Sunberry compote for the winter. Healing sunberry jam. Recipes for various diseases

Immigrants rural areas Generations of the 40s and 50s will definitely remember their grandmother’s elderberry pies. Black nightshade berries were eaten fresh, although taste qualities she couldn't boast. But it grew on its own, requiring neither care nor space on the site.

Today doctors agree that this homely-looking and not so delicious berry quite useful. And its sister - bred a century ago by Luther Burbank from the large-fruited American nightshade and our small, but high-yielding and cold-resistant plant - is even recognized as a medicinal plant.

The berry is small, but the benefits are great

This plant is just a godsend for those who want to maintain their health and stay young longer!

General description of culture

Sunberry is annual plant. But it grows more than a meter tall. And it can produce 10 to 20 kg of fruit per bush! The black berries of the hybrid are large, the size of a cherry.

The plant blooms throughout the summer, from June until frost. Therefore, you can pick berries almost every day. Flowers collected in clusters, reminiscent of potatoes, look very beautiful next to green and already black berries.

As an adult, sunberry easily tolerates drought, heat and frost. Next year it is quite possible to get a lot of shoots from self-seeding in the old place. The gardener simply needs to select the strongest and tallest sprouts and remove the excess ones.

Growing sunberries

The seeds of this plant are very similar to tomatoes. They are quite small.

Seed treatment before planting

The disadvantage of sunberry is that it is very difficult to hatch the seeds. Therefore, first they need to be kept in a warm solution of potassium permanganate for 20 minutes. Then carefully use a blade to make an incision in the place where the sprout usually appears on the seed.

Some gardeners offer a different method. They advise not to cut the seed shell, but only to make notches along the peel with a needle. And then the seeds are placed in a jar with coarse washed and calcined river sand. They should fill the container halfway. When vigorously shaking the jar, the integrity of the seed shells is broken, but the kernels remain intact.

This should be done very carefully so as not to damage the kernel inside the seed!

The operated seed is placed on a damp cloth, covered with film or glass and placed in warm place so that it hatches. This process may be a little delayed if you compare sunberries with tomatoes and peppers.

Sunberry seeds are planted at the end of February so that the plant has time to produce a good harvest.

Growing seedlings

Sunberry is not much different in agricultural technology from tomatoes and peppers. You can even plant them in the same box with them. To obtain seedlings, neutral soil is required. Therefore, there is no need to add peat to the soil.

Expanded clay is poured onto the bottom of the box to ensure drainage. A layer of soil - about 10 centimeters - is poured on top of it. The hatched seed is placed in it to a depth of half a centimeter. The soil is moistened and covered with glass or polyethylene.

The mini-greenhouse needs to be ventilated regularly to prevent the soil from becoming moldy. Shoots will appear in three months. After the plants throw out the third true leaf, they are picked and placed in a well-lit, warm place.

Seedlings are not watered very often, but the soil should not be allowed to become “stony”.

Planting in open ground and caring for sunberries

Sunberries are planted together with tomatoes and peppers. Only the distance between the bushes should be at least 70 centimeters, as they grow very much.

During the summer, it is enough to feed the sunberry with mullein a couple of times and water it every other day or two - and very soon the gardener will be rewarded for his efforts!

In May, a friend gave me a small dried berry. She said that she didn’t know the name of this plant, added that the plant was an annual and she ate wonderful jam from these berries. A friend gave her a berry, advising her to simply crush it in the spring and scatter the seeds over the garden bed. This is what I did - planting a plant unknown to me, which should produce delicious berries in one season. From one tiny berry I collected a lot of seeds (they are very small). The shoots were friendly. My mother and I named this plant “Stranger”.
The stranger quickly gained strength, but doubts remained as to when she would bear fruit and whether the berries would have time to ripen.
By chance, in one of the magazines for summer residents, under the heading “Exotics in our gardens,” I found a story about a wonderful berry - sunberry. As it turned out, this was my Stranger.

Sunberry is an unusual crop for our region, therefore it is rarely found among garden and vegetable plants. It is also called sunberry, Canadian blueberry, blueberry forte, despite the fact that it has nothing in common with our wild blueberry. Its closest relative is wild black nightshade, a weed with poisonous berries and leaves. Sunberry is its cultivated hybrid form, but unlike nightshade, its berries are edible and even healthy. Sunberry berries, or, as some call them, samberi berries are quite large, the size of a cherry, but in shape they are more reminiscent of small black “tomatoes” with a glossy skin. The bush is literally strewn with them during the period of most active ripening.

Sunberry is popular in many countries around the world. There they have already appreciated its dietary qualities and healing properties. This culture is also taking its first steps in Russia.
WITH in English"Sunberry" is translated as "sunny berry".
Sunberry is the result of many years of work by the famous American Darwinian breeder Luther Burbank. Representatives were used as parent forms flora from different continents: African and European creeping nightshade. The brainchild of L. Burbank inherited from its African ancestor large fruit, high yield, unpretentiousness to growing conditions, and from its European relative - good taste.
Sunberry has a height of up to 150 cm, a thick tetrahedral stem with powerful stepsons.

This green giant presents a grandiose sight when the berries ripen. The plant is completely covered with black berries the size of large cherry. They are collected in brushes of 10-15 pieces. The harvest is up to a bucket of berries from a bush. Flowering and ripening of berries continues continuously until late autumn. A month before the onset of a steady cold spell, leaves and buds are plucked out daily. This agricultural technique significantly increases the yield, since the remaining berries are fully ripened. It should be noted that sunberry tolerates light autumn frosts.
I grow sunberries through seedlings. I sow seeds and plant sunberry seedlings at the same time as tomato plants. In open ground, I place sunberries according to a 70x70 cm pattern. Sunberries are resistant to lodging. Its powerful stems do not need garter. Only the stepsons, under the weight of ripening fruits, can droop to the ground. The berries should not come into contact with the ground. Therefore, I tie the stepsons to stakes or place them on wooden slingshots.
This plant is an annual plant, so I collect seeds every year. For seeds, I select the largest berries from the earliest and most prolific clusters. This is how the signs of early ripening and productivity of plants are established annually.
Sunberry berries are non-poisonous (unlike wild nightshade) and can be consumed fresh without restriction. Not everyone may like the taste of fresh berries. But the sunberry pie filling is excellent. Sunberry jam has an incomparable taste.
Sunberry is unpretentious. Even in the most unfavorable years it will delight you with a high harvest. This means that if the harvest of other berries fails, sunberry will help out, and you will make preparations for the winter from this crop. To prevent sunberry preparations from having a nightshade taste, the berries are first doused with boiling water, allowed to stand for several minutes, the water is drained, and only then they are processed.

The main advantage of berries is their healing properties. They contain a lot of pectins, which remove poisons from the body; selenium, which slows down the aging process; anthocyanins that improve blood composition.

Nightshade Sunberry cures osteochondrosis, rheumatism, asthma, atherosclerosis, digestion, improves blood composition, general well-being, sleep and memory. And when diabetes mellitus Sunberry reduces vascular fragility (one of the main causes of blindness in diabetics).
The fruits and juice have a wide range of healing properties.
The fruits of the “sunny berry” have a positive effect on visual acuity, have laxative, antiseptic and diuretic properties, help with cramps, stomach cramps, and diseases Bladder etc.
Sunberry fruit juice is used for gastritis, neuroses, colitis, cystitis, neuralgia, hypertension, bronchial asthma and sore throat. The juice normalizes blood pressure well, eliminates headaches, improves memory and visual acuity, increases endurance and the body's adaptive abilities to unfavorable factors.
For its wide range of medicinal capabilities, sunberry is called a miracle berry!

Recipes:

For cooking ointments fresh berries are mashed with a wooden masher and mixed in a 1:1 ratio with sour milk, applied to purulent wounds, abscesses, and ulcers.

Juice Sunberry berries are diluted with water (1:3) and used to gargle for sore throat.

Juice from sunberry leaves treats chronic runny nose, it has a hypnotic effect and is a good hemostatic agent for uterine bleeding.

Elixir of health . The berries are passed through a meat grinder and the juice is squeezed out through cheesecloth. Dilute with water in a 1:1 ratio. 1.5 kg of honey is added to 5 liters of such diluted juice. The elixir is poured into jars and stored in the refrigerator or cellar. Take 2 tablespoons before meals. This remedy normalizes arterial pressure, eliminates headaches, improves memory and visual acuity, increases endurance and the body's adaptive abilities to adverse factors, treats rheumatism, gout, stomach ulcers, hepatitis, asthma and varicose veins.

Eat recipe for infusion for the treatment of prostate adenoma : 5 g of dry sunberry berries and licorice roots are poured into a thermos, poured into 0.5 liters warm water(not higher than 40 degrees). After 10 hours, you can take 150-200 ml 10 minutes before meals. The infusion cannot be stored. Prepare fresh every day.

Infusion of dried sunberry leaves helps with headaches, women's issues, cystitis, neurosis, calms with nervous excitement. The infusion is prepared from 2 teaspoons of dry leaves, brewed with one and a half glasses of boiling water, tightly closed and wrapped for 2 hours. Should be taken 4 times a day before meals, a tablespoon.

You can prepare a vodka tincture from dry leaves or berries; to do this, add 50 g of herbs or berries to a half-liter bottle of vodka and leave it in the dark for 2 weeks. It is recommended to take 20-30 drops before meals at least 3 times a day and wash down with water.

Tincture used for vegetative-vascular dystonia, heart diseases, heart rhythm disturbances, general atherosclerosis, stomach pain, gastroenterocolitis

Mash ripe berries (2-3 tablespoons), pour 0.3 liters of boiling water and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Leave for 4 hours, strain. Dip 20 g of a mixture of hawthorn flowers and leaves into boiling water (0.3 l) and leave for about an hour, strain. Combine both decoctions, add 200 g of honey and 2 liters of alcohol. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

For the treatment of seborrhea, eczema, psoriasis The following recipe is useful: mix 100 g of sunberry leaf juice with two whites chicken eggs, add 2 tablespoons of juice of ripe sunberries. Mix everything thoroughly and make lotions.
It is also important to note that dried sunberry grass also has healing powers. And this makes it possible to use it for treatment all year round.

It is not recommended to cook jam from garden nightshade berries. Already at temperatures above 50°C, substances that resist aging die. It is better to mince ripe sunberry berries with the same amount (by weight) of non-acidic Ranet apples, mix thoroughly with sugar (per 1 kg of mass - 1 kg of sugar) and keep everything warm for 4 or 5 hours. Store the mixture in the refrigerator. Take 100-150 g of jam per day. This helps cleanse the blood, strengthen the immune system and longevity.

For chronic headaches Take and fill an enamel bowl to the top with crushed sunberry berries, leaves and stems, fill the bowl with water and bring to a boil over low heat, and immediately remove from the stove, strain and wash your hair with this decoction. You can do this every other day, two or three until the headache leaves you. You can moisten a waffle towel in the broth, wrap it around your head and do not remove it until it dries. At the same time, you need to drink tea from sunberry flowers (brew ½ liter of water and 3 g of dry raw materials).

For articular rheumatism 250 g of honey is mixed with 200 g of horseradish, minced. The mixture is taken 1 tbsp. l. before meals, drink ½ glass of freshly squeezed juice from sunberry leaves and stems. In addition to this, for 5 days, take 20 or 30 minute baths at 37°C before bed, each time adding 50-60 g of horseradish gruel and 100-150 ml of freshly squeezed juice of sunberry stems and leaves.

The sunny berry will also cope with hypertension. Juice squeezed from the stems, leaves and flowers of the nightshade plant, mix in equal parts (by volume) with honey and consume 2-3 tbsp. l. for the night. This composition normalizes blood pressure and eliminates salt deposits, in addition, it promotes treatment varicose veins veins

Patients with bronchial asthma It is recommended to chop and mix in equal (by weight) parts dried flowers and unripe dark green sunberries, dried flowering stalks of lungwort, then 1 tbsp. l. pour the mixture into a thermos with ½ liter of boiled water, cooled to 48-50°C (it cannot be hotter!), and after 2 hours, strain and take 2-3 tablespoons 30 minutes before meals 3 times a day.

For sore throat and sore throat mix 3-4 g of dried flowers and sunberry berries, take the same amount of lungwort, infuse in a thermos with a glass of boiled water (48-50°C no more!), and gargle.
Osteochondrosis, angina pectoris, gout, sciatica are treated with baths with sunberry infusion. It is necessary to grind the dried leaves, stems, berries and flowers of sunberry into powder, after 4 tbsp. l. pour 1 liter of boiled water (up to 48-50°C) in a thermos, leave for 2 hours and pour into a bath with a water temperature of 37-38°C. Take a bath for 20-30 minutes.
Dry sunberry stems mixed with wormwood, in equal parts, are used for the treatment of gastritis. It is necessary to pour 100 g of the mixture into 3 liters of boiled water (up to 48-50°C), leave for 2-3 hours, then strain and drink 2-3 tbsp. l. 30 minutes before meals.
Obesity, allergies, liver disease and alcoholism require such treatment: grind and mix in equal (by weight) parts dry young shoots and leaves of sunberry, dry wormwood herb, grind into powder and take it 1 hour before meals 3 times a day, first on the tip of a teaspoon, and then gradually, about by the tenth day, increase the single dose of powder to 1 tsp. without top. Course 20 days. Break for 10 days, then repeat the course.
Crushed fresh sunberry plant is used as a lotion and compress. for acne and boils.
Young shoots with sunberry leaves are brewed and taken for neurosis, cough, stomach pain and menstrual irregularities. Pour 100 g of fresh or 3 g of dry raw material into ½ liter of boiling water (up to 48-50°C), leave until cool, filter and take 150 ml 3 times a day.
For varicose veins, apply compresses of mashed berries to the inflamed veins: the pain will quickly go away. Purulent wounds, ulcers, and abscesses are well treated by a pulp of fruits mixed one to one with sour milk.

Sunberry flower tea:(3 g of dry raw materials, brew ½ liter of water).

Sunberry harvest

The berry harvest begins in September. Some gardeners cover the plant with foil in the fall and feast on the berries until the snow appears.

special instructions

Fresh fruits of nightshade can be stored for a month (in a cool room). Sunberry fruits have a special nightshade taste, which many people do not like - to get rid of it, the berries need to be scalded with boiling water.

Dried sunberries

The berries are sorted, washed, dried and placed on a sieve in one layer. Sunberry is dried at 50-60°C (process duration is 2-4 hours). During drying, the berries are stirred periodically. Garden nightshade is not dried under the sun's rays - it is believed that in this case it loses its beneficial properties.

Frozen sunberries

Prepared and well-dried berries are placed on flat trays and frozen. The finished product is portioned into bags and tied tightly. IN freezer In a household refrigerator, berries can be stored for no longer than a year.

There is also a “sweet” method of freezing. In this case, the berries are sprinkled with sugar, mixed, placed in plastic containers, close with lids and freeze (200-300 g of granulated sugar are needed for 1 kg of berries).

Sunberry liqueur

Sunberry - 1 kg Sugar - 1.2 kg The berries are sprinkled with sugar and cooked over low heat until the syrup acquires a thick consistency. Then the cooled, strained syrup is poured with vodka in a 1:1 ratio, mixed, poured into bottles and sent to the cellar.

Sunberry wine

Sunberry - 3.5 kg Water Sugar - 3 kg Overripe sunberry berries are crushed, sugar is added and mixed well. The mass is transferred to a 10-liter bottle, cooled boiled water is added (up to the hanger), a ball or rubber glove is put on the neck and allowed to stand for about a month. Then the wine is drained from the sediment, carefully filtered and bottled.

Sunberry jam

Sunberry - 1 kg Sugar - 1 kg Water - 1 tbsp. Fully ripened berries are dipped into boiling syrup and cooked for no longer than five minutes. After this, the jam is removed from the heat and allowed to stand for 4-5 hours. Then another 2-3 cycles are performed. Before finishing cooking, add juice squeezed from two lemons. Mint leaves are often added to the jam to add flavor. The finished product is rolled up and placed in jars.

Cold sunberry jam

To make cold jam, use sunberries, as well as peeled and cored apples. Everything is passed through a meat grinder, mixed with sugar in a 1:1 ratio and allowed to stand for 4-5 hours. The mixture is transferred to clean jars and closed. nylon covers and stored in the refrigerator.

Sunberry jam

Sunberry - 1 kg Sugar - 900 g The berries are ground in a meat grinder, mixed with sugar and cooked over low heat until tender, remembering to stir. The finished jam is transferred to sterilized jars and sealed.

Vegetable caviar with added sunberry

Sunberry - 1 kg

Carrots - 500 g

Onion - 300 g

Vegetable oil - 70 ml

Greenery

Sugar

Salt and ground black pepper

The berries are cut in half and fried vegetable oil. Separately, fry grated carrots and chopped onions. All ingredients are mixed, passed through a meat grinder, chopped herbs, salt, pepper, sugar are added and brought to a boil.

Pickled sunberries

Water - 700 ml Sugar - 300 g Cinnamon Black peppercorns - 3-4 pcs. Cloves - 2-3 pcs. Vinegar 9% - 4 tbsp. The berries are blanched in boiling water (3-4 minutes) and then drained in a colander. The berries processed in this way are placed in sterilized jars and filled with marinade (it is prepared from water, spices, salt and sugar - the filling is boiled for 10-15 minutes, filtered, boiled again and vinegar is added). The jars are covered with lids, sterilized (1 liter - 20 minutes), rolled up, turned over and wrapped.

Sunberry in tomato juice

The berries are dipped in boiling water for 3-4 minutes, placed on a sieve and transferred to steamed jars. The product is poured with salted boiling tomato juice, rolled up and sterilized (1 liter - 20 minutes).

Sunberry juice

The berries are heated over low heat (a small amount of water is added to the bowl). Then the juice is squeezed out of the mass through cheesecloth and mixed with natural honey (5 parts juice - 1 part honey). The juice is stored in the refrigerator.

Candied fruit

It is prepared like jam, but the syrup is drained through a colander, and the fruits are placed on a dish to dry, covered with gauze. The dried fruits (and they dry quite quickly) are placed in glass jars and close with lids. Store in a cool place.

Jelly

Pass the berries through a meat grinder, squeeze out the juice, add sugar and cook over low heat until tender. 1 liter of juice requires 1 kg of sugar.

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People from rural areas of the generation of the 40s and 50s will definitely remember their grandmother’s pies “with elderberry”. The black nightshade berry was eaten fresh, although it could not boast of taste qualities. But it grew on its own, requiring neither care nor space on the site.

The berry is small, but the benefits are great

Today, doctors agree that this inconspicuous-looking and not so tasty berry is quite healthy. And its sister - bred a century ago by Luther Burbank from the large-fruited American nightshade and our small, but high-yielding and cold-resistant - is even recognized as a medicinal plant:

In short, this plant is just a godsend for those who want to maintain their health and stay young longer!

General description of culture

Sunberry is an annual plant. But it grows more than a meter tall. And it can produce 10 to 20 kg of fruit per bush! The black berries of the hybrid are large, the size of a cherry.

The plant blooms throughout the summer, from June until frost. Therefore, you can pick berries almost every day. Flowers collected in clusters, reminiscent of potatoes, look very beautiful next to green and already black berries.

As an adult, sunberry easily tolerates drought, heat and frost. Next year it is quite possible to get a lot of shoots from self-seeding in the old place. The gardener simply needs to select the strongest and tallest sprouts and remove the excess ones.

Growing sunberries

The seeds of this plant are very similar to tomatoes. They are quite small.

Seed treatment before planting

The disadvantage of sunberry is that it is very difficult to hatch the seeds. Therefore, first they need to be kept in a warm solution of potassium permanganate for 20 minutes. Then carefully use a blade to make an incision in the place where the sprout usually appears on the seed.

Some gardeners offer a different method. They advise not to cut the seed shell, but only to make notches along the peel with a needle. And then the seeds are placed in a jar with coarse washed and calcined river sand. They should fill the container halfway. When vigorously shaking the jar, the integrity of the seed shells is broken, but the kernels remain intact.

This should be done very carefully so as not to damage the kernel inside the seed!

The operated seed is placed on a damp cloth, covered with film or glass and placed in a warm place so that it hatches. This process may be delayed a little if you compare sunberries with and peppers.

Sunberry seeds are planted at the end of February so that the plant has time to produce a good harvest.

Growing seedlings

Sunberry is not much different in agricultural technology from tomatoes and. You can even plant them in the same box with them. To obtain seedlings, neutral soil is required. Therefore, there is no need to add peat to the soil.

Expanded clay is poured onto the bottom of the box to ensure drainage. A layer of soil - about 10 centimeters - is poured on top of it. The hatched seed is placed in it to a depth of half a centimeter. The soil is moistened and covered with glass or polyethylene.

The mini-greenhouse needs to be ventilated regularly to prevent the soil from becoming moldy. Shoots will appear in three months. After the plants throw out the third true leaf, they are picked and placed in a well-lit, warm place.

Seedlings are not watered very often, but the soil should not be allowed to become “stony”.

Planting in open ground and caring for sunberries

Sunberries are planted together with tomatoes and peppers. Only the distance between the bushes should be at least 70 centimeters, as they grow very much.

During the summer, it is enough to feed the sunberry with mullein a couple of times and water it every other day or two - and very soon the gardener will be rewarded for his efforts!

Preparation recipes

Sunberry fruits are not very tasty fresh, but they are simply amazing in the form of jam. And the wine it makes is delicious.

It is important to remember that to preserve the beneficial properties, black nightshade fruits should be cooked for no more than 5 minutes! And to improve the taste you need to put lemon in the jam.

Preparing nightshade raisins

The berries are dipped in boiling sugar syrup for 2 minutes. Then they are taken out with a slotted spoon and feasted on. You can put these “raisins” in pies, decorate cakes and pastries with them, ice cream, and add them to porridge (non-dairy).

Sunberry medicinal jam recipe

300 g of sugar are poured onto 1 kg of berries, put on fire and brought to a boil. Sliced ​​or ground lemon in a meat grinder is also added there. Boil the jam for 5 minutes and pour into jars. Store in the refrigerator, as it will ferment at normal room temperature.

You should consume 5 tablespoons daily, with tea or spread on a bun.

Video about sunberry in a summer cottage

Sunberry, despite its amazing sunny name, they are unlikely to please with its exquisite, pleasant taste. But they have a lot of valuable vitamins and elements, for which they have earned wide popularity in the field of traditional medicine. Why the berry is useful and where it is used, besides medicine, let's figure it out.

Sunberry- a berry bred from two types of nightshade: African and European. Its creator in 1905 was the well-known breeder Luther Benbank.

Externally, the berry is similar to blueberries or, but differs from them in its taller growth (up to 1.5 m) and larger fruits the size of.

Did you know? The second name for sunberry is Canadian blueberry. She received it due to its mass distribution in Canada and America.

A feature of this plant is its unpretentiousness. Even a novice gardener can grow nightshade in his own garden.

The plant has increased resistance to moisture, ultraviolet rays, and temperature changes environment. Another advantage of the bush is its high yield. From one small plant you can collect several tens of kilograms of fruit.

Chemical composition

If you analyze chemical composition sunberry berries, they contain almost all the microelements, vitamins and nutrients necessary for the human body.

Sunberries cannot boast of taste qualities, but they stand out for their very high nutritional value. The calorie content per 100 g of fruit is 220 kcal.

The nutritional value of the product is presented per 100 g:

• - 9 g;
• - 28 g;
• - 41 g;
• - 2.1 g.

Vitamins, macro- and microelements

The rich composition of solar nightshade allows it to be qualified as a therapeutic and prophylactic plant with anti-inflammatory, anti-cold, antioxidant, antibacterial, rejuvenating and cleansing functions. The plant is rich in:

• (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine);
• carotene (provitamin A);
• pectins;
• lipids;
• anthocyanins;
• tannins.

The chemical composition of the fruit is supplemented with fats, proteins, fructose, and galactose. The berries also contain toxic substances, such as mercury, but their quantity is so minute that they cannot cause harm to human health.

Canadian blueberries are often used for medicinal and preventive purposes, because they have an amazing effect on almost all human organ systems.

For the gastrointestinal tract

The fruits have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, help the liver and pancreas cope with heavy and fatty foods, normalize metabolic processes, and cleanse the body. Systematic use of the product relieves constipation, prevents intoxication and poisoning. The berries enhance the secretion of bile and have weak diuretic properties, making them suitable for cystitis and urolithiasis.

Important! The fruits should be consumed in small doses. Dosage over 200-300 g per day can lead to digestive system upset and severe diarrhea.

For the cardiovascular system

Using sunberry can improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system. Micro- and macroelements contained in the berry strengthen the walls of blood vessels, making them more elastic, elastic and durable. Useful components enrich and saturate the blood, which helps to renew its composition. Chromium in the product normalizes sugar levels, fights high cholesterol, and zinc increases the number of leukocytes and has a positive effect on hematopoiesis.

Also, with the systematic use of blueberry jam, normalization of blood pressure is noted.

Thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties, nightshade relieves all inflammatory processes in the joints and is suitable for the treatment of rheumatism, joint pain, neuralgia, and cramps. It also helps with the initial stages of osteochondrosis and prevents the destruction of cartilage tissue. For these purposes, they use various infusions and decoctions from the leaves of the plant, eat fresh fruits or jams from them, and make compresses.

For vision

Vitamin A has a positive effect on vision, improves it, and restores sharpness. In some cases, the product helps overcome glaucoma.

Did you know? The most famous and widespread drug for improving vision, “Blueberry Forte,” contains sunberry berries, which is official confirmation of its effectiveness.

For skin

Another important quality of the fruit is its external action. They are used for various skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, boils. Berry puree is suitable for treating pimples and acne. An infusion of leaves helps stop aging, rejuvenate the skin, and restore its firmness and elasticity.

Since Canadian blueberries have wide range useful functions And medicinal properties, then it has long been used in folk medicine to combat various ailments.

For sore throat

The berry is rich in vitamin C and elements with antimicrobial functions, which makes it possible to use it for the treatment of acute respiratory diseases, influenza, ARVI:

• For sore throats, rinse with a specially prepared solution: freshly squeezed fruit juice is diluted in a 1:3 ratio with plain water. Gargle up to 5 times a day.

• The following recipe helps to cope with purulent tonsillitis: 4 g of sunberry leaves and berries are mixed with the same amount of lungwort herb, pour 250 ml of boiling water and leave in a thermos for 2-4 hours. Gargle with the cooled infusion.

The juice from the leaves of the plant is very effective for treating a runny nose. It is instilled into the nose, 2-3 drops. Helps cope even with chronic rhinitis.

For gastritis

A decoction of dry nightshade stems mixed in equal proportions with will help with gastritis. Prepare the product in this way: 100 g of dry herbs pour 3 liters hot water and leave for 2-3 hours. Drink the decoction 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals, 2-3 tbsp. l.

For rheumatism

For the treatment and prevention of rheumatism, fresh berries, leaves and stems of the plant are used. Prepare baths: 100 g of freshly squeezed sunberry juice is mixed with 50 g of crushed juice and added to water at a temperature not exceeding 37 degrees. The procedure takes no more than 30 minutes. Course - 13 baths.

For articular rheumatism, take 1 tbsp before meals. l. a mixture made from 250 g of honey, 200 g of chopped horseradish, which is washed down with half a glass of juice from nightshade leaves and berries. Treatment is carried out in combination with healing baths.

For boils and purulent wounds

If boils, abscesses, eczema, purulent wounds bother you, traditional medicine advises using medicinal mixture: 100 ml juice of sunny fruit leaves, 2 tbsp. l. Mix fresh nightshade juice with 2 egg whites, mix well. This mixture is applied as a lotion to the affected areas.

You can also use lotions made from crushed fresh berries mixed with a small amount of sour milk or yogurt. Keep the compress for 2-3 hours.

What can you make from sunberries?

Canadian blueberries do not have a pronounced pleasant taste; they are quite bland, so they are rarely consumed raw. But jams and jams with nightshade turn out amazing.

To make sunberry and ginger jam, you need to stock up on the following ingredients:

• 1 tbsp. fresh berries;
• 1/3 tbsp. Sahara;
• 1 tsp. grated fresh;
• juice of half

The technique for preparing the aromatic treat is very simple: in a thick-bottomed saucepan, mix the fruits, sugar and ginger, cook for 10 minutes, stirring regularly.

Later specified time add lemon juice, mix the jam and transfer to glass jars. The jars are sterilized for 10 minutes, closed with metal lids and cooled. The finished jam can be stored in the refrigerator or a dark, dry place.

Did you know?You can improve the taste of the berries by first dousing them with boiling water. After 3-5 minutes, the water must be drained.

Nightshade jam with the addition of lemon is very tasty, aromatic and healthy. To prepare it you will need:

• 1 kg of fresh fruits;
• 1 kg sugar;
• 1 tbsp. ordinary water;
• juice of two lemons;
• 2-3 sprigs fresh.

Is it possible for pregnant women

Pregnant women should not take sunberries, as they can increase blood circulation in the uterus and cause premature birth, and early stages- miscarriages.

Doctors warn that you need to be careful when consuming sunberries. The fact is that it is a very strong allergen, and the body’s reaction to it can be unpredictable. When trying fruits for the first time, limit yourself to a few berries and wait to see how your body accepts them.
Only plants grown in ecologically clean areas, in dachas, and villages should be used for food. Nightshade has the ability to actively absorb lead and various heavy metals from the soil, which have a detrimental effect on humans and can cause poisoning.

Sunberries have a mild sedative effect, so if you consume large amounts of them, it is better not to drive. People who have problems with excess weight and obesity are not advised to get carried away with American blueberries. However, if you have problems with stool, including constipation, you can include it in your menu at a dosage of 35-40 g.

Important! Even if a person does not suffer from allergic rashes after consuming sunberries, they should not eat more than one handful per day.

Sunberry sunberry - healthy and unpretentious plant, which can be grown with a minimum of effort. She is capable of becoming not only the queen of summer cottage, but also a very valuable product in the diet of a person who wants to improve their health and prolong their youth.

A hitherto unknown berry crop, sunberry, is rapidly gaining popularity among Russian consumers. Recipes for preparing various preparations, for example, preserves and jams, from strange fruits are of interest to everyone who managed to get hold of a bush of this plant and get a harvest from it. Interest in sunberry is explained not only by its pleasant taste, but also by a wide range of beneficial properties.

General information about sunberry

Sunberry is considered the birthplace of South America. Translated from English name plants sounds like “sunny berry”. The hybrid form of black nightshade appeared in our country relatively recently. Quite often it is called “blueberry forte” or “Canadian berry” due to its wide distribution in Canada.

In our country, this plant is considered an annual blueberry, but sunberry is quite different from it large sizes(1.5 m in height) and larger berries.

Gardeners fell in love with this crop for its unpretentiousness and high yield. From the reviews of the owners it follows that from one sunberry bush you can collect about 5-7 kilograms of berries. In addition, the plant is not afraid of heat and drought, and can also withstand mild cold snaps.

Useful properties of berries

Sunberry fruits are very healthy, which is why they are often used in folk medicine. The juice of these berries is famous for its healing properties and can moisturize dry skin, cure irritations and burns.

Sunberry is rich in carotene, which can cleanse the body of all kinds of toxins, and also contains a considerable amount of vitamin C. It is very important for the immune system and the functioning of the endocrine and nervous systems.

In addition, Canadian blueberries contain:

More and more summer residents and gardeners are thinking about growing this plant. First of all, they are attracted by simple care. In addition, the berry has a number of useful properties:

1. Serves as a prevention of cancer, colds and viral diseases.
2. Has a positive effect on the liver and digestive system, helps to get rid of unpleasant sensations after eating heavy food.
3. Helps cope with some chronic diseases.
4. Strengthens cardiovascular system and also increases its elasticity.
5. Helps get rid of headaches and migraines.
6. Slows down the aging of the entire body.
7. Improves urination and eliminates swelling of organs due to kidney disease.
8. Improves skin condition, helps get rid of acne.

Contraindications for use

In addition to its beneficial properties, the berry has contraindications. It is not recommended for use by motorists (it can cause drowsiness), allergy sufferers (may cause individual intolerance due to the high content of antioxidants), pregnant women (may lead to uterine contractions).

To avoid harming yourself and your loved ones, adhere to the following rules:

1. Eating the leaves of the plant can cause poisoning in pets.
2. The berries have a mild laxative effect, but large quantities can lead to digestive upset.
3. Sunberries should not be combined with dairy products.

Also, the berry is not recommended to be consumed in its pure form due to the high content of tannins. Some people like to eat the fruits directly from the bush during picking, but this should not be done. They are best used in processed form, for example, as part of jam or compote.

Recipes for dishes and preparations

There are a lot of original and delicious dishes, which can be made from sunberries. Jam is especially popular; it can be supplemented with other fruits, such as citrus fruits.

Jam with lemon

You can make sunberry jam with lemon, the recipe of which will captivate you with its simplicity and small amount of required ingredients. The consistency of the finished delicacy is more reminiscent of jam and will appeal to lovers of pancakes and pancakes, which can be dipped into a berry dessert.

You will need:

• fresh sunberry fruits - 1.5 kilograms;
• granulated sugar - 1−1.5 kilograms (depend on your taste, some like it sweeter, others like it sour);
• lemon - 4 pieces;
• mint leaves - a few pieces.

Clean the berries from debris, remove the stems and wash. Then go through them carefully: throw away all the wrinkled, rotten, and most importantly, unripe fruits (they can lead to poisoning).

Now you can start cooking:

If you like whole berries, you can prepare lemon jam differently. You will need:

• berries - 1.5 kilograms;
• lemons - 3 pieces (medium size);
• granulated sugar - 1.2−1.5 kg;
• drinking water - 300 ml.

The method of preparing this delicacy is quite unusual: first, sugar syrup is boiled, and then berries are placed in it. At first glance it may seem complicated, but it is not at all.

1. Rinse the fruits well and sort. Drain on a kitchen towel and leave to dry.
2. While the berries are drying, prepare the syrup. To do this, pour granulated sugar into a basin or pan and add 300 ml of water. Dissolve over low heat until liquid, bring to a boil and cook until the syrup turns light brown and flows from a spoon in a viscous stream. During cooking, do not forget to constantly stir the syrup, otherwise it will burn.
3. Pierce each berry with a thin sharp needle and place in boiling sugar syrup.
4. Stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, cook for about 5-6 minutes.
5. Remove from heat, tightly cover the pan with a lid and leave the jam alone for 6-7 hours.
6. Using a grater or a special knife, remove the zest from the lemons and add it to the pan with the berries and syrup.
7. Bring the jam to a boil, simmer for 5 minutes, cover again and leave overnight to steep.
8. The next morning, squeeze the juice out of the lemons, pour it into the jam and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes after boiling.
9. Pour the hot treat into jars and close the lids.

This jam should be stored in a cool and dark place. You can also add various herbs to it, such as rosemary, mint or thyme. They diversify the taste of the dish and make it more piquant.

With ginger for colds

A berry treat with ginger is an excellent remedy for the treatment and prevention of colds. This jam can be eaten with baked goods, spread on sandwiches, or simply added to tea.

To prepare this dessert you will need:

• Canadian blueberries - 1 kilogram;
• sugar - 1.5 kilograms;
• ginger - 50 g;
• water - about 1 liter.

The berry has a very thick peel, which can remain intact even after long cooking. Therefore, do not forget to pierce all the berries before you start making the jam.

When all the fruits have been sorted and washed:

1. Place black nightshade in a saucepan of boiling water and boil for 5-7 minutes.
2. Then pour the liquid into another pan, add 1.5 kg of granulated sugar to it and cook the syrup.
3. Pierce each berry with a needle or thin toothpick and pour into boiling sugar syrup.
4. Boil for 5 minutes, then remove from heat and let steep for 4 hours.
5. Grate the ginger on a fine grater and add to the berries and syrup.
6. Bring to a boil and simmer for 40 minutes.
7. In the finished treat, most fruits will have a burst skin.
8. Pour the dessert into sterilized containers and leave in a warm place for a while.

Before use, open the jar and leave it in the refrigerator for several days. This way you can get rid of excess bitterness.

This option will especially appeal to lovers of whole berries, as they will retain their shape and not boil down to skins.

Nightshade in marinade

To be able to enjoy these fruits in winter or make them into a pie filling, it is recommended to marinate them in a sweet “brine” for this take:

• water - 1 liter;
• sugar - 420−450 g;
• cloves - 4−6 pieces;
• black pepper - 5−7 peas;
• vinegar 9% - 5-6 tablespoons.

The berries are washed well and boiled in boiling water for about 3-4 minutes. Then they are scattered into sterilized jars and filled with hot marinade. To prepare it:

1. Bring the water to a boil, add sugar, black pepper and cloves.
2. After 15 minutes, pour in vinegar and boil for another 5 minutes.

Jars of pickled berries are rolled up, wrapped and turned over.

Wine and liquor

There are many ways to use sunberries: recipes include not only desserts, but also alcoholic beverages such as wine and liquor.

To prepare the liqueur, take:

• berries - 2 kilograms;
• granulated sugar - 2−3 kilograms;
• vodka.

Pierce the berries with a needle, mix with sugar and cook until it dissolves and the mass thickens. Cool it and strain thoroughly. Dilute the resulting syrup with vodka (its volume should match the volume of berry syrup) and stir well.

Pour the liqueur into bottles and store in a dark, dry place, such as a pantry or cellar.

The wine is prepared according to this recipe:

1. Select overripe berries; you will need about 3-3.5 kilograms.
2. Grind the berries in a blender and mix with three kilograms of sugar.
3. Place the resulting mass in a 10-liter bottle and fill it with warm water up to the neck.
4. Do not cover the container; instead, place a clean rubber glove over the neck.
5. Place the bottle in a dark place.
6. In a month the wine will be ready, strain it and pour into separate containers.

This drink does not cause addiction to alcohol; it does not require yeast to prepare. Canadian blueberry wine has healing properties, one glass before a meal will improve your well-being and lift your spirits.

Canadian berry juice

You can also make wonderful juice from sunberries. Children especially love it:

1. Place the required number of berries in a saucepan and add a little water to them.
2. Place the pan over low heat and simmer for about 10 minutes.
3. Extract the juice from the sunberries and dilute it with water to the desired concentration.
4. Sweeten the finished drink with honey in a ratio of 5 parts juice to 1 part honey.

Juice from black nightshade berries is very beneficial for health. It must be stored in the refrigerator. One teaspoon of this drink can compensate for the lack of vitamins in the body.