Alternative medicines have always been popular and now their value is not running out. Recipes based on viburnum and honey are passed down from generation to generation. Thanks to them, cough, insomnia and rheumatic pains can be effectively treated.
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Since ancient times, our grandparents treated cough with medicinal herbs and berries. Particularly recognized was the viburnum berry, which is rich in organic kilots and vitamins. The main ones include: retinol acetate, folic acid, vitamin K, vitamin PP, ascorbic acid. The complex effect of miracle berries is manifested in increasing immunity, diaphoretic effect, improving sputum discharge. Viburnum in combination with honey is used to treat bronchitis, acute respiratory infections and even sinusitis.
Consider the basic recipes that help you easily get rid of cough, using only natural ingredients.
Harvesting berries
In order to use your favorite cough recipe in the winter, we will need frozen viburnum. To preserve all the useful properties, you must fulfill several requirements.
- Berries are harvested from October to November immediately after frost, since it was during this period that bitterness disappears from viburnum.
- Before you freeze viburnum, you need to clean it from twigs and leaves. After that, the berries are washed and dried.
- The dried berries are laid out in plastic bags and sent to the freezer.
- It is possible that fresh berries are mixed with honey and only then the workpiece is frozen. However, this method is impractical due to the loss of the beneficial properties of honey.
It is possible to harvest berries without freezing. For this, viburnum berries and honey alternate in layers. Such a workpiece can be stored for 2 years.
Cough recipes with viburnum and honey
Many sources present various recipes based on viburnum and honey. Lemon and ginger may be included as additional ingredients. It is important to understand that the better the products, the better the effect. Let's take a look at the most popular recipes step by step.
Recipe number 1
Honey cough viburnum (classic recipe)
In this recipe, a fresh broth of viburnum berries with the addition of honey will be prepared.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons of viburnum berries (fresh or frozen);
- 500 ml of boiling water;
- honey (preferably fresh) - 4 tablespoons.
The berries are placed in an enameled bowl and ground to a homogeneous mass. After this, the mixture is poured with boiling water and left overnight. The resulting mixture is filtered through a sieve or gauze and honey is added to the resulting broth. The mixture is thoroughly mixed.
The finished mixture is taken in a warm form, 100 ml 4 times a day.
The resulting drug helps to eliminate sore throat, thin the sputum and relieve pain. In addition, a mixture of viburnum and honey strengthens the immune system. The home method will help you quickly cope with a minimum of effort.
Recipe number 2
Tincture of red viburnum with honey
Another of the easiest recipes is the preparation of tincture of viburnum. An essential condition for such a medicine should be delicious fresh honey. It is better not to take ordinary solid honey in banks, as it will be difficult to maintain proportions.
Ingredients:
- 250 g of viburnum berries (fresh or frozen);
- liquid honey 300 g;
- 2 glasses of vodka.
Cooking begins with grinding viburnum into gruel. The mixture is placed in a deep dish and honey is added. Leave for 12 hours, until the berry does not let the juice. Berries with honey are transferred to a glass jar and poured with vodka, shaken. Tincture is put in a dark place for 1 month.
The finished drug is taken 1 tablespoon 2 times a day before meals.
The trick is that the tincture is not filtered and pieces of berries remain.
Tincture has a strong antitussive effect, relieves inflammation and strengthens the immune system.
Useful properties of viburnum with honey
Years of experience of our ancestors prove that recipes that mix viburnum with honey have a beneficial effect on the body. In addition to treating cough, recipes are known to help treat mastopathy, insomnia, myalgia, and even depression.
The obtained drugs stabilize the activity of the nervous system, have soaked and diaphoretic properties. In addition, the juice of viburnum has an antispasmodic effect and effectively stops bleeding.
Traditional medicine has a huge number of recipes, the basis of which are viburnum red and honey. They make mashed potatoes, juice, broth, tinctures and even compote from viburnum. However, fresh viburnum does not lose its properties. If you are lucky enough to find a fresh berry, feel free to add it to baking and jam. The delicacy will acquire not only a pleasant aroma, but also a lot of useful properties.
