The blackberry is a small perennial herb with a branched rhizome. The stem is simple, straight. 10-15 cm high, ends with a single white flower. The leaves are wrinkled in the shape of a heart, with the edge of a blade. The fruit is a collective drupe, reddish at the beginning and yellow amber when ripe. It blooms in May, a nurse matures in July and August.
The fruit is acid-spicy, the wine. Blackberries are distributed in the polar-arctic, tundra, forest-tundra and forest areas of western, central and eastern Siberia; It is also found in Kamchatka and Sakhalin. It grows in peat bogs and riams, in wet moss and moss-lichen tundra.
Cloudberry rich in trace elements, in particular a number of hematopoietic - magnesium, calcium, potassium, iron, aluminum, phosphorus, cobalt, silicon, and vitamin C, B1, B3, PP, A. Blackberries contain proteins, sugars, pectic substances, fiber, organic acids (ascorbic citric acid, malic acid, salicylic acid), anthocyanins, carotenoids, tannins, phytocides, leucocyans, leucoanthocyanins. Blackberry seed oil contains a large number of natural active ingredients, the most valuable of which are antioxidants and omega fatty acids.
Blackberries contain the most important fatty acids: linoleic acid (omega 6), alpha-linoleic acid (omega 3), antioxidants (carotenoids, vitamin E), plant sterols. There are 3 times more vitamin C in the berries than the oranges. And it participates in many biochemical processes, among them, regulates the transport of hydrogen. It maintains the colloidal state of the intercellular substance and normalizes capillary permeability. Blackberries are superior to carrots in provitamin A, which rejuvenates cell populations. Cloudberry Berry is a rich source of tocopherols, which accelerates the regeneration of damaged cells and participates in the most important processes of tissue metabolism. Since there is a large amount of potassium in the berries, it helps protect against cancer and cardiovascular diseases. In folk medicine, only cups of flowers are used: roots and leaves as a diuretic, with kidney stones, vitamin deficiency, metabolic disorders, colds, hemoptysis, malaria. The infusion of leaves is used for internal bleeding, diarrhea, as an anti-inflammatory and healing agent. The fruit juice has a strong bactericidal effect. They are stained with scabies on the skin. The berries are consumed fresh, pickled and pickled, used in medical and dietetic nutrition.
The blackberries are made of jelly, stewed fruit, jam, liquor, wine and juice, and the soaked mulberry is a true delight. The healing properties of blackberries make it an indispensable component of medical cosmetics and hygiene products. Nourishes skin and hair, tired of physical and emotional stress. Relieves them in cold and heat, helps to recover strength and function. Essential fatty acids: linoleic and linolenic, the blackberries that enter the oil restore the epidermal barrier of the lipids of the skin and hydrate it. As a result, the feeling of oppression disappears.
Carotenoids, phytosterols and vitamin E provide the skin with additional protection against ultraviolet radiation and delay its aging process. Due to the delay, the skin is restored and renewed, filled with moisture, becomes soft and elastic. The nails become stronger and the hair shines.
When stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers and gastritis with high acidity, especially in the period of exacerbation, should not consume blackberries. It can also cause allergic reactions.
