Blackcurrant belongs to the gooseberry family, it is a small deciduous shrub with fragrant round fruits. Black currant has found great use in cooking, as well as in traditional medicine.
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Useful properties of black currant
The composition of black currants includes B vitamins, carotene, vitamins K and P, sugars, pectins, tannins, essential oil, potassium, phosphorus and iron salts. Blackcurrant is a true champion in the content of vitamin C (ascorbic acid). To satisfy the daily requirement of the body for this vitamin, it is enough to eat only 15-20 berries of blackcurrant per day.
Regular consumption of blackcurrant allows you to reduce the risk of diabetes, diseases of the cardiovascular system, and cancer.
This berry helps to cope with headaches of neurogenic and vascular origin. Its inclusion in the daily diet helps to get rid of fatigue, insomnia, problems with pressure.
Fresh blackcurrant juice has a healing effect on the inflamed mucous membrane of the stomach, it is used to treat colic, gastritis with low acidity. Currant juice has a beneficial effect on the body with liver diseases, they gargle with an inflamed throat with colds. This drink is useful for the restoration of strength after the treatment of prolonged debilitating diseases.
To strengthen the nails, rub fresh currant juice into the skin around them.
To remove excess uric and puric acid from the body, use an infusion of blackcurrant leaves. It also improves metabolism, has a mild laxative effect and improves digestion. Hot infusion has a diaphoretic effect, so it is used during colds and flu.
Fresh and dry currant leaves can be added to ordinary tea leaves to flavor and fortify tea.
Baths with the addition of a strong decoction of currant leaves have a positive effect on the condition of the skin. Such water procedures help get rid of irritations and acne on the body. From fresh mashed currant berries make whitening masks for the skin. They are very effective in dealing with freckles.