One of the healthiest berries. Depresses cancer cells, slows down aging, lowers pressure. Bashny.Net

Black-fruited ash, she's the one. cherry (Aronia melanocarpa), and in the people just black, is a small shrub, about 1.5 meters high, with leaves that resemble cherry leaves.





The homeland of aronia is the eastern part of North America. At the beginning of the XVIII century, black ash was imported to Europe, and about a hundred years later it came to Russia. It was cultivated until the beginning of the XX century only as a decorative culture.

Edible aronia as a large fruit crop was first cultivated by Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin. In his honor was named one of the varieties of black aronia - Aronia Michurina.





Aronia annually gives a bountiful harvest (up to 35 kg of berries can be harvested from one bush), without requiring special care. Berries can be harvested in September-October after the first frost, when they acquire their most valuable taste and medicinal properties.

Do you know that vitamin R (routine) in black ash is twice as much as in currants? But it is this natural compound that our body is not able to produce. The use of vitamin P normalizes the state of the walls of the capillaries, increasing their strength and elasticity, reduces blood pressure, slows down the heart rate.





The fruit of aronia They are a real storehouse of iodine compounds. In addition, they contain sorbitol - a natural sugar substitute that allows you to eat berries even for patients with diabetes.





Aronia berries contain tannins, vitamins E, C, P and B, as well as carotene and citrine. The folic, nicotinic and malic acid plants that are part of the fruit serve to prevent neurological diseases and prostate cancer.

Use of chernofruit ash

1. Berries of black ash and juice from them are used for the treatment and, most importantly, the prevention of hypertension and atherosclerosis.
2. Aronia berries normalize blood pressure and lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Black fruit is prescribed for various disorders in blood clotting, bleeding, rheumatism, atherosclerosis, diabetes and allergic diseases.
   
   
   
3. Studies in recent years have shown that black ash improves the functioning of the liver, and regular use of this berry increases immunity and positively affects the work of the endocrine system.
4. The pectin substances contained in ferrous ash remove heavy metals and radioactive substances from the body, retain and remove various types of pathogenic microorganisms.
5. Blackberry is recommended to consume with diabetes, especially with capillary damage, with thyroid diseases, as a diuretic for kidney diseases, allergies, scarlet fever.
6. Aronia chernofruit is used as antispasmodic, vasodilator, hematopoietic, appetite-boosting, choleretic and diuretic.
7. Blackberry ash helps regulate digestion, improves appetite, increases acidity, activates the liver, promotes the formation and withdrawal of bile.
8. Blackberry is part of herbal fees for the treatment of the pancreas, thyroid gland, with hypertension.
   
   
   
9. Aronia is successfully used in folk medicine to combat constipation. Berries contain a large amount of pectin and fiber. These substances are powerful natural activators of intestinal peristalsis.

The fruits of aronia are recommended to eat 50 grams 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals for 10–30 days, after which they take a break for 1-2 months. If necessary, the course of treatment is repeated.

With atherosclerosis and hypertension, it is recommended to use a broth of rosehip and black currants simultaneously with aronia of black fruit, since they are rich in vitamin C, which contributes to better absorption of vitamin P.

There are aronia and a number of contraindications to use, non-compliance with which can cause harm to the body. Blackberry ash is contraindicated:

1. With increased blood clotting and thrombophlebitis.
2. With gastritis and ulcers of the stomach and duodenum during exacerbation.
3. With low blood pressure - hypotension. By itself, black produce reduces pressure, which can aggravate hypotensive problems.

Blackberry ash is a great tool for solving numerous health problems. And although it is believed that the berry itself is not very tasty, the benefits of its use are huge.