Blackberry tea. Blackberry leaf tea

Blackberry is a thorny perennial shrub with branches up to 150 cm long. Moreover, these shoots with thorns bent in all directions form impenetrable thickets. Blackberry leaves are also equipped with small thorns, like those of raspberries. Only their shape is different. Our prickly "poor fellow" blooms from spring to autumn with white, rather large, flowers (up to 2 cm in diameter). The berries look very similar to raspberries, with the same seeds, but dark blue or black. The time of active fruiting is August-September.

Blackberries grow everywhere: on the plains and in the mountains, in the fields and wastelands, along rivers and roads. You can meet her in the southern latitudes and in the middle zone of our country, as well as beyond the Urals.

We wrote more about the benefits of blackberries in our article.

What is useful blackberry?

In folk medicine, this plant has long been an exceptional remedy. Rural residents have long sought to prepare blackberries for future use. From them cooked jam, jams, marmalade, made juice and syrup. A fragrant and healthy tea was then brewed from dried fruits. Blackberries give a wonderful tonic effect and calm the nervous system. They have always been taken for sleep disorders, nervous disorders, and fever.

Blackberries contain useful trace elements (iron, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, molybdenum, nickel, copper, chromium, manganese, etc.), organic acids such as malic, salicylic and citric acids, aromatic and tannins, pectins. In addition, blackberries are rich in P-active substances, vitamins A, B1, PP, K, C, E.

The berries of the "raspberry relative" in their composition have a large amount of bioflavonoids, which act as antioxidants, have anti-inflammatory, anti-edematous effects, strengthen the walls of blood vessels and increase the effect of vitamin C.

Fresh and dried berries quench thirst, have antipyretic and diaphoretic effects. They help in the fight against viral infections and pneumonia.

Traditional healers prescribe fresh berries to increase vitality and as a source of vitamins and minerals. Tea with blackberries calms and strengthens the nervous system, which is very important for menopause. In addition, berries have a beneficial effect on the intestines. At the same time, fully ripe ones stimulate the work of the intestines, and unripe ones disinfect and help with diarrhea.

Blackberry tea

Blackberry tea enriches our body with all the necessary vitamins and nutrients. This tea is good for nervous disorders, stress and neuroses. To prepare blackberry tea you need:

Wash the berries. Pour dry tea leaves and berries into the container, pour boiling water over 1/3 of the container volume. After 4 minutes, you can add hot water, cover the container with a lid and put it in a warm place for 3 minutes. Sugar can be added to taste.

Ingredients:

• Black large leaf tea - 1 teaspoon;
• Fresh blackberries - 2 teaspoons;
• Water - 250 ml;
• Sugar - to taste.

In order to prevent and treat various ailments, blackberry juice is successfully used. It is prepared from the ripest berries. This juice is very rich in minerals, many vitamins and organic acids. With an overstrain of the vocal cords (hoarseness), such juice should be drunk warm in small sips. Helps great!

Benefits of blackberry leaves

It should be noted that not only ripe berries, but also its leaves are healing in blackberries. They are best harvested in late spring when the shrub is in bloom. At the same time, choose young and already formed leaves. For drying, use a room with good ventilation and without sunlight. Drying in the oven at 40 degrees is allowed. The leaves of our prickly bush are rich in tannins, organic acids. They contain flavonoids, vitamin C and essential oils.

The tannins of blackberry leaves have an astringent effect, so they are used for intestinal problems and diarrhea. The leaves of the "raspberry relative" added to tea lower blood sugar levels and are used in the treatment of diabetes. In addition, blackberry tea normalizes metabolic processes, which is very important for obesity.

Blackberry leaves have a tart taste and are often used in herbal preparations and mixtures. But tea brewed only from blackberry leaves is also very good! And not just for taste. It facilitates the fight against inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and stomach.

Blackberry leaves and berries (in the form of infusion) are used for atherosclerosis and hypertension.

Blackberry leaf tea

2 teaspoons of dry leaves pour 250 ml of boiling water, let it brew for 15 minutes, put it on a sieve and drink. Add lemon if desired.

Blackberry and raspberry leaf tea

Fresh young leaves mix raspberries and blackberries in a ratio of 1: 2 and let it wilt a little, then grind. Sprinkle a little water, put in a linen bag and hang in a warm place for fermentation. Dry the leaves quickly after 2-3 days. The finished leaf mixture is stored in a jar with a lid and brewed instead of tea in the usual way. Such a tea is unusually fragrant and delicious in taste.

By the way, other medicinal herbs are added to such a tea mixture. At the same time, proportions are observed so that a third of the raw material is blackberries with raspberries.

tea for colds

It "mobilizes" the body's defenses and capabilities and effectively copes with coughing. For preparation, blackberry leaves, raspberries, coltsfoot and linden flowers are taken in equal parts.

Tea for indigestion

This tea relieves pain and cramps in the stomach, has a beneficial effect on diarrhea and gas formation in the intestines. Blackberry and raspberry leaves, chamomile flowers, peppermint are brewed, all in equal parts.

For 250 ml of boiling water, you need 1-2 teaspoons of a mixture of dry medicinal plants. Infusion time - 10 minutes. Then they recline on a sieve and drink.

Traditional medicine recipes

Recipe #1

With the excitation of the nervous system, this tea helps: 2 tablespoons of dry crushed blackberry leaves are poured into 0.5 liters of boiling water. Insist in heat in a closed container for 4 hours, recline on a sieve and take in a warm form 1/2 cup three times a day. Improvement in the condition will be noticeable after a few days. In addition, this tea is useful for viral infections, high blood pressure and sclerosis.

Recipe #2

You need to take 4 tablespoons of blackberry leaves and 2 tablespoons of calendula flowers, carefully move. Then pour 4 tablespoons of this mixture into 300 ml of boiling water.

They insist for a very short time, filter. Taken with increased nervous excitability, 100 ml 3 times a day half an hour after meals.

fermented blackberry leaf tea

Collected fresh leaves are placed in a glass container with a tight lid. Under the influence of sunlight, the green leaves in the jar begin to turn black. This means the fermentation (oxidation) process that is used in traditional tea making technology. Before our medicinal leaves turn completely black, they must be removed from the jar and quickly dried in the oven at low temperature and constant stirring.

This fermented tea has a delicate aroma. And its taste practically does not differ from real Chinese tea. You can take it without adhering to the dosage to improve the digestion process, as well as a tonic, tonic and invigorating agent.

Contraindications

First of all, blackberry tea should not be consumed if the body does not tolerate it. And also for people who have problems with the stomach and small intestines. Blackberry juice is safer for them. And those who suffer from high acidity should not drink more than one glass of juice per day. Blackberries can harm the kidneys. To prevent this from happening, sugar should be added to tea.

As a rule, there are no contraindications for drugs and pharmaceutical preparations based on blackberries. But anything can happen in life. No one is immune from allergies. Signs of an allergic reaction (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, swelling of the mucous membranes) may appear after 5 minutes or after several days. In the event that the reaction proceeds quickly, and it began precisely after the berries were eaten, a doctor should be called. And before he arrives, wash the stomach of the victim (drink 5 glasses of water, then induce vomiting) and take an allergy pill.

Instead of a conclusion

Blackberries are the healthiest berry. Its juice is a storehouse of fresh life-giving organic acids, vitamins and minerals. It is recommended to take after a long illness or major surgery.

Herbal teas from berries and blackberry leaves help prevent liver diseases, improve kidney function, and stimulate the body's defenses. In addition, blackberry is an antiseptic and blood-purifying agent.

Dried raw blackberries are perfect for soothing herbal baths, and its ripe berries are used in cooking for filling pies and cakes, and serve as an excellent natural dye.

From all that has been said, we conclude that at any opportunity it is definitely worth stocking blackberries. We cook jam or compote, jam or marmalade. And dry leaves are prepared for fragrant tea.