Since ancient times, people have appreciated the healing properties of green plants. Among them, one can distinguish a pretty shrub - irga, the berries, bark and leaves of which have a number of useful properties.

This deciduous shrub grows throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found in North Africa and America, in the Far East, in the Caucasus and in the Crimea. It often grows in forest glades, in the mountains and among thickets of various bushes.

Irga feels great on any soil, with the exception of swampy areas where stagnant waters are present. The main thing is that there is enough light for the fruit to ripen. In such conditions, the berries are large, juicy and healthy. This is especially true for cultivated varieties. On average, up to 15 kg of berries can be harvested from each such bush during the entire period of fruit ripening.

General description of the shrub and its beneficial properties

The deciduous shrub irga confidently takes its place of honor in the summer cottages of lovers of greenery. The plant looks especially attractive in early spring... When the first leaves appear on the branches, the bush is covered with delicate villi. From the outside, it seems that he is wearing a silver shawl, which gives the plant a unique charm. In the photo of the irgi, you can see many cute flowers that adorn the spring shrub. They are pink or white.

When the inflorescences begin to fall off, along with them, the delicate villi that covered the green leaves disappear. Often, the leaf blade of a shrub can be olive or pinkish in color.

The bark of the trunk is usually gray or brown with a pinkish tint. It is slightly velvety to the touch.

Excellent medicinal properties possess the leaves and bark of the shrub. They are thoroughly dried, crushed and stored in a cool room. Useful substances are stored for about 2 years.

The plant is distinguished by a dense crown of simple green or gray leaves. During the fruiting period, on the bush, you can see miniature fruits with pink barrels, collected on one brush. Unripe berries are cream colored, and when ripe, they take on a purple or purple color.

Yergi berries have a pleasant taste. The delicate sweetness and juiciness of the fruit attracts young children and adults. Garden birds also love to feast on them, after which they carry seeds of irgi throughout the district.

Berries should be picked from the bush only when ripe. Otherwise, they will lose their healing properties.

Irgi properties

Each fruit contains a huge number of nutrients:

• dietary fiber - up to 25 percent;
• glucose;
• fructose;
• vitamins: C, P, B;
• pectin;
• phytosterols;
• carotene;
• cellulose;
• various trace elements.

Each of these components has a beneficial effect on the human body.

The beneficial properties of irgi berries are manifested when it is used:

• to strengthen the intestinal walls;
• improving food digestion;
• with diseases of the heart or blood vessels;
• with a lack of vitamins;
• against tonsillitis or tonsillitis;
• to maintain a diet;
• as a sedative.

Often, the juice from the fruits of this shrub is attributed to the elderly for good heart function. Inflorescence tincture helps to normalize sleep and blood pressure. In the photo presented, the berry of the irgi is clearly visible in its external features.

In cooking, the fruits of the shrub are used to make various drinks, preserves or jams. Raw berries are used as a filling for tartlets and even cakes. They make fragrant marmalade and purple marshmallows.

The fruits are amenable to drying, while maintaining vitamin set... In winter, a decoction can be prepared from them to increase immunity.

To get the most out of the wonderful berries, contraindications and beneficial features irgi. For example, if a person suffers from poor blood clotting, the fruits can harm him. This is especially true for those who work with various dangerous devices. When injured, it will be much more difficult to stop the bleeding.

Also, the berry is useful as a sedative, but its frequent use leads to a delayed reaction. This is something to think about for car drivers who are under constant stress. At a crucial moment, they can lose their vigilance and get hurt. Therefore, it is wiser to adhere to the golden principle - it is better to have a little bit of different things than to get hung up on one thing.

In order not to lose the ripe harvest of berries, it is advisable to install a scarecrow scarecrow on the bush. Otherwise, birds that love purple irgi fruits will replenish their vitamin reserves, and people will be left with nothing.

Acquaintance with the variety of varieties

Cute green plant that decorates country houses and summer cottages, attracts the attention of gardeners. In the photo, the irga is shown against the background of other park crops, as its bright highlight. According to some reports, there are about 25 species of this plant. Some of them are especially beautiful.

Irga canadian

A charming variety in the northern latitudes - Canadian Irga. Some people know it as a berry or grape of the northerners. From its wonderful fruits, a wonderful drink is prepared that looks like wine.

The shrub can grow up to 7 meters. Its oblong stems form a wide, dense oval crown. The leaves of the bush are ovoid, of unusual color. When the plant is just blooming, they are brownish, in summer period- gray, and in autumn - reddish or golden.

To the touch, the leaf plate is soft with a delicate fluff, slightly rough. The shrub blooms in late spring with large white flowers, which are collected in graceful brushes.

Bush fruits resemble. Round light pink "apples", as they ripen, acquire first a blue and then a purple hue. Ripe fruits are covered with a wax coating. The taste is sweet, since the berries contain little acid and a lot of sugar.

There are in nature different kinds such shrubs. Descriptions of varieties of canadian irgi indicate all the delights of this useful plant:

Snow-white inflorescences are collected in brushes, on which they develop dark red fruits... As they mature, they become almost black in color.

If there is a desire to grow shrubs in an urban environment, "Ballerina" perfectly tolerates gas pollution. At the same time, the berries do not accumulate harmful substances.

Irga Lamarca

A large deciduous shrub plant - Lamarca's irga reaches up to 5 m in height. Differs in green oval leaves with a jagged frame.

Inflorescences small size, white. They appear on the bush in huge numbers, which looks very beautiful. Lamarck's irgi fruits have useful properties, therefore they are widely used in cooking.

Irga ordinary

This fruiting deciduous upright shrub grows up to 3 m in height. It has a wide crown consisting of thin branches. At first they are silver in color, but with age they acquire a brown tint. At the tips of young shoots, corymbose inflorescences are formed, resembling stars. The buds are usually white with a pinkish tinge. Bloom for about 10 days. During this period, the bush looks especially attractive against the background of other plants in the garden.

Irga ordinary can grow in one place for about 15 years. She is not afraid of strong winds, droughts or frosts.

Healing berries appear when the shrub is at least 4 years old. They are slightly smaller in size than artificially bred varieties. Color - dark blue, almost black with a whitish bloom.

Irga round-leaved

Deciduous garden shrub- round-leaved irga reaches 4.5 m in height. Its young shoots are slightly drooping. They are painted bright brown.

The leaf plate is 3.5 cm wide and 4 cm long on average. Top part It is painted in dark green, the lower one with a pale white tint. In the autumn, it becomes scarlet and bright yellow. Elliptical shape, oval top. The edging of the sheet is notched.

Inflorescences in the form of corymbose brushes up to 10 flowers of white, yellowish or cream color. Berries on the bush appear first green, then scarlet. When fully ripe, they acquire a dark blue, almost black color. Each fruit is distinguished by a gray bloom. They have useful properties, slightly acidic in taste. Ripen gradually, starting in July.

Irga spiky

A shrub of this type during the flowering period resembles a fragrant bird cherry. It is a compact version of an ornamental plant with a height of 2 to 6 m.

Irga spicate has oval leaves with small notches. During flowering, they are practically invisible due to the many white or pinkish inflorescences. Later, the shrub is covered with medicinal berries with an unusual sweet taste.

Representatives of this variety live up to 30 years of age. This makes them leaders against the background of other fruit bushes.

Irga spikelet can withstand frosts above 15 degrees, for which it is valued by the inhabitants of Siberia.

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Irga - ornamental plant, which has the form of a direct large shrub, less often a small tree. Irga blooms with beautiful white inflorescences. Every summer, numerous bluish-black fruits can be seen on its branches, and in the fall this tree takes on an excellent multi-colored outfit.

Amazing plant

Irga photo

Extraordinarily aromatic and beautiful plant Irga belongs to the Rosaceae family. Irga has no particular preferences for the growing environment, is quite resistant to severe frosts and even frosts, grows in any soil with different acidity... The only thing that needs to be done in order to get a good harvest of large, fresh, sweet berries is to provide a large amount of sunlight... In this regard, if the gardener does not plan to grow a large dense hedge, but he wants to get its fruits, it is necessary that the distance between the bushes be at least 3 m.
There are about 25 species of this shrub around the world. Most often, irgu can be found in the Caucasus, in the Crimea, in the Urals, in Siberia, Kazakhstan, and less often in the Far East. Irga grows very quickly, has powerful roots, and the first fruits can be harvested after planting in the third year. Since it has very sweet fruits, birds love to feast on it, so the gardener needs to be on the alert and protect the plant from various damages.
In order for the irga plant to have a large and juicy berry every year, in addition to sunlight, it needs to provide regular fertilization, weed and loosen the ground nearby, and cut off excess branches. It is advisable to feed the plant with organic and nitrogen-containing substances every spring, and in the fall to add potassium sulfate, as well as wood ash.

Irgi varieties

several varieties of irgi are known

There are different types of irgi:

• Common is a two-meter shrub with dense dark green leaves. As a rule, it begins to bloom in mid-May, and the collection of purple fruits with a waxy bluish bloom falls on July. Among the people, Irga ordinary has another name - oval.
• Round-leaved - in some areas such irgu is referred to as an oval type. It has long, narrow white flowers and ripens in July.
• Spike irga refers to tall plants, it is distinguished by ovoid leaves and bright pink or white flowers. Its large purple-black fruits, which taste like the round-leaved type of irgi, begin to be harvested at the end of July.
• Canadian - the most vigorous species of this plant, with thin drooping branches, large oblong leaves, white flowers and almost black large fruits, which are harvested in July and August. At proper care an eight-year-old berry shrub of this type of irga can give about 10 kg. fruits.
• Lamarca, expanding, forms a wide, large bush. Ovate leaves reach a size of 7-10 cm, the flowering period begins in early June.

Composition and useful properties of irgi

In that amazing plant contains a lot of useful substances that have a beneficial and therapeutic effect on the human body. First of all, these are:

• organic acids (especially a lot of malic acid in it),
• pectins,
• flavonols,
• trace elements (copper, cobalt, lead),
• monosaccharides and disaccharides,
• cellulose,
• sterols,
• vitamins of group B, C, P and many others.

The bark and leaves of the plant contain tannins, and the seeds contain a fatty oil.
Irga is considered a storehouse of carotene, which in combination with ascorbic acid acts as a powerful antioxidant. Its action is aimed at increasing resistance to stress, viral and infectious diseases, it relieves depressive states... Also, such an antioxidant creates a protective barrier against cancer and damage to the nervous system. The pectins contained in irga remove heavy metals, radionuclides, toxins from the human body, lower cholesterol levels, and normalize the functioning of the heart and blood vessels.

Application in medicine

with a sore throat, it is useful to drink fresh juice from irgi berries

The fruits of the irga plant help to improve digestion and strengthen the intestines. Fresh berries are a good multivitamin remedy and are used as a prophylaxis and for treatment of vitamin deficiency, atherosclerosis, gastrointestinal and cardiovascular diseases. Quite often, irgi fruits are prescribed as an astringent in the treatment of inflammatory processes in the intestines.
With sore throat, sore throat, stomatitis in folk medicine it is recommended to use fresh juice made from its berries, and as a dietary and astringent drink it is useful to drink irgi juice in combination with juice from wild pears and apples.
Due to the large amount of vitamin P, irga is often prescribed to elderly people with vascular problems to increase their elasticity. It is also used for varicose veins and to prevent myocardial infarction. Irga has an excellent calming effect with increased nervousness, insomnia, it is used to strengthen the central nervous system. A tincture made from the flowers of this medicinal plant, is indicated for the use of hypertensive patients to lower blood pressure and normalize heart rhythm disturbances.
In addition, fresh juice from its berries has an antibacterial, hemostatic, healing effect, is used in the treatment of purulent wounds, ulcers, cuts, fractures, as well as in diseases of the kidneys, liver and bladder.

The use of irgi in cooking

yergi berries make delicious jam

Irga shows useful properties not only in the form of medicines, it is a popular product in cooking. Separately collected its fruits lose juice, so if you want to dry it, remove them with whole brushes.
This is a dietary berry, so irgu can often be found in many complex diets for those who are going to lose weight and at the same time replenish the body with useful substances. It can be used in fresh, freeze, dry. Irga Krasnoyarskaya and ordinary are often used as raw materials for compote, preserves, marmalades and jam.
Properly dried berries are also called northern raisins: they practically do not differ in taste from real raisins. Our grandmothers often called irgu korinka and used it to prepare various confectionery products as a filling. Powder is prepared from the dried fruits of the shrub, which is then added to sauces to give them a special piquancy. For the preparation of pies, you can also use the fruits of the plant, grated with sugar, only it should be borne in mind that such a filling, unlike jam, will not stand for a long time even in the refrigerator, since sugar can begin to ferment.

• Irga ordinary will retain useful properties if you make kvass from it. Ripe berries (1 kg) should be crushed with a wooden pestle, covered with water (10 liters), brought to a boil, cooled and filtered. Then add 2 cups of honey and 25-30 gr. yeast. The mixture should ferment, so it should be left in a warm place for 10-12 hours. Then the finished kvass is poured into bottles.
• For those with a sweet tooth, you can make jelly from irgi berries. After collecting them, they must be kept for one week, so that the juice is easier to squeeze out. Then the berries are washed, crushed, heated at 60 ° C for 10 minutes and squeezed out. 2 glasses of irgi juice are mixed with 2 glasses of red or white currant juice, 600 gr. sugar and bring to a boil. When the juice has cooled down, you can drink it.
• Dessert wine can be made from irgi. Just keep in mind that the acidity of the berries is insufficient, so about 20% of white or red currant juice should be added to their juice. Before starting the process, it is good to slightly dry the berries of the berry, this will improve the aroma and increase its sugar content.

Jan-6-2017

What is Irga?

What is irga, useful properties and contraindications of irgi, as well as whether it has any medicinal properties, all this is of great interest to those who lead a healthy lifestyle, monitor their health, and are interested in folk methods of treatment, including with the help of berries and fruits. So we will try to answer these questions in the following article.

Irga belongs to the Apple subfamily of the Pink family. It looks like a deciduous shrub or small tree.

She was one of the plants whose fruits were most used American Indians and the first settlers of North America. During the period of the development of America, Europeans added irgi fruits along with lemon and rhubarb to bison and deer meat dishes. Beginning in the 16th century, irga appeared in England, then in Holland. The berries were used to make wine reminiscent of Cahors. In the nineteenth century, the first industrial plantings were laid in the USA and Canada. Now it is spread almost all over the world. There are 25 known species. It is cultivated in central and southern Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. The largest number species of irgi are found in North America. Many of them are very winter-hardy, and selected varieties can be grown even in gardens in the Far North.

Our irga grows in the wild in the Caucasus and Crimea. In garden culture, it is found in the Urals, Siberia and Kazakhstan. At one time, gardeners of the European part of Russia became interested in her, but then the passion passed, and now she is rarely met. She easily adapts to environmental conditions and easily runs wild and so grows.

All types of irgi are edible. The most famous species: irga round-leaved, irga smooth, irga escaping (also called korinka), irga alder, blood-red irga, medium irga, irga spiky, Canadian irga.

Irga round-leaved earlier than others became widespread in culture - back in the 16th century. She came to Russia from Europe. This plant is extremely unpretentious.

It can grow in the North in areas where it is no longer possible to grow apple, pear and plum.

The fruits of the irgi do not ripen at the same time on the brush. Harvesting is carried out in several stages, as the berries ripen. Fresh berries can be stored for 2-3 days in room conditions. When stored in a refrigerator at 0 ° C, this period is significantly increased.

Fruits are dark purple in color with a thick bluish bloom, sweet and very juicy.

The benefits of irgi:

The fruits of the common irgi and the canadian irgi are used fresh, dried, and they are used to prepare jam, marshmallow, jelly, jelly, compotes, puddings, and wine.

Irgi fruits are a good multivitamin remedy, they are used for the treatment of hypo- and avitaminosis, for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases. Fresh fruit juice has astringent properties.

The plant has long been used in folk medicine: juice - for gargling with tonsillitis, inflammation of the mouth, decoctions of bark and leaves - as an astringent and enveloping agent for gastrointestinal diseases and the treatment of purulent wounds.

Tincture and infusion of canadian irgi flowers is recommended as a means of reducing blood pressure and improving the activity of the heart.

Irga is appreciated and how beautiful ornamental shrub: many beautiful leaves, abundant flowering and fruiting, as well as general decorative view, which the bushes retain from the beginning of the growing season to the end of the leaf fall, allow it to be used to decorate gardens and areas around the house.

It tolerates constant smoke conditions well, therefore it is recommended for landscaping industrial plants.

Irgi has a strong and resilient wood, gray with reddish veins. It is easy to polish, it is used to make walking sticks, cleaning sticks and other small items. The bark and leaves are used in medicine.

Harm:

Despite the many positive properties and the obvious benefits of irgi, the use of the fruits can harm the human body.

Do not get carried away with the use of berries for people prone to obesity and diabetes. The high carbohydrate content of the fruit pulp can cause spikes in blood sugar and lead to weight gain.

Irgi berries should be introduced into the diet of young children with caution in order to avoid allergic reactions. The same applies to adults with a predisposition to skin rashes.

The fruits of this shrub will only bring maximum benefit to humans if they are collected in ecologically clean areas, away from industrial enterprises and highways. Irgi berries have the ability to absorb toxic substances, including microparticles of heavy metals.

Fresh fruits of the plant should not be consumed in combination with dairy products. Due to the effect of the tannins of irgi on the milk protein, it quickly folds. This causes a malfunction of the digestive processes and, as a result, stomach discomfort, accompanied by diarrhea.

Calorie content of irgi:

The calorie content of irgi, however, like all berries, is low and amounts to 45 kcal per hundred grams of product.

Proteins, fats and carbohydrates in irge (BJU) per 100 grams:

Proteins - 0.0

Fats - 0.0

Carbohydrates - 12.0

Irgi berries should be harvested as they ripen, from July to last numbers August or even September, until the first frosts come.

It is better to harvest the bark of the irgi for medicinal purposes in the fall, and the leaves in the summer.

After drying, pieces of bark and leaves are packed in linen bags or cardboard boxes for further storage.

Do not put them in plastic bags. In them, the leaves and bark of the irgi can begin to rot.

Irgi fruits contain up to 12% sugars, malic and other organic acids, tannins and dyes, flavonols, vitamins P, C, group B, carotene, trace elements, fiber, pectins; the seeds contain fatty oil, and the bark and leaves contain tannins.

Irga contains B-sitosterol, which is a cholesterol antagonist and a valuable multivitamin; therefore, irga is extremely useful for the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.

Irgi fruits improve digestion and strengthen the intestines. Due to the high content of vitamins, fresh berries are used for the prevention and treatment of hypo- and avitaminosis, atherosclerosis, as well as cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases. Under the supervision of a physician, irgi fruits are used in the form of astringent decoctions for inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases.

Tinctures from irgi flowers reduce blood pressure and normalize the heart, and juice from the fruit is useful for people with cardiovascular diseases and normalizes the intestines in case of its disorders.

In folk medicine, fresh irgi berry juice is used as a dietary and medicinal drink with astringent properties, a mixture of it with juices of wild apples and pears. The abundance of vitamin P makes it possible to recommend irgi fruits and juices from them to the elderly to strengthen the walls of blood vessels and increase their elasticity, prevent myocardial infarction and varicose veins. Irga normalizes sleep and strengthens the body.

Fresh irgi berries help children and adults with insomnia and restless sleep, having a calming effect on the nervous system.

It is almost impossible to squeeze juice from fresh irgi berries. But if the berries are kept for 7-10 days, scattering them over the surface (table, box, etc.) with a layer of 2-3 cm, then it will be possible to squeeze out up to 70% of the juice with a press or a juicer.

Wash the berries, crush with a wooden crush (or squeeze in a juicer), squeeze the juice with a press, heat to +85 ° C. You can also mix the juice of sour berries with the juice of sour berries in a 2: 1 ratio with the addition of 250-350 g of sugar per 1 liter of the mixture. Heat the juice and bottle it (can be pasteurized).

Take 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day for disorders and inflammatory conditions of the intestines. Pure or diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2 juice is used in the form of gargling for sore throat and chronic tonsillitis. It can also be used to cleanse purulent wounds.

A decoction of the bark and leaves of irgi: pour the chopped raw materials with boiling water 1:10 and keep on low heat for 30 minutes, cool, strain, squeeze the raw materials. Drink 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day as an astringent. For the same purposes, you can simply eat irgi berries.

Decoction of leaves: boil 1 tablespoon of chopped dry or fresh leaves in 2 glasses of water for 4–5 minutes, leave for 20 minutes, drain. Apply to treat purulent wounds. In case of intestinal upset, drink 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.

Infusion: 2 tablespoons of dry fruits or 1 tablespoon of crushed irgi bark pour 2 cups of boiling water, boil for 15 minutes, leave for 2 hours, drain. Take 13 glasses 3-4 times a day for inflammatory processes.

Recipes from the book by N. Zvonarev “Sea buckthorn, honeysuckle, irga. We grow, look after, procure, we treat ”.

How is Irga useful in weight loss diets?

Regular consumption of the fruits of this plant normalizes the digestion process and relieves most of the problems associated with it. Irga is important, first of all, because it removes radioactive substances, toxins, slags and heavy metal salts from the body. Thus, metabolic processes are being established in your body, as a result of which fats do not turn into extra pounds.

There are several ways to lose weight with irgi. Some people like to cook and drink compote from the fruits of this plant, others prefer fruit drink from irgi, others argue that there is nothing better for losing weight than an infusion from this plant.

All of these methods are effective in losing weight. It is important to find the most convenient and the best option, with the help of which you will lose extra pounds, and your health will be strengthened at the same time.

But do not forget that these berries should not be consumed in large quantities. Here the main quality and useful properties of the product, not its quantity. You can eat several berries of the plant per day, you can arrange a fasting day, when, in addition to berries, you can only eat dairy products and drink tea without sugar.

In 10 days, you can get rid of 3-4 kg, and this is not the final figure, because the diet can be continued, and then you will achieve an even better result.

Such an unusual and at the same time tasty healing berry can be found in many countries of the Northern Hemisphere, which have a temperate climate, including Russia. Here you can identify the irga in the form of a shrub or a small tree with rounded leaves and blue berries.

Most often, irga germinates in the wild, without human help, but connoisseurs of this plant already have experience of artificially growing it in their backyards.

Irga is divided internally into many types, but all of them are used in the human food industry. Most often, there is an ordinary irga, in which you can observe large and juicy blue berries, covered with a certain grayish (bluish) bloom on top. The unique medicinal properties of irgi are known all over the world, so the plant is widely used in folk medicine.

You can find these unique shrubs and small trees on any six acres. And many of the Russians do not even know that those growing on their site blue berries not only have unique taste, but are also rich in minerals and valuable vitamins.

Today, botanists and other flora experts have about 25 species of this plant. All of them germinate in sufficient quantities on the territory of Russia, in Europe (more often its southern and central parts), in Japan, as well as in the States (northern part) and in northern Africa. This is due to the fact that the plant quickly and easily adapts to new conditions and is an absolutely unpretentious shrub.

For a long time, Russians have used irgi berries to make jams and wines similar to modern Cahors. Unfortunately, modern residents of Russia use the plant for the most part as an object of decoration for the site, since the shrub easily copes with frosts and pleases the eye with its aesthetic appeal for many years.

Healing properties

In one berry of irgi, you can find a whole complex of vitamins and trace elements, for example, vitamins B, A, C and P, sugars and flavonoids, pectins and tannins, as well as acids and a whole list of trace elements. And the achene of the irgi has fatty oils that are indispensable in the treatment of many diseases.

So, what kind of ailments can be treated with the fruits of a shrub or irgi tree?

For digestive disorders, berries have a bonding effect. The work of the digestive system is significantly improved, the microflora is improving.

Due to the fact that the berries contain the active substance pectin, it perfectly lowers the level of cholesterol in the blood, and cleanses the body of toxins and toxins.

Vitamin P as active ingredient berries, is the best preventive substance against heart attack, as well as from varicose veins. All this is explained by the fact that vitamin P strengthens the walls of capillaries and blood vessels, increasing their firmness and elasticity.

Due to the presence of such substances in berries as phytosterols and coumarins, the plant helps to reduce excessive blood clotting.

Vitamin A in irge is an excellent prophylactic against eye diseases such as cataracts, inflammation, night blindness and chronic eye fatigue.

Irga is an excellent way to prevent atherosclerosis, as well as thrombosis, liver and kidney diseases. The plant saturates the body with vitamins during the period of aggravated vitamin deficiency.

The nervous system will improve after taking irgi berries, as its substances help to establish its functioning and even treat insomnia.

Making vodka extract on irga, taking it cures high blood pressure, restores the normal functioning of the heart.

If fresh juice is prepared from irgi, they treat stomatitis, tonsillitis, and also take 50 ml orally in case of exacerbation of gastritis. If you soak a cloth in irgi juice, such a compress will help heal burns.

The leaves of the plant have enveloping properties, they are used for external treatment of skin ailments. The antiseptic properties of the leaves help flush and heal purulent wounds.

For people who are overweight, overuse of irgi berries can lead to more weight gain, as they are high in carbohydrates.

Contraindications for use

Despite such an impressive list of useful properties of irgi, the plant will not be useful and healing for all people. Of course, the list of contraindications is relatively small, but you should definitely listen to it.

• Irgi berries are prohibited for people with low blood pressure. This is due to the fact that due to active substances inside the berries, the pressure can drop even more. We are talking about the regular intake of berries or their use in large quantities.
• Frequent consumption of irgi berries is prohibited for people who are driving. The soothing and relaxing effects of berries can provoke circumstances in which the driver can fall asleep while on the road. You can eat such berries only in small doses.
• Individual intolerance to one or another component of the berries, provoking an allergic reaction.

In general, any useful substance will benefit the human body only in moderate dosages, the same applies to irgi berries.

Rules for the collection and storage of irgi

In order for the treatment with irgi berries to be effective, you need to know the rules for harvesting and storing it. Fruits are harvested no later than with the onset of the first autumn month. To do this, you need to pick fruits from a shrub or tree, which have a rich color, juiciness and excellent taste. To do this, you can open the query "irga photo" in the Internet search engine and see exactly how ripe berries look.

Berry storage rules:

1. Drying. If it's sunny outside warm weather, the berries need to be dried under the rays of the sun. If this is not possible, an ordinary oven in the kitchen will come to the rescue. The temperature is set in it not higher than 60 degrees, while it is very important to ventilate the berries. As a result, you should get berries in the form of raisins, which can be used throughout the winter for prevention and treatment.
2. Freezing. Most often, housewives in the kitchen resort to help freezer where the berries can lie before the onset of winter. The washed berries are first dried, then sent to the freezer. Place the berries in the unfolded state for a couple of hours, then pour the berries into a bag and store until the desired time. This way of storing berries saves everything useful material and plant properties.

Irga and traditional medicine

The benefits of irgi berries are also proven from a medical point of view. In addition, according to doctors, this plant is indispensable for human body in any form. But the most valuable contribution to health can be made by eating fresh berries.

Traditional and folk medicine has long been using not only irgi berries, but also its bark and foliage to treat a huge list of human diseases. Due to the presence of amelanchier in the composition, all the valuable properties of the berries are preserved even after heat treatment and remain at a level throughout the year, saturating the human body with valuable microelements and vitamins.

Many medicines for poisoning contain components of irgi berries. The berry's astringent properties make it indispensable in the treatment of indigestion.

Irga is also used in medicine to treat thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, and fragility of blood vessels. Blood clots can be prevented by taking irgi juice, which thins the blood. Medicines based on amelanchier are used to combat oncology.

Traditional medicine and recipes with irga

A plant such as irga, as well as its fruits, found their vocation not only in traditional medicine, but primarily in traditional medicine. Today from the past from sages and ancestors to modern society reached unique miraculous recipes that cure various diseases.

Tincture recipe for heart and hypertension

V glass jar you need to place the berries so that they fill its third part. After that, the berries are pressed down a little wooden spoon... Next, fill the jar to the neck with vodka, send the tincture to a dark place for 3 days. After infusion, the mixture must be filtered from the berries, the resulting liquid is stored in the cold and taken 5 grams before meals.

Recipe for decoction from the bark for diseases of the stomach and intestines

Place 10 grams of chopped pre-harvested bark in a saucepan. In 2 glasses of water, everything is cooked over low heat for 20-25 minutes. After that, the broth is covered with a warm towel and thus defended briefly before cooling. After that, the broth is filtered through cheesecloth and diluted with boiled water. The mixture is taken in half a glass 4-5 times a day.

Flower tincture recipe for hypertension and heart disease

This recipe is suitable for those people who cannot stand alcoholic tinctures. 2 tablespoons of dried or freshly harvested irgi flowers are sent to the vessel. After that, 2 glasses of boiled water are sent there. Having wrapped the vessel with broths as carefully as possible, you need to set it aside until it cools completely. Further, the raw materials are strained from the remnants of flowers, before each meal, the infusion is consumed 1 sip.

Tea recipe for nervous disorders and insomnia

3-4 freshly picked leaves of irgi are sent to the mug, after which they are filled with boiled water. Tea is infused for 15-20 minutes, you can sweeten it with honey and drink it regularly before bed.

Unique recipe for sirgi jam

Irgi jam is perfect for those people who do not accept a high sugar content in food and try to limit themselves from sweets. On winter evenings, a cup of tea and irgi jam will be an excellent source of vitamins and protect the body from cold and colds.
To make the jam, you will need the following ingredients:

• 1 kg of harvested berries;
• 300 grams of granulated sugar;
• 200 ml of water;
• citric acid (about 2 grams).

1. We mix water and sugar and prepare syrup for future jam.
2. Blanch the washed berries in boiling water for about 2 minutes.
3. The berries are transferred to the syrup, then the mixture is brought to a boil.
4. The jam is infused for 12 hours.
5. After that, they put in the jam citric acid and closed in prepared jars.

Most often, such a jam is appropriate if irga is used for diabetes. A small amount of sugar will not harm a diabetic, so you can safely pamper yourself with this healthy dessert, but in small quantities, of course.