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The northern cranberry contains a huge amount of nutrients and vitamins. Cranberries with honey are not just a treat, but a very effective way to strengthen the immune system and maintain health during the winter.
Beneficial properties of cranberries with honey
Individually, these products are a storehouse of vitamins and healing properties. Almost any recipe for treating a cold contains milk with honey or cranberry juice. And when mixing these products, the beneficial properties are enhanced. The mixture has the following effects on the body:
- Stimulates digestive processes.
- Stimulates cardiac activity and normalizes blood circulation.
- Is a natural antibiotic.
- Strengthens the body's diaphoretic capabilities.
- Improves health in case of colds.
- Thins the blood and helps in the treatment of hypertension.
- Helps with vitamin deficiency.
- Strengthens the immune system.
- Treats cystitis.
After using cranberries with honey, the level of vitamin C in the body rises, as well as many essential microelements. In the treatment of many diseases, not only cranberries and honey are used, but also additional ingredients, most often lemon, garlic and horseradish.Tinctures are also made with alcohol, but they have a number of contraindications: first of all, pregnancy and childhood, as well as any stage of alcoholism.
Folk recipes for cranberries with honey
The cranberry-honey mixture comes in many variations. In most cases, additional ingredients are added to it, which determine what specific disease this recipe is applied to. The mixture can be directly from cranberries, as well as from its juice. Linden honey is most often used, but other options are possible according to the patient’s taste.
Folk recipes for cranberry-honey mixture will help not only with colds, but also with asthma attacks, kidney disease and to strengthen brain activity. It is a tonic and restorative. Recipes for cranberries and honey are especially useful during the off-season period, when the immune system is weakened and is attacked by bacteria and viruses. During this period, for prevention, you can introduce cranberries and honey into your regular diet. And the added garlic will be another remedy for colds and ARVI.
With garlic
Everyone knows about the benefits of garlic. But when added to a cranberry-honey mixture, the recipe becomes indispensable for fighting infectious diseases. The recipe is simple:
- Mix one glass of honey with 1.5 glasses of ripe cranberries.
- Add a third cup of crushed garlic.
- Mix and store in the refrigerator.
It is recommended to take 1 tablespoon before bedtime. This will strengthen blood vessels, give healthy sleep, and also lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
For colds
For colds, a recipe is used that uses not the cranberry itself, but its juice. For this you will need:
- 150 grams each of cranberry, black radish and onion juice;
- 100 grams of lemon juice;
- 200 g honey.
Mix all ingredients and add vodka. Keep refrigerated.Take a teaspoon twice a day. It is important to understand that this recipe contains alcohol and is therefore not suitable for everyone.
From pressure
Cranberries with honey can lower blood pressure, which is very important for hypertensive patients. When using a folk recipe, you can keep your blood pressure at a normal level and not expect it to jump.
Cranberries and honey are mixed in equal parts in a blender. This mixture is consumed with tea twice a day. With normal blood pressure, 1 teaspoon twice a day per glass of tea is enough. If the pressure nevertheless jumps, then the dosage is increased to a tablespoon. In this case, you need to take the mixture half an hour before meals.
For sore throat
A sore throat is a constant sore throat and the inability to eat or drink normally. Therefore, to relieve symptoms, there is a folk recipe that is successfully used for any colds:
- 200 g cranberry juice.
- 75 g honey.
Mix honey with juice and heat, stirring, in a water bath. The honey according to the recipe should be completely dissolved. Take the resulting decoction 25 g on an empty stomach. To prevent your throat from feeling too sweet, you can drink it with warm water. So use the cranberry-honey drink until the sore throat goes away.
Against cough
For coughs, there are several recipes for a mixture of cranberries and honey that will be effective. The most popular recipe is with the addition of horseradish. It helps even if the cough has become severe, including bronchitis:
- Grate the frozen horseradish on a fine grater.
- Add cranberries, chopped until smooth.
- Add honey.
- Let it sit for a day.
After a day, the finished mixture can be taken. To do this, you need to dissolve 10 grams of the mixture in your mouth up to 5 times a day.The taste may be unpleasant, so you can wash it down with plain water.
For cleaning vessels
The mixture perfectly cleanses blood vessels of cholesterol, which leads to atherosclerosis and many other health problems. The recipe is simple:
- Grind 1 kg of cranberries using any method.
- Add 200 grams of chopped garlic.
- Leave in a dark place.
- After 12 hours, add 500 g of honey.
It is recommended to use this recipe daily, 50 g per day, but not more than twice a day. When consumed in spring and autumn, in addition to cleansing the body, the mixture strengthens the immune system and stops the development of colds.
For joints
A cranberry-honey mixture with the addition of garlic is also used to strengthen joints. This is a universal recipe that will help patients with arthritis, arthrosis and other problems of the musculoskeletal system.
Ingredients:
- 5 tbsp. l. honey;
- 100 g cranberries;
- 1 lemon;
- 4 heads of garlic.
Chop garlic, cranberries and lemon without peel and mix. Then add honey and pour into a three-liter bottle. Fill the remaining area with warm water. Keep for three days in a cool place. Then strain and pour into jars. Drink 100 ml on an empty stomach about 1 hour before breakfast.
For the liver
The cranberry-honey recipe also helps cleanse the liver. To do this, you need to grind the lemon without the pit, but with the skin, in a meat grinder. Then add half a kilo of cranberries and a head of chopped garlic. Mix the ingredients and add 350 g of honey. Place the mixture in the refrigerator overnight. It is enough to take 20 g 2 times a day for a month.
Contraindications
But there are factors due to which some patients are not recommended to take the cranberry-honey mixture. Even such a useful product has its contraindications. These include:
- Diabetes.
- Intolerance and allergic reaction to honey, cranberries or additional components.
- Ulcer in any part of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Gastritis with high acidity.
- Pathological problems with the liver.
- Children under three years of age.
- Thin tooth enamel.
In addition, experts do not recommend consuming cranberries if there is irritation in the gastrointestinal mucosa.
Conclusion
Cranberries with honey are a mixture that is both healthy and tasty at the same time. For weakened immunity, diseases of the upper respiratory tract and problems with blood vessels, folk recipes made from bee products and northern berries are irreplaceable. But it is still necessary to take into account contraindications, since cranberry is a rather strong irritant to the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract. It is also recommended to carefully handle recipes that use alcohol in addition to cranberries and honey. They should be limited in use to strictly defined quantities.
