Viburnum common bark. Viburnum bark medicinal properties and contraindications

Medicinal raw materials Viburnum has fruits, flowers, branches and bark.

The bark of viburnum is harvested in early spring(in April - May) during sap flow. You need to collect it from the side branches, without affecting the main trunk. On cut branches, circular cuts are made with a knife every 25 cm and connected with longitudinal cuts. After that, the bark is easily removed.

Drying the bark of the viburnum outdoors in the shade, under a canopy with good ventilation, spread out thin layer(3-5 cm) on paper or fabric. Drying is considered complete if the bark, when bent, easily breaks with a bang.

The shelf life of dried viburnum bark is 4 years.

Benefit

3. Preparations containing viburnum bark have a hemostatic effect.

4. In homeopathy, essence from the bark of viburnum is used for algomenorrhea and as an antispasmodic.

5. In practical medicine decoction and extract from the bark of viburnum are used for metro- and menorrhagia, algomenorrhea, in menopause, and also as a hemostatic and anti-inflammatory agent - for hemorrhoids and diseases of the digestive tract.

6. An infusion of viburnum bark has a sedative and hypotensive action, therefore, it is used for neurosis, hysteria, epilepsy, hypertension; externally - with catarrhal gingivostomatitis and periodontal disease.

7. Viburnum bark is often included in fees for complex treatment diabetes mellitus.

8. In the form of irrigation, drops, inhalation, an infusion of viburnum bark is used for chronic catarrhal or acute rhinitis, with tracheobronchitis, as well as for the prevention of acute tonsillitis, laryngitis.

9. In traditional medicine a decoction of the bark of viburnum is used for respiratory diseases, female diseases and also as a contraceptive.

10. In addition to all of the above, a decoction of the bark of viburnum is often used externally as an antiseptic.

11. Resins were found in the bark of viburnum, organic acids, vitamin K, tannins and other substances. It is used in scientific medicine in the form of a decoction and an alcoholic extract to stop internal bleeding (especially uterine, observed in menstrual irregularities, threatened miscarriage and menopause), as a sedative, astringent and diuretic.

12. A decoction of viburnum bark is prepared at the rate of 10 g of bark per 200 ml of boiling water. Drink it for 1-2 tbsp. spoons 3-4 times a day. Produced by the pharmaceutical industry liquid extract bark take 30-40 drops 2-3 times a day before meals.

13. An alcohol extract is prepared from viburnum bark powder. The bark is poured with 70% alcohol (at a ratio of 1:10) and insisted in a dark place for seven days. Take 20-30 drops before meals twice a day - as a sedative and anticonvulsant for nervous diseases: insomnia, neurosis, asthma attacks, night sweats. 14. A decoction of viburnum bark has a hemostatic effect when uterine bleeding in postpartum period. 15. For nosebleeds, swabs soaked in a decoction of the bark are used; for hemorrhoids, baths or cool compresses are made. 16. Liquid extract of viburnum is prepared from coarse powder of viburnum bark in 50% alcohol in the ratio of raw material to extractor 1:10. Take 30-40 drops 2-3 times a day before meals. 17. The preparation of viburnum bark is used as a hemostatic agent in gynecology, as well as for nosebleeds and pulmonary bleeding, as a disinfectant for sore throat and stomatitis.

Harm

Description

Helps relieve inflammation. Hemostatic, especially in uterine bleeding, as well as in menopause, after childbirth, with painful uterine bleeding, with fibromyoma, myoma, with colds, inflammatory processes gastrointestinal tract. For rinsing with bleeding gums.

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Kalina is a shrub that belongs to the genus of honeysuckle up to three meters high. Flowering begins in May, and the fruits ripen in August or early autumn. The fruit is a bright red drupe up to 1 cm in diameter.

In nature, it is found in forests, on the edges and along the banks of reservoirs, and as an ornamental shrub it is grown in parks and gardens. The bark of the viburnum is harvested for the winter as follows: it is removed in May, when it is easily separated from the wood, then chopped into small pieces and dried in the air or in ventilated rooms. Stored dry for about 4 years.

Viburnum bark, in addition to tannins, also contains such healing components, which include saponins, steroids plant origin, phenol derivatives, vitamins, and various acids(vinegar, linoleic, formic and oil).

The healing properties of viburnum bark are based on its ability to stop bleeding, especially gastric, uterine. Preparations containing viburnum bark have a beneficial calming effect on the body, stopping spasms.

Viburnum bark, due to its antiseptic effect, reduces the course inflammatory processes, and water infusions and decoctions help reduce arterial pressure on the early stages the development of the disease.

Viburnum bark is characterized by soothing and sedative properties, so it helps to cope with various neurological problems and neurasthenia. In order to increase the tone of the uterine muscles, you should buy viburnum bark at a pharmacy or our store, and healing effect is achieved thanks to the substance of plant origin glycoside viburnin.

The therapeutic effect is observed after two or three days of using viburnum, however, despite a number of positive aspects, there are certain contraindications, which include a tendency to form blood clots and a decrease in sperm activity.

Viburnum bark is part of many medicines, namely:

• liquid viburnum extract. Produced on the basis of alcohol, the drug is prescribed for 30-40 drops and taken before meals;
• decoction of viburnum bark. Required amount boil for half an hour and insist. It is prescribed for diseases of the throat (tonsillitis, bronchitis), has a sedative effect and helps to stop internal bleeding.

To prepare candles at home, you should buy viburnum bark extract at a pharmacy and mix with cocoa bean oil and wax. Viburnum juice is used to treat diseases of the liver and stomach, neurosis and constipation.

Telling what viburnum is is a waste of time, since this shrub (or small tree) cannot be confused with anything. Therefore, it is appropriate here to omit the spatial description of viburnum, and to focus on the healing properties of its bark.

It should be clarified that we are talking about common viburnum (Viburnum opulus), because the bark of American viburnum, or plum-leaved, which is often bred in gardens as an ornamental plant, also has medicinal properties. Unlike the common viburnum, the bark of the American viburnum has a different pharmachologic effect on the body.

Procurement of medicinal raw materials

Viburnum bark is allowed to be harvested at the beginning of sap flow (from April to May, depending on the climatic zone). You can dry the bark both outdoors and using thermal dryers (it is recommended to maintain the temperature at 40 - 45 ° C). The quality of raw materials is assessed according to the methods described in special guidelines for pharmacists. Keep the bark of viburnum in a cardboard container for no more than 4 years.

The chemical composition of the bark of viburnum and the pharmacological effect on the body

In the bark of viburnum, in addition to tannins, a number of valuable compounds were found organic nature, which include acids, glycoside viburnin (got its name from Latin name plant genus Viburnum), saponins, resinous substances, plant steroids (phytosterol), phenol derivatives (phylloquinone and flobafen). Organic acids are represented by acetic, formic, butyric, linoleic and several other acids.

Preparations prepared from the bark of viburnum have a calming effect, stop spasms and accelerate blood clotting. In addition, viburnum bark has pronounced antiseptic properties and reduces the severity of inflammatory processes. The sedative effect is characteristic of water infusion viburnum bark, which also has a hypotensive effect (reduces blood pressure). The hypotensive properties of the infusion allow its use in the treatment of hypertension in the early stages, and sedative properties - in various neurological disorders(tendency to epileptic seizures, neurasthenia, etc.).

Glycoside viburnin, turning into water extracts, enhances the tone of the uterine muscles and promotes vasoconstriction.

Concerning medicinal use preparations of viburnum bark, then in canonical medicine the main emphasis is on its hemostatic properties - decoctions are prescribed for various kinds internal bleeding, for example, gastric, hemorrhoidal or uterine. It is noteworthy that during the treatment there are no side effects However, preparations based on viburnum bark have a number of contraindications, which will be discussed below.

The therapeutic effect, as a rule, develops 2-3 days after the start of the drug.

Contraindications to the use of viburnum bark

Contraindications for the use of viburnum bark should include, first of all, a tendency to increased thrombosis. Second, exclusively important point- Viburnum bark has a depressing effect on spermatozoa (hence the use of decoctions as contraceptives). It is probably not worth explaining that if your plans to conceive a child, the use of drugs based on viburnum bark should be temporarily abandoned.

Preparations from the bark of viburnum

Liquid viburnum extract(Extr. Viburni fluidi). Produced by the pharmaceutical industry. Prepared using 70% alcohol as an extractant. The ratio of alcohol and raw materials (viburnum bark of coarse grinding) is 1:1. Prescribe the drug for 20 - 40 drops with two or three doses. The drug is recommended to be taken before meals.

A decoction of the bark of viburnum(Dec. Viburni). For a glass of boiling water - 7 g of viburnum bark. Boil for half an hour. Insist 2 hours. Prescribed for 1 tbsp. up to 4 times a day. A decoction of viburnum bark can be used to gargle in the treatment of bronchitis and tonsillitis. A decoction can be used as a sedative, to stop internal bleeding, etc. A decoction of viburnum bark helps well (for internal use) in the treatment of eczema and furunculosis, different kind allergies (blood-purifying action).

viburnum extract used in the manufacture of suppositories (candles used for dysmenorrhea and bleeding hemorrhoids). It is not difficult to prepare candles at home, for this you need to purchase in pharmacy network viburnum liquid extract (or make your own), yellow wax and cocoa bean oil. To prepare 6 candles, the ingredients are taken in the following ratio: viburnum extract - 2 g, wax - 1 g and oil

Ministry of Health care Russian Federation
State standard for medicinal product quality
Published on 03/19/2014

Collected in the spring during the budding phase, the bark of trunks and branches of a wild-growing shrub of viburnum vulgaris – Viburnum opulus L. and Viburnum Gordovina - Viburnum lantana, fam. honeysuckle Caprifoliaceae.

Authenticity

External signs.Whole bark. Tubular, grooved or flat pieces of bark of various lengths, about 2 mm thick. Outside surface the bark is wrinkled, brownish-gray or greenish-gray with small lenticels. The inner surface is smooth, light or brownish yellow with small reddish spots or stripes (common viburnum bark). On the inner surface the bark of viburnum Gordovina lacks small reddish spots. The fracture of the bark is fine-grained. There is no smell or a weak non-specific smell. The taste of water extract is bitter, astringent.

Shredded bark. pieces of bark various shapes passing through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 7 mm. Color brownish-gray, greenish-gray, brownish-yellow. The smell is weak. The taste of the water extract is bitter and astringent.

Pieces of bark, wrinkled on the outside, brownish-gray or greenish-gray, with small lenticels; on the inside, the pieces are smooth, light or brownish yellow color with small reddish spots or stripes (viburnum bark) or without reddish spots (viburnum Gordovina bark). The fracture is fine-grained.

Powder. The analysis is carried out in accordance with the instructions "Technique for microscopic and microchemical examination of medicinal plant materials" according to the method for preparing micropreparations of bark powder, (in accordance with the requirements of the current State Pharmacopoeia).

• scraps of brown cork;
• groups of bast fibers with thick, layered, non-lignified, walls pierced by the thinnest pores;

- scraps of parenchyma with cells containing drusen and droplets of resin (abundantly - in the bark of the viburnum Gordovina, rarely - in the bark of the common viburnum);

- groups of stony cells and individual stony cells, the outlines of which in the cortex of Gordovina's viburnum are poorly distinguishable due to the surrounding parenchyma abundantly containing resin droplets; single drusen of calcium oxalate.

There is no smell or a weak non-specific smell. The taste of water extract is bitter, astringent.

microscopic signs.Whole bark. A brown multi-row cork layer (Fig. 1.1) (more than 100 rows) should be visible on the transverse section, the cells of which are irregular in shape (round, rectangular, square in outline) with straight and slightly sinuous walls. Under the cork (Fig. 2.1) there are 3-4 rows of lamellar collenchyma (Fig. 1.2, 2.2.). On the border of the primary and secondary bark, bast fibers are located singly or in small groups (2-4 each) (Fig. 2.5). The walls of the bast fibers are thick (Fig. 1.6, 2.5), layered, non-lignified, penetrated by the thinnest pores. In the secondary cortex, one- or three-row medullary rays are rarely located; there are large yellow stony cells with strongly thickened layered walls (8-71 microns long, 8-42 microns wide - in Gordovina viburnum; 102-510 microns long, 112-170 microns wide in common viburnum), permeated with numerous pores. Stony cells (Fig. 1.3, 2.3) are represented by small (2-6) tangentially elongated groups, rarely singly. In the parenchyma of the cortex, especially primary, numerous druses of calcium oxalate (Fig. 1.4, 2.4) (4-21 microns in diameter in Gordovin viburnum; 4-67 microns in the common viburnum) and resin droplets (Fig. 1.5, 2.6) (numerous - in viburnum Gordovina, rarely - in viburnum ordinary).

Shredded bark. In crushed micropreparations, small and large particles should be visible (usually in a longitudinal section):

• fragments of brown cork tissue (Fig. 5.1);
• groups of bast fibers with thick, stratified, non-lignified walls pierced by the thinnest pores among parenchymal cells;
• fragments of the parenchyma with cells containing drusen and resin droplets (Fig. 4.3, 5.4) (abundantly in the bark of viburnum Gordovina, rarely in the bark of common viburnum);
• parenchyma fragments with yellow stony cells with strongly thickened stratified walls;
• separate groups of stony cells (Fig. 4.1, 5.2);

single druses of calcium oxalate (Fig. 4.3, 5.3).

Powder. In the prepared powder slides, smaller particles should be visible in comparison with the crushed slides:

• scraps of brown cork;
• groups of bast fibers with thick, layered, non-lignified walls pierced by the thinnest pores;

- scraps of parenchyma with cells containing drusen (Fig. 4.2, 6.2) and droplets of resin (Fig. 4.3) (abundantly - in the bark of viburnum Gordovina, rarely - in the bark of common viburnum);

- groups of stony cells (Fig. 4.1, 6.1) and individual stony cells, the outlines of which in the cortex of Gordovina's viburnum are poorly distinguishable due to the surrounding parenchyma, abundantly containing resin droplets;

• single drusen of calcium oxalate.

Figure - 1. The bark of Gordovin's viburnum. Cross section: 1 - cork;
2 - collenchyma; 3 - groups of stony cells; 4 - druze; 5 - resin drops. (Upgrade x100).

Figure - 2. Bark of viburnum Gordovina. Cross section: 1. cork;
2. collenchyma; 3.groups of stony cells; 4.druze;
5. bast fibers; 6.drops of resin. (Left: Increase x100; Right: Increase x250).

Figure - 3. The bark of Gordovin's viburnum. Pressurized drug:
1 - druze; 2 - drops of resin. (Upgrade x125).

Figure - 4 The bark of Gordovin's viburnum. Left: crushed preparation; right: powder.
1 - groups of stony cells; 2 - druze; 3 - drops of resin. (Upgrade x125).

Figure - 5. Bark of viburnum Gordovina. Pressed preparation: 1 - cork;
2 - group of stony cells; 3 - druze; 4 - drops of resin. (Upgrade x125).

Figure - 6 Bark of viburnum Gordovina. Powder:
1 - a group of stony cells; 2 - druze. (Upgrade x250).

Figure - 7. The bark of the common viburnum.
Left: crushed preparation (Sw.x125). Right: powder (Upgrade x100).
1 - groups of stony cells; 2 - druze; 3 - bast fiber; 4 - drops of resin.

Definition of major groups biologically active substances. When wetting the inner surface of the bark of viburnum ordinary and viburnum Gordovina with a drop of a solution of iron-ammonium alum, black-green coloration (tannins) is observed.

An analytical sample of raw materials is crushed to the size of particles passing through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 1 mm; 0.5 g of crushed raw material is poured into 10 ml of 95% ethyl alcohol and infused for 20 minutes at room temperature. The resulting extract is filtered through a paper filter and evaporated under vacuum to a volume of about 1-1.5 ml; 0.1 ml of the obtained extract is applied in a stripe 0.5 cm wide on a chromatographic plate and chromatographed in an ascending manner in a solvent system of chloroform-methyl alcohol (9:1). Then the chromatogram is dried in a fume hood, sprayed with Stahl's reagent and kept in a drying oven at a temperature of 110°C for 5–8 min; at the same time, 3-5 absorption zones of blue-green color (iridoids) and 2-3 absorption zones of red-crimson color (tannins) should appear on the chromatogram.

Note

Preparation of Stahl's reagent. In a flask with a capacity

100 ml is placed 5 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, 50 ml of 95% ethanol and 1 g of p-dimethylaminobenzaldehyde. After complete dissolution, the volume of the solution is adjusted to 95% ethyl alcohol to the mark.

Numerical indicators.Whole bark. Tannins not less than
four %; condensed tannins not less than 1.9%; extractives extracted with 50% ethyl alcohol, not less than
eighteen %; humidity not more than 14%; total ash no more than 10%; ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, not more than 1%; pieces of bark darkened from the inside, no more than 5%; pieces of bark with remnants of wood and twigs no more than 2%; organic impurities not more than 0.5%.

Shredded bark.
fourteen %; total ash no more than 10%; ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, not more than 1%; pieces of bark darkened from the inside, no more than 5%; particles that do not pass through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 7 mm, not more than 8%; particles passing through a sieve with holes of 0.5 mm, not more than 10%; organic impurities not more than 1.5%; mineral impurity not more than 0.5 %.

Powder. Tannins not less than 4%; condensed tannins not less than 1.9%; extractive substances extracted with 50% ethyl alcohol - not less than 18%; humidity no more
fourteen %; total ash no more than 10%; ash insoluble in hydrochloric acid, not more than 1%; particles that do not pass through a sieve with holes of 0.2 mm, not more than 5%.

Quantitation. Hydrolysable tannins are determined according to method 1 of the OFS "Determination of the content of tannins in medicinal plant materials".

Tannins of the condensed series are determined by spectrophotometry. Analytical sample of raw materials, crushed to a particle size passing through a sieve with a hole size of 3 mm. About 2 g (accurately weighed) of crushed raw materials are placed in a 250 ml conical flask, 100 ml of water are added and heated in a boiling water bath for 30 minutes. Cool down to room temperature and filtered through cotton wool into a 200 ml volumetric flask. 50 ml of water is added to the raw material remaining in the flask and placed on water bath for 15 min. Then cooled to room temperature and filtered through cotton wool into the same 200 ml flask. Wash the cotton wool with raw materials 2 times with 20 ml of water and bring the volume of extraction with water to the mark, mix. Filter through a paper filter (solution A).

About 0.02 g (accurately weighed) of catechin hydrate is dissolved in 50 ml of hot water in a 100 ml volumetric flask. The resulting solution was diluted with water to the mark, mixed (standard solution).

In three volumetric flasks with a capacity of 50 ml, 10 ml of solution A, standard solution, and water are placed.

To each of the three flasks add 5 ml of phosphate buffer, 12.5 ml of iron-tartrate reagent, respectively, make up to the mark with water and mix.

The optical density of the analyzed and standard solution is measured relative to the solution of the third flask in a cuvette with a layer thickness
10 mm at a wavelength of 545 nm.

D is the optical density of the test solution;

D 0 is the optical density of the catechin CO solution in g;

m, is a sample of a working standard sample of catechin;

a - a sample of raw materials in g;

W - humidity in %.

Notes:

1. Preparation of buffer solution pH 8.2. In a volumetric flask with a capacity of 200 ml, 50 ml of a 0.2 mol/l buffer acid solution are measured, 5.90 ml of a 0.2 mol/l sodium hydroxide solution are added, mixed, the volume of the solution is adjusted to the mark with water, and the pH of the solution is measured potentiometrically.
2. Preparation of iron tartrate reagent. 0.46 g of iron (II) sulfate and 1.25 g of seignette salt (potassium - sodium tartrate 4 - water) are dissolved in water in a 250 ml volumetric flask. The solution has a shelf life of 48 hours when refrigerated.

Heavy metals. The determination is carried out in accordance with the General Pharmacopoeia Monograph "Determination of the content heavy metals and arsenic in medicinal herbal raw materials and medicinal herbal preparations.

Radioactivity. The determination is carried out in accordance with the General Pharmacopoeia Monograph “Determination of the content of radionuclides in medicinal plant materials”.

Residual amounts of pesticides. The determination is carried out in accordance with the General Pharmacopoeia Monograph “Determination of the content of residual pesticides in medicinal plant materials and herbal medicinal preparations”.

Microbiological purity. The determination is carried out according to the OFS "Microbiological purity".

Packaging, labeling and transportation. It is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Pharmacopoeia Monograph "Packaging, marking and transportation of medicinal plant materials".

Storage. Storage of medicinal plant materials is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the General Pharmacopoeia Monograph "Storage of medicinal plant raw materials and medicinal plant preparations".

Common viburnum (Viburnum opulus) is a shrub of the honeysuckle family, or adox, with a grayish-brown bark and a height of 1.5 - 4 meters. The fruits are a spherical or oval red drupe with a large flattened stone. The fruits are juicy, but have an astringent, bitter taste. After the first frost, bitterness disappears or becomes less. Viburnum blooms in May - June, and its fruits ripen in August - September.

This plant is called viburnum, because in late August - early September, when the berries of this shrub ripen, they very quickly turn from green to red, as if heated in the sun. That is why the name came about.

Kalina has always been considered a rather mystical plant, and among our ancestors - the Slavs, this plant has always been associated with autumn, the month when people played weddings. Kalina was harvested in October, and during wedding feasts she was always present on the table and in the bride's dress, because, among other things, this berry was considered a symbol of female beauty and chastity. Even ancient healers recommended approaching a tree, stroking its bark, and it was believed that all adversity at that moment should leave a person.

Viburnum vulgaris is found almost everywhere in our middle lane. But there are also closely related species, of which there are about 150. In addition, there are cultural forms, i.e. plant varieties. The most famous viburnum varieties ‘Snowball’, or ‘Buldonezh’, which has very large brushes, with huge snow-white flowers. But the flowers of this variety are sterile and no fruit is formed in their place; this shrub is planted only for the sake of flowers. But in the Caucasus, the plant Kalina black is common, which has black berries, but unlike common viburnum, these berries not only do not have medical value, but also inedible and even poisonous.

Leaf at viburnum simple and consists of one leaf blade, but this blade is dissected into three lobes. Top part The leaf is smooth, dark green, but the lower one is slightly pubescent and soft to the touch. White flowers of viburnum are collected in large inflorescences - a racemose umbrella. It is interesting that the extreme flowers of the inflorescence are barren, they have neither stamens nor pistils. They are larger in size and serve solely to attract insects.

viburnum fruits are a drupe that is brightly colored. If you take ripe berry viburnum and look through it at the sun, it is clear that it is translucent and you can easily see the bone inside. But the most interesting thing about this plant is not the fruits themselves, but what is inside them. The viburnum bone has a unique shape and is heart. No other plant has a stone of this shape.

viburnum berries have a unique taste and smell, thanks to which you will not confuse them with other berries. Although many people do not like the smell of these berries. It slightly resembles the smell of valerian and at the same time gives off the smell of an apple. And valerian berries smell because they contain valeric and isovaleric acids, which are also found in valerian root. Also, therefore, viburnum also has a calming property.

Viburnum vulgaris is found abundantly throughout European territory Russia, and in the south it is noticeably more than in the north. It is also common in the Middle and Southern Urals, in the Caucasus and the south of Western Siberia. In general, the range of viburnum is confined to the steppe and forest-steppe zones. You can meet this plant mainly in humid places - these are the edges of forests, clearings, former burnt areas, valleys of rivers and streams.

Viburnum berries contain great amount useful to humans, and completely unique and exceptional in their properties, substances. First of all, these are various organic acids - caffeic acid, valeric acid and a fairly common vitamin C, that is, vitamin C. Berries also contain tannins, pectin, which helps to normalize digestion. Here are also essential oils and beta-carotene, thanks to which the berries have such a reddish hue. Another unique substance of viburnum berries is viburnin, which gives the berries bitterness and vasoconstrictor action; but it is destroyed by heat treatment.

AT medical purposes in viburnum vulgaris, berries, bark and flowers are used. Berries are used in the form of decoctions, infusions, or ground with sugar or honey. They are mainly used when there are inflammatory diseases upper respiratory tract, bronchitis, cough. It is very important that this plant is able to return hoarse and practically lost voice. Also, viburnum berries are used for hypertension, to normalize the work of the heart and for atherosclerosis, because viburnum juice with all the substances it contains helps cleanse blood vessels.

A decoction of the bark of viburnum used as a tool with a very high hemostatic ability. It can help even with fairly extensive internal bleeding. It is especially important that viburnum is used for bleeding in the postpartum period. In addition, viburnum bark has a number of useful properties. It is used for headaches, insomnia, as a sedative. And with a decoction of the bark, rinse your mouth with various inflammations oral cavity such as periodontitis.

The best thing harvest viburnum bark in spring. during the period of sap flow. Side branches are cut off, ring cuts are made on them with a knife and then transverse cuts. The bark segments are carefully removed and laid out in a dry, ventilated place to dry. The bark dries, depending on temperature and humidity environment, from a few days to a week, or even ten days. The bark is said to be ready for use when it has dried to the point where it breaks easily with the fingers. It is best to store it in a closed container without air access so that moisture does not get there.

viburnum flowers are harvested during the flowering period, in May - June. They are torn off with whole tassels and a decoction is prepared from them. This decoction is used as an astringent, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic, and this decoction also has the property of improving appetite.

Viburnum berries, in order to stock them up for the winter. can be harvested different ways. One of the most available ways is drying. They are dried in the same way as any other juicy fruits, and they should not be subjected to very high heat. Drying should take place at a temperature not exceeding 50 °C. You can also freeze the berries. To do this, viburnum is harvested together with brushes during the period of maximum ripening - this is September - October. The collected viburnum is placed in a plastic bag and placed in the freezer. With rapid cooling, all useful material remain in the berries. At any time, you can get a brush of viburnum and make yourself tea with this berry or rub it with honey or sugar, in general, use it in the same way as fresh.

When using viburnum, there are contraindications. although there are not many. For example, viburnum is not recommended for people who have increased blood clotting or a tendency to form blood clots. Also viburnum is not recommended for pregnant women.

Kalina - useful properties and contraindications

Red viburnum is a wild plant that is very useful. The bark, leaves, berries of common viburnum have medicinal properties, therefore they are very widely used in official and folk medicine.

You can also make jelly from berries, delicious toppings for pies. In addition, red viburnum berries are also used in cosmetology, they are used to make masks that relieve inflammation well and help fight acne. And besides, viburnum is a berry with useful properties for hypertension.

Red viburnum grows in humid places, on the edges of swamps, banks of streams and rivers, where there is enough moisture and light in abundance. Most often it grows in the forest-steppe and forest zone. Kalina can be found in the south of Western Siberia, in the Southern and Middle Urals, in the mountains of the Caucasus. Since viburnum is very beautiful plant, so many gardeners plant in parks, gardens, as an ornamental plant.

Have long been known to Russian people beneficial features viburnum. Kalina is a multi-stem sprawling shrub, the height of which reaches 4 meters. The bark of old branches is brownish-gray, but young shoots are light green. Leaves with a wedge-shaped base, opposite and 3-5 lobes. Shoots that are dominated by 5-lobed leaves are barren shoots, but 3-lobed ones are when there are fruits. Flowers are collected in inflorescence, corymbose. When the plant blooms, the brushes are directed upwards, but when the fruits appear later, the inflorescence droops down. Red viburnum flowers are of two types: large, five-petalled, do not have pistils and stamens, serve only to attract insects; here are some small flowers greenish color, which have almost no petals, they give viburnum fruits. Viburnum fruits are most often bright red or orange, very rarely yellow. Viburnum begins to bloom in May-June, but fruits should be harvested in mid-September and later, when the fruits ripen.

Since viburnum is a very beautiful plant, many peoples paid attention to it. For example, the Germans call it a snow globe, the British - a rose, and in Holland - a Dutch rose.

There are several types of viburnum, most often of Western European and American origin, the bottoms of which are black. At first, such berries turn red, and only then darken. The bark of such viburnums was purchased in Canada and used as a hemostatic agent. Then they developed preparations from common viburnum, and purchases soon stopped.

In the fruits of viburnum there is only one seed, like in cherries, which is covered with a dense shell. In shape, the seed of an ordinary viburnum is somewhat reminiscent of a heart, but in the Far Eastern viburnum, the seed has the shape of an ellipse with 2 grooves.

There are varieties of viburnum not only with bitter fruits, but with slightly bitter ones, and there are even sweet berries. The medicinal effect of viburnum is not only due to vitamins, but also to iridonides, which give bitterness. But sweet varieties, respectively, without the content of iridoids, so this viburnum does not have medicinal action. Therefore, semi-cultural forms of viburnum are most often used, which have retained a small part of the bitterness. And the bitterness decreases after freezing the fruit or heating.

Medicinal and beneficial properties of red viburnum

Due to its beneficial properties, viburnum berries are widely used in folk medicine.

The berries contain about 30% sugar, organic acids, tannins, carotene, ascorbic acid. The only disadvantage of viburnum when processed into jam, jelly, jam is that it has an unpleasant and strong smell. It is the smell of many consumers that repels useful berry. To get rid of her bad smell do not expose viburnum fruits to heat treatment, eat them in fresh, you can grind together with the bones in a meat grinder - it will help very well with heart diseases. Many of us have already appreciated the beneficial properties of viburnum.

Viburnum ordinary - application.

The beneficial properties of viburnum were known even by our grandmothers. Most often, viburnum berries are used as a diaphoretic, tonic, with edema of the kidney and cardiac origin, neuroses, hypertension, gastritis with low acidity, liver diseases, and berries are also used as a wound healing agent.

In medicine, not only berries are used, but also viburnum bark, which should be harvested from young shoots, at a time when juicing begins. The bark contains tannins, viburnin glycoside, resin, which contains phytosterol and organic acids. In addition, the composition of the bark also includes ascorbic acid, carotene, vitamin K, saponin. Preparations prepared from the bark of viburnum are used as a hemostatic agent for pulmonary and nasal bleeding, in gynecology, and as a disinfectant for periodontal disease, tonsillitis, and stomatitis.

If you fry viburnum seeds, you can get coffee surrogate, which differs not only in its palatability, and also has a tonic effect, unlike conventional coffee drinks.

Infusion of red viburnum

Useful properties of viburnum found wide application in folk medicine. In order to prepare an infusion of red viburnum, you will need dry fruits - 2 tbsp. Put them in an enamel bowl and pour boiling water - 1 cup. Cover with a lid and heat in a water bath for 15 minutes. Cool and strain. Bring to 200g simple boiled water. Drink a quarter cup 3-4 times a day.

But if you add a little honey to the infusion, then it can be used as a choleretic, blood-purifying, anti-inflammatory agent, and they are also treated hypertension and vascular spasms. For a glass of boiling water, only 1 tbsp. berries. Let it brew for 2 hours, pre-wrapped. Then add honey there - 2 tbsp. Drink 2 tbsp. 4 times a day.

Very often, in practice, the juice of red viburnum is used. Take the berries from 1-2 brushes, wash and pour a two-hundred-gram glass of boiling water. Let it brew for 5 minutes. Then knead the viburnum, strain. Up to the full volume of 200gr. Bring plain boiled water. You can drink instead of tea, always hot in case of poor liver function, colds, overeating, and violations in the digestive tract.

A decoction of viburnum cara.

With dermatosis and eczema, a decoction of viburnum bark has been useful. It is prepared as follows: pour 10 grams of raw materials with boiling water - 200 grams. Then put in a water bath for half an hour. Cool, filter, bring to the desired volume with boiled water. Take 2 tbsp. 3 times a day, preferably after meals in half an hour.

Red viburnum jelly.

You can even make jelly from viburnum berries. For 5 minutes, pour viburnum berries with boiling water. Then the water is drained and the berries are allowed to dry a little. Then knead and rub through a sieve. Sugar is added to the resulting porridge in a ratio of 1: 1. Such jelly retains its density for about 3 months, and if stored in the refrigerator, it remains dense for about 2 years. The most important thing when preparing jelly is to withstand exactly 5 minutes, no more and no less. if you do not hold it, then the skin from the berries will not soften and, when crushed, the berries will burst, and the juice will splatter all over the room. But if you overdo it, then the jelly will not harden at all.

Cosmetics from viburnum.

As mentioned above, viburnum is used not only in medicine, but also in cosmetology. Viburnum juice will help get rid of acne and acne on the face, from lichen. You can wipe oily skin with juice to narrow the pores. And if you mix fruit juice with honey, you can even get rid of unwanted wrinkles.

In addition, viburnum can also be used for dry skin, just prepare a mask: take viburnum berries and knead them until juice is formed. Then take 1 tbsp crushed berries, 1 tbsp. cottage cheese, half st. spoons of cream or sour cream. Then apply a thick layer on your face. Then, after 15 minutes, rinse with slightly warm water.

If you have skin that is fading, you can use this mask: the years of viburnum are mashed - 1 tbsp. cottage cheese - 1 tbsp. honey - 1 tsp Mix thoroughly.

For oily skin: fresh berries knead the viburnum and take 1 tbsp. Then add 2 tablespoons there. eucalyptus decoction (1 tbsp. leaves, and dry, pour boiling water over 1 cup. then cover and leave for 4 hours), and a little flour (preferably wheat) to bring to a thick mass. We apply the composition on the face, and after 20 minutes, rinse with cool water.

Daily face wash viburnum juice, will help to get rid of acne forever. And if you mix viburnum and lemon juice in equal proportions, you can lighten freckles.

Contraindications in the use of viburnum.

Kalina is categorically contraindicated for people who have leukemia, as well as a tendency to form thrombosis, if there is increased blood clotting. And also with hypotension, because viburnum reduces pressure. You should be careful to use if you have hyperacidity in the stomach, as well as in the treatment of kidneys, arthritis, gout. In no case should pregnant women use viburnum, because the substances contained in the berries are an analogue female hormones. And if such substances in in large numbers is in the blood of a pregnant woman, then this can provoke premature birth, as well as develop any pathology in the baby.

Kalina - medicinal properties and use in medicine

Kalina - general description

viburnum(Viburnum) is a deciduous green shrub or low tree of the flowering genus, Adox family. The shoots are greenish-gray, opposite. The leaf arrangement is whorled, with large bare or scaly winter buds.

The leaf is simple, entire, entire or serrated, with petioles and stipules, with glands. White or pinkish bisexual flowers are collected in umbellate corymbose inflorescences. The calyx has five small teeth adhering to the ovary and has five small teeth. Five stamens and a single pistil form a trinecular ovary with one ovule. The fruits are a laterally compressed red or yellow drupe with a single stone.

Kalina - types and places of growth

More than 140 species of viburnum grow around the world, mainly in the temperate zone, in the Andes, in Madagascar. In warm regions of Russia and Ukraine, it is distributed almost everywhere, some of the most common species are David's viburnum, red, alder-leaved, birch-leaved, Buryat, Bureya, cylindrical, expanded, bare.

This shade-tolerant and moisture-loving plant often becomes an ornament to gardens and parks. In the steppe regions, it occurs along river valleys, mainly prefers deciduous or mixed forests, although it does not form pure thickets. Propagated by cuttings and layering.

Kalina - medicinal properties

viburnum has great content biologically active substances, therefore, has a positive effect on cardiovascular system human and perfectly regulates blood pressure. In addition, it has a calming, anti-inflammatory, diuretic, astringent, blood-stopping effect. Due to this, the plant can be useful in the following diseases: neurosis, hypertension, severe cold cough and hoarseness, atherosclerosis, gastritis, colitis, gastric ulcer and duodenum, vascular spasms. It is an excellent hemostatic agent used in gynecology to relieve pain in heavy menstruation, menopause and diseases of the genital organs. Also, with the help of a swab with a decoction of the bark, nosebleeds can be stopped.

Kalina - dosage forms

FROM therapeutic purpose they use, first of all, the bark of the plant, which is collected in a certain way with the help of incisions during the period of sap flow, when it easily moves away from the trunk. The resulting tubes are dried, and troughed or flat pieces of bark are obtained. In addition, fruits, roots, flowers and leaves are used. The resulting raw material is dried and dried in the shade, spreading in a thin layer. To dull the bitterness, to collect berries you need to wait for the first frost. Viburnum fruit oil is a valuable product used in medicine and cosmetology. It contains a lot of vitamins (A, K, E, C, P) and biologically active substances. These are carotenoids, flavonoids, beta-sitosterol, calcium, iron, manganese, chromium, selenium, nickel, and others.

Kalina - recipes

- A decoction of viburnum bark for the treatment of neurosis, neurasthenia and hysteria: boil 15 g of dry crushed viburnum bark in 400 g of water. Strain, squeeze and top up entry level. Drink 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day. The same remedy can be used to treat gastritis, peptic ulcer stomach, diarrhea and hemorrhoids. Drink 2 tbsp. spoons after meals.

- Infusion of viburnum fruits against convulsions, hypertension, edema of cardiac origin: grind 5 tablespoons of fruits (in any form) in a mortar, pour 3 cups of boiling water, infusion for three hours. Strain and drink half a glass 4 times before meals.

- Infusion of viburnum flowers to help with gastritis with low acidity: pour 1 tbsp. a spoonful of dried viburnum flowers with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for an hour, take 1-2 tablespoons after meals. The same infusion can treat colds and shortness of breath, stopping pulmonary bleeding.

Kalina - contraindications

The plant has contraindications for those diseases that are associated with increased clotting blood - thrombophlebitis, a tendency to thrombosis. Also, you can't use it medicine in gout and kidney disease. You should also refrain from taking drugs with viburnum during pregnancy.