Chokeberry - a source of vitamins and beneficial trace elements. This product is used for the treatment and prevention of many diseases. And the tincture of chokeberry is much more effective: it boosts immunity, helps to fight hypertension and other pathologies. The main thing is to properly prepare and apply it.
The benefits and harms of black chokeberry infusion
This tincture is usually used for medicinal purposes, but it can also be used as an alcoholic beverage, but only in small doses. This tool is famous for such useful properties as:
- tonic;
- immunomodulatory;
- cleansing;
- antioxidant.
This infusion is recommended to hypertensive patients for the normalization of pressure, those who suffer from pathologies of the cardiovascular system, often sick people to strengthen the immune system. Also, tincture reduces the risk of atherosclerosis, deterioration of the vessels, their patency.
It is prescribed, if you need to adjust the functions of the gastrointestinal tract (normalize the level of acidity), lower cholesterol levels, fill in the lack of vitamins, speed up recovery.
However, any drug has contraindications. So, chokeberry has one property - it stops bleeding, however, with prolonged use, blood clots may occur, which can cause varicose veins or thrombosis. In the case of an overdose when using a drink, the following manifestations are possible:
- intoxication;
- intoxication;
- headache;
- the appearance of tachycardia.
Older people can have a stroke, a heart attack.
Treatment with this tincture is prohibited when:
- hypotension;
- diseases of the genitourinary system;
- peptic ulcer disease;
- increased acidity of gastric juice;
- varicose veins.
You should not drink during pregnancy, breastfeeding, driving, alcohol addiction.
How to make a tincture of moonshine
This is a classic cooking recipe. For this we will need ingredients such as:
- 1 kg of rowan fruit;
- 1 l of moonshine (strength up to 60 degrees);
- 300 g of sugar (with no optional ingredients).
Step by step preparation is as follows:
- Prepared berries put in a glass bowl (it is desirable to use bottles of dark glass). The berries themselves can be whole or crushed.
- Fill them with moonshine in such a way that the alcohol layer is several centimeters higher than the berries.
- Add sugar.
- Tightly close the container lid. Insist in a dark room at room temperature.
- The duration of infusion is 3-4 months.
- At all times, you need to shake the bottle once a week.
After preparation, the drink must be passed through cheesecloth, the berries themselves removed, and the tincture poured back into a clean bottle and stored in a dark room.
When using tinctures for medicinal purposes, the effect can be achieved only if the correct dosages are used - about 50 ml per day.
Vodka Recipe
To prepare the tincture of this recipe you need the following ingredients:
- 1 kg of berries;
- 1 liter of vodka;
- sugar as desired.
Additionally, to change the taste a little, you can add a clove, a little cherry leaves, a lemon.
To prepare the tincture, you first need to mix the sugar with warm boiled water, add lemon juice, vodka. Pour the resulting liquid berries, send to insist in a dark place for 3-4 weeks. After the specified time, strain the drink, pour it into separate bottles.
If you use cherry leaves for taste, they should first be boiled with chokeberry for 15-20 minutes over low heat. After the liquid needs to be cooled, strain through cheesecloth, bring to a boil again and add sugar, vodka and lemon juice. It is necessary to insist drink within a month.
A simple process of making tinctures using cloves: first mix the grated berries with spices, then leave the mixture for two days in a cool place. After that, add the remaining ingredients (vodka, lemon juice), mix, pour into a glass bottle and leave for two months in a dark place.
Recommendations for the preparation of tinctures on alcohol
For its preparation will be needed:
- 0.6 l alcohol;
- 1 kg of berries;
- sugar - to taste (about 250 g).
The preparation is as follows:
- Wash berries, carefully ceil, pour with alcohol and clean water in a ratio of 1: 1.
- Add sugar.
- Pour into glass bottles, cover them with gauze, cover and leave in a dark room for three weeks.
Alcohol-Free Recipe
Cooked tincture without alcohol and vodka will be no less useful, the main thing is to follow the cooking instructions exactly.
We will need:
- 1 kg of rowan fruit;
- 3 kg of sugar;
- 1 vanilla stick;
- orange peel 1.
Cooking process:
- Fruits of mountain ash fray with sugar, add vanilla and orange zest.
- Pour the mass into a glass bottle and close with gauze.
- Leave in a dark and cool room for at least 3.5 months, mixing tincture every 3-4 days.
- When the fermentation process is over, you should filter the liquid through clean gauze, pour the drink into bottles, close the lids and draw.
Features of use
After preparation, the tincture should be stored in the refrigerator, and its shelf life is three years from the moment of preparation. The important point is that the tincture does not deteriorate, it should be protected from direct sunlight.
When drinking liquid for medicinal purposes, it is necessary to apply the tincture correctly.
For example, in order to normalize blood pressure, the period of treatment with tincture is one month - they drink three teaspoons of liquid a day. In order to calm the nervous system, use 3-50 ml of tincture per day.
Also, the liquid can be used to prepare aperitifs, add it to coffee, tea, pastries. You can drink the tincture and as a dessert drink, but it is very important not to overdo it and remember the dosage.
Moreover, when applying tinctures for medicinal purposes, it is best to prepare it with vodka, but it is undesirable to use a drink on moonshine.
In the treatment of children, alcohol is not used: you should make fruit drinks or syrups from black chokeberry berries, mixing suppressed berries with sugar in a 1: 2 ratio. The resulting mass should be diluted with water - this option is suitable even for those who suffer from diabetes.
