins and trace elements for the whole winter. A recipe for blueberry jam can be your strategic vitamin reserve for a cold period of time, and different types of bilberries (dried, rubbed with sugar, frozen, in the form of fruit juice and compote, dried leaves) can be of great help to you in case of various diseases. It is not for nothing that this berry is considered the best medicine for prevention of kidney and bladder diseases in folk medicine, it strengthens blood vessels, reduces the risk of heart diseases, raises immunity, improves memory and visual acuity, prevents seasonal infectious diseases, normalizes metabolism - and this is all modest Berry blueberry. Recipes for health recommend eating not only berries, but also prepare tea from the leaves of blueberries. An infusion of a leaf of blueberry together with berries acts as a diuretic, it is drunk with sand in the kidneys, with inflammation of the bladder. Since blueberries, the recipes from which are used for certain diseases of the intestine (for example, with dysbacteriosis) contains pectin substances, it successfully helps to cleanse the intestines from rot and decomposition products, so dried bilberry berries are used for intestinal disorders and for dyspepsia, as a good fortifying agent.

If you have harvested blueberries, recipes with its use can be used to treat sore throats and stomatitis, as well as catarrh of the upper respiratory tract. To do this, the juice of blueberries diluted with water and rinse the throat. Also, this infusion can be drunk: several times a day for 1/3 cup.

The phytoncids of blueberry are destructive to the causative agents of typhoid and diphtheria, they are very effective against staphylococci and dysentery bacillus.

Anthocyanins, contained in large quantities in blueberries, are a variety of flavonoids, which are responsible for the prevention of cardiovascular work. In addition to blueberries, anthocyanins are found in black currant and chokeberry (chokeberry), in cherry and grape skin, as well as in elderberry, hibiscus, black carrots and blue cabbage. These substances have anticarcinogenic, antibacterial and antiviral effects.

For those who want to normalize their weight, not depriving themselves of enough daily vitamins, is blueberry. The recipe for blueberries, which is low in calories but high in vitamins, minerals and trace elements, is suitable for those who need to regulate metabolism. A small portion of blueberries contains as much fiber and fiber as a piece of black bread.

Frozen berries can be used for a whole winter as an independent dish, or serve as an additive to cereals, desserts, fruit salads, yoghurts. Blueberry, recipes of jam from which you will be useful for filling the cake, for baking cakes, for making mousse and cream. A blueberry compote will not only quench thirst, but will also energize and force. Dried blueberries can be used together with other dried fruits and berries for brewing in a thermos of vitamin tea.