Cranberries Benefits

Cranberries

According to the riches of biologically active substances and mineral salts cranberry is one of the most useful of wild berries, used to treat many diseases.

The generic name is formed from two Greek words: oxys - sour and kokkos - ball and characterize the taste and shape of cranberry fruit.

Species identification in Latin means "marsh" in the place of growth.

Cranberries - evergreen shrub with creeping and rooting thin reddish stems with a length of up to 100 cm (usually 30-50 cm). Leaves alternate, ovate, leathery, length of 8-16 mm, a width of 3-6 mm, edged with curled edges down. From above they are dark green, glossy, below - lighter, with blue-glaucous bloom. Due to its waxy coating leaves persist all winter under the snow and spring appear on the bumps like new. Blossoms small dark pink flowers Potbelly. Fruit - juicy chetyrehgnezdnaya dark red berry, spherical, pear-shaped or oblong-ovate, sour taste. At the top of the berries remnants of the calyx.

Blossoms in May - June, fruits ripen in late August - September and stored in plants under the snow until the spring.

Cranberry common in the forest zone of Europe, Asia and North America. To the north it comes to the Arctic Circle (grows abundantly in the forest), the southern border of the species passes to the north of Italy and Spain. Many cranberries in Siberia and the Far East.

Grows in upland sphagnum bogs, swamps extensive moss-covered pine on peatlands.

In the area of ​​coniferous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forests of Europe and Asia in sphagnum bogs grows closer look - small-fruited cranberry, the fruits of which are the same application, as in cranberries chetyrehlepestnoy.

In North America is increasing Vaccinium macrocarpon, characterized fruits larger (20 mm diameter). In the US and Canada indicated form introduced into the culture and grown on large areas.
Collecting and drying
Used for therapeutic purposes, of course, especially cranberries, but also used the leaves.

Harvested ripe berries in the fall, before the loss of stable snow cover, and early spring. Under

the snow cranberries collected in the spring, almost devoid of vitamin C, though sweeter taste.

Unacceptable blank "dozarennoy" cranberries, seasoned in attics or under the eaves to purchase

berries coloring characteristic of mature. These fruits contain less biologically active

substances are bitter in taste and are characterized by low stability during storage.

Ripe berries are well preserved fresh for a few months (in a cool, shaded, well-ventilated area).

This is due to the presence therein of benzoic acid having bactericidal properties, and with a

range of other acids that provide sour taste sharp and berries, and its useful properties.

Cranberries stored in bulk in small wooden boxes or bags made of thin plastic film. But more often

than fresh cranberries in water stored in various capacities, better wood. Berries, soaked in a

weak sugar syrup, or simply in the water, do not deteriorate during the winter. Cranberries are

sorted, washed, poured into wooden, enamel or glass container with a wide mouth, pour cold water,

cover the top with a napkin and put it on consignment.

Keep cranberries should be in cool, well ventilated areas, as cranberries can not tolerate

stagnant air with a high content of carbon dioxide.

Chemical composition

Cranberries contain sugar (2,4-4,7%), organic acid (2.8-3.5%), pectin (0,20-1,40%), tannin and

coloring matter, vitamins, pentosans cellulose mineral substances. Among sugar products is

dominated by glucose and fructose, sucrose little. The presence of the whole complex of organic

acids, especially benzoic (in free and bound forms a glycoside vaktsiniina), explains the high

shelf life of fresh fruit during storage. Fruit stability also facilitates their cuticular wax

coating, which is identified as part benzoic acid, ethyl acetate, hexanal, pentanol, octanol, a-

terpineol, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate and a number of other compounds that may play a

protective role against fungi, bacteria and insects. Pectin cranberries have high gelling ability,

readily form insoluble compounds (chelates) and radioactive heavy metals (lead, strontium, cobalt

and others.), Contributing to their detoxification and excretion.

Cranberry is not rich in vitamins. In autumn berries contain 8-30 mg / 100 g of vitamin C,

carotene and traces of 0.03 mg / 100 g of folic acid.

Berries - a valuable source of flavonoids. Found in fresh fruits (100 g wet weight) - anthocyanin

180 mg, 153 mg and 264 mg leucoanthocyanins catechins. Isolated quercetin, myricetin, giperozid.

Berries are rich in triterpenoids (0.32%), represented mainly ursolic and oleanolic acids.

Diverse mineral composition of fruits. The ash of the leading positions are occupied by potassium,

phosphorus, sodium. Among the micronutrients a high content of iron, manganese, aluminum and zinc.

Found as nickel, molybdenum, silver, chromium, titanium, gallium, copper.

In cranberry leaves revealed the presence of the glycoside arbutin, and oleanolic and ursolic

acids.

Action and use

Cranberries fresh and processed (jam, jam, juice, juice, etc..) Improves the stomach and

intestines, stimulate the activity of digestive glands. In folk medicine used with low acidity of

gastric juice.

Cranberry juice mixed with beet (1: 1) is used in vascular spasm and hypertension, cranberry juice

and juice - as a refreshing, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory agents and appetizing. Good thirst

quencher. Due to the high content of flavonoids cranberry increases the strength and elasticity of

blood capillaries, promotes the absorption of vitamin C in the body. Therefore, cranberries and

their products are recommended for atherosclerosis, hypertension and other diseases characterized

by increased permeability and insufficient strength of the walls of blood vessels.

Ursolic and oleanolic acids have anti-inflammatory, healing and toning effect in part. It is shown

that when pyelonephritis and cystitis drink made from cranberries, enhance the action of

antibiotics and sulfa drugs. Natural and blended (mixed with other fruit or berry juices)

cranberry juice - an adjunct in the treatment of urinary tract infections, is also used to prevent

certain types of kidney stones. There is evidence of the usefulness of cranberries in glaucoma (LI

Vigorov).

Are encouraged to nominate cranberry juice in the treatment of obstetric complications and other

inflammatory processes. Cranberries and recommended during pregnancy edema, varicose veins, at

elevated pressure and simply as a means of multivitamin, especially early in pregnancy.

Cranberries have a strong antimicrobial action. Russian doctor GP Goryansky in the late XIX

century has shown that cranberry juice acts on the cholera pathogen stronger than carbolic acid

(phenol) and birch tar, is a classic disinfecting agents. Even in our time has shown the

effectiveness of cranberry juice in surgery, as it accelerates the healing of purulent wounds and

superficial burns.

Foods from cranberries have radioprotective effect and recommended for persons working in the

contaminated areas.

Cranberry ointment is beneficial for a certain skin diseases: it reduces inflammation, dries moist

areas, has analgesic effect and limits fester.

Warning!

Contraindicated consumption of cranberry persons suffering from gastritis with high acidity, 

gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcers, liver disease. Invalid combination of cranberry juice drinks 

and sulfa. Urolithiasis cranberries can be used only under medical supervision, as higher doses of cranberry may increase urine acidity.

Is used in the form of decoctions, jellies, mousses, juices and jams, cranberries - not only a

wonderful gift to your table, but also the first remedy for colds, fever, flu, attacks of

rheumatism, kidney and bladder, beriberi. Pounded to a pulp with a small amount of sugar, this

berry will protect against infection, will wash the body, improve metabolism during daily use 2-3

tbsp. spoons. This berry is very useful to all people, and especially - high blood pressure, heart

problems and pochechnikam. Drink the juice from the berries, put it in fresh tea leaves brew and

drink tea instead - it will benefit all family members.

Balm of asthma

Take 1 cup cranberry juice, Aloe vera, lemon usual, onion, redysi black, red beets, 1 cup of honey

bee, sugar, rectified alcohol 96%.

The whole was mixed and stored in a refrigerator. Taking the drug for 2 tablespoons 3 times a day

for half an hour before meals with bronchial asthma.

Balm helps to improve the functional state of the respiratory system and prevents exacerbation.

Ointment cranberry

1. Take 2 tablespoons of ripe cranberries, rubbed and squeezed through cheesecloth. The resulting

juice was mixed with equal amounts taken (50 g) lanolin and vaseline; stored in the refrigerator.

Ointment has anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties and is used for skin diseases.

2. Take 50 ml of fresh cranberry juice and mixed with 200 g of vaseline, all well triturated. When

sweating, skin itching, limited purulent process ointment applied 1-2 times a day with a thin

layer for 5-10 days.

Skin Treatment

For oily skin mask is applied to the face of crushed cranberries; hold for 15 minutes, then rinsed

with warm water. The procedure is done in a day, the course of treatment is 10-15 masks.

15 minutes can impose wipes impregnated with cranberry juice, wetting napkins as they dry.

In the treatment of rosacea mask of cranberries make daily, keep it on your face to 1 hour. With

increased sensitivity of the skin to its cranberry juice diluted with water is first boiled in a

ratio of 1: 3, then at least habituation, - in a ratio of 1: 2 or 1: 1. After removing the mask

face rinse with boiled water at room temperature.

Hepatitis

Take 1 cup cranberries and 1 cup of honey mixed. Eat every day with inflammation of the liver.

Hypertension

Take 2 cups cranberries, 1/2 cup sugar, a glass of water. In crushed cranberries add sugar and

water, bring to a boil, filter, diluted with water to taste. Drink tea instead. It is recommended

for hypertension.

Sore throat

Mix equal amounts of cranberry juice, beetroot, honey and vodka; mixture insist in a cool dark

place for 3 days, occasionally shaking the contents.

Take a tablespoon 3-4 times a day for an hour before a meal with angina. Store the mixture in a

cool dark place.

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Take 4 tablespoons cranberry, mulled them with 2 tablespoons of sugar and pour 3 cups boiling

water. Take 1 hour after a meal. The course of treatment - 10 days. Recommended for arthritis and

rheumatism as an anesthetic.

Vitamins

Grate the potatoes and squeeze, and then allowed to stand for one hour to form starch. Drained

liquid starch is mixed with cranberry juice and broth from pomace, add sugar to taste. The

resulting drink drink 3-4 times a day for 1/2 cup (the ratio of potato juice, cranberry juice and

cranberry broth 1: 1: 1). Recommended as vitamin funds.

Decoction of leaves and cranberries

Mix equal parts of leaves and cranberries. 2 tablespoons of the mixture pour 2 cups hot water;

boil on low heat for 10 minutes, cooled and filtered. Drink 1/2 cup 4 times a day if you have

diarrhea.

Tincture of cranberry

Take 2 cups of cranberries, 1 cup sugar, 1 bottle of vodka.

Each berry cranberry pierced with a needle in 2-3 places, pour the berries in a jar, fill with

sugar and pour the vodka. The mixture insist month, stirring occasionally jar to dissolve the

sugar, then filtered through several layers of cheesecloth.

Tea with cranberries

Tablespoon of cranberry put into a glass fruit mash with a spoon, fill with sugar and pour hot

tea. This drink is good quenches thirst, fatigue, tones the activity of the body, increases

efficiency.

Cranberry juice

1. In milder forms of urological diseases recommend drinking 2 glasses of juice daily. Juice is

also indicated for the prevention of stone formation, inflammatory gynecological diseases,

tuberculosis, anemia, and atherosclerosis. The dosage of cranberry juice is selected individually,

depending on tolerability.

2. cranberry juice, diluted with water, rinse the throat with tonsillitis.

3. Filtered juice lubricates the skin with eczema. The fruits have a hemostatic and anti-

inflammatory action.

4. Cranberry juice drink is useful for hypertension, vascular spasm, atherosclerosis and other

diseases that are associated with reduced strength of vessels.

5. Cranberry juice is used for outdoor use: they rubbed bedsores and remove pigmentation on the

face and neck.

Cranberry juice with honey

1. Mix equal parts cranberry juice and honey. Take a cold with a cough, sore throat, bronchitis,

rheumatism.

2. Mix 200 g of cranberry juice with 3 tablespoons of honey. This mixture rinse the throat with

tonsillitis 2-3 times a day. After each rinsing drink 1-2 tablespoons of the mixture, hold it in

your mouth.

Recipes

Cranberry dishes invented many. All of them are healthy and tasty.

Cranberries in cooking is used as fresh, and to make jams, juices, syrups, fruit drinks, kvass,

jelly and jelly. Useful vegetable salad with cranberries. Often used cranberries with sauerkraut,

as a seasoning for fish and meat and to prepare hot sauces. Cranberry - a great filling for pies

and sweets from her make great desserts; especially popular cranberry in powdered sugar.

Useful properties of cranberries maximum stored in whole berry juice or juice. However, a 100%

cranberry juice is very acidic, so it needs to be sweetened and diluted with water.

Fish fried with cranberries

Take 1 kg of small fish (minnows, goldfish), 600 g of cranberries, 300 g of honey, 1 cup flour.

Cleaned and gutted fish collapses in flour and fry in hot skillet. Cranberry mash, squeeze the

juice, add honey to the juice and concentrated almost half. Fried fish spread on a plate and pour

cranberry juice with honey.

Cranberry sauce

Take 100 g of cranberries, 1 cup water, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon of starch, 1 teaspoon

grated peel.

Cranberry juice is drained; the pulp is poured water, boiled and filtered. In the broth add sugar,

grated lemon or orange peel and diluted in cold water starch. All bring to a boil, then pour

cranberry juice.

Cranberry-orange sauce

Take 1 cup mint cranberries, 1 cup water, one large orange slices, 3/4 cup sugar.

Cranberries mixed with 1/2 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar, all brought to a boil and cook for about 8

minutes to give cranberry juice. The resulting mixture was filtered.

The remaining sugar is mixed with water and boiled for 5 minutes, gradually adding orange slices.

Cranberry and orange syrup mixed. Store the sauce in a cool place.

Salad with mushrooms, potatoes, cucumbers and cranberries

Take 200 g marinated mushrooms, 200 grams of cranberries, 150 g potatoes, 100 grams of pickled

cucumbers, onions 80 grams, 100 grams of sour cream, salt and herbs.

Boiled in "uniform" potatoes peeled and cut into cubes. Pickled mushrooms and cucumbers cut into

small cubes. Chopped onions and mix with potatoes, mushrooms, cucumber and cranberries. Salad

salted, seasoned sour cream and decorated with greenery.

Squid salad with cranberries and apples

Take 500 g squid fillet, 500 grams of sauerkraut, 50 g of cranberries, 50-100 g of apples, 100 g

of green onions, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1-2 tablespoons sugar, salt, spices, parsley and

dill - to taste.

Squid fillets are cut, mixed with sauerkraut, add moved washed cranberries, sliced ​​julienne fresh

apples, green onions, vegetable oil, sugar, salt and all is well stirred.

Carrot salad with cranberry juice

Take 200 grams of carrots, 1 tablespoon of cranberry juice, 1 teaspoon honey, 1 tablespoon of sour

cream.

Carrots cleaned and rubbed on a fine grater, add cranberry juice mixed with honey and fill with

sour cream.

Soup of cranberries and apples

Take 100 g of cranberries, apples 150 g, 0.5 liters of water, 5 g of starch, sugar and sour taste.

Cranberries are sorted, washed and kneaded in an enamel pot, then pour water, cover with a lid and

leave for 15 minutes. The infusion filter, add sugar and peeled sliced ​​apples and heated to

boiling, then poured into cold water dissolved starch was brought to reflux again and cooled. The

soup is served with sour cream or cream.

Candy cranberries

Enumerated and washed berries put in a pan, add a little water (no more than a glass per kilogram

of berries) and cook until tender. Cooked fruits rubbed. Mashed potatoes mixed with sugar (1 kg of

mashed potatoes - 0.8-1 kg of sugar), boiled and shift into trays for drying in the oven.

Cranberry with apples and walnuts

Take 1 kg of cranberries, 1 kg of chopped apples, add 2 cups of shelled walnuts and cook it in a

syrup made from the calculation of 2.5 kg of sugar to 1 cup of water. Take 1 tablespoon in the

morning, washed down with warm water. It is recommended to improve immunity.

Warning! With increased acidity of gastric juice is contraindicated.

Cranberries without sugar

Harvesting cranberries without sugar berries are washed, throws in a colander and mince. Berry

weight is put into dry sterilized jars and roll covers. Berries thus prepared can be stored at

home for a long time

Cranberries, mashed with sugar

For long-term storage can prepare cranberries, mashed with sugar.

In this case, 1 kg of cranberries 1 kg of sugar required.

Selected washed berries and blanch for 8-10 minutes ,. throws in a colander, then rub through a

sieve. The resulting puree mixed with sugar, heated to 90-95 ° C and laid out in clean, dry jars

that put scald in boiling water. Pint cans sterilized 20 minutes liter - 30 minutes. Store cans of

cranberry in a cool dark place.

Cranberry jam

For the preparation of cranberry jam on 1 kg of cranberries take 1.5-1.6 kg of sugar and 2-2.5

cups of water. Half of cooked sugar syrup 50% (to 1 cup of sugar - 2 cups of water). Berries are

dipped for 3-4 minutes in boiling water, then transferred to a boiling syrup, which can withstand

8-12 hours and then at low temperature is heated to boiling and added to the remaining portions of

sugar. Cook until tender berries. Packed and stored in the usual manner.

Of immature collected in August cranberries, cook jam with walnuts. Nuts are cleaned and broken

into pieces slightly smaller berries. Then cook the syrup, add nuts there, and after moved

cranberries. Cook, stirring and removing the foam, until the syrup until the thread starts to

drag, and then jam poured into banks.

To prepare the cranberry-apple jam take: 1 kg of cranberries, 300-500 g of sweet apples, 1.6-1.9

kg of sugar, 2-2.5 cups of water, vanilla sugar - on the tip of a knife; lemon peel or slice of

cinnamon.

Prepare the sugar syrup, pour into it cranberries and put on fire. Sweet apples peeled and cored,

cut into slices, then blanch 8-10 minutes in boiling water. At the end of cooking cranberry jam in

it add apple slices. Just before the end of cooking in a jam add vanilla sugar and cinnamon or

lemon zest, grated. Jam packed and stored in the usual manner.

Cranberry jelly with yogurt

Cranberries time to crush, squeeze the juice, pomace add water, boil and strain. The resulting

cranberry juice put on fire, soaked in water to enter the gelatin, add sugar, stir and bring to a

boil. The resulting mass is slightly cool, introduce yogurt and raw juice and stir until then,

until it begins to thicken. Then pour into cups and refrigerate.

Cranberry-30 g, sugar - 25 g, 150 g, yogurt, gelatin - 3 g

Cranberry jam

For cranberry marmalade take 1 kg of berries, 1.5-1.6 kg of sugar, 1 cup of water.

Berries Mince (can be crushed cranberries wooden pestle). In the resulting mass is add water,

everything is brought to a boil and cook for 10-15 minutes on low heat, then add the sugar and the

Vikings until done in one step. Packed and stored as jam.

Cranberry Cobbler

Take 2 tablespoons cranberry juice, 1/3 cup cranberry Morse, 50 g of ice cream, a variety of

fruits and berries, edible ice.

Tall wine glass or glass extending up to 1 / 2-2 / 3 filled with small pieces of ice, pour into it

all of the components, put sliced ​​fruit, berries and everything is thoroughly mixed. Cobbler

served with a straw and a teaspoon of fruit.

Cranberry jelly

Take 400 g of berries, 400 g sugar, 150 g of starch, 3 liters of water.

The berries are sorted out, knead wooden tolkushkoy, squeeze the juice through cheesecloth.

Squeezed fruit pour hot water and boiled for about 5 minutes, then poured sugar is added to the

pressed juice diluted starch therein. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil and remove from heat.

Hot cranberry jelly is considered one of the best diaphoretic.

Cranberry jelly with whipped cream

Take 1 cup cranberries, 1 cup sugar, 3-4 tablespoons sugar, 1 cup of cream.

Cranberries are sorted, washed, crushed wooden spoon in an enamel pot. The resulting puree with

cold boiled water (1 cup cranberry take 1 cup of water), stir. The resulting juice is run off.

In the pulp is poured hot water (1 part pulp to 5 parts water) and boiled for about 5 minutes. The

broth is filtered through a sieve, add sugar to it all is brought to a boil. Starch is diluted in

cold water and pour, stirring constantly, into the boiling broth, then add the juice, all stirred

and cooled. Chilled heavy cream whipped until a thick foam and spread on top of the cold jelly.

Cranberry

1. The best way to prepare juice from frozen cranberries - with this method of cooking cranberry

preserves the maximum amount of vitamin C. Thawed berries are passed through a juicer; the juice

is diluted with boiled water and add to taste sugar or honey. Morse is recommended to drink with

the flu and colds.

2. Morse can be prepared and in this way: cranberries washed with boiled water and squeeze the

juice into a porcelain or glass dish. Pomace with cold water at the rate of 3-4 liters per 100 g,

was boiled and filtered. In the resulting broth is added and the sugar juice (to taste). Store in

the refrigerator. Consume 2-3 cups per day, warming to room temperature. It is especially

effective when Morse pyelonephritis.

3. You can cook cranberry juice with honey: 1 L Morse take 150 grams of cranberries, 1 liter of

water, 100 g of honey. Cranberries are sorted, washed, knead a wooden pestle or spoon in a non-

oxidizing dish and squeeze the juice. Marc pour water, put on fire, boil for 10 minutes and

filtered. Added to the broth honey, give it to dissolve and topped prepared cranberry juice. Morse

served chilled.

Cranberry kvass

Berries sort, wash, mash wooden pestle, add water and cook for 10 minutes. Juice strain and cool.

Add diluted yeast, stir well, pour into bottles, cork and put on 3 days in a cool place.

Cranberries - 1 kg sugar - 2 cups water - 4 liters, yeast - '10

Cranberries in own juice

Fresh, uniformly colored berries are sorted out, thoroughly washed in several waters. After

washing the berries shift into a sieve to drain water. Part of berries take to make juice (for

this purpose can be selected unevenly colored fruits).

With freshly squeezed juice mixed berries (7 parts berries and juice 3 parts), heated in a pan to

a temperature of 95 ° C and quickly packed into hot jars.

Sterilized in boiling water: half-liter cans - 5-6 minutes, liter - 10, three-liter - 20 minutes.

Cranberry juice with sugar

For the preparation of cranberry juice with sugar per 1 kg berries take 1 kg of sugar and 1 liter

of water.

Cranberries are sorted, washed, pounded and squeeze the juice, which is stored in the cold in a

glass jar. The remaining mash is poured water, heated to boiling and filtered broth, then added to

a sugar, again brought to boiling and combined with cranberry juice. This juice mixture can be

stored in the refrigerator for about a month. For longer storage, after connecting to the juice

can be boiled syrup 3-5 minutes, then poured into bottles and cork steamed.

Cranberry Syrup

You can prepare cranberry syrup. For its preparation is required for 1 kg of cranberries 1.5-2 kg

of sugar.

Cranberries are sorted out, washed and placed in obsushivayut banks, sprinkling sugar. Filled jars

tied with gauze and put in a cold place. After the berries float formed syrup is poured into the

bottles or cans and sealed. Keep container with syrup in a cool place.

Compote

To prepare the cranberry compote take cranberries, 1 liter of water, 4 cups of sugar.

Cranberries are sorted, washed and tightly placed in jars. For the syrup boil water with sugar and

pour over the prepared fruit. Cans are pasteurized at 90 ° C: 0.5 liter jars - 20 minutes, 1 l -

30 minutes. Can be sterilized in boiling water for 10 and 15 minutes.

Drink milk, cranberry and apple sauce

Take 2 cups milk, 1 cup cranberries, 1/2 cup apple sauce finished 2-3 tablespoons sugar 1/2

teaspoon ground cinnamon.

The milk is heated to boiling, add sugar to it, cinnamon, while still holding a fire, then removed

and cooled. Cranberries washed thoroughly drained water, then rubbed through a sieve and mixed

with the apple pulp. To this mixture was slowly poured into the chilled milk and whisk rapidly

mixer so that the milk does not curdle.

Cranberry drink "Red Riding Hood"
Berries sort, wash, squeeze the juice and put it in a cool dark place or in the refrigerator.

Carrots grate, cover with cold boiled water and leave for 1-2 hours. The resulting mass squeeze

the juice and mix it with cranberry. Add lemon juice and a pinch of citric acid, sugar and stir.

The drink served chilled.

Cranberry juice - 0.5-0.7 cups of carrots - 1 kg, lemon - 1 pc., Sugar to taste.


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