Ebony bushes can be found in almost every front garden or garden. After all, this plant can be used both for decorative and medicinal purposes. But it depends on the variety of bushes, because not all of them have medicinal qualities.
Not everyone knows that not only elderberry berries are a medicine, medicinal properties are possessed by flowers, especially black elderberry.
The bush begins in May-June and until mid-July. In this period it is necessary to have time to collect the elderberry color, so that it retains its useful properties, it should be done until the corners begin to crumble. Usually this is done within 2-3 weeks. It is very important after the collection of raw materials to dry it well. Then it will be possible to store for 2 years in a ventilated room.
The healing properties of elderberry
These dried light yellow flowers have important properties in terms of medicine, such as:
- anti-inflammatory;
- diaphoretic and diuretic, which helps to avoid edema;
- antibacterial;
- antipyretic;
- expectorant;
And the color of elderberry fights with the formation of tumors.
For the treatment of dried flowers elder flowers, in order to preserve their useful properties, they prepare infusion, that is, the necessary amount of raw material is poured with the necessary quantity of boiling water, it is infused and filtered before use. All proportions depend on the disease, which is to be treated, because for each need different concentrations of therapeutic drink. For example, when coughing, take a handful of elderberry, pour 750 ml of boiling water and insist for an hour.
Application of elderberry flowers in medicine
Diseases in which it is possible to effectively apply flowers elderly in the treatment are quite a lot:
- skin problems - pustules, burns, intertrigo, erysipelas;
- catarrhal and viral diseases of the upper respiratory tract ( tonsillitis , tonsillitis, influenza, tracheitis and bronchitis);
- diseases of the urino-genital organs (bladder, gynecological, education in the kidneys of sand, small stones);
- insomnia and neuralgia;
- problems in the work of the stomach and intestines, including hemorrhoids;
- inflammatory processes in the joints (rheumatism, gout);
- excess weight, due to improved metabolism.
Also, blackberry flowers are used in medical collections at:
- endometriosis ;
- oncology;
- myomas and the like.
Many gardeners, knowing about the useful properties of elderberry flowers, plant this plant on their own in order to always have the opportunity to prepare a natural medicine.