Viburnum tincture has a relaxing effect on the muscles of the uterus and relieves menstrual pain, which is why the guinea fowl is sometimes called a female medicine. Kalinowe alcohol and water preparations also have a positive effect on blood vessels, strengthening and sealing them. See recipe for viburnum fruit tincture.

Viburnum fruit tincture( Viburnum opulus ) is quite a little-known alcohol, which is a pity, because it has a wide spectrum of activity. Especially women should drink it, because it is in their ailments that can help the most.

Viburnum grows wild in damp forests and thickets, by the water, but is also planted for ornamental purposes in cities. Red, spherical fruit with a flat stone and orange flesh ripen in August and September, you can harvest them fromAugust to October .

Remember that the guelder-rose is subject topartial protection , which means that its fruit can be harvested after obtaining the appropriate permit. This rule does not apply to shrubs growing in parks and squares.

Viburnum fruit tincture - ingredients

Viburnum tincture is rich insubstances that favor our he alth :

  • phytosterols,
  • saponins,
  • sugars,
  • pectin (a type of fiber),
  • tannins,
  • vitamin C,
  • carotene (provitamin A),
  • vitamin PP
  • essential oils

Viburnum fruit tincture - healing properties

Due to the ingredients, the viburnum fruit tincture has the followingproperties :

  • lowers cholesterol and blood pressure
  • has antibacterial and astringent properties
  • strengthens immunity, helps with cough
  • strengthens blood vessels, preventing them from rupturing
  • has a choleretic and diuretic effect
  • has a diastolic effect, soothes menstrual pains
  • works for stomach and duodenal ulcers, as well as for diarrhea

Viburnum fruit tincture - recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cups of viburnum fruit

• 0.5 l of 96% spirit

• 0.5 l of vodka

• 0.5 l of honey

Step by step recipe

1. Rinse the fruit, drain well, pour in alcohol.

2. Place in a warm and dark place.

3. After 2 weeks, drain the alcohol. Fruitsqueeze, add liquid honey to the juice (heat it for a while in a water bath).

4. Combine with alcohol and set aside for a week.

5. Filter a few times, pour into bottles.

6. The tincture should mature for approx.half a year .

Due to the content of poisonous saponins for our body, the fruits of the viburnum must be frozen first - this way they will lose their natural bitterness and will not cause food poisoning.

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Excerpts from the article were published in the monthly "Zdrowie"

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Alternative medicine