Barberry contains a lot of useful substances - this applies not only to produce but also to the leaves of this plant. It is also called kislyankoy because its berries and leaves have a pleasant sour taste. He strongly resembles the taste of sorrel than happy to use the mistress using barberry in soups, salads, pickling cucumbers.
It is also a medicinal plant widely used in folk medicine. Barberry helps reduce muscle, improves the flow of bile, helps to constrict blood vessels. Barberry well relieves pain and is also used as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Because of these properties, barberry is very good in vascular diseases, blood, used in the treatment of diseases of the gallbladder, such as cholelithiasis and cholecystitis. In addition, this plant is used in hypovitaminosis as beautiful Vitamins, due to high content of vitamin C.
In folk medicine, there is the following recipe of tincture of barberry: 15-20 grams of leaves barberry pour half a glass of alcohol and put in a warm dark place for 2 weeks. When the image is dark yellow liquid sour, it means that the tincture is ready. It can be applied 3-4 times a day 30 drops in diseases of the gallbladder, duodenum, blood vessels, and neurasthenia.
As antipyretic used a decoction of barberry fruit. It is prepared as follows: half a teaspoon of barberry berries boiled for half an hour in 200 g of water, and then filtered. Apply recommended broth half a cup 3 times a day. When periodontitis and other gum disease decoction of barberry is recommended to rinse your mouth. Among other things, a decoction of the fruit of barberry is used in the treatment of cystitis and kidney disease.