Lemongrass juice recipe. Lemon and lemon juice: benefits and harms. Procurement and storage

In the Far East, in the cedar and broad-leaved forests, twisting around trees, a unique liana grows, reaching 15 meters or more in the local forests. AT last years it can be found more and more often in family gardens throughout Russia. If you grind any part of this plant, whether it be leaves, bark or fruits, then you immediately feel a characteristic lemon smell, for which the liana got its name - lemongrass.

Generic scientific name Schizandra derived from the Greek words schizo"- "to divide" and " andros"- "man" and is associated with dioecious flowers.
The genus Schisandra has 14 species. Only one grows in our country -. The specific name - Chinese is given according to the place of growth - China. This plant was known in Chinese medicine almost a thousand years ago under the name wu-wei-tzu - the fruit of the five tastes. The pulp of the fruit is very sour (sourer than lemon), the skin is sweet, the seeds have an unpleasant and burning taste, and the whole fruit together is salty, tart and generally inedible.
In Chinese medicine lemongrass ranks second in importance after ginseng, and in the old days was necessarily included in the list of taxes paid to the emperor. And, as it was established by scientists in the middle of the 20th century, such an assessment of lemongrass is quite objective. Schisandra fruits accumulate up to 350-580 mg per 100 g of vitamin C fruits (and this means that even our medicinal daily requirement), a relatively large amount of vitamin P, carotene, there is vitamin E, pectin, micro and macro elements. They are rich citric acid(up to 12%), and in terms of sugar content (20%) they are not inferior to grapes. All parts of the plant have essential oils. The main, unique value of lemongrass is the presence of specific substances in it - lignans. They accumulate in leaves, noticeably in greater quantities - in fruits (especially seeds), stem bark and even more in the bark of rhizomes. One of them - schizandrin - has a stimulating effect on the human nervous system, somewhat similar to the action brazil nuts cola. It enhances physical and mental performance, serves effective tool stimulation of the cardiovascular and central nervous systems. The founder of medicinal gardening, Professor L. I. Vigorov, wrote that lemongrass “should be remembered in case of loss of strength and decreased efficiency, depression, the need to ensure high concentration when performing a particularly important task or especially hard work.” At the same time lemongrass is general tonic that increase the body's resistance to adverse conditions environment.
Unusual properties of fruits lemongrass, which we now call tonic, has long been known to hunters of the Far East. They dried the berries, prepared them for the future for the whole winter. a handful of such dried fruits allowed them to get along with meager food and, without feeling tired, drive the sable for days. In addition, the use of lemongrass fruits in food sharpened night vision.
Pharmacological studies of lemongrass were carried out in our country during the Great Patriotic War, after which his drugs were delivered to hospitals and contributed to the restoration of the strength of the wounded soldiers. Lemongrass tincture was also used to improve visual acuity in pilots who made night flights.
In my garden near Moscow, there is a whole wall of lemongrass (supported by iron pipes), and I am provided with its healing help to restore strength all year round. In early spring, when pruning of trees begins in the garden, I boil its young branches (something about 20 minutes) and drink this life-giving drink with pleasure, somewhere even with a lemon smell or taste. In the summer I brew tea from the leaves. Each 100 g of leaves contains 40-50 mg of a tonic, which corresponds to half of its daily allowance. For me personally, this is enough. In August-September, I add some berries with stalks to tea leaves (or without it). I especially like to brew tea from dry lemongrass, raspberries and currants. I make the ratio according to my feelings.
I will bring recommendations and on special brewing of tonic tea from dried lemongrass fruits: fruits (1 tablespoon) boil in 200 ml of water in an enamel bowl for 10 minutes, leave for 24 hours, strain and add sugar (to taste). I try to dry the leaves and twigs for the winter. I do it in August. For brewing tonic tea, 10 g of dry material per 1 liter of boiling water is recommended. In order not to store a pile of dried leaves, they can be passed through a coffee grinder, and the resulting powder stored in tightly sealed jars. Lemongrass leaf tea is considered one of the best natural tea substitutes. It well relieves fatigue, soothes, restores strength and also has a lemon flavor.
In August - early September, berries ripen - bright, reddish-orange. In order to restore strength if necessary, it is enough to eat them with the skin in the amount of 20-50 g. But the fruits are too sour, and somehow I cannot consume them in such quantities. I usually add a few stemmed berries to my tea leaves. Ripe fruits hang on the vine for about a month. Then I pick them up with brushes and dry them. It is ideal to do this in a drying cabinet at a temperature of 60 degrees, with a break for 3-4 days. Craftsmen got the hang of drying them in the oven gas stove with open door. And I dry the fruits of lemongrass on the country terrace, on a table covered with clean paper, which I periodically change. Without separating from the stalks, I pack in paper bags or linen bags. In winter, I just chew them dry or make tea.
Juice can also be made from dry fruits in winter: 1 tbsp. place a spoonful of dry berries in an enameled saucepan, pour 1 glass of water, close the lid and boil for 10 minutes, then leave for 10-12 hours, strain, add sugar to taste, heat until the sugar dissolves, pour into small bottles, refrigerate and use as needed. But it is better, of course, to make juice from fresh berries. It can be simply squeezed out and poured into sterile bottles. Even diluted 10 times with water, lemongrass juice retains a bright red color, a unique refreshing sour taste and aroma. It is important that in well-closed glassware, it is stored in the refrigerator without spoiling for a long time. But still, it is more reliable to prepare lemongrass juice with sugar. 75% sugar syrup (ratio 1:3) is added to the squeezed juice and heated to 75-85 degrees. Then filter, pour into hot sterilized glass jars and pasteurized: half-liter - 15 minutes, liter - 20 minutes. To increase the overall tone and performance, juice is added to tea - from 1 teaspoon to 1 cup. But just don't do it every day. To give tonic properties, beautiful color, slight acidity and light lemon flavor, it is good to add a little juice to kissels, compotes and any drinks.
And for the winter, lemongrass can be prepared in the form of fresh berries in sugar. The berries are slightly dried, covered with a double amount of sugar, mixed, placed in glass jars, covered with lids or paper and stored in a cool place. Used as an additive to tea.
without losing medicinal properties lemongrass, for the winter it can be prepared and mashed with sugar. Add sugar (60-65%) to the mashed fruits (35-40%), mix thoroughly to evenly distribute the sugar, heat to a temperature of 70 ° and package in hot sterilized glass jars. Pasteurize in boiling water: half-liter jars - 20 minutes, liter - 25 minutes, three-liter - 60 minutes, then immediately roll up.
So, in lemongrass, all parts of the vine turn out to be healing, and they can be used both in fresh, and prepared in a certain way for the future. But still the greatest healing power lemongrass, like most plants, in seeds: to restore strength per day, only 0.5-1 g of seed powder is enough. Therefore, when preparing certain preparations from fruits, do not throw away the seeds, but collect, wash, dry (possible on paper) and grind in a coffee grinder to a powder. The tincture of the seeds is very valuable in medicinal terms. It is used as a tonic to restore strength after surgery, with hypotension, gastritis with hyperacidity and other diseases. Take as directed by a doctor, 30 drops at a time three times a day. Making this tincture is very easy. The seeds washed from the pulp are crushed, poured with 70% alcohol or vodka and insisted for two weeks.
Here are some recipes for the use of lemongrass in the treatment of a number of diseases. As a rule, most of these serious diseases cannot be cured only with lemongrass (as, indeed, with any herbs), but the state of health improves with prolonged consumption.
At diabetes useful tincture of 20-40 drops in the morning and afternoon. Seed powder 1 g twice a day - in the morning and in the afternoon. Decoction: pour 10 g of dried fruits into 1 glass hot water, boil for 15 minutes, strain and bring to the original volume. Take 1 tbsp. spoon morning and afternoon.
The same decoction will help improve eyesight. The method of reception is the same. Lemongrass tincture ( pharmacy drug): 20-30 drops 2 times in the first half of the day. Fresh fruits: in any form no more than 2-5 fruits 2 times in the first half of the day. Seed powder 1 g twice a day.
With inflammation of the kidneys, take powder from the seeds, 1 g three times a day.
With asthenic and asthenodepressive conditions, tincture will help: 20-40 drops 2 times in the first half of the day.
With vegetative-vascular dystonia, the same decoction of dry fruits is recommended as with diabetes. The method of reception is the same.
To regulate acidity gastric juice(with hypo- and hyperacid gastritis) use seed powder (2 g) once.
With tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, seed powder is useful: 1 g three times a day.
For the treatment of eczema and inflammatory diseases skin ointment is recommended - the pulp of the fruit is insisted on water or alcohol, thickened at a temperature of 60-80 °, applied to the affected area.
Lemongrass- powerful remedy. That is why it should be used in any form carefully: only periodically and, as they often write in the literature, "under the supervision of a doctor." It is contraindicated in hypertensive nervous excitement and insomnia, stomach ulcers, acute disorder cardiac activity.
Lemongrass planted in the garden becomes not only our healer, but also a wonderful decorative ornament. Its vines with glossy foliage picturesquely adorn pavilions, verandas, and walls. In their own way, they are attractive in spring, colored with white and white-pink, waxy, pleasantly smelling flowers. The vine looks spectacular in the fall, covered with bright orange clusters of fruits. Whoever doesn’t have lemongrass in the garden yet - get it urgently, you won’t regret it.
You can buy seedlings in Moscow - at the All-Russian Exhibition Center, in pavilion No. 23, in gardening stores, and in specialized markets.

Irina Isaeva, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Moscow)

According to the magazine " healthy image life" №02 for 2008

Since ancient times, the berries of this plant have been taken to increase tone and general protection organism from avitaminosis. Both fresh and processed fruits Chinese creeper useful to humans. And lemongrass jam except positive impact on our health, and simply delicious.

Although the taste of a photograph cannot be conveyed, but what a view!

jam recipes

There are several recipes for jam, but, in fact, they do not differ much from each other. We will try to give the most popular methods, judging by the reviews of housewives from the Internet.

Attention! Collected lemongrass berries must be processed within a day!

simple recipe

This method of making Far Eastern lemongrass jam is the most popular, for cooking we need:

• berries l mongrass -1 kilogram;
• sugar -1.5 kilograms;
• water - 100 milliliters.

The product is brewed in this way:

Some housewives drain the syrup and cork it separately from the berries.

Advice! Due to the high chemical activity, it is not recommended to use copper or aluminum utensils for cooking jam from lemongrass berries - only enameled or glass ones are suitable.

As the saying goes: "Health"!

With apple juice

This recipe uses water instead of Apple juice, and the berries are used pureed. With this method of preparation in lemongrass jam beneficial features are better preserved.

1. The berries are placed in a colander or sieve and softened with water vapor.
2. The softened berries are wiped and the puree is placed in an enamel basin.
3. Add sugar and apple juice. For one kilogram of berry puree, add one and a half kilograms of sugar and one hundred grams of apple juice.
4. Boil the resulting mixture until thickened.
5. After that, the jam is laid out in prepared jars.

If it is supposed to be bookmarked for winter storage, then they are sterilized and corked, if for quick use, they are covered with parchment or nylon lids.

Other blanks

For those who doubt whether it is possible to cook jam from the berries of Schisandra chinensis, we will present the methods of preparations, during the preparation of which the minimum number of vitamins and other useful substances is lost.

Compote

Berries from compote prepared in this way can be used to decorate cakes, bake pies with them.

1. To prepare syrup, 400 grams of sugar are dissolved in a liter of water.
2. Carefully washed berries are laid out in jars and poured with prepared syrup.
3. Half-liter jars are pasteurized at 80 degrees for 10 minutes.

Juice, wine and tincture

Juice is prepared from berries that were picked the day before yesterday and softened enough.

1. Juice is extracted from the washed berries using a juicer. In this case, you need to try not to crush the seeds.
2. Juice is mixed with sugar in a ratio of one to two.
3. After the sugar grains are completely dissolved, the juice is poured into bottles and put into a dry cellar.

From the juice remaining from the preparation of the juice, you can make wine. To do this, the remains of the pulp are separated from the seeds and poured with water. After a couple of days, the wort is drained and diluted with water and sugar. After that, the wine is put on fermentation under a water lock. The fermented wine is drained from the rest and bottled.

But that's not all. There are still seeds left, which are cleaned of the remnants of the pulp. Then they are crushed and filled with alcohol. After half a month, an excellent bitter tincture with many useful substances is obtained.

Advice! Alcohol tincture Use lemongrass seeds in small doses and after consulting your doctor!

See also video about making jam from Schisandra chinensis:

In China, eastern Russia and other nearby countries, a woody climbing shrub with very valuable fruits grows. The berries of this creeper have a specific lemon flavor and huge amount useful qualities. They are widely used in traditional and conservative medicine for the treatment of many diseases.

Lemongrass berries - properties

The main action of this natural remedy is toning. Main benefit lemongrass berries is to stimulate blood circulation and metabolic processes, activation of the brain and nervous system. Long-term use of preparations based on this herbal raw material helps to cope with physical and mental fatigue, increase muscle strength and lung capacity, improve working capacity and concentration.

Lemongrass fruits - medicinal properties:

• adaptation of the body to adverse external influences;
• immune support;
• mobilization of glycogen from the liver;
• intensification of the activity of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems;
• removal of excess cholesterol;
• increased visual acuity;
• expansion of peripheral vessels;
• restoration of nerve cells;
• strengthening of labor activity;
• suppression of infectious inflammations;
• acceleration of excretion of bile, urine.

Lemongrass for pressure

In conservative medicine natural remedy prescribed primarily to stabilize the work of cardio-vascular system. Before using it, it is important to find out whether magnolia berries increase or decrease blood pressure. Taking medications based on the fruits of this vine provokes the expansion of large and small vessels, so the blood flow in the system increases. Schisandra berries are recommended for hypotensive patients to increase pressure. It is contraindicated for people with arterial hypertension to use the fruits of this shrub.

Lemongrass for colds

Berries with a citrus smell quickly restore vitality and strengthen the immune system. It is advisable to take the fruits of the plant in question as a prophylaxis for acute respiratory and viral pathologies. Benefits of lemongrass berries:

• increase the activity of the body's defense system;
• compensate for the deficiency of vitamins;
• prevent infection;
• reduce the body's susceptibility to cold;
• have bactericidal and antiviral effects.

The fruits of the described shrub are sometimes assigned as part of complex therapy inflammatory diseases urinary system. Schisandra berries are recommended to be used in parallel with conservative methods treatment. On my own it natural remedy produces too weak therapeutic effect. Lemongrass berry - beneficial properties for the kidneys:

• inhibition of bacterial growth;
• acceleration of urine excretion;
• relief of inflammation;
• mild anesthesia;
• decrease in the amount of solid salts in the urine;
• normalization of the composition of the biological fluid.

Lemongrass - contraindications

It is strictly forbidden to drink any medicines based on these berries when arterial hypertension, because their use will lead to an increase in pressure and can provoke a crisis. Lemongrass fruits are also contraindicated in the following cases:

• a state of overexcitation;
• violations of cardiac activity;
• anxiety;
• age up to 12 years;
• increased secretion of gastric juice;
• epilepsy;
• increased intracranial pressure;
• acute infections with a severe course;
• hypersensitivity to lemongrass berries;
• pregnancy;
• chronic liver diseases;
• arachnoiditis;
• vegetative-vascular dystonia of hypertonic type;
• breast-feeding;
• arachnoencephalitis.

Lemongrass - harvesting berries

The presented plant raw materials can be freely purchased at the pharmacy, but traditional healers It is advised to collect and dry it yourself. In order for the fruits of Schisandra chinensis to retain the entire range of valuable substances and vitamins, they brought maximum benefit, it is important to learn how to harvest them correctly. It is necessary to choose a suitable place for the growth of vines, away from busy roads and highways, to allocate a special area for drying.

When to pick lemongrass berries?

Ripening of fruits of a bush comes to an end in the middle of September-October. Ripe berries Chinese lemongrass have a bright red color and a pronounced sour-citrus, fresh aroma. For harvesting, you should carefully select only ripe fruits and carefully put them in a basket. Experienced Specialists It is advised to pick lemongrass berries in early October. During this period, the activity of the sun is still preserved, but there are no first frosts.

The further process of harvesting fruits includes 2 successive stages. First you need to dry the lemongrass - the use of berries involves scattering them in one layer on a clean natural fabric in the sun or in the shade (in the wind). After 2-3 days, you can proceed to direct drying:

1. Berries should be placed in the oven at a temperature of 40 degrees. If you have a special dryer, it is better to use it.
2. Wait until the skin darkens, acquires a burgundy-brown hue.
3. Raise the temperature to 60 degrees until the berries are completely dry.

Ready natural raw materials must be cooled and poured into a clean cloth bag with strings, a cardboard or wooden box. It is advisable to place the container with berries in a place protected from moisture so that they do not become moldy. It is important to remember how much dry Chinese lemongrass is allowed to be used - fruit storage is limited to 2 years. Expired plant materials will have to be thrown away and a new one prepared.

Lemongrass berries - application

The described natural remedy helps from many serious pathologies. Before using lemongrass berries, you need to familiarize yourself with the list of indications:

• vascular insufficiency;
• depressive states;
• asthenia;
• susceptibility;
• gastritis with low acidity gastric juice;
• menopause, subject to normal blood pressure;
• overwork;
• high blood sugar;
• pulmonary tuberculosis;
• kidney disease;
• pathology of the respiratory system;
• acute liver disease;
• anemia;
• sexual impotence in men;
• nectalopia;
• deterioration of intestinal motility;
• dysentery;
• scurvy;
• gonorrhea;
• female infertility;
• diarrhea;
• delayed childbirth;
• bronchitis and asthma;
• weakness of the heart muscle;
• slow healing of the skin;
• intoxication;
• whooping cough;
• low concentration of hemoglobin in the blood;
• enuresis;
• neurasthenia;
• diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

How to use lemongrass berries?

AT pure the presented raw materials cannot be eaten, it has a too specific (sour and tart) taste. For the preparation of medicines, pre-harvested fruits of Chinese magnolia vine are used - the application consists in brewing or infusing dry berries. Experts advise making fresh solutions daily to get the most benefit from taking them.

Lemongrass (berries) - cooking recipes

Any funds based on the fruits in question should be drunk before 18-19 pm, and preferably in the morning. If taken medications before a night's rest, this can provoke temporary violations sleep and even insomnia. Before the course of therapy, it is desirable to carry out practice test- drink one serving of the remedy and observe the reaction of the body. When allergic reactions stop using the fruit.

Belongs to the lemongrass family - Schisandraceae. On the English language this plant is called: Schizandra fruit. Latin name: Schizandra chinensis.
The people call this plant differently: Manchurian lemongrass, Chinese schisandra.

Features

The height of the Chinese lemongrass reaches fifteen meters. The plant wraps around tree trunks and shrubs. Stem branching, 1.5-2 cm thick, wrinkled, with large quantity longitudinal lenticels.
If the plant is already old, then the color of the stem is dark brown. If the plant is young, then it has a stem with a yellowish, shiny bark.
The leaves are slightly fleshy, alternate, with a wedge-shaped base, elliptical. From the top side of the leaves dark green color, and from the bottom - pale. The upper parts of the leaves are pointed. Petioles about 2-3 cm, pinkish-red.
The flowers of the plant are slightly pinkish or white, their aroma is very pleasant and fragrant. The flowers are on long and thin pedicels.
After the end of the flowering period, a polyberry brush is created from the flower, in which 20-25 red fruits are located.
The fruits are spherical berries in which there are seeds of a brown, brown or yellowish hue. There are two in each berry. The fruits taste spicy, bitter, sour-salty, in some cases burning.

Habitat

This plant is native to China. In addition, Chinese magnolia vine can be found in Korea, Japan, in the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories in coniferous-deciduous forests.

Chemical composition

All parts of the plant have useful composition. The fruits contain approximately 20% organic acids, such as tartaric, citric and malic. The berries contain vitamins E and C, and it is also noted a large number of mineral salts.
The fruits contain: trace elements (manganese, iron, copper, zinc, silver, sulfur, phosphorus, nickel, potassium, titanium, calcium and molybdenum).
Tonic substances in the fruits of the plant increase the reflex work of the central nervous system, and also increase excitation in the cerebral cortex.
Dried fruits contain: fiber, ash, starch and water-soluble elements.
Seeds contain: schizandrin and schizandrol, tannins and resinous substances, fixed oils, catechins, anthocyanins.

Medicinal and beneficial properties of lemongrass

The beneficial properties of this plant have been known for a long time. AT folk medicine Schisandra chinensis seeds are used in the treatment of bronchitis, tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, stomach, anemia, kidneys, liver and intestines.
The medicinal properties of the plant allow the use of infusions on the bark and leaves in the treatment of dysentery in children and scurvy.
Schisandra chinensis tincture and tablets are used in traditional medicine. They allow you to increase efficiency, have a stimulating effect on the respiratory and cardiovascular activity of a person. Shown in physical and mental fatigue.

Application

The use of the plant as medicinal product began in the Chinese pharmacopoeia (250 BC). It is prescribed as a means for regulating blood circulation, activating cardiac activity and as a general tonic.
Even the ancient hunters of the Far East, the Udege and Nanais, used dried fruits to maintain strength for a long time.
Specialists usually prescribe Schisandra chinensis for debilitating diseases, infections, for the treatment severe drowsiness, physical and mental fatigue. In addition, this plant is prescribed for decreased vision and hearing, with sexual disorders, with hypothermia, overheating, hypoxia and other negative impacts environment.
Lemongrass preparations are also taken for low blood pressure.

Collecting and harvesting lemongrass for the winter

Berries are harvested in September-October. Lemongrass brushes are cut with a sharp knife so as not to damage the vines. Berries are placed in enamelware, barrels or baskets. They are processed within a day.
Method number 1: the berries are dried under awnings, in the shade for 2-3 days. Then they need to be separated from the receptacle and dried in the oven at a temperature of about 60 degrees.
Method number 2: squeeze the fruits on hydraulic or screw presses. When fermentation is completed, the berries are washed on a sieve under running water, separating them from the skin and pulp. Seeds are dried with ventilation on calorific dryers.
Leaves are harvested either in the blooming phase or in the leaf fall phase. Bark during fruiting.

Contraindications

Experts do not advise taking preparations from Schisandra chinensis during pregnancy, with problems with heart rhythm and nervous excitement.

Recipes

• Harvesting for the winter allows you to keep lemongrass berries tasty and fresh. They can be placed on plates in bulk, frozen, and then poured into cardboard or plastic containers. Should be kept in the freezer.
• Juice from freshly picked fruits: wash the berries, squeeze. Pour the resulting juice into half-liter pasteurized jars, pasteurize for ten or fifteen minutes, then close hermetically. Juice is added to tea (1 tsp per 1 cup) to increase vitality and working capacity.
• Shoots and leaves tea: take dried young shoots and leaves and brew (10 grams per serving).

Freshly picked fruits are washed, squeezed on a juicer and immediately sterilized in small bottles. Dried fruits are boiled for 10 minutes in a closed enameled bowl, after which they insist, filter through gauze and add sugar to taste. For 1 tablespoon of dried berries take 1 glass of water. One teaspoon of this juice is enough to give the tea a very pleasant taste. In addition, juice completely replaces citric acid in the household.

Lemongrass compote

Why the collected fruits are poured with sugar syrup to taste (boiled water is possible), pasteurized at a temperature of 80 ° C in 0.5-liter jars for 10 minutes, in liter jars - 15 minutes.

Juice

Ripe fruits are carefully sorted, pedicels and various impurities are removed. Then they are placed in an enamel bowl and covered with sugar. After 3-5 days, the fruits almost completely give up the juice, which is poured into glass jars and tightly closed with a lid. Juice in this form can be stored in the refrigerator for a long time. In winter, it will be a real treasure of vitamins. It is used with tea as a tonic and diluted with boiled water with added sugar to taste, getting a tonic drink. It is recommended for hypotension, but should not be taken at night, as it can cause insomnia. Even if the juice is diluted with water several times, it retains its bright red color, aroma and refreshing sour taste.

Lemongrass juice

Squeeze juice from fresh berries, pour into sterile bottles with a capacity of 100-250 g and use as a seasoning for tea, adding no more than 1 teaspoon per glass.

Berries in sugar

The fruits are mixed with sugar (1:2), placed in glass jars (0.5-1 l) and closed with lids. Fruits prepared in this way can be added to tea.

Dried lemongrass juice

Pour berries with water at the rate of 1 liter per 4 tablespoons of berries, boil in a closed enameled bowl for 10 minutes, then leave to infuse for 10-12 hours, strain through cheesecloth, add sugar (1 cup per 1 liter of juice), heat until dissolved sugar with constant stirring and pour into bottles of small capacity.

Syrup from schisandra berries

Squeeze the juice from the washed lemongrass berries, pour into an enameled saucepan through 2 layers of gauze, add sugar (at the rate of 1.5 kg per 1 liter of juice), heat until sugar dissolves and pour into boiled bottles. Store in a dark cool place.
Morse from lemongrass. Syrup can be used to make fruit drink. To do this, dilute 1 liter of syrup with 10 liters of chilled boiled water, put for a day, and then apply as a soft and refreshing drink.

Kissel from lemongrass

Pour the diluted water into the boiling lemongrass juice. cold water starch, stir and remove from heat at the very beginning of boiling.
Dried lemongrass berries. Dry slightly dried berries in an oven at 60 ° C for 3-4 days. Properly dried berries are dark red in color.

Dried lemongrass leaves and shoots

Collected in early August, young shoots and leaves, chop, decompose thin layer and dry in a well-ventilated area or under a canopy.

Lemongrass bark

Added to the usual tea instead of lemon, it will give the drink not only pleasant aroma and taste, but also make it very useful.

Juice with syrup

Prepare hot sugar syrup based on 1 kg of sugar 2 cups of water. Lemongrass juice is mixed with syrup in a ratio of 1:2. After cooling, pour into bottles and store in a cool place.

Lemongrass fruit wine

First way. berry juice filter through gauze, add sugar at the rate of 400 g per 1 liter and pour in 150 ml of drinking alcohol. Then the mixture is shaken, poured into bottles and sealed with wooden corks, smeared with putty and sealing wax. For two weeks the bottles are kept at a temperature of 2 - 50C, shaken several times a day and then defended for 3 - 5 weeks. The strength of the fruit wine is 15 - 170.

The second way. Berries are covered with sugar and put in a warm place. The bottles are corked with cotton wool and tied with gauze. After a week of fermentation, you can drink wine. Then, after it runs out, the berries are poured with boiled water, sugar is added and fermented again. The seeds remaining after using the wine can then be taken to make a tincture.

Dried fruits, leaves, stems

The fruits are dried in a well-ventilated room or in an oven at a temperature of 600C for 3-4 days. Leaves and shoots are cut and spread on cloth or paper, dried for several days in the shade. The mixture is stored in paper bags. Use with fatigue, stress as prescribed by a doctor. Lemongrass preparations are approved for use by the State Pharmacopoeia of Russia. Action different parts plants are not the same. Decoctions, tinctures, tea from the leaves have a milder effect than fruits.

leaf tea

The leaves are collected in June - July in dry weather, laid out on fabrics in a well-ventilated area. Dried leaves are stored in paper bags until winter. Brewed as a tea, which has a tonic, invigorating effect, after physical and mental stress for recuperation. In many cases, lemongrass tea is a good substitute natural coffee drinks.

Infusion

10 g of fruits are crushed, pour 200 g of boiled water, bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Take 1 tablespoon 2 times a day.