Surely each of us at least once in our life ate berries collected in the swamps. Unlike not very welcoming wetlands, berries and plants have a completely aesthetic appearance and are used not only in the food industry, but also in medicine, cosmetology and for the treatment and prevention of many diseases. For many, picking ripe berries is the main source of income.
Common berries
Among the large number of berries that are collected in the swamps of various types, the following are the most popular and purchased.
Cranberry
Cranberries are popularly called cranberries or red cranberries. Translated, this word means a sour swamp ball. You can find the berries of the plant in the area of upland and transitional bogs. The most favorable condition for the germination of the shrub is the presence of young yellowish sphagnum, which grows in the form of a solid carpet.
The yield of a plant directly depends on the temperature indicators in the month of September of the previous year. The most optimal conditions are considered to be 9-9.5 degrees Celsius. With a sharp change in temperature, the yield is reduced to a minimum.
Cranberry is used in medicine as an antiscorbutic agent, it is used for colds, rheumatism, sore throat, vitamin deficiency. In the food industry, juices, jelly, fruit drinks, kvass, alcoholic beverages are made from berries.
Blueberry
Blueberries are one of the most delicious berries that have a blue color. It contains various acids, vitamins, pectin and tannins. The plant is cold-resistant and ripens by the month of August. The berries are widely used in the food industry and are sold in abundance in supermarkets and markets.
Cowberry
Lingonberry berries have truly healing properties, namely: they provide strengthening of the body and its protection, are a disinfectant, diuretic, used in the treatment of gout, urinary system, stomach catarrh, neuroses and other diseases.
In the food industry, lingonberries are used to make jams, fruit drinks, and candy fillings.
Little known marsh berries
The following types of berries can also be found in the swamps:
Cloudberry
Cloudberry is a plant that helps improve the condition of the digestive system, and is also used for cardiovascular diseases. Berries are used for the production of jam, juice, jam, compotes and other products.
Water
Vodyanika – the berries contain tannins, resins, vitamins, carotene, benzoic and acetic acid. An excellent sedative, also used for headaches, hypertension, metabolic disorders.
Common blueberry
Common blueberry – used to improve visual acuity, reduce intraocular pressure. It has tonic, antioxidant, hemostatic and antianemic properties. The most popular way to consume berries is by taking canned berry extracts.
Cloudberry (Princess)
On the territory of the swamps, you can also find princess berries, which have a red or purple color. The leaves of the plant are used in folk medicine. Infusions from the princess help to reduce the temperature, inflammation in the throat and oral cavity.
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