Dogwood is a plant in the dogwood family with small juicy drupes that range in color from light red to black. Dogwood fruits are eaten and used in folk medicine.
Useful properties of dogwood
Dogwood berries are an excellent source of vitamins and nutrients. Their pulp contains organic acids, glucose, fructose, tannins and nitrogenous substances, pigments, phytoncides, pectins, essential oil, vitamins P and C, carotene.
Cornel fruits have choleretic, bactericidal, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties. They will be useful for gout, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, anemia, skin diseases.
Due to the high content of pectins, dogwood perfectly cleanses the body of decay products. Regular consumption of these juicy fruits helps in the excretion of uric and oxalic acid.
Cornel jam is used to treat colds.
It is recommended to eat dogwood for problems with blood pressure and frequent headaches. Cornel berries help to strengthen the walls of blood vessels and prevent the fragility of capillaries, they should be included in the diet for venous insufficiency, inflammation of the veins, edema, they help in the treatment of incipient sclerosis.
Dogwood berries are useful for diabetes mellitus, since they do not raise blood sugar levels, but at the same time increase the enzymatic activity of the pancreas, which contributes to the digestion of food.
Cornel fruits are used to treat diarrhea, restore metabolism. In acute gastroenterocolitis, cornelian cherry jelly is included in the diet.
Cornelian infusion is used as a tonic. It is taken together with honey several times a day. For a drink 1 tbsp. berries are poured with boiling water and left to infuse for 8 hours.
The use of dogwood has a positive effect on the condition of the skin. The carotene contained in it promotes the healing of irritations, relieves the skin from flaking and dryness, so it should be included in the diet for eczema, psoriasis.
Possesses a lot of advantages and cornel juice, aromatic somewhat astringent, it will become a natural medicine for hypertensive patients and patients with atherosclerosis. Dogwood juice is an excellent food supplement for anemia and vitamin deficiency.
Contraindications to the use of dogwood
You should not use dogwood with increased acidity of the stomach and a tendency to constipation.
Because of its invigorating and tonic properties, dogwood can harm people with an excitable nervous system. In large doses, this berry can cause nervous overexcitement.
