Black currant is a well-known and familiar to all of us from childhood berry, maybe it is precisely because of this "habit" that we do not always think that it is not just a delicacy, but also a good doctor. For a long time, black currant has occupied a strong position in the list of medicinal berries of traditional medicine, and modern science is finding more and more confirmation of this. For a modern person who lives mainly in conditions of technological pollution and constant stress, black currant is an affordable and extremely useful product.
Fresh frozen berries and black currant juice are an excellent natural remedy for the treatment of acute respiratory diseases, bronchitis and pneumonia.
If you add a glass of granulated sugar to a glass of squeezed juice, you can get jelly, which is stored without sterilizing at room temperature in a dry, dark place. Such jelly will not only be an excellent anti-cold remedy, but also a wonderful regulator of the activity of the cardiovascular system and the gastrointestinal tract. Regularly eating freshly prepared redcurrant and gooseberry foods has the same effect.
Black currant promotes the elimination of mercury, lead, cobalt, tin from the body, as well as the binding and removal of radioactive elements. To do this, it is recommended to take 0.5 cups per day of a decoction of dried fruits of black currant, prepared according to the following recipe: pour 20 g of dried fruits with 1 glass of hot water, boil for 15 minutes, then strain and squeeze, bring the volume of liquid to the original with boiled water ...
Black currant berries are a reliable source of vitamins for our body. For the same purpose, you can also drink tea from tincture of black currant leaves: 3 - 5 g of dry leaves are poured with 1 glass of boiling water, infused for 10 - 20 minutes, filtered and drunk 0.5 - 1 glass 2 - 3 times a day.
Rinse your mouth with infusion of black currant leaves for stomatitis.
In case of allergic reactions and diathesis, the infusion of black currant leaves is used as a lotion. It is not at all difficult to prepare such an infusion: pour 5 tablespoons of dry crushed raw materials with 1 liter of boiling water and leave for 20 minutes, then the infusion should be filtered. This infusion, with the same medical indications, can be used internally, in this case they drink 0.5 - 1 glass 4 - 5 times a day.
