How many vitamins are hidden in dogwood!

How many vitamins are hidden in dogwood!

Dogwood is a shrub with a height of no more than 7 meters, and sometimes a tree. The leaves of the plant are located opposite, have parallel venation. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow in color, sessile and collected in heads.

The fruit of the dogwood is a berry of small size and oblong shape. The berry is under a smooth skin of various colors, ranging from light red to almost black. Inside the fruit there is a juicy sweet, and sometimes sweet and sour pulp. Inside the pulp is an inedible bone.

Wild dogwood can be seen in Moldova, Crimea, Transcarpathia and the Caucasus. In early spring, the dogwood begins to bloom very profusely, covered with beautiful yellow flowers. But the fruits of the plant ripen after six months from the day of setting.

The composition of dogwood berries and vitamins

Vitamins A, C, E, all representatives of the numerous B group, almost all existing micro-and macronutrients, flavonoids, essential oils and other components that enter the digestive tract, with the use of dogwood, and then-spread throughout the body, do their job quickly and correctly.

The result speaks for itself:

✔ 1. Viruses, bacteria and most fungal cultures die, that is, the body gets rid of pathogenic microflora.

✔ 2. The body is in good shape (both physically and emotionally). Do not confuse this concept with tension.

✔ 3. In feverish conditions, the temperature decreases noticeably (both febrile and subfebrile, too).

✔ 4. Slags are removed from the intestines, toxins-from the bloodstream and soft tissues of the body.

✔ 5. For minor injuries, stops the loss of blood (external application), as it immediately increases its clotting.

✔ 6. Moderate inflammatory processes are neutralized.

✔ 7. Wounds heal, and soft tissues regenerate, much faster.

✔ 8. The optimal hormonal background is restored, and the metabolic processes return to normal.

✔ 9. The edema is relieved due to the diuretic effect.

✔ 10. Bile is produced in sufficient volumes, and is discharged - without problems, due to its moderate dilution.

✔ 11. Mental activity is stimulated during the day, and at night the process of falling asleep is much faster and calmer, a strong and healthy sleep is guaranteed.

✔ 12. There is a general strengthening of the body, which is especially noticeable in the example of the immune system, cardiovascular, digestive and respiratory systems.

These are general theses that allow us to understand what, in fact, the useful properties of dogwood are.

But, and dogwood jam, compote, as well as-tinctures, decoctions, and so on, also have a positive effect when they are regularly used correctly.

You should pay attention to the fact that the plant is useful not only for its delicious, fragrant and colorful fruits.

Its leaves and even branches have healing abilities. For example, brewed on water, they have a pronounced, but at the same time, mild, diuretic effect, restorative, relieve inflammation, help to establish the outflow of bile from the gallbladder.

How many berries can I eat per day?

Dogwood can be consumed (in the absence of contraindications, which will also be discussed today) almost daily for 5-7 berries a day, but it is better not on an empty stomach.

Dogwood-medicinal properties and treatment with berries

The peculiarity of berries is that they do not have to be specially prepared, pre-processed, and so on. It is enough just to eat the ripe fruit in its raw form. By the way, it is in such berries that the elements most useful to the body are preserved!

Vitamin drink with dogwood

So, the simplest recipe (which does not reduce its effectiveness in any way!) it looks like this:

take fresh dogwood berries in the amount of 10 pieces
fill them with 500 milliliters of boiling water
cover with a lid and infuse for 22-25 minutes
After that, strain, cool and take 1/3 cup 3-4 times a day after meals, the course is up to 1 month.

To the berries, you can add a little dry or fresh twigs and leaves of the plant. Berries can also be used in dried form, only then they will need 50% more

Dogwood for the skin of the face

For the face you can use special masks, adding in fresh juice squeezed from the fruit of the dogwood. In principle, any nourishing or cleansing mask is suitable.

Just add to it, at the final stage of preparation, just before use, a little juice ("on the eye"). Its volume should not significantly change the consistency of the mask, otherwise a positive effect from it can not be achieved.