Lingonberries have beneficial properties for colds. Honey and lingonberries - the healing power of the recipe is strong and multifaceted! How to prepare lingonberry juice

The evergreen lingonberry shrub is an excellent natural medicine that helps heal many ailments, including wet and dry coughs. It has been used in folk medicine for a very long time. Recipes with lingonberries for coughs have been tested for effectiveness by more than one generation of people. They are quite simple and do not require large material or time costs.

What are the benefits of lingonberries?

The plant has many healing properties that have a positive effect on the body weakened by various ailments and strengthen its immunity. Its berries have a huge concentration of various microelements. They contain:

• Vitamins: A, E, PP, B, C.
• Organic acids. Rich in oxalic, lemon, apple, benzoin.
• A large amount of minerals. Especially: potassium, magnesium, iron, sodium, manganese, phosphorus.

In recipes used for the symptomatic treatment of cough, not only lingonberry fruits, but also its leaves are widely used. They help reduce the intensity of reflex spastic exhalations and fight many diseases that cause such a symptom. This happens due to the presence of substances in the leaves that have antimicrobial, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory properties.

Thanks to such a composition rich in vitamins and beneficial elements, lingonberry fruits and leaves are effective in the symptomatic treatment of cough and are widely used in various recipes. Regular use of medicinal compositions from them helps to get rid of the obsessive symptom in a fairly short period of time.

Cough recipes made from lingonberries

The fruits of the plant have a somewhat bitter taste, but quite pleasant. They are liked not only by adults, but also by children. They make compositions that help get rid of cough quite effectively.

Lingonberries are stored well if you simply fill them with water and put them in the refrigerator. According to this recipe, the fruits can be used to make juices, syrups, and the remaining water perfectly helps get rid of a cough.

For reflex spasms of the respiratory tract, it is recommended to take the following formulations:

Cough recipes from lingonberry leaves

For symptomatic treatment aimed at getting rid of reflex spasms of the respiratory tract, not only the fruits of the plant are used. Lingonberry leaves are also very popular. They are sold in any pharmacy, are easy to store and are characterized by low cost.

• The recipe helps fight chest cough attacks. Lingonberry leaves in the amount of 2 tablespoons are poured with 1 glass of boiling water. The container is covered with a lid, the liquid is simmered over low heat for half an hour. After this, the composition must be cooled, poured out, and squeezed out. 200 grams of boiled water is added to the resulting decoction. Take the solution prepared according to this recipe in the morning and before bed, 5 tablespoons. This composition does not need to be made in large volumes, since it can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than 2 days.
• An infusion of lingonberry leaves is recommended for warming compresses. Honey is added to the composition made according to the previous recipe in a 2:1 ratio. Gauze treated with this composition is placed on the chest of a patient suffering from a wet cough, and wrapped on top with a warm scarf or towel. Keep the warm compress for several hours.
• Tea brewed from lingonberry leaves is good for relieving coughing attacks caused by colds.

Contraindications

Lingonberry is a fairly safe medicine. Cough recipes containing it can be used even by pregnant and breastfeeding women. However, there is a small list of contraindications that you need to pay attention to before using this plant for the symptomatic treatment of an unpleasant phenomenon:

• Urolithiasis in the acute stage.
• Past abdominal surgery.
• Stomach ulcer.

In all other cases, lingonberries are recommended as a remedy that perfectly helps to overcome a cough. However, we should not forget that getting rid of a symptom occurs effectively only when treatment for the underlying disease is carried out in parallel. Therefore, lingonberry should be considered as an effective, but additional means, used in combination with other methods and techniques of control.

Dear readers, today I want to talk about lingonberries - the berry of health, there is no other way to say it. This is both a tasty treat and an excellent medicine for our health.

Lingonberries, along with cranberries and blueberries, help us all from various diseases and from lack of vitamins. To preserve it until spring, we do a lot of things: we soak it, dry the leaves, and freeze it. And you just have to sing songs about lingonberry juice - how tasty and healthy everything is, and it will quench your thirst, and relieve your fever, and replenish everything with vitamins, and it’s just a godsend for the kidneys. Let's talk about lingonberries in a little more detail today.

Here in Russia there are plenty of lingonberries. And in the Russian north, and in the tundra, and wherever there are coniferous forests, lingonberries are always collected. Lingonberry harvest occurs between September and November. Such an amazing berry. It tastes a little tart, slightly bitter, and tasty, and beautiful, and very healthy.

According to legend, droplets of living water fell on it, which a kind swallow carried in its beak to give people immortality. An evil wasp stung a swallow, the bird, unable to withstand the pain, shed life-giving moisture. Instead of people, lingonberries, pine and cedar received eternal life, and since then they have been green against the background of withered foliage. So, what are the benefits of lingonberries?

Cowberry. Beneficial features.

• The main advantage of lingonberries is that they contain benzoic acid. It is an antiseptic that helps us cope with all infections. It stops all processes of fermentation and rotting.
• Contains beta-carotene, which is a precursor to vitamin A, which is essential for vision and the formation of new skin cells.
• Lingonberries are rich in vitamin C, which helps our blood vessels and makes them elastic.
• Lingonberries contain very important microelements: copper, chromium, manganese and others.
• Lingonberries have the ability to quickly remove toxins. It is very useful for all intoxications; it even removes salts of heavy metals - lead, cobalt, cesium.
• Has an antipyretic effect.
• Reduces blood sugar levels.
• Strengthens the immune system, replenishes vitamin deficiencies.
• Lingonberry has a choleretic effect.
• Good for all kidneys. Has a diuretic effect.
• Restores metabolism.
• Regulates protein metabolism in the body.
• Reduces blood pressure.
• Has a beneficial effect on the nervous system.
• An excellent anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agent.
• Improves skin condition.

Both the lingonberry itself and its leaves are useful. But we will talk about lingonberry leaves in a separate article. There will just be a lot of material at once.

Cowberry. Contraindications.

Use lingonberries with caution if you have gastritis with high acidity. People with stomach and duodenal ulcers should not take fresh lingonberries. Use with caution for cholecystitis. Lingonberries reduce blood pressure, so use it with caution for all hypotensive patients.

How to choose lingonberries?

First of all, by external appearance: the berries must be dense, whole, without damage, and beautiful. It should not be soft or overripe. It is better to choose lingonberries that have barely reached maturity. If you collect it yourself, then you need to do it away from highways and railways.

How to store lingonberries?

Wash the berries. Dry. Place on a tray. The berries are placed in only one layer and thus frozen. Place them in containers or bags and put everything in the freezer. For those who don’t pick lingonberries themselves, you can buy everything frozen at the market or in the supermarket. Sold all year round.

Or you can simply dry the lingonberries. Wash, dry on a towel at a temperature of 60 degrees, so as not to kill vitamin C, be sure to lay out in one layer and dry. Store in a linen bag in a cool, dry place.

How to eat lingonberries correctly so that they bring health benefits?

It's best to just eat berries. You can make puree. To soften the tart taste, add strawberries, for example, or some other berries or fruits. There is no need to eat it with granulated sugar; it is better to use honey for this.

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Cowberry. Application.

Due to these beneficial properties, lingonberries are used very widely.

For flus and colds, as an antipyretic, to strengthen the immune system (especially in the spring), for the heart, to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, for kidney diseases as a diuretic, for rheumatism, gallstones, for those with gastritis with low acidity, as a mild laxative, for gargling for sore throats and sore throats, for coughs, for diabetes mellitus, since it lowers blood sugar levels, for bladder diseases and some other diseases. It is useful to eat berries for prostate adenoma. Especially when there are problems with urination.

Lingonberry is used for swelling. Moreover, both with cardiac edema and with edema of renal origin.

Perfectly relieves headaches, especially with pain in the back of the head.

Drinking lingonberry juice is very beneficial. This juice is especially recommended to be taken in the initial stages of hypertension. It is very good to give lingonberries to children with bedwetting. It is also widely used in cosmetology. Both face masks are wonderful and an excellent product for hair.

It’s impossible not to notice how good she is at cooking. And pies with lingonberries are always special, and lingonberry jam with apples has a unique taste, and soaked lingonberries, and fruit drinks, and what sauces can be made from it - there are simply no words. The seasonings cinnamon and cloves always go very well with lingonberries. The aroma is indescribable. And some people also make liqueurs from it. In a word, a miracle, not a berry.

Cowberry. Treatment. Recipes for health.

The simplest and most delicious medicine from lingonberries for all diseases.

Mix berries crushed in a mortar or blender in equal quantities with honey (of course, if you are not allergic to it). Take 2 tablespoons in the morning every day. You can use frozen berries.

For gastritis with low acidity.

Instead of taking pills, eat a handful of berries.

Lingonberry juice.

Probably many people's favorite. As for fruit drinks, I am always in favor of careful heat treatment so as not to kill all the beneficial properties of the berry. Do not boil the berries with water, but simply pour the washed, mashed berries with hot water and cover with the lingonberry infusion. Then strain and drink. Better with honey. The proportions are approximately as follows: a glass of berries per half a liter of water (per liter is possible), depending on the richness of the lingonberry juice you want.

Lingonberry juice is good to drink for colds, fever, kidney disease, rheumatism, gallbladder disease, stomach pain, hypertension, those with bladder problems, liver disease, and simply as a general tonic. Probably one of the most delicious medicines.

Lingonberries for weight loss.

Eat lingonberries and lose weight. It normalizes all metabolic processes. Take half a glass of berries per day. You can defrost them. Useful properties are not lost. Due to its diuretic effect, lingonberries will help you get in shape faster and give up diets. But at the same time, be wise: eat less, move more.

In addition to this, you can also use an infusion of lingonberry leaves. But we’ll talk about this in more detail in the next article. The calorie content of lingonberries is very low - 40 kcal per 100 grams, so it is impossible to gain weight from it, but you will definitely get the benefits.

For vitamin deficiency, weakness, just for health.

It is very good to use lingonberries together with rose hips. Take a handful of good berries in equal proportions, also prepare everything like lingonberry juice.

Lingonberry drink:

You can also prepare the following drink: 50 ml of lingonberry juice (can be prepared from frozen berries). Crush the berries, add 150 ml of chilled boiled water, strain. Add honey to taste if desired. Drink 100 ml 3-4 times a day after meals. This same drink is good for constipation, hypertension, headaches, and flu.

For diseases of the kidneys, liver, gallbladder and bladder, for gastritis with low acidity .

Add 1 tsp to half a glass of lingonberry juice. honey, drink 20-30 minutes before meals 2-3 times a day.

For joint pain, rheumatism.

Crush the berries in an enamel bowl and apply to sore spots. Secure everything with a bandage. Change 3 times a day.

For hypertension.

Drink lingonberry juice and eat the berries themselves.

Lingonberry face mask.

Also crush lingonberries in an enamel bowl and apply this mixture to your face. You can add a little honey. Leave for 15 minutes. Rinse off with warm water. Perfectly tones the facial skin and smoothes out wrinkles.

Here are recipes with lingonberries for health and beauty. I think now is the time to remember this berry and improve your health. In spring, our ailments always worsen. You don’t need to take pills right away. You can heal and get healthy in such wonderful ways.

Lingonberry is a healthy berry, because it contains many useful components and compounds. It is actively used in the treatment of colds, as it has an antipyretic and antiviral effect. In addition, lingonberries perfectly strengthen the body's defenses.

Benefit and action

The composition of the lingonberry berry is unique, because it contains a storehouse of vitamins. For example, vitamins A, C, K and group B are important for the body and speed up recovery from a cold. In addition to the vitamins presented, lingonberries contain organic acids, among which are citric and malic. They have a bactericidal effect.

The presence of flavonoids in lingonberries allows the body to receive reliable protection from antioxidants and microbes. Lingonberries for colds and preparations based on them relieve fever, providing an analgesic effect. In addition, lingonberries are very tasty and perfectly tonic.

In the video, lingonberries for colds:

Recipes

There are enough ways to prepare traditional medicines from lingonberries to treat colds. Each of them is tasty and healthy in its own way.

Juice with honey

Wash the lingonberries, sort them, dry them and put them in a juicer. Combine 100 ml of juice with 20 ml of natural honey. Take a healthy drink for colds several times a day.

In the photo - lingonberry juice with honey

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Take a glass of already selected lingonberries, add 2 glasses of water. Place on fire and bring to a boil. Then add 50 g of sugar. Keep the drink on low heat for another 15 minutes. When treating colds, take filtered fruit drink 200 ml 3 times a day.

In the photo - lingonberry juice

Prepared fruit juice copes well with colds, headaches, and also increases defenses.

Infusion

To obtain the following medicine, it is necessary to use not the fruits, but dry twigs and leaves of lingonberries. Pour 200 ml of boiling water over them, leave for about 30 minutes, filter. When treating a cold, you need to take an infusion of 40 ml 5 times a day.

In the photo - lingonberry infusion

Tonic

To boost immunity, you can use this recipe as a basis: pour 30 ml of berry juice into 150 ml of warm water. Add 10 g honey. Drink the resulting drink 3-4 times a day.

Against escalation therapy

To bring down the temperature, you need to drink tea from lingonberry leaves. Take them in an amount of 50 g and pour 600 ml of boiling water. Add a little honey for taste. The daily norm is 2 glasses.

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Comparison with cranberries

The berries of viburnum and lingonberries are very similar to each other. In addition, they effectively cope with colds. But despite this, they have certain differences. For example, viburnum berries taste bitter. They contain a lot of vitamin C, which improves immunity and fights premature aging.

Viburnum is often used in the treatment of colds and prevention in the midst of influenza or ARVI. The presence of vitamin K allows viburnum berries to become an indispensable remedy for the treatment of the heart and blood vessels.

A decoction of viburnum perfectly lowers blood pressure, and a drink made from viburnum fruits, currant leaves and mint perfectly fights unpleasant cold symptoms. To do this, you need to take all the described herbs in an amount of 20 g and pour 200 ml of boiling water. Add honey for taste. Heat the drink, but do not bring to a boil. The infused tea can be consumed several times a day.

In the video - cranberries and lingonberries for colds:

Viburnum bark is very useful for gastrointestinal disorders or for the prevention of gastritis and ulcers. After taking it for a long time, the patient’s condition noticeably improves, he has a surge of vitality and energy, and unpleasant symptoms disappear without a trace.

But lingonberry is a berry that grows in the northern regions. It, like viburnum, contains many useful components. It is often used by people who cannot sleep at night due to stress, experience brittle nails and hair loss. In addition, lingonberries have a bacterial effect. It is taken for gastrointestinal disorders and as a laxative.

Compared to viburnum, cranberries are quite sour, but also have a bitter taste. Its pulp is mealy. It is sweeter than viburnum, as it contains less acids and more sugar. As for the size, cranberries are larger - about 1 cm.

In the photo - cranberries for colds

They have a dark red color, and if you put a little pressure on them, the juice will start to come out. The size of lingonberry fruits is 0.6 cm. They are red in color and have a high density.

Contraindications

And although lingonberries are so useful for colds and a number of other diseases, do not forget about contraindications. First of all, you need to take into account the fact that lingonberries are capable of accumulating radiation. It follows that before using them as a medicine for colds, they must be tested in a laboratory for the presence of radiation.

The category of people who experience low blood pressure, ulcers and gastritis should not abuse lingonberry decoctions and drinks. Lingonberries are not recommended for people who have an acute form of urolithiasis and nephritis. Fresh fruits are prohibited for consumption by those with high acidity of gastric juice.

It must be remembered that consuming lingonberries greatly thins the blood, so people who have recently undergone abdominal surgery or have been hospitalized with internal bleeding should refuse such prophylaxis.

Separately, it is worth considering taking lingonberries during pregnancy. It is approved as a medicine for colds. Moreover, you can consume it in absolutely any form - juice, fruit drink, decoction. Lingonberries will be very useful not only for the mother, but also for the baby.

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But at the same time, it is worth understanding that taking the healing drink for a long time is unacceptable. This is due to the fact that lingonberries contain a lot of vitamin C, which can lead to allergies and a number of complications.

Lingonberry is a real gift of nature, as its berries treat numerous diseases, including colds. With the help of a healing drink based on lingonberries, you can reduce fever, improve the general condition of the patient, and relieve fragility and lethargy. In addition, lingonberries are not only healthy, but also surprisingly tasty, so not only adults, but even children will enjoy taking it.

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Lingonberry against colds. Article competition No. 58

Lingonberry for colds, against colds

It is known that lingonberries are a very useful remedy for colds, sore throats, acute respiratory infections, flu, and runny nose. It has a number of useful elements that help protect the human body from the effects of negative factors. It is better to take care of your health than to be treated later with antibiotics and various harmful medications. It also serves as prevention.

How to treat with lingonberries:

1. Brewing;

2. Inhalations;

3. In the diet.

These berries not only treat sore throat, acute respiratory infections, runny nose and other colds, but also have a tonic property. It also has an antiseptic and bactericidal effect on the human body. Lingonberries have a high content of vitamin C.

What methods of treatment with lingonberries exist?

A healing substance, brewed in boiling water and sprinkled with a small amount of sugar, improves a person’s physical condition. Those who tried this method of folk treatment were able to get back on their feet after two days of illness.

Simply crush the berries in a vessel and pour boiling water over them. Then you need to add sugar to taste. Of course, you can do without the latter, but drinking it just like that is even healthier. This is how coughs, acute respiratory infections, and colds can be cured. It is important to drink this infusion every 3-4 hours. And at elevated temperatures, you can use this method.

Recipes.

During colds, acute respiratory infections, flu Many people use infusions prepared from lingonberry leaves and branches for recovery. These components are very useful and have a beneficial effect. To prepare this infusion, you need to chop the branches and leaves. You only need 50g, just pour boiling water over them. The prepared drink needs to steep for about 45 minutes. Then you can use it. You just need to do this when the infusion is warm, about 4 times a day.

In addition to the above, lingonberry infusion is wonderful drives away a sore throat. Jam that is cooked with honey is useful. It contains a very large number of useful elements.

Colds, coughs, acute respiratory infections treats wonderfully and lingonberry juice with honey. It can be prepared very simply. First you need to wash the berries well and dry them. Then, to grind them, you can use a regular juicer. For the treatment to be effective, 100 g of lingonberry juice should be mixed with a tablespoon of honey. It is better to drink the drink three times a day not cold.

An interesting way to treat.

Most people, to prevent various diseases, viruses, flu, and other ailments, prepare lingonberry infusion . It is made with vodka. You just need to mix the berries with vodka. The health elixir should be infused for two weeks. It can be taken every day, a teaspoon. While the drink is infused, it must be shaken occasionally in the bottle. At the same time, remember that even frozen fruits can be used to prevent and cure various diseases.

Benefits of prevention.

Lingonberries contain many useful components that help fight colds and diseases. If it becomes noticeable that diseases often visit the human body, then you should think about going to a qualified specialist. Often such ailments develop into chronic ones. In such cases, it is more difficult to deal with such problems. It is clear that traditional medicine will be powerless here. There is only one option left, which is complex.

It is very effective for the treatment and prevention of diseases, colds, coughs. Moreover, lingonberries are used even in Norway. Lingonberry juice is especially good. You can use these healthy berries as confiture and then gradually add it to tea.

Are there any contraindications for lingonberry treatment?
Before treatment, therefore, it is imperative to consult good specialists. The reason lies in the fact that since lingonberries contain a lot of vitamin C, they are strictly contraindicated for those with high acidity. This also includes people who have ulcers, gastritis, cholecystitis, this applies to everyone who has obvious problems in this area. Result, benefit and harm.

Naturally, it is clearly not suitable for those people who often have low pressure!

It is known that Eating lingonberries significantly reduces blood pressure!

It will help those who suffer from hypertension!

The results of treatment with fruit drinks and infusions are simply stunning. It is clear that now there are many different medications that can overcome various ailments in the form of acute respiratory infections, flu, cough, and runny nose in a couple of days. But you should definitely take into account that they are harmful to the human body. Therefore, sometimes you need to give preference to traditional medicine.

For chronic diseases and complex forms, you should not self-medicate! A visit to the doctor and prescription of medications in such cases is mandatory! Wishing you a speedy recovery and good health to the whole family!

Victoria Naumova.
Lingonberry against colds. Article competition No. 58

In folk medicine, there are several recipes for using lingonberries for colds and typical respiratory diseases, including ARVI, bronchitis and sore throat. In all cases of such use, the antiseptic and astringent properties of lingonberries are used, providing some relief to the patient’s condition and protection against the spread of bacterial infection in the body.

Lingonberry leaves are mainly used as medicine. The berries are used more as a general tonic.

When used correctly, lingonberry preparations can slightly reduce the patient’s body temperature and enhance the effect of taking antipyretic drugs. In addition, with their help you can increase the productivity of cough and speed up the expectoration of mucus from the bronchi.

Correctly performed gargling with lingonberries somewhat eases sore throats and allows you to shorten the duration of inflammation of the tonsils or pharyngeal mucosa.

An important advantage of drugs from is their safety. If you do not exceed the recommended doses and concentrations, then locally, without ingestion, such drugs can be prescribed to children, starting from school age. Children can take oral preparations based on lingonberry leaves from the age of 12, and drinks made from berries can be taken orally at almost any age.

In any case, any products with lingonberries can be used for colds only as additional ones, in combination with other drugs. Lingonberries are not suitable as the main treatment because they cannot affect the cause of the cold itself.

A decoction of lingonberry leaves is used as a medicine for colds. Various drinks and preparations made from lingonberry berries can only be considered as a general tonic and, to some extent, a preventive remedy. With their help, you can quench the thirst of a patient with a high body temperature, but it is unlikely that it will be possible to treat the disease itself.

Properties of lingonberries that are useful for colds

Lingonberries have at least three important properties, due to which they can alleviate the condition of a person suffering from a cold:

1. Diuretic, ensuring rapid removal of excess fluid from the body, and with it many cell breakdown products and bacterial toxins. The result is a detoxification effect, which is manifested by a decrease in temperature and a general weakening of fever symptoms;
2. Antiseptic, allowing to destroy bacteria located on the surface of the inflamed mucous membranes of the throat, nasopharynx or trachea;
3. A disinfectant used to cleanse the surface of the tonsils and nasopharynx from pathological mucus and pus.

At the same time, all these effects do not radically improve the patient's condition.

Thus, due to the diuretic effect, only part of the toxins or cell breakdown products are eliminated, but the main inflammatory process in the respiratory tract proceeds with its normal intensity. Therefore, it will not be possible to completely “bring down” the temperature with lingonberry decoction - it only inhibits its growth to some extent and prolongs the effect of taking powerful antipyretics.

The main ability of fruit juice is to quench thirst and compensate for possible lack of vitamins.

This is interesting

In their properties, lingonberries are similar to cranberries, and therefore, for colds, the leaves and berries of these plants can be used in a similar way. It is not correct to say that one of them is definitely better and more effective.

Likewise, the antiseptic effect of lingonberry preparations cannot be compared in strength to the effect of systemic antibiotics. In fact, a remedy with lingonberries can only destroy those bacteria that are already on the surface of the mucous membranes. And since the main focus of inflammation is in the deep underlying tissues, such drugs cannot affect it.

On a note

Lingonberries are used for colds only in alternative, folk medicine. In official medicine, no lingonberry products are used to treat respiratory diseases.

However, it is important to understand that lingonberry helps both if you drink its decoction and if you apply its decoction topically - in the form of rinses. The effects of these methods of administration will vary, and therefore it will be most useful to combine them.

As a rule, in areas remote from the lingonberry growing area, its leaves are not sold by weight, but are sold in pharmacies in already packaged form.

Methods of using a decoction of lingonberry leaves for colds

In folk medicine for colds, lingonberry decoction is used in several ways:

1. It is drunk to obtain a diuretic effect and eliminate metabolic products of pathogenic bacteria in the urine;
2. Steam inhalations are performed over the decoction to treat the upper respiratory tract;
3. Gargle with the cooled preparation and rinse the nose to disinfect the mucous membranes here.

Of these, taking the decoction orally and gargling are the safest measures. Inhalations are already fraught with scalding of the patient, and nasal rinses are safe enough only for people who know how to carry them out.

Practice shows that in terms of their effectiveness, lingonberry preparations for rinsing the nose or gargling differ little from decoctions of other herbs and even a simple saline solution.

All three methods provide certain therapeutic effects and can be used either individually or in combination in addition to the main treatment.

Taking the decoction orally

When lingonberry decoction is ingested, its biologically active components (primarily arbutin and free hydroquinone) cause irritation of the renal parenchyma and stimulate urination. If the patient drank a sufficient amount of liquid before taking lingonberries, the decoction ensures intensive removal of this liquid from the body along with various toxins released during the development of infection.

When taking lingonberry decoction as a diuretic (as well as raspberry syrup or tea as a diaphoretic), it is important to provide the body with moisture before taking it. If this is not done, the diuretic effect will lead to dehydration of the body, which will only worsen the patient’s condition.

In addition, due to its astringent components, lingonberry decoction strengthens the digestive tract and eliminates the symptoms of diarrhea, which often occurs with the flu or severe colds.

It is important to remember that a decoction or tea based on lingonberry leaves does not taste very pleasant, and in some patients it causes nausea and even vomiting.

At the same time, the use of such drugs internally does not have any effect on cough.

Drink 1 glass of the decoction 3 times a day before meals.

Gargling and nasal rinsing

Gargle with lingonberry decoction and rinse your nose in the same way as with any other gargle - chamomile, sage, or simply saline solution. At the same time, it provides similar effects:

• Moisturizes the mucous membrane of the throat or nasal passages, preventing them from drying out and the formation of mucus crusts;
• Washes away some of the mucus and pus from the mucous membranes;
• Relieves sore throat due to pharyngitis and tonsillitis, relieves a runny nose.

Such procedures have virtually no anti-inflammatory or analgesic effect.

If gargling is relatively simple to carry out, then rinsing the nose is already a responsible procedure, during which the solution may enter the lower respiratory tract. Therefore, such rinsing must be carried out very carefully with preliminary training and an understanding of how to block the airways so that the broth flows into one nostril, flows out of the other, but does not fall into the throat.

Practice shows that when you have a cold, it is enough to rinse your nose with a simple saline solution and use lingonberries for drinking.

Both gargling and nasal rinsing are carried out 4-5 times a day, after meals and before bed. For one procedure, use a glass of decoction with a temperature of 40-45°C, the procedure itself lasts 2-3 minutes. It is not recommended to rinse and rinse more often and for longer, since too intense treatment slows down the regeneration of the inflamed mucous membrane.

Inhalations with lingonberry leaves

Inhalations with lingonberry decoction have approximately the same effect against the manifestations of a cold as rinsing the nose with it - the product destroys some of the bacteria located on the surface of the mucous membrane of the nasal passages, moisturizes the mucous membrane itself, cleanses it of impurities, thins thickening mucus and prevents the development of crusts in the nose.

Practice shows that when you have a cold, you almost never need to inhale with lingonberry preparations.

Inhalations can be used very limitedly for respiratory diseases. The fact is that only steam inhalations can be performed with lingonberry decoction. The use of this product in nebulizers, compressor and ultrasonic inhalers is prohibited according to the instructions for these devices themselves due to the risk of essential oils and small debris from the decoction getting into the lungs.

At the same time, steam inhalations are prohibited if there is a bacterial infection in the respiratory tract, since when the temperature rises here, bacteria multiply more intensively, that is, inhalations can even provoke an exacerbation of the disease. The cold itself is an acute rhinitis, caused in most cases by a bacterial infection that develops against the background of a severe weakening of the immune system due to hypothermia, viral infection, stress, and hypovitaminosis. That is, if you have a classic cold, you cannot take inhalations with lingonberry decoction.

The only acceptable case of inhalation with lingonberry decoction is a clearly diagnosed ARVI by a doctor without a bacterial complication. But with it, the need for such procedures is very insignificant, since lingonberries are not capable of affecting a viral infection. To some extent, the vapors of the decoction, entering the trachea, facilitate expectoration when coughing, but are not able to significantly alleviate the patient’s condition.

At the same time, there are numerous cases of boiling water being thrown onto people who were inhaled and causing them to get burns. This is especially dangerous because, due to the specific position of the container with the broth, it topples mainly onto the stomach and perineum. Therefore, such inhalations are prohibited for children, regardless of whether parents are present nearby - a pan of boiling water can tip over at the most unexpected moment.

Thus, in most cases, inhalations with lingonberries for a “cold” are carried out either in violation of the rules for such inhalations (if done for bacterial rhinitis), or simply as a distracting procedure (if done for ARVI). In both cases, it is more rational to replace them by simply rinsing the nose with lingonberry decoction.

Recipe for lingonberry decoction used for respiratory diseases

The decoction of lingonberry leaves itself is prepared as follows:

1. In a metal container, a teaspoon of dry lingonberry leaves is poured with a glass of water;
2. The mixture is brought to a boil, boil for 3 minutes;
3. The broth is removed from the heat and cooled at room temperature to 45-50°C;
4. The broth is diluted with another glass of warm, clean water.

In many cases, this recipe may be slightly different, but the effectiveness of the final drug remains approximately the same.

A 50 g bag of leaves will last about a week to a week and a half.

After this, the drink can be taken orally or used for local tissue treatment.

You can also take lingonberry tea for oral administration. To prepare it, dried leaves should be brewed in the same way as regular tea, steeped for the same time and drunk. It can be consumed with honey and sugar, various jams, including sea buckthorn and raspberry, which is very useful for colds.

How can you use berries and remedies for colds?

Juices, fruit drinks and compotes made from lingonberries are considered very effective in quenching thirst in patients with fever. On the most critical days, when a patient with a cold has a high temperature, such drinks should be given in parallel with antipyretics. As a result, this will provide a faster and longer-lasting temperature reduction.

In medicine (especially pediatrics), the term “drinking” a patient with a high temperature is widely used - when drinking a large amount of liquid, it is easier for the body to independently regulate body temperature.

Due to the content of a large amount of vitamins, natural juices and fruit drinks from lingonberries are very useful during the recovery period after a cold. Therefore, it is useful to drink them both during the treatment of the disease and after its completion. And in the future, if berries are available, they can be used to prevent hypovitaminosis and simply to improve health - in any case, they are more useful than simple sweet drinks and water. At this time, you can add other berries to drinks - blueberries, cranberries, viburnum. They can be prepared according to almost any recipe. It is only important that the drink contains natural berries.

For the same purpose, by the way, you can simply eat lingonberries after recovery. The benefits from its berries will be the same as from drinks, especially if you don’t have to boil them to prepare them - after all, when boiling, some of the beneficial substances disintegrate and some of the beneficial qualities of the berries are lost.

A few words about contraindications

Due to the pronounced diuretic effect of both leaf decoctions and lingonberry drinks, such drugs are undesirable for several categories of patients:

1. Breastfeeding mothers - due to the removal of large amounts of fluid from the body, the amount of breast milk may decrease;
2. Patients with kidney stones, in whom excessive kidney activity can lead to stone movement, blockage of the urinary tract and subsequent problems;
3. Pregnant women.

A decoction of lingonberry leaves is contraindicated for children under 12 years of age, but drinks made from fresh berries can be consumed at any age.

As a result, lingonberry-based products can be used for colds in addition to the main treatment. When used correctly, they can alleviate the patient’s condition and reduce some of the symptoms of the disease. And during the rehabilitation period, they will support the rapid restoration of strength and performance.