How to make a tincture of viburnum?

Kalina is the most popular plant almost every one of us knows about.There are many legends, poems and songs about this berry, it is painted on canvas, walls and dishes, as well as embroidered on canvas. And this is not just so, viburnum is a traditional Russian berry. It is very popular in cosmetology, the pharmaceutical industry, traditional and modern medicine, and it also produces pleasant tasting drinks.

Kalina is a deciduous tree or shrub, belongs to the Adox family. It reaches a height of 4-5 meters, is a long-liver (can live more than 50 years). This completely unpretentious plant usually meets in territories with a temperate climate. Loves the spacious bright areas with wet soil. Very often this sprawling shrub can be found near the banks of rivers, near lakes and streams.

Fruits of a viburnum of a round form, when ripen, get bright red coloring. In the center of the berry is a bone, it is round or oval, wide and flattened. The fruits ripen in September, they are very juicy, taste bitter and astringent.

After the first frost hits, the berries become sweeter, and the bitterness goes away. It is at this time it is necessary to collect the fruit for the manufacture of tinctures. Such a drink from fresh berries will have a special aroma, an unusual sweetish astringent taste and delight with a bright color.

The berries contain carbohydrates, pectin substances, triterpenoids, organic acids, steroids, a large amount of vitamins B and A, ascorbic and folic acids, derivatives of phenocarboxylic acids and potassium salts.

In connection with this composition, viburnum tincture has the following therapeutic and beneficial properties:

• anti-inflammatory;
• antibacterial;
• sedatives;
• anticonvulsant;
• hemostatic;
• antiseptic;
• contraceptive;
• diaphoretic;
• laxative;
• expectorant;
• anthelmintic;
• astringent;
• antitumor.

Folk healers have long used kalyn's tincture for the prevention and treatment of many diseases, keeping the recipe in secret. But, despite the development of the pharmaceutical industry, today there is a huge number of recipes that can be made at home and actively used in the event of the following ailments:

• bacterial and viral infections;
• gastritis and duodenitis;
• sore throat, scarlet fever, laryngitis;
• hypertonic disease;
• myocarditis, pericarditis;
• glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis;
• chronic constipation;
• parasitic diseases: worm infestation, giardiasis;
• insomnia;
• violations of hormonal and metabolic processes and many other diseases.

Kalinovaya tincture has some limitations in reception.

• Pregnant and lactating women, children.
• People who suffer from low blood pressure should not take Kalin's tincture, as it has a strong hypotensive effect.
• It is not recommended to take viburnum to people who are sick with chronic gastritis, duodenitis, or a stomach ulcer with increased secretion, especially in the period of exacerbation. In remission with these diseases, viburnum has a healing effect in the correct dosage.
• Allergic drugs are also contraindicated to take this drink, as some substances that are contained in the juice of the fruit, can cause an allergic reaction.
• You can not take Kalinovka with gout and rheumatoid arthritis due to the high content of various acids in it.

There is a huge number of different recipes: tincture can be made on vodka, moonshine, on alcohol, with lemon, honey, sugar and various additives. Let's take a look at how you can make a delicious, aromatic viburnum tincture yourself at home.

• The classic, traditional recipe of viburnum liqueur on vodka. You need to take 1 kg of viburnum berries, 1 liter of vodka, 200 grams of granulated sugar. Fruits should be previously suppressed so that juice is released from them. After that, all the ingredients shift into a glass jar and pour vodka. Such a drink should be infused for 30 days.

• Tincture of viburnum with lemon on alcohol. You will need 300 grams of viburnum, 1 large lemon, alcohol diluted to 45 degrees 0.5 liters, 200 ml of water, 200 grams of honey or maple syrup. Viburnum berries must first knead. To do this, you can use a meat grinder, blender or mash yourself with a spoon. Honey diluted in water and boil the mixture. The resulting syrup needs to be cooled, and then pour in it kalinova juice and alcohol. Pour the drink into a glass jar and put in a dark, cool place. To insist everything should be no more than 2-3 weeks.

• Pouring of viburnum and raspberry on moonshine. Take 1 kg of viburnum fruit and 0.5 kg of raspberry berries, pour 250 grams of granulated sugar. Let the mixture stand for a day, then the juice will stand out. Then add the moonshine and put on a slow fire to dissolve the sugar completely. Cool and pour into a jar. It is possible to insist drink at least week, then it is ready to the use.

• Kalinovka with sugar. You will need to prepare for this recipe viburnum juice. Take 0.5 kg of berries and pass through a juicer. Next, cook sugar syrup. To do this, dissolve 150 grams of powdered sugar in water, boil, cool. Then mix all the ingredients in a glass bottle and add 1 liter of vodka there. Close the container tightly with a lid and shake. Put in a dark, cool place for at least 3 weeks. After that, the drink is ready to drink.

• Honey Kalinovaya. Take 300 grams of honey dissolve in 0.5 liters of water, put the drink on low heat until boiling. Hot honey syrup pour 1 glass of viburnum fruit and tightly close the container with a lid. Put the tara in a dark, cool place. Insist 14 days. Before use, you can squeeze half a lemon into a drink.

• Quick recipe for Kalin liqueur. For this drink you need 1 kg of viburnum berries and 0.5 liters of water. To start, put viburnum with water on a slow fire and cook rich juice. After boiling add 0.5 kg of powdered sugar to the drink, it will dissolve very quickly. Cool the liquid and pour into it 0.5 liters of vodka and moonshine, choose what you prefer more. Mix thoroughly and refrigerate.

• Viburnum Berry Tincture. Here you can express your imagination and collect your favorite berries in this drink. You can use cranberry, raspberry, black chokeberry, cherry and many other berries as an additive. The basis is to take Kalina, which should be 500 g, and the rest of the berries - 200 g. Use a combination of 3-4 types of different fruits, so the taste will be more unusual. Vodka will need half a liter and 200 ml of boiled water, as well as 400 grams of sugar. All mix and leave to infuse for at least 20 days, after which we get the drink and filter it. Keep better in the refrigerator.

You need to know the following:

• Before taking tincture of viburnum, make sure that this alcoholic drink is not contraindicated to you.
• If you picked the berries before the first frost, and they are a little bitter, put them in a freezer for half an hour. This is how you can quickly eliminate the unpleasant bitter taste.
• When preparing a medicinal drink at home, use only ripe, whole berries. Do not forget to sort them out and rinse off dust and other particles.
• In order for the juice in the berries to be more, pre-freeze them, and then pour over the boiling water and pass through the juicer.
• Use only proven moonshine, vodka or alcohol.
• If you plan to insist on Kalinovka on alcohol, be sure to dilute it to 40 degrees with water.
• The longer you insist Kalinovka, the higher the concentration of nutrients.

• Always follow the recipe of the preparation of the drink, because if you do not follow the rules and proportions, you can harm your body.

To learn how to prepare a tincture of viburnum, see the following video.