2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
July is living out its last days. August, full of worries about harvesting and harvesting for the long winter, will fly by quickly. And then again autumn with its gifts, among which are the berries of Viburnum red, from ancient times considered a magical female plant
The magic of red viburnum
Nature has endowed Kalina red with an amazing resistance, which allows the plant to bloom profusely and give a rich harvest of its healing berries, regardless of the unfavorable conditions of the surrounding world, including the modern gas pollution of industrial cities. Moreover, Kalina red willingly shares its resilience with a person: as soon as you touch the tree, all the negative accumulated during the working week leaves the human body, the nervous system is freed from stress, preparing a place for a good mood.
Our ancestors revered the generous beauty Kalina, capable of relieving a number of female torments, "prescribed" to them by the Almighty for the sin of just one woman. Viburnum branches with bright bunches of fruits were used to decorate the walls of the house in which the wedding was taking place. Wedding dishes were also decorated with berries. Weddings in Russia, as a rule, were played in the fall, when the bins were full of the fruits of summer labor, and a person could take a break from the worries of the righteous. The autumn beauty of Viburnum red made her a wedding tree.
Kalina krasnaya - a lover of damp places
Viburnum red widely spread throughout the territory of our country. Following birches and aspen trees, it appears in clearings and ashes, adorns forest edges and ravines, stretches along river beds …, preferring damp places in the European part of the Russian Federation, the “dividing” Urals and Western Siberia, not at all afraid of winter frosts.
Sung by the poets
Branched shrubs or thin trees, the stems of which bear pictorial petiole three to five lobed leaves with a jagged edge and clearly distinguished veins, giving the leaf blade a softly wrinkled appearance, are quite worthy of human attention.
Large corymbose inflorescences, arranged by nature very cleverly, give the plant even more spectacularity: hermaphroditic (bisexual) small flowers, concentrated in the center of the inflorescence, are surrounded by relatively large white asexual flowers that serve as bait for pollinating insects. The abundance and grace of flowers, painted white and pinkish, is a real natural holiday of purity and unearthly grace that descended to sinful people.
Autumn abruptly changes Kalina's outfit, justifying its species epithet - "red". Its lobed green leaves turn yellow and turn red, and the bright clusters of almost translucent berries, reddening in the rays of the autumn sun, just ask for a test. However, don't rush to harvest. Red berries are full of bitterness, inspiring poets to sad lines about unrequited or unfaithful love. Only after the first frosts, capable of changing the taste of bright fruits, they acquire their special aroma, appreciated by fans of Kalina red.
Healing abilities
People who trust the healing abilities of Kalina Krasnaya use the spring bark of the trunks for the preparation of medicinal drugs; young, but fully formed, leaves; flowers; ripe red berries.
From the bark of Kalina red, infusions and decoctions are prepared, which help to put in order the nervous system, get rid of insomnia, reduce the content of bad cholesterol, and affect heavy menstruation and uterine bleeding.
Juice from fresh leaves strengthens the body's immunity, weakened by a serious illness, and also treats skin diseases (lichens, rashes, boils).
An infusion of plant flowers helps with a sore stomach, sclerosis, relieves a cold cough, relieves an allergic skin rash.
From berries (fresh, dried, frozen), infusions are prepared, healing tea is brewed, juice is squeezed out. Juice from fresh berries harvested after the first night frosts is an excellent general tonic, preparing the body for the long winter. Tea made from dried berries has a calming effect on the nervous system.
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