In folk medicine, dogwood berries are widely used, which contain a lot of useful substances, vitamins and trace elements.
In cooking, it is valuable because of its extraordinary taste and aroma.
Dogwood - red pear-shaped or cylindrical berries with one or several stones inside, which are known for their useful properties for a single century.
Cornels can be wild-growing or artificially cultivated, also there are albino plants, in which the berries have a yellow color.
Unripe berries are characterized by a tart-sour taste, and after ripening they have a pleasant aroma and become sour-sweet.
There are about fifty species of dogwood, among which you can find both shrubs and trees. The most popular varieties in our latitudes are the ruby, Pyatigorsk pear-shaped and Vladimir varieties.
Dogwood fruits are used in the manufacture of brandy, wines, juices, syrups and marmalade.
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Drying is the best way to harvest a cornel, which does not require much time or money.
For harvesting, it is better to choose fully ripened healthy fruits that have a bright red color, while not soft and not overripe.
They can be wild growing or cultivated.
For drying, it is better to select whole berries that are not damaged by diseases and parasites.
After going through the berries, rinse them under running cold water. Sometimes table vinegar or soda is added to the water for disinfection. Then, the stalk is removed.
Dried dogwood in three ways.
The first way is in the sun.
Washed berries with stones are laid out in a place where the humidity is minimal, on thick paper or fabric. Also, before you lay out, you can blanch the berries in boiling water for 2-5 minutes.
Dogwood should be dried in the open air, avoiding direct sunlight and moisture.
It must be remembered to periodically mix to ensure uniform drying. After 3-5 days, when the berries are dried, they are removed for storage.
An important tree care is spraying fruit trees in the spring.
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An important tree care is spraying fruit trees in the spring.The second way - in the oven
Whole cornel fruits are dried in the oven or a special dryer. Initially, it is necessary to keep them at a temperature of 50-60 ° C, and then increase it to 70-75 ° C.
This method takes less time than the first.
Third way
From dogwood preparing pita. The berries are washed, to remove the bone, the pulp is rubbed. The pulp crushed into gruel for drying is decomposed by a continuous thin layer, preferably on a wooden tray or tray.
Exposed to the open air in a well-ventilated place. After drying, long strips of pulp - lavash are formed.
Before drying, you can slightly salt the crushed flesh to protect the pita from rotting. Pita bread is used as a seasoning.
To dry dried dogwoods, it is viscous and sweet, and the berries prepared for drying are immersed in hot sugar syrup for 6–8 and allowed to cool.
After they are thrown into a colander and poured again with heated syrup, after 5-6 the berries with syrup are brought to the boil. Again, the berries recline in a colander and laid out on paper for drying.
The benefits and harms of dried dogwood
Dried dogwood retains all the beneficial properties of fresh berries. Cornel is saturated with vitamin C, the content of which exceeds the currants and is almost equal to the hips.
In addition, the small size of the fruits of the cornel contain a number of useful substances:
disaccharides (fructose and glucose);- phytoncides;
- organic acids (ascorbic, citric and succinic);
- vitamin b3;
- potassium;
- phosphorus;
- iron;
- magnesium;
- sodium;
- calcium.
disaccharides (fructose and glucose);Dried berries contain pectin and tannins, so they are used to remove oxalates, toxins and heavy metals from the body.
In the pits of berries a large amount of vegetable oils and tannins. Therefore, they have an antibacterial, wound-healing, anti-inflammatory effect and are used in the treatment of diarrhea.
Cornel fruits increase hemoglobin levels, which is why they are often used for diseases of the blood, circulatory system and diabetes. It normalizes blood pressure, and also makes the walls of blood vessels stronger and more elastic. In addition, it is often used for migraines, dizziness and tinnitus, and is also useful for people suffering from gout, typhoid, and dysentery.
Dried berries added to tea due to vitamin C, which boosts immunity, and the cornel's anti-inflammatory properties are prescribed for colds, reduce body temperature.
Dried fruits help restore potency and solve problems with frequent urination, excessive sweating and others.
It is not recommended to use dogwood or its tinctures:
- at bedtime, as well as people with a highly excitable psyche;
- people suffering from increased acidity of the stomach and constipation;
- pregnant women;
- in large quantities to young children and people in age.
We must not forget that everything is good in moderation, so the use of an excessive amount of berries can lead to undesirable consequences.
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It can be used in cooking, for the prevention and treatment of various ailments. So, easily digestible fruits can be added to compote from dried fruits, in sauces and as a seasoning to some meat and fish dishes.
In addition, syrups, preserves, jelly and marshmallow are made from dried dogwood.
The pulp of berries is used in cosmetology, for masks for oily skin.
Broths and tinctures of berries are used for the treatment of colds: sore throats, flu, as well as for anemia.
Due to the antioxidants contained, roasted cornel bones are often used instead of coffee beans. Also bones are used to treat hemorrhoids (15 dried fruits each day).
From tinctures on dried berries of the cornel, you can make compresses for skin diseases such as dermatitis, eczema and others.
Dried dogwood is very healthy and can be eaten like regular dried fruits.
The healing berries of the cornel are used both to create culinary masterpieces and to prevent many diseases.
It has a strong tonic effect, is an anti-inflammatory and anchoring agent that increases hemoglobin, improves memory and strengthens the human immune system, therefore it is indispensable in the autumn-spring period, as well as in avitaminosis, as it contains nutrients in large quantities.
