Red bird cherry - good and bad

In late spring - early summer, urban plots and forest areas are decorated with white flowers with fragrant aroma growing on a low tree bird cherry. At the end of August, a fruit-drupe with a sweetish astringent taste appears on this tree. The aroma of the bird cherry flowers is so strong that it can destroy around itself pathogenic microorganisms. Man also does not need a long time to be near the blossoming tree, since red bird cherry can bring not only good, but also harm.

Composition of red bird cherry

For medicinal purposes use bark, flowers, leaves and fruits of the plant. Cherry berries do not have a special gastronomic value, therefore they are used only for the treatment of diseases.

The bark and leaves of the bird cherry contain acids and benzoic aldehyde, which give her phytoncide properties. Tannins contained in berries and bark have anti-inflammatory qualities.

In the fruit of the bird cherry, various acids (ascorbic, malic, lemon), flavonoids, rutin, anthocyanins, sugars and essential oils, which help improve digestion and the state of the vessels, are contained.

Bones contain fatty oils, amygdalin, prulaurazine, prunazine.

Due to this composition, red bird cherry falls into the list of medicinal plants that help fight various diseases.

What is useful for red bird cherry?

Red bird cherry has a whole range of useful properties:

1. Improves digestion. Decoctions and infusions of bird cherry fruit help to improve intestinal motility, kill pathogens in the digestive tract, get rid of stomach upset.
2. Increases sweating. This property of bird cherry is useful for colds.
3. Antibacterial effect is useful in the fight against various diseases.
4. Vitamins of bird cherry have a negative effect on insects, so it is used to control lice, mosquitoes and flies.
5. Improves the condition of the vessels by strengthening their walls.
6. Cleans the blood, removing toxins and harmful cholesterol from it.
7. Possesses anti-cancer properties.
8. Increases the defenses of the body, which is especially useful in the period of epidemics.
9. Increases the excretion of urine, which has a positive effect in diseases of the kidneys and urinary tract.
10. It has anti-inflammatory properties, therefore it is useful in diseases of the upper respiratory tract, kidneys and urinary system.
11. He removes salts of heavy metals, heals joints.

However, despite such a number of useful properties, the presence of a beauty in the composition of this plant raises the question of whether red bird cherry is useful. When the recommended dosages of bird cherry will not bring the body any harm. But pregnant women use drugs with bird cherry is still not recommended, so as not to disrupt the development of the fetus.

Treatment of red bird cherry

The benefits and harm of red bird cherry, as well as recipes from it, have been known to herbalists for a long time. The most popular are such recipes:

1. Treatment of the digestive system. It is necessary to pour 20 g of dried berries 400 ml of boiling water, put mix in a water bath and heat for 10 minutes. Ready broth filter and drink half a cup before meals 3-4 times a day.
2. Treatment of sore throat, stomatitis, inflammation of the mucous eyes. It is necessary to prepare an infusion of dried leaves boiled with boiling water. Infusion should stand, after which it is filtered and used to rinse the mouth or as a compress on the eyes.
3. Diaphoretic and diuretic drink. Take 1 tbsp. l. Bark and pour it 2 cups of boiling water. Insist half an hour, after which filter and drink for 1 tsp. three times a day.