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Black chokeberry, commonly called black chokeberry, is undeservedly bypassed by summer residents. An unpretentious shrub tree gives in September-October large black berries, rich in vitamins, a large set of microelements. Fresh berries are useful for hypertensive patients, patients with diabetes mellitus, as a general strengthening vitamin remedy
Growing conditions
Chokeberry will not cause much trouble to the summer resident. Having planted it on poor soil, where other plants are uncomfortable and hungry, you can forget about feeding. It can grow in partial shade, however, then it will delight you with fewer berries. For a good harvest, it is necessary to cut off excess unproductive branches in the spring so that the chokeberry does not shade itself. After 15 years, you can carry out anti-aging pruning by removing the bush under the root.
Cultural chokeberry is cold-resistant, it is not afraid of frosts up to 40 degrees. Resistant to diseases and pests.
Mountain ash can be propagated by seeds, layering, cuttings, or by dividing a bush..
Black chokeberry can be used as a green hedge, protecting your site from the prying eyes of neighbors, and in the fall, picking berries for the winter and leaving some on the bushes for birds.
The chemical composition of chokeberry berries
It's amazing how so many useful chemicals can fit in a small berry.
Here they are waiting for you
glucose with fructose, and for people suffering from diabetes, the berries contain a six-alcohol alcohol named"
sorbitol which has a sweet taste and is used as a sugar substitute in diet drinks and foods. By the way, sorbitol is used in the production of ascorbic acid, which children and adults are happy to absorb.
Almost whole
vitamin series fit in berries:
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vitamin C - vitamin vitamins;
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Vitamin P - reducing fragility and permeability of capillary vessels;
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Carotene - a precursor of vitamin A, which improves vision, helps the body fight infections, stimulates the renewal of skin cells, strengthens bones, teeth and the nervous system;
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B vitamins - contributing to the normal metabolism in the body;
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Vitamin E - protecting a person from stress;
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Vitamin PP - participating in the oxidative reactions of cells of the human body.
In addition to vitamins, chokeberry berries gathered
a large company of trace elements:
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Boron - is contained in the muscle and bone tissues of a person, in the blood. its role in living organisms has not yet been clarified, but the lack of boron in plants causes various diseases in them.
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Fluorine - contained in the enamel of the teeth. Both excess and lack of fluoride contribute to dental disease.
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Iodide compounds - essential for the thyroid gland.
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Iron - is part of hemoglobin. The main function of iron is to carry oxygen from the lungs to the cells.
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Copper - is present in all human organs, but it is especially abundant in the liver, spleen and brain.
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Manganese - helps to grow, affects the formation of blood. Required by the body in scanty amounts. An excess of manganese in the body tires the nervous system and impairs memory.
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Molybdenum - helps antioxidants (including vitamin C) to work more efficiently, regulates the metabolism of uric acid. Lack of molybdenum in the body weakens the human immune system.
Cooking applications
Wine
Chokeberry berries are eaten fresh. They can be harvested for future use by drying or freezing.
In addition, jam is made from berries; make jam, jelly and candied fruits; prepare juice, compote, liquor and wine.
Contraindications
It is undesirable to feast on black chokeberry berries for people suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastritis, stomach ulcers, frequent constipation, with increased acidity of gastric juice. And also with increased blood clotting, thrombophlebitis, hypotension.
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