Common cherry
.Common cherry is widely cultivated in gardens both in the south and in the middle belt of Russia, in Western Siberia. The tree reaches 2-7 meters in height. Its trunks have grayish-brown bark. Leaves are simple, petiolate, acuminate, serrate along the margins. Flowers are erect, obeopodial, sitting on long pedicels in umbrellas. The calyx falls off after flowering. The fruit is a knuckle, juicy, dark red. The seed is very hard, light yellow, single-seeded. The seed is poisonous.
Cherry fruits contain sugars (glucose, fructose), vitamins A, C, PP, as well as organic acids (citric, malic), tannins, coloring substances. In the fruit of cherries there is such a vital trace element as copper, which has a favorable effect on the processes of hematopoiesis. Cherries are also rich in tannins and enzymes. Its bark contains tannins, glycosides, citric acid.
Common cherry (fruit and stalks) has a stimulating effect on the appetite, have anti-inflammatory action, promote the exit of sand from the ureters. Cherries are useful for those who suffer from sexual weakness.
In folk medicine, cherries have been used as a medicinal remedy since ancient times. Cherry juice is prescribed as an expectorant for tracheitis, bronchitis and in the complex of therapeutic agents for bronchiectatic disease. Aqueous infusions of fruit pulp are used as a refreshing and antipyretic in colds, and in addition, these infusions are recommended to increase appetite, reduce fermentation in the intestines and as a gentle loosening agent.
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Common cherries are recommended for the treatment of uric acid diathesis and vascular diseases. Emulsion from the seeds and decoctions from its stalks have a good diuretic effect. Decoctions of cherry twigs have a good anti-diarrheal effect and are prescribed for chronic colitis. A positive effect was obtained when using decoctions of fresh cherry leaves in milk for jaundice of various origins and when using fresh leaves and tampons from them for external bleeding (skin damage, mucous membranes, nosebleeds).
Garnet (pomegranate)
It is usually a multi-stemmed bushy tree up to 5 m tall. Its young shoots are greenish-gray in color and brown in the second half of the growing season. Bark of old shoots is dirty-gray, cracked. Leaves are simple, sometimes close in bunches, thick, shiny. Pomegranate flowers are large, jug-shaped, fiery red, usually formed in the axils of leaves of shoots of the current year or at their ends. The fruit is large, rounded, somewhat flattened at the ends, firm, bright red or yellowish, with a leathery pericarp. Inside the fruit there are 5-12 nests separated by filmy septa; the nests contain numerous seeds - angular, surrounded by juicy purple transparent pulp of sour or sweet-sour flavor. The pomegranate blooms in May-August and bears fruit in September-October.
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Bark of roots and branches contains tannins, alkaloids, glycoside, mineral salts, etc. The flowers contain coloring matter and a significant amount of tannins. The rind of the fruit is very rich in tannins, acids (citric, ursolic). The juice of the fruit contains sugar, including glucose, citric acid, vitamin C, calcium salts, potassium, manganese, sodium, magnesium and others. The seeds contain essential oil.
The bark of the roots, and branches has an effective paralyzing effect on tapeworms. The rind of the fruit has anti-inflammatory, astringent and astringent effects. The juice of the fruit has a good anti-scurvy property: it excites the appetite, regulates the activity of the stomach and intestines. The juice has diuretic, choleretic and strong analgesic effects, as well as anti-inflammatory effects. Flowers have astringent and anti-inflammatory effect, seeds - diuretic, choleretic and appetite stimulating.
Infusion of pomegranate flowers is used for heavy menstruation, liquid stool. Externally, it is used for faster healing of wounds. Poultices from the flowers are used to apply to inflamed areas. Pomegranate juice gargle mouth cavity with inflammatory processes in the throat. Juice, diluted with water, thoroughly treat the burned surface of the skin, after which the site of the lesion is sprinkled with powder from the dry rind of the fruit. Internal use of pomegranate bark and roots requires great caution and supervision of the attending physician..
