Prickly stems, shriveled leaves and juicy berries of the princess are well known to the inhabitants of the Far East, Siberia, the northern latitudes of Europe and America. The people are a low perennial, who chose the raw shady forest lawns and swampy areas, called raspberries, arctic raspberries, strawberries.
Indeed, the princess by the description is in many ways reminiscent of raspberries and strawberries, but a feature of the plant in its healing properties. Not for nothing, folk doctors are widely used in the practice of decoctions, teas and tinctures, as well as extracts from the leaves and berries of the culture.
Many medications are also based on extracts from it. The fruits of raspberries are considered harmless, recommended for children and used in cosmetology.
The chemical composition of princes
The composition of the princess resembles a vitamin well, because it contains a lot of useful substances:
- fructose;
- glucose;
- citric, ascorbic and malic acid;
- vitamin C (400 mg per 100 g of berries);
- essential oils;
- carbohydrates (7 g / 100 g fruits);
- tannins;
- organic dyes;
- about 7% sucrose;
- phytoncides.
Did you know? Legend has it that the name of the princess was due to the fact that its fruits are very loved to feast on princely children. For them, wealthy grandees sent peasants to the forest to pick berries.
Useful properties of princes
Folk healers use perennial as an antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, astringent, tonic and immunity-enhancing agent. Especially the princess is known for the benefits of their berries. Due to diuretic properties, they are effective in treating urolithiasis and gout. 
They are also used for rheumatism, liver and intestinal diseases, for the treatment and prevention of vitamin deficiency, scurvy, anemia. Extracts from forest fruits have a beneficial effect on human skin.
Broths, teas and water tinctures princes are useful for tonsillitis, sore throat, pharyngitis, stomatitis, cough and bronchial asthma. The prepared medicine is used both inside, and for rinsing. Moreover, fresh, dry and processed parts of the forest culture are used. But, of course, more nutrients are stored in their raw form.
The grass has proven itself as a wound healing agent. Cooked gruel from its leaves contributes to the treatment of diathesis, urticaria and dermatitis, as well as accelerates the healing of abrasions and other open wounds. However, do not take culture as a panacea. Remember that, as with any plant, the princess is characterized not only by beneficial properties, but also by some contraindications.
Benefit princes for children
Sweet fragrant raspberry jam is very fond of children. They are eager to drink fresh juices, fruit drinks and teas from its fruits, and they also like raw berries with cream and sugar. Moreover, caring mothers offer their children a healthy marmalade and jelly from the berries of this plant. In addition to the pleasant taste and aroma, such sweets and drinks have healing properties: relieves inflammation in the oral cavity and intestinal tract, as well as effective for diarrhea.
Often, the princess is recommended for the treatment and prevention of scurvy. With daily use of fruits, a little restlessness is provided with vitality, a burst of energy and does not threaten low hemoglobin and anemia.
Collection, preparation and storage of berries and leaves of the princess
Medicinal properties of plants explain the desire of many people to stock up on them for the winter. Knowledgeable berries claim that the harvest season of the Arctic raspberry comes in July and lasts until August. Then, at the apogee of the growing season, leaves are also harvested. When collecting forest fruits, it is important to take into account their delicate structure. Therefore, collection should be done carefully, and recycling should be carried out immediately. Also carefully collect and leaves, so as not to damage the bush.
Important! Compresses from scalded leaves of the princess are applied to remove tumors.
Drying leaves and berries
It is better to dry the collected raw materials by air-solar method. The leaves and berries are gently laid out with a thin ball on a piece of cardboard and placed in a dry place protected from wind and dust. In most cases, such an ideal place is the attic.
Periodically blanks turn over. The fruits will be ready in about a week, and the leaves in two or three days.
If the weather conditions do not allow drying in a natural way, you can use the oven or electric dryer, but before that the berries still need to be slightly dried in the sun. Then, the pan is placed in an oven heated to 60 degrees and dried for four hours.
Berry Frost
The use of the princess in folk medicine in frozen form is becoming increasingly popular. Berries are first carefully sorted out, discarding the stalk, leaves and debris, then washed and thrown into a colander to glass the water.
Dried fruit can be frozen in two ways:
- Berries are poured in a thin layer on a baking sheet and placed in the freezer until completely frozen. Then pour in plastic bags.
- Prepared fruit, after drying, laid out in portion trays and put in the freezer for storage. Some housewives sprinkle them with sugar.
Juice from princely berries
To make it, washed berries are thrown onto a sieve, and then boiled over. Fruits squeeze through gauze scrupulously, and the resulting juice is put in a cold place. Only fresh drink has medicinal properties, therefore it is not recommended to keep it for a long time.
Some housewives improve the taste of the berries, especially since this contributes to the calorie berries of the princess, not exceeding 27 Kcal.
For example, princely juice can be mixed with sugar, in a ratio of 250 ml per 1 cup. The resulting syrup must be boiled, after which it will be possible to store it in the refrigerator for much longer than regular juice.
The use of princes in traditional medicine
There are many therapeutic recipes, which include the princess. We offer you a selection of the most affordable and effective in preparation.
Benefits Juice princes
Such drinking invigorates, gives vitality, strengthens the immune system and enriches the body with vitamins. Raspberry juice is recommended for intestinal disorders and iron deficiency. It also quenches thirst, reduces body temperature.
The benefits of tea with princes
From the leaves of the forest perennial tea is prepared, which helps with respiratory diseases, coughing, problems with the bronchi. For its preparation is enough 1 tablespoon of crushed dried leaves pour a glass of boiling water.
It is good to wrap up so that it is present, and put it in a warm place. After an hour, the composition will be completely ready for use.
Recommended dose: 125 ml 4 times a day. In addition, tea has healing properties. In this case, it is applied externally, putting compresses to the wounds. Thus, it is possible to disinfect a wound and to draw out pus from it.
Tinctures of princess leaves
- For the treatment of stomach disorders a glass of boiling water pour 1 tablespoon of crushed dry or fresh leaves. Insist for an hour, then take one tablespoon three times a day.
- When gastritis, enterocolitis and colitis prepare the tincture of 3 tablespoons of leaves of grass and a glass of boiling water. Insist 2 hours. Take ¼ cup three times a day after meals.
Did you know? Residents of Finland are making raspberry jam, wine and marmalade. Also on sale you can find a unique alcohol tincture and medicinal herbal tea.
Tinctures of fruits of princes
- With stomatitis, inflammation of the oral cavity and upper respiratory tract prepare tinctures for rinsing. To do this, 1 tablespoon of dried fruit is poured with a glass of boiling water and infused for 15 minutes.
- In order to establish the work of the gastrointestinal tract take inside 1/3 cup of warm tincture. To prepare it, 3 tablespoons of the princes' berries are poured with two cups of boiled water. When the composition is infused, it is filtered and drunk warm three times a day, before meals.
- As a general tonic Pour 3 tablespoons of berries with two glasses of boiling water and insist for an hour. After that filter and take 3 times a day for half a cup.
How to use the princess in cosmetology
The uniqueness of forest shrubs also lies in its beneficial effects on the skin of the face and body. In cosmetology, plant extract is used in vitamin complexes, nourishing and moisturizing creams. Means, based on the princess, tone up the skin and trigger the natural mechanism of its rejuvenation.
Culture is popular both at home and at a professional level. Often women prepare elemental masks from berries, which, when shaved off, relieve inflammation from the skin of the face and give vitality. Such means are recommended even to children.
Contraindications
To say that the princess is harmful - it is impossible, because it is not recommended to use her fruit only with individual sensitivity and allergic reactions. Although given the presence in the culture of vitamin C, from the reception should also be kept people suffering from ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract.
