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Black cotoneaster - useful properties.

Cotoneaster is a plant that has something in common with quince, and not with Cornel, as it may initially seem erroneously, but all because the plant was once given the name Cotoneaster, which in Greek means “having the form” (aster) and “ quince "(cotonea).

In everyday life, the cotoneaster is usually used as an ornamental plant, since the overwhelming majority of its varieties look like a spectacular tall shrub with bright fruits of red shades. Among the species of Cotoneaster, there are plants with black-red and black fruits, no less spectacular than their red-fruited species cousins. Almost all representatives of the red-fruited Cotoneaster species have non-edible fruits, although not poisonous, despite their "fruit" name. But the Black Cotoneaster (botanical name "Cotoneaster melanocarpus Fisch. ex Blytt") is popular with gardeners not only for its decorative properties, but also for the medicinal properties of the fruits, which become suitable for consumption after the arrival of frost (akin to the Rowan fruits).

Why are the fruits of the Black Cotoneaster useful for health, and how to use them correctly?

Black cotoneaster is a plant from Tibetan medicine. For this reason, tasteless and unattractive for food, the black fruits of the Kizilnik acquire their taste with the arrival of frost and are used to prepare infusions and teas (of course, medicinal). The daily consumption of drinks and infusions on the fruits of the Cotoneaster can lead to the development of dysbiosis (or dysbacteriosis), since the fruits of the plant have a pronounced antiseptic effect, tanning effect and antidiarrheal effect due to the fortifying effect of substances in the composition of the pulp of the fruit. But the use of drinks and infusions in accordance with the medicinal properties of the fruits of the plant can bring a positive effect in cases where the described properties of the fruits of the plant are simply necessary. This applies to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, accompanied by bloody diarrhea, dyspeptic disorders with predominantly diarrhea.

Black cotoneaster is used in Tibetan medicine as a plant that stimulates metabolism, enzymatic deficiency. It is believed that teas and infusions with the participation of the Aronia Cotoneaster fruits tone the body, increasing its resistance to stress, infections, and digestive disorders. Tannins in the composition of the fruits of the Cotoneaster are capable of having a hemostatic effect in intestinal diseases accompanied by ulcers and erosion, create a protective film against infectious agents that accidentally find themselves in the intestinal lumen, which prevents their multiplication and penetration into the intestinal mucosa.

The fruits of the Black Cotoneaster are harvested after the first frost, dried and stored until needed. From the freshly frozen fruits of the Black Cotoneaster, you can make a pastille (medicinal pastilles) and store it like a regular apple pastille. The fruits of the Black Cotoneaster can, if necessary, be added to jams, fruit drinks, teas and herbal infusions with a similar effect or as an addition to other medicinal effects. The Black-fruited Cotoneaster fruits add astringency to any drink, and this property can be used for a variety of flavoring effects of vitamin drinks and juices, smoothies and medicinal infusions. You can also store the fruits of the Black Cotoneaster in a frozen state, which will allow you to have fresh fruits for many seasons.

The ornamental plant Cotoneaster Black-fruited will not only serve as a decoration for the yard landscape and as a home first-aid kit, but will also become an element of the room's design - the berries on the branches keep their original form for a long time and have a very beautiful look of glossy black beads.