Blackberry Gray

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Blackberry gray is one of the plants of the family called Rosaceae, in Latin the name of this plant will sound as follows: Rubus caesius L. As for the name of the blackberry family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Rosaceae Juss.

Description of blackberry glaucous

The gray blackberry is a semi-shrub endowed with open thorny shoots, the length of which reaches one and a half meters. Shoots can be of two types: both biennial generative and annual vegetative. The leaves of the plant are petiolate, trifoliate and alternate. Blackberry flowers are white-colored, they are rather large and their length can reach three centimeters. Such flowers are collected in corymbose inflorescences. There are a lot of stamens and pistils of this plant. The fruits are rather large and ovoid, they are colored in black tones and will grow tightly to the receptacle.

Blossoming of blackberries with dove occurs in the period from May to August, while the ripening of the fruits will begin a month after the end of flowering. The plant will bear fruit every year and is quite abundant. Under natural conditions, glaucous blackberries can be found throughout the European part of Russia, as well as in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Caucasus. For growth, the plant prefers valleys of rivers and streams, as well as damp forests, ravines, clearings and places in bushes. In the Crimea and the Caucasus, you can find other types of this plant: bristly blackberries and Caucasian blackberries.

Description of the medicinal properties of blackberry dove

The gray blackberry is endowed with quite valuable healing properties, while the leaves and fruits, as well as the juice of the plant and its roots, should be used for medicinal purposes. Leaves and sap should be harvested around June-August, roots - in the fall, and fruits - throughout August and September.

The presence of such valuable medicinal properties is explained by the content of organic acids, fiber, fructose, sucrose, glucose, salts of potassium, copper, manganese, iron, phosphorus and vitamins of groups B, C, A and E in the blackberry berries. substances, flavonoids, inositol, carotene, phytoncides, as well as malic, oxalic, tartaric and lactic acid.

It should be noted that the healing properties of this plant were known in antiquity. The infusion has been used for rinsing the throat and for inflammatory gum disease. In the Middle Ages, it was already proven that the blackberry root is endowed with a diuretic effect. As for traditional medicine, here this plant is used as a hemostatic, astringent, anti-inflammatory, wound-healing, sedative, anthelmintic, diuretic and blood-purifying agent. Also, blackberries are used for bronchitis, pneumonia, liver and kidney diseases, gastritis, anemia, stomach bleeding, upper respiratory tract diseases, shortness of breath, atherosclerosis and hypertension.

It is noteworthy that it was proved that the extract of the leaves of this plant is endowed with a rather pronounced antiviral effect in relation to the hepatitis virus, as well as a moderate cytotoxic effect.

Crushed blackberry leaves in the form of poultices can be applied to trophic ulcers and lichens, as well as to purulent wounds and chronic ulcers. To prepare a diuretic, you will need to take ten grams of plant roots in one glass of water: such a remedy is taken half a glass two to three times a day before the start of a meal.

One hundred percent decoction of leaves or root can be used as a diuretic, astringent and diaphoretic: such a remedy is drunk one third of a glass three to four times a day.