Red currant is not only a berry from which
you can make excellent jelly, jam, jam, preserves, marmalade, compote or tincture, but also a healthy product. The benefits of red currant can be seen if you familiarize yourself with its composition.
Red currant berries include up to 4% acids and up to 10% sugars, pectin, tannins, mineral salts, vitamins C, A, P, a large amount of iodine, potassium, phosphorus, sodium and magnesium. All of these substances are necessary to maintain the normal functioning of the body.
So, oxycoumarin in the composition of currants affects the normal blood clotting, which allows the use of berries to prevent heart attacks. Pectins free the body from unwanted cholesterol, thereby preventing the development of atherosclerosis. Vitamin C, which is necessary to strengthen the body and increase immunity for better resistance to viruses, is several times higher in red currants than in citrus fruits. In addition, red currant has hemostatic, choleretic, laxative, antipyretic, analgesic (due to coumarins and furocoumarins) and antitumor effects. It inhibits the development of neoplasms, inhibits inflammation.
Also, red currant normalizes work and treats diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It is often used for nausea, vomiting, gastritis. When consumed, the berry removes toxins and excess uric acid salts from the body, which can be used during a diet and cleansing the body.
Berries are also useful because they quench thirst and stimulate appetite.
Useful properties are possessed not only by currant berries, but also by its leaves, the infusion of which is used in the treatment of hypovitaminosis, cystitis and renal pathology. The infusion also helps those people who suffer from stomach ulcers and hyperacid gastritis.
Despite the medicinal properties of the berry, it should not be consumed if there are contraindications. The product is not eaten in the presence of ulcers, hemophilia, hepatitis and gastritis in the acute stage. Since red currant has an effect on the blood, it is better not to use it in case of low blood clotting.
