Common lingonberry. Fashionable wedding makeup
Useful properties of lingonberries
Lingonberry is a shrub 15-20 cm high, with overwintering leaves. It grows in various forests, peat bogs, tundra and the Caucasus mountains. The bright red berries overwinter even under snow, but lose their taste, so they are collected in the fall. At this time, both the taste and beneficial properties of lingonberries are at their maximum.
Since the 60s, this crop began to be grown in the USA and Western European countries, even creating special machines for picking berries. In the 80s, cultivated lingonberry plantations were also established in Russia, as well as in Belarus and Lithuania, but its yield, compared to natural conditions, was 30 times lower.
Lingonberry leaves are used in medicine. They make decoctions, infusions and are used as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory agent. Collected before flowering and when the berries are already ripe. Leaves or twigs are dried in the shade, in the breeze, and stored in a dry place for up to three years. They contain tannins, ursolic acid, and the main active ingredient is phenoglycoside. In addition, the urinary tract antiseptic arbutin was found in lingonberry leaves, and to extract it, an alcoholic extract is made from the leaves. But this substance is very strong, and if the dosage is incorrect, the extract can lead to poisoning.
The beneficial properties of lingonberry leaves can be used not only for treatment, but also as a cosmetic. For example, a decoction of the leaves moisturizes the skin of the face and softens the skin of the hands. It is also used in the treatment of rheumatism. It is believed that it helps soften stones and remove salts from the kidneys and.
Leaf tea
Brew one teaspoon of leaves with a glass of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes. Take a quarter or half a glass three times a day, half an hour before meals. Treats chronic gastritis.
Infusion of leaves
3-4 tsp. pour two cups of boiling water over the leaves, leave in a water bath for a quarter of an hour, strain, and bring the volume of liquid to the original volume. Take in the same way as tea. Treats kidneys, liver, gout, rheumatism.
Useful properties of lingonberries and their uses
Lingonberries contain many organic acids and sugar in large quantities. From a medical point of view, lingonberry berries can be considered as a good auxiliary remedy for rheumatism, pulmonary tuberculosis and as an anti-putrefactive and vitamin remedy. For high blood pressure, drink juice from lingonberries. It has a calming effect on neuroses and helps raise the level of hemoglobin in the blood of pregnant women. A decoction of lingonberries is used for drinking at high temperatures. Berry syrup improves. Fresh berries are eaten no more than 1/2-1 cup per day. They make a good nourishing face mask against aging skin and wrinkles.
Despite all the beneficial properties, lingonberries are contraindicated for gastritis with high acidity, hypotension, cholecystitis, stomach ulcers, urate kidney stones, and duodenal ulcers.
Infusion of fruits
Scald a glass of berries with boiling water, leave in two glasses of boiled water for six hours. Drink half a glass 4 times a day before meals for kidney and gastrointestinal diseases.
Healing juice drink
Add 3/4 cup of boiled water to 50 ml of juice. Drink 100 ml three times a day after meals with sugar or honey three times a day for general weakness, colds, headaches, flu, hypertension.
Healthy and tasty
The berries are well stored fresh, pickled and soaked, candied, pickled, and dried. They are used to make preserves, jams, jams, marinades, syrups, and are used in the confectionery industry. Soaked and pickled berries are added to salads and served with fried meat and fish dishes. Lingonberry drinks, jelly and caramel filling are prepared from dried berries. Even during processing, the beneficial properties of lingonberries are preserved, albeit not in their entirety.
Lingonberry jam
Wash the sorted berries in cold water, scald with boiling water, and let drain. Cook in 70% sugar syrup until cooked. For 1 kg of berries take up to 1.5 kg of sugar.
Lingonberries pureed with sugar
Wash the sorted berries in cold water. Blanch for 8-10 minutes, drain, and grind in a blender. Mix with granulated sugar (1:1), heat to a temperature of 90-95°C, place in sterile jars. Sterilize: half-liter jars - 20 minutes, liter jars - 25-30 minutes.
Due to its rich beneficial properties, lingonberries deserve special treatment. The only pity is that it is not found everywhere. But if you have the opportunity to stock up on its berries and leaves, it means you can improve your health and enjoy delicious, vitamin-rich preparations.
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Description
Life Form: shrub
Habitat: Forest
Number of petals: 4
A small evergreen shrub of the Heather family, 5-25 cm high, with a creeping rhizome, wintering leathery oval leaves (dark green shiny above, paler and dull below, with curved edges and dotted with dark brown dotted glands), white or pinkish bell-shaped flowers ( with sharp blades turned outward) in short apical clusters and bright red berries (ripe - dark red, up to 8 mm in diameter), preserved under the snow throughout the winter.
Etymology
Generic Latin name Vaccinium taken from classical Latin: in Pliny the Elder the word vaccinium appears as the name of a plant (“a type of berry”; perhaps it meant blueberry; Latin bacca - berry). Occasionally, a version is given that the name Vaccinium comes from the Latin word vacca - cow (vaccinus - cow) due to the suitability of some species for livestock feed. Species name vitis-idaea means "vine from Mount Ida" (Crete). The name vitis-idaea for lingonberry is first given by Dodoneus and Gesner. Ancient writers did not mention lingonberries.
Russian name Cowberry comes from the word "brusvyany", which means "red". In Russian literature it was first mentioned in the writings of Yuri the Blessed in the 14th century in the context of what is harmful to the young male body, until the beginning of the 20th century in Russia it was called “Molodor Yagoda”.
Distribution and ecology
It has a vast Holarctic range with a predominant distribution in the northern part of Eurasia. Distributed throughout almost the entire territory of Russia, except for the southern regions of the European part of the country, throughout Central Asia, the vast majority of Kazakhstan and Transcaucasia, in Mongolia and the Far East.
It grows in forest and arctic zones, rising into the mountains to the char belt. It grows in coniferous and mixed forests, in mountain and lowland tundras, and sometimes in peat bogs. It is most abundant in light-coniferous forests, where it is often the dominant species of the herb-shrub layer. Particularly characteristic of pine and pine-spruce forests. Blooms in May-June. The fruits ripen in July, August, September.
- Lingonberry berries, which stand out sharply with their red color against the background of green foliage (and look similar to bearberry), are eaten by animals and birds. Birds carry undigested seeds over long distances and contribute to the spread of lingonberries.
- In a significant part of its range, lingonberry is found together with somewhat similar shrubs - blueberry and bearberry.
- The roots of lingonberries (like all heathers) are densely entwined with the mycelium of fungi that live in the coniferous litter, forming mycorrhiza. The fungal threads take up soil solutions with minerals and transfer them to the lingonberry roots. Without this symbiosis, the plant cannot live.
Medicinal properties
They serve as medicinal raw materials leaves(in the form of decoction, infusion, tea), shoots And berries(including juice in the form of lotions and irrigations)
Possesses diuretic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, sedative, antiputrefactive and antiseptic action. Taking lingonberry preparations must be accompanied by drinking alkaline mineral waters. Normalizes metabolic processes in the kidneys, has a slight laxative effect, increases efficiency, helps reduce blood sugar, strengthens the immune system, reduces capillary permeability and fragility.
A decoction of berries quenches thirst well during fever. The juice is indicated for high blood pressure.
Nutritional properties
Berries consumed fresh and candied, fermented with cabbage, soaked with apples and pickled with vinegar. They are used to make jams, jams and syrups. Dry fruit powder is used to prepare jelly, caramel fillings, and marmalade. Kvass, juice, lingonberry water (fruit drink), extracts, syrups, and drinks are prepared from fresh berries. Pickled and pickled lingonberries are eaten as a side dish for fried game, poultry, meat and fish dishes, and added to salads. Despite their low sweetness, lingonberries are widely recognized due to the strength of the berries and their unique, slightly bitter taste. You can make a coffee drink from dried and roasted fruits, and tea leaves from the leaves.
It is characteristic that lingonberries, raw and even boiled without sugar, do not spoil for a long time, due to the presence of benzoic and salicylic acids, which makes it possible for long-term storage in fresh and soaked form. Housewives often cook them without sugar with sweet pears and apples, and this jam lasts a long time.
Every woman dreams of long and thick eyelashes, because it is eyelashes that make our eyes expressive and our gaze charming and attractive. Silk eyelash extensions are a reliable and fairly simple way to get beautiful, soft and at the same time elastic, surprisingly long eyelashes, completely safe for your eyes.
Now you can forget about mascara and calmly go on vacation. You will always, under any circumstances, be it the beach or the pool, look 100 percent. And most importantly, no one will suspect you of being “unnatural” - eyelash extensions look very natural!
The length of eyelash extensions is selected depending on the individual characteristics and wishes of the client. Extensions do not necessarily mean lengthening eyelashes. It is possible to simply make your eyelashes thicker and more expressive without increasing their length. Eyelash extensions look completely natural, even upon closer inspection. You can choose between the effect of painted eyelashes or the most natural and natural ones.
The period of wearing eyelashes is 2-3 months, subject to correction. The period of the first correction ranges from 2 to 4 weeks. To prolong the life of eyelashes, it is necessary not to expose your eyes to various mechanical influences - do not sleep with your face on a pillow, do not rub your eyes, etc., and also remove eye makeup using water-soluble products. That's all the inconvenience!
Long-lasting effect - maintaining the desired volume of eyelashes for up to 2 months. The eyelashes are resistant to sun, water, sweat and tears. Very light, soft, comfortable to wear, and feel like natural eyelashes. With extensions, you can visually correct the shape of your eyes, making it more perfect. Eyelashes are suitable for both women and men of any age, for everyday life and are indispensable for special occasions when you need to look as impressive as possible.
The effect of eyelash extensions will surprise and delight you. Give yourself a gift, give your look charm and mystery!
"Henna eyebrow architecture"
Imagine well-groomed eyebrows that do not need to be tinted for several weeks - the ideal shape and color that suits you. Tempting?
We present to you innovative henna eyebrow tinting.
This natural eyebrow henna was created specifically for long-lasting eyebrow coloring:
Out of shape;
exhausted;
needing constant touch-up.
Dyeing your eyebrows with henna makes you look young and well-groomed; proper eyebrow correction emphasizes your face’s strengths and hides its flaws.
Everyone knows that the procedure for tinting eyebrows has a significant disadvantage - a short-term effect. Women whose eyebrows lack volume really like the effect of colored skin, but the dye lasts on the skin for a maximum of 3 days!
While dyeing eyebrows with henna gives amazing results: on the skin such dyeing lasts from 5 to 14 days, and on the hairs themselves for up to several weeks. Over time, henna gradually fades, but will not change colors into other shades.
Advantages of tinting eyebrows with henna: henna was and remains a natural, harmless dye that does not contain peroxide or ammonia, that is, it gently colors the eyebrows.
Suitable for:
Sparse eyebrows
Eyebrows too light
Eyebrow shape requires correction
Covering up scars
Lack of volume and thickness
A wedding is a holiday where every bride wants to look like a real princess - beautiful, tender, romantic. Everyone dreams of admiring exclamations addressed to them.
Therefore, when starting preparations for your wedding, first of all, seek the services of professionals in a beauty salon. In this case, you will have the opportunity, together with the masters, to think through to the smallest detail all the components of the bride’s wedding image.
Make preparations for the most important day as pleasant as possible, do not deny yourself the pleasure of pampering your body and soul! Make your appearance flawless from the tips of your hair to your fingertips. You will not regret such procedures!
Our salon has entire complexes designed specifically for brides. Often, such complexes already take into account all the procedures you need. All you have to do is the hardest part – choose!
Wedding hairstyle in a beauty salon
If you want your wedding hairstyle to be flawless, then you cannot do without the help of a good stylist. Otherwise, trying to build something on your own or with the help of friends, you risk seeing on your head something completely different from what you expected. And choosing the right image and type of hairstyle that will favorably emphasize the bride’s advantages and hide flaws can be difficult without the help of a specialist.
With knowledge and experience, a wedding stylist will help you make the right choice.
However, it is better if you do a trial hairstyle a few weeks before the wedding. Then you can correct the details and avoid possible mistakes.
You can get your hair done just before the wedding ceremony either in a salon or ask a stylist to come to your home. Of course, this issue must be discussed in advance.
Fashionable wedding makeup
Waking up early in the morning and accidentally looking into the reflection of the mirror, we catch ourselves thinking: “Yesterday I experienced the happiest and most exciting day of my life. Yes, I was unsurpassed! Probably, the effort was worth it to look simply divine on your long-awaited wedding day. In order for your holiday memories to remain fabulous and unforgettable forever, you need to carefully select your wedding image and successfully reproduce it.
Wedding makeup is an important addition to the appearance of any bride. This is the highlight of the whole image, which puts the bride’s individuality in the first place, emphasizing her natural beauty, making the female image unique. Makeup on the day of the celebration should be very comfortable for its owner, add confidence and not raise any doubts. In this case, you need to achieve harmony in the image, a successful combination of the wedding dress, hairstyle, accessories and even the bride’s bouquet.
Features of wedding manicure
While looking through photos of your friends' wedding ceremonies, you probably noticed how many photos show the bride's marigolds. Throughout the entire celebration - at registration, at the table during toasts, and generally throughout the entire ceremony, the bride's fingers are also the center of attention.
Manicure becomes one of the most important components of a flawless bride's image. And it’s worth taking special care of.
First, decide - do you want to leave your nails, or do you want to cover and strengthen them with gel polish, or extend them? Have you decided? Fine.
One of the most popular among brides is French manicure. It is thanks to the natural colors used in its range, lightness, elegance and unobtrusiveness that it is a win-win option for decorating nails for such an occasion as a wedding. With it, the bride's hands look especially graceful, gentle and even elegant.
Eyelash extensions for bridal makeup
The bride's makeup completes her look and makes the girl look beautiful. Everything about it must be perfect. And you should especially pay attention to the eyelashes. Today, even a girl who does not naturally have long eyelashes can become a queen at her wedding. Namely, she has the opportunity to make her eyes more expressive with the help of eyelash extensions.
Eyelash extensions for bridal makeup are an easy and fairly quick procedure that can transform a girl.
The bride should carry out this procedure two to three days before the wedding. Then she will get used to the new look and will not pay attention to the eyelash extensions.
Whatever image you choose, long and thick eyelashes will add zest to it, and there will be a hidden mystery within you that your groom will undoubtedly want to solve.
Wrap in a beauty salon before the wedding
The appearance of a bride at a wedding plays an important role. But, in addition to the services of a makeup artist and hairdresser, you can also afford several other pleasant procedures. This will not only have a positive effect on your appearance, but will also help you relax and relieve pre-wedding tension.
We would like to recommend massages for stress relief, relaxation and body care. Massages using aromatic oils and creams will be an excellent way not only to care for the body, but also to improve well-being.
Pleasant and useful procedures include body wraps. The benefit of wrapping is that this procedure allows you to fight excess weight or cellulite. The technology of the wrapping procedure is based on a simultaneous effect on an area of the skin, increasing blood circulation and metabolism in this area. In this way, subcutaneous fat can be eliminated in unwanted areas. After the procedure, the skin becomes elastic and tightened.
Face cleaning
Any bride wants to be the most irresistible and magically beautiful, both during the wedding celebration and in video shooting and photographs. Everything about the bride’s image should be impeccable - outfit, hairstyle, face. In order for the skin to look young, fresh and well-groomed, the bride needs to undergo a facial cleansing procedure before the wedding. This procedure is also carried out for the purpose of effectively and evenly applying wedding makeup.
The facial cleansing procedure includes: a course of anti-stress skin care program, peeling, specialized deep facial cleansing (a week or two before the wedding day). If necessary, correct and tint eyebrows and eyelashes.
The main purpose of deep facial cleansing is to rid the skin of blackheads, pimples, age spots and unevenness. As a result, you will get completely transformed, radiant and healthy facial skin.
New items in pre-wedding hair removal: sugaring
In order for the bride's appearance to be impeccable, one should not forget about depilation. Eliminating unwanted hair will make your legs perfectly smooth and soft. And you yourself will feel very confident!
Sugaring is a new and already quite popular depilation technology, which is based on the use of syrup from water and sugar. Many may be surprised by these components, but they are very effective and guarantee unsurpassed results.
A sweet method of hair removal originating from Ancient Egypt. It is believed that the authorship of the first recipe for sugaring belongs to the legendary Queen Nefertiti. It is not for nothing that she is still considered the standard of female beauty throughout the world.
She mixed wax, honey and herbal juices; this mixture removed hair without pain and for a long time.
Hair treatment before the wedding
One of the most important components of a bride’s image is her hairstyle, because a wedding is a very important day for every girl. It is she who sets the overall tone for the bride’s image. However, a beautiful hairstyle can ruin the whole look if the hair is weak and unkempt. At the same time, well-groomed, healthy, shiny hair simply curled into romantic curls can become a real decoration.
Nourishing masks and medicinal complexes will be indispensable. It is best to dye your hair two weeks before the wedding. The color will still be rich, but more natural.
A magical procedure is hair biolamination. The effect lasts for one to one and a half months.
One of the newest hair restoration procedures is hair reconstruction. It is especially suitable for girls and women who often dyed their hair and permed it. Hair reconstruction is recommended to be done several times. But after the first procedure, your hair will become soft, shiny and manageable.
Visiting the solarium on the eve of the wedding
On the eve of the wedding, cosmetic procedures are very important to heal the skin, make it shiny and smooth. No less important are procedures that will help even out skin color or achieve that desired tan. Indeed, brides with tanned skin look perfect.
The solarium should be visited more than once. The effect requires several procedures, which depend on what kind of tan you want. If you just want a slightly bronzed skin tone, even two treatments will do the trick. For a more saturated color, you will have to visit the solarium for quite a long time.
That is why you should sign up for a solarium long before the wedding. The tan will not wash off and will last for several weeks, and you will be able to get the expected effect.
A visit to the solarium on the eve of the wedding is an excellent choice for every bride who dreams of a perfect wedding.
Lingonberry is a small shrub covered with red berries. Based on it, many products are prepared that help in the treatment of diseases. The berry is also used in cosmetology and dietetics; it has been used to strengthen the immune system for many centuries. But in order not to speculate in vain, let's consider the value and possible negative aspects of the fruit.
Composition of lingonberries
The berries are famous for their accumulation of vitamins, acids, and organic compounds. All of them are valuable for the body, so we will present the most popular components.
Among them are vitamins included in group B. These include thiamine, pantothenic acid, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine, folic acid and others.
The fruits are not deprived of ascorbic acid in large quantities; it is this that strengthens the immune system and fights seasonal epidemics of influenza and colds.
The action of ascorbic acid is supported by the inclusion of tocopherol and retinol; these beauty vitamins are also considered excellent antioxidants. They remove toxins and poisons, improving the functioning of internal organs.
It is worth mentioning the accumulation of tannins in lingonberries, as well as citric, malic and salicylic acids. It cannot do without the participation of carotenoids, phytoncides, flavonoids, pectin, ash, and dietary fiber.
Like any other type of berry, lingonberries contain many minerals. Their list includes manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, and calcium. There is also potassium, copper, sodium and others.
Due to its low calorie content (only 45 units), lingonberries are included in the menu of people who want to lose weight and obese citizens. Low calorie content along with the glycemic index make lingonberries useful for diabetic patients.
Useful properties of lingonberries
For treatment purposes, both fruits and foliage of the bush can be used. It is better to collect leaves during flowering, because after that they become brown and lose most of their beneficial substances.
- For many centuries, lingonberries have been included in the home pharmacy of traditional healers. It is used to treat diabetes because it contains a lot of copper. This mineral compound reduces glucose levels and also activates receptors that improve the absorption of carbohydrates by cells.
- Thanks to the accumulation of various vitamins, the shrub is recognized as a powerful therapeutic and preventive remedy for low immunity. Berries increase defenses when one season replaces another or vitamin deficiency occurs. You should also eat lingonberries to protect against influenza and ARVI during an epidemic.
- Acids of organic origin are responsible for binding and removing salts of heavy metals, radionuclides, toxic substances and other compounds. Thanks to this, when systematically eating fruits, the body is protected from oncological diseases. The berry is also used to treat cancer in combination with medications.
- Healing tinctures and decoctions are prepared using leaves that were collected at the “correct” time. Subsequently, they are consumed to cleanse the kidneys and gallbladder of small neoplasms in the form of stones up to 5 mm. and sand.
- The diuretic properties of the berry and products based on it encourage people to use lingonberries to treat rheumatism, gout, cystitis, and other ailments of this kind. The shrub contains substances that enhance the effect of targeted antibiotics.
- Hot tea made from lingonberry leaves has antipyretic properties, so it should be consumed during fever. The temperature drops due to the acceleration of sweating and the fight against pathogenic microflora. After illness, tea will help you quickly restore your appetite and get back on your feet.
- In addition to fresh berries, you can prepare compotes and fruit drinks based on lingonberries. Such drinks suppress harmful microflora, help increase all metabolic processes, and cleanse the blood. They quickly quench thirst in the summer, and also help remove severe congestion from the intestines.
- Fresh berries improve the absorption of beneficial minerals and other elements by the walls of the esophagus. The fruits also enhance the production of gastric juice, which increases appetite and makes food easier to digest. Just a handful of lingonberries, consumed before a meal, will relieve you of heaviness after a large feast.
- Shrub parts are used to treat inflammatory processes of the pancreas, gastritis due to low acidity, and hypertension. In the latter case, blood pressure levels are normalized. The berry also lowers intracranial pressure, fighting headaches and throbbing temples.
- Lingonberry-based compresses and lotions effectively eliminate scabies, lichen, eczema, and other dermatological problems. Juice with honey is useful for atherosclerosis, varicose veins, and a tendency to thrombosis.
Benefits of lingonberries for women
- Valuable qualities, first of all, apply to the body of a pregnant woman. During gestation, a woman is exposed to attacks from viruses many times more strongly, so the immune system needs to be strengthened not with medications, but with folk remedies. Yagoda copes with this task.
- Girls in a delicate position suffer from swelling, regardless of the period. Stagnation of fluid in tissues leads to the appearance of heavy leg syndrome. The berry eliminates excess water, relieves heaviness and unpleasant itching in the limbs.
- Pregnant women complain of constipation. The ability of the berry to increase metabolism, as well as intestinal motility, completely eliminates unpleasant consequences.
- During menstruation, a woman experiences apathy, fatigue, irritability and other symptoms that appear against the background of a decrease in hemoglobin. Due to the accumulation of iron, the deficiency is replenished, making it much easier for a girl to endure menstruation.
- The value of berries for women who are breastfeeding cannot be avoided. The fruits of the bush enhance lactation, increase nutritional value and fat content, and eliminate the bitterness of milk.
- For women living in unfavorable environmental conditions or hot regions, it is imperative to consume the fruits. This will prevent breast and skin cancer.
Benefits of lingonberries for children
- Many mothers mistakenly exclude berries from baby food, considering them to be overly allergenic. Of course, if there are contraindications, a child should not consume lingonberries. But in all other cases it will bring only benefits.
- Due to the incoming acids, lingonberries last longer than other types of berries without spoiling. You can make treats based on it even without sterilization. Fruits in sweet syrup will appeal to children, strengthen the immune system, increase mental activity, and lift their spirits.
- If the baby is suffering from a decline in hemoglobin, the berry is simply necessary. Its inclusion in daily nutrition will accelerate the production of red blood cells, increase hemoglobin, and prevent anemia.
- If a child suddenly gets sick, instead of harsh medications, it is advisable to treat him with lingonberries mashed with honey. This remedy will increase sweating, relieve fever and speed up recovery. This composition will also increase resistance to influenza in the winter.
- Diathesis often appears in babies under one year of age. It can be treated with infusion of lingonberry leaves. And in order to prevent diseases of the urinary system, it is necessary to treat the child with a decoction of dry fruits and lingonberry branches.
Benefits of lingonberries for pregnant women
- It is recommended to eat the fruits regularly due to their valuable composition. Lingonberries have no contraindications for pregnancy. Therefore, it is worth including the product in your daily diet.
- Berries are especially recommended to be eaten during the cold season and off-season. The valuable composition will not allow the development of vitamin deficiency and anemia. Nutrient enzymes fully saturate the body of a woman and baby with everything necessary. The risk of catching colds is reduced.
- The fruit contains a large amount of tocopherol. Vitamin E is necessary for the normal functioning of the nervous system. Bad mood and depression will bypass you. Therefore, lingonberries are important in the diet of a pregnant girl.
- The abundance of rutin in fruits has a positive effect on blood pressure, normalizing it. The vitamin also prevents the formation of swelling of the extremities. All representatives of the fairer sex face this problem during pregnancy.
- The product is rich in iron, so there will be no common health problems. The level of hemoglobin in the blood increases noticeably. The berries contain sufficient amounts of calcium. The enzyme is necessary not only for the mother, but also for the baby for the proper formation of bone tissue.
Benefits of lingonberry leaves
- The benefit of the raw material lies in its unique chemical composition. The leaves contain sufficient quantities of glycosides in the form of hyperoside and arbutin. In addition, free hydroquinone can be isolated in the product.
- Organic acids (quinic, ursulic, ellagic, gallic) are present in high concentrations in the leaves of the plant. You can also highlight tannins (flavonoids, tannins, phytoncides), vitamins and antioxidants in the form of lycopene.
- Thanks to the abundance of such valuable enzymes, lingonberry leaves have excellent bactericidal, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects. If you are undergoing a health course using antibiotics, the raw materials will greatly enhance the effect.
- In addition, regular use of leaves helps the body get rid of toxic compounds and sludge. The product also perfectly removes excess fluid from tissues. The formation of edema of the extremities is noticeably reduced.
- In official medicine you can find natural remedies based on lingonberry leaves. Such drugs have choleretic, diuretic and disinfectant effects. The presence of phytoncides in the raw material destroys the activity of Staphylococcus aureus.
- In addition, the plant increases the protective functions of the body. Regular consumption of raw materials perfectly strengthens the cardiovascular system.
Lingonberry contraindications
- Despite the enormous benefits of raw materials, it is still worth paying attention to contraindications. The product is strictly prohibited for use in case of increased gastric secretion and the presence of peptic ulcer. Also, you should not include raw materials in the diet for hypotension.
- It is not recommended to eat the fruit or drink lingonberry juice after meals. This negatively affects metabolism and the activity of the gastrointestinal tract. You should also be careful when picking berries yourself. Lingonberries absorb and accumulate harmful substances well.
- Therefore, the collection procedure must be organized in an ecologically clean area. The damage from industrial enterprises can be colossal; you shouldn’t take that risk. Before receiving raw materials, it would also be a good idea to consult with a specialist.
Lingonberry treatment
In folk medicine, the plant is incredibly popular. Raw materials are often used to treat vitamin deficiency, rheumatism, tuberculosis, kidney stones, and inflammatory processes. Also, systematic consumption of fruits has a positive effect on vision.
Official medicine often resorts to the leaves of the plant to combat diabetes, urolithiasis, cystitis, liver disease, and obesity. Juice and berries cope well with arthritis in the initial stages and gout.
For preventive and therapeutic purposes, it is recommended to eat 200 grams. raw fruits daily. Thanks to its antiscorbutic and bactericidal properties, it produces a positive effect on the body. Also, the raw materials will help cope with gastritis with low acidity.
Folk recipes
- Cold. To cope with seasonal diseases, it is enough to prepare a healthy fruit drink. For this you need 0.5 liters. cold water and 250 fresh washed berries. Place the ingredients on the stove and wait for them to boil. Mix 50 gr. sugar, reduce heat to low. Simmer the mixture for a quarter of an hour. Take 150 ml. fruit drink 3 times a day.
- Anemia. To overcome iron deficiency in the body, you need to combine 40 grams in a total container. dried leaves of the plant and 20 gr. berries Pour 600 ml of ingredients. boiling water Leave the product for about 12 minutes. Don't forget to strain. Drink the infusion throughout the day with the addition of honey until the problem disappears completely.
- Avitaminosis. To combat vitamin deficiency, it is recommended to resort to a simple recipe. Grind 200 gr. berries with granulated sugar. Fill the components with 0.8 l. purified water. Place the ingredients on the stove and cook for 10 minutes. After this, strain the components and combine with 100 g. flower honey. Drink the remedy throughout the day until symptoms disappear.
Lingonberry and its components have unique healing properties. The valuable composition of the product allows you to eliminate most diseases and pathologies. Before starting a treatment course, make sure there are no contraindications. If you have any doubts, consult a specialist.
Video: lingonberry juice for colds
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Common lingonberry(Vaccinum vitis-idaea) is a perennial creeping berry shrub of the heather (lingonberry) family, up to 10-35 cm high. The stems are branched, young shoots have leathery, elongated, shiny, green leaves, old shoots are bare. The leaves do not fall in the winter. It blooms in May-June, the flowers are whitish-pink, collected in drooping racemes of up to 3-12 flowers. The fruits are bright red, spherical, sour-bitter-sweet, ripen in August-September.
The medicinal raw materials are berries and leaves of lingonberries, which contain many useful substances. Leaves are harvested in spring (April - early May) and autumn, after the berries ripen (September-October), carefully picking or cutting them so as not to damage the root system. You can re-harvest leaves in one place only after 5-10 years. It is better to dry the raw materials in a dark, well-ventilated area to preserve the green color of the foliage. Summer leaves turn brown when dried and lose their medicinal properties. Shelf life - up to 2 years.
Origin
It is believed that lingonberries were known under various names back in antiquity. Information about the first attempts to cultivate lingonberries in our country dates back to 1745: a special decree of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna ordered that this shrub be planted in the royal gardens. Serious work on the cultivation of lingonberries began in the 1960s in the USA, Germany, Sweden, Holland, Finland, Poland, and in the 1980s - in Belarus, Lithuania and Russia. The yield of cultivated plantations of healthy berries is 20-30 times higher than in the wild.
Lingonberries grow in coniferous forests and on dried peat bogs. It can be found in the European part of Russia, in Siberia, the Far East, and in the Caucasus mountains. Lingonberries begin to bear fruit only 10 years after planting the bush. The average lifespan of a bush is about 100 years. Lingonberries reproduce both vegetatively and by seeds. The creeping rhizome of the shrub binds numerous above-ground shoots into one plant.
The nutritional value
The calorie content of lingonberries is low - 46 kcal per 100 g of berries. It contains carbohydrates, citric, salicylic, malic and other organic acids, pectin, carotene, tannins, vitamins A, C, E, glucose, sucrose, fructose (the total share of sugars is 10-15%).
Lingonberries are rich in minerals: potassium, calcium, magnesium, manganese, iron and phosphorus. Due to the high content of benzoic acid, lingonberries are well preserved and have preservative properties.
The leaves of the plant contain tannins, arbutin, hydroquinone, tannin and carboxylic acids, gallic, quinic, tartaric acids and vitamin C, and the seeds contain fatty carboxylic acids: linoleic and linolenic.
Use in cooking
Lingonberries are good in any form: fresh, boiled, soaked, dried, candied. It is used to prepare sauces and seasonings for meat and fish dishes, various drinks: tea, juices, fruit drinks, compotes, jelly, liqueurs, liqueurs. Lingonberries are put in vegetable salads, marinades of various preparations, used as a filling for pies, preserves, syrups, jams and jams are made from it, desserts are made: mousses, ice cream, candies, etc.
Application in medicine and cosmetology
Lingonberry berries and leaves have a bactericidal, astringent, diuretic, analgesic, expectorant effect, improve appetite, digestion, metabolism, kidney and liver function, lower blood sugar and cholesterol levels, have an anti-atherosclerotic effect, and strengthen the walls of blood vessels.
Fresh fruits can be consumed 1/2-1 glass 1 time per day as an antidiarrheal and diuretic. It is recommended to drink lingonberry juice with honey after meals for general weakness, colds, constipation, headaches, flu, hypertension, neuroses and anemia, as well as to maintain visual acuity. A decoction of the leaves of the plant is used for diabetes, rheumatism, kidney disease, gout, and lingonberry tea is used for diseases of the genitourinary tract and cystitis.
Contraindications
Lingonberries are contraindicated for gastric and duodenal ulcers, as well as for gastritis with high acidity.
Lingonberries grow in coniferous and mixed forests and are even found in the tundra. But most of all, this berry bush likes the climate of a pine or spruce forest - boron. For this, lingonberries received their popular names: boletus, boletus, boletus berry.