blackberry
Latin name: Rubus fruticosus
Genus: Rose plants
Common names: Bramel, field black berry, from berry, deer mushrooms
Plant description blackberry
Plant description: Their undergrowth can be impenetrable, their branches and twigs have curved spines. Berries and flowers are often found on the same shrub. The flowers are white or pale reddish, the berries are initially red and blue-black when ripe.
Flowering time: Blackberry bushes bloom from May through winter.
Origin: Grows and proliferates in different ways all over Europe.
Plant parts used medicinally
Leaves, juice made from the fruit
ingredients
In the leaves there are tannins, organic acids, flavonoids. The juice contains vitamins and minerals.
Medicinal effects and uses of blackberries
The tannin in the leaves has a slightly constipating effect and, as tea (gargling and rinsing), soothes inflamed mucous membranes in the throat and pharynx.
preparation
Blackberry leaves are used alone but mostly together with other drugs, less for healing purposes than House tea used.
Blackberry leaf tea: Pour ¼ l of boiling water over 2 heaped teaspoons of leaves, let stand for 15 minutes, strain and drink sweetened with lemon or honey. For gargling without additives.
Combination with other medicinal plants
Blackberry leaves 10.0 g
Raspberry leaves 10.0 g
Coltsfoot leaves 10.0 g
Linden blossom 10.0 g
Prepared as described above, the tea increases the defense against colds.
For a bad stomach, nausea, diarrhea:
Blackberry and raspberry leaves 10.0 g each
Chamomile flowers 10.0 g
Peppermint leaves 10.0 g
Preparation as described above.
side effect
Not to worry.