Currant black - ribes nigrum

Family Gooseberry (Grossulariaceae).

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Botanical characteristics. A perennial bush plant with a height of up to 1.5 m with a characteristic odor. Leaves petiolate, regular, 3 - 5-lobed, marginal toothed, naked above, below with yellow glands. Flowers are bisexual, regular, bell-shaped, lilac or pink-gray in drooping earrings. Fruit is a globular black berry. Blooms in May - June. Fruits ripen in July. Blackcurrant black is introduced into the culture, at present there are up to 100 varieties of shrubs.

Chemical composition. The leaves of the plant contain tannins, essential oils (cymole, sabinene), flavonoids (rutin, quercetin, isokvecetine, kaferol), phytosterol, pentosans, organic acids (malic, citric, succinic, tartaric, salicylic), salts of iron, iodine, manganese, Calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamin C. Close to the chemical composition of the leaves and the composition of the currant buds. Fruits are rich in sugars, fatty oil, pigments delphinide and cyanide, organic acids, pectin, emulsin, vitamins C, K, R, L of group B, mineral salts: boron, iodine, potassium, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium, etc. .

Used parts of the plant. For medicinal purposes, young leaves, branches, buds, fruits of the plant are harvested. Collection of kidneys begin in early spring or winter, leaves - in the summer (June - July), berries - during full ripeness.

Application in medicine. Black currant is used in folk and official medicine as a tonic, vasodilating, sugar reducing, improves metabolic processes, blood cleansing, stimulating blood formation, vitamin, appetizing, diuretic, diaphoretic, antitumor and antiradiation.

Infusion of leaves is taken with gout, rheumatism , diabetes, liver and kidneys, bile ducts, capillaropathy, including diabetic, postradiation.

Fruits, leaves, black currant buds are used for urolithiasis , inflammation of the urinary tract, allergies, edema, atherosclerosis , hypertension, radiation exposure, angina, laryngitis .

From the dry fruits prepare a decoction, which is drunk as a sufficiently active astringent. Fresh juice in combination with the decoction of the kidneys of the plant has an easy laxative effect. Decoction and infusion of leaves are known in France as an anti-rheumatic and diuretic remedy. Infusion or decoction of berries rinse your mouth with diabetic periodontal disease.

In Tibetan medicine, black currant leaves brew like tea with skin diseases, scrofula, and white-leafed leaves are a good tonic.

The fruits of the plant are part of multivitamin charges for polar expeditions, the cosmonauts' diet, as an anti-inflammatory, vitamin, antiradiation agent.

It has been experimentally proved that black currant leaves stimulate the functions of the adrenal cortex.

Preparation

  • Infusion of black currant leaves: 1 tbsp. L. Crushed fresh or dry leaves pour 1 cup of boiling water and insist 30 minutes, filter. Drink 0.5 cup 4 - 6 times a day with overwork, after radiation damage, with diabetes, kidney and liver diseases, hypovitaminosis, anemia.
  • Broth of black currant berries: 2 tbsp. L. Dried berries pour 2 glasses of water and boil for 5 minutes on low heat. Insist 1 hour, filter. Take 0.5 cups with berries 3 - 4 times a day with anemia, hypovitaminosis, after radiation damage, with diabetes, obesity.
  • Infusion of currants black currant: 1 tbsp. L. Dry or freshly mashed fresh berries pour 1 glass of steep boiling water and insist 2 hours. Drink 0.5 glasses of berries 2 to 3 times a day for anemia, hypovitaminosis, diabetes, after radiation damage, during recovery from infectious diseases.
  • Tincture of black currant fruit: Dry fruits are poured with alcohol (70 °) in the ratio 1:12. Insist in a dark place at room temperature for 2 weeks, filter. Take 40-50 drops 3-4 times a day before meals with diabetes, reduce appetite, anemia, decay, after radiation damage.
  • Infusion of black currant leaves and blueberry leaves: 1 tbsp. L. Mixtures of equal parts of currant and arnica leaves are poured with 1 glass of boiling water and insist 30 minutes. Filter and take 0.5-1 glass 3-4 times a day before meals with diabetes, vitamin deficiency, decreased appetite, peptic ulcer, anemia.
  • Infusion of black currant fruit and dogrose fruit: 1 tbsp. L. Mixtures of currants and dogrose, taken evenly, pour 1 cup of boiling water and insist 1 hour. Filter and drink 0.5 cup 3 to 4 times daily before meals with diabetes, anemia, liver and kidney diseases, after radiation damage.