Do you like berries?Tyutin - a well-known delicacy since childhood. But despite the fact that the mulberry grows in central Russia, few people know that it has very beneficial healing properties. It is thanks to them that tyutin is a berry, which has become widespread in traditional medicine and cooking. This will be discussed in our article today.
A little about mulberry
What country is home to berries?Tyutin is believed to come from the eastern part of China. It was from there that it began to spread first to the territory of the Asian countries, and then to our Transcaucasus. In the XII century, the mulberry was introduced to Europe.
What are these berries?Tyutin can be white, red or brown (black) in color; it looks like a raspberry. Silkwood differs from the rest in that its leaves are food for the silkworm.
Mulberry in traditional medicine
Before talking about the use in medicine, you need to find out exactly which vitamins and other beneficial substances contain these delicious berries.
Tyutin (mulberry) contains a lot ofsugars (from 10% to 20%, depending on color), mainly fructose and glucose. If we talk about vitamins, then it is worth mentioning such as B1 and B2, PP. Of the other nutrients in them are iron and copper, pectin and potassium, the content of which mulberry fruits are a serious competitor to black currant berries.
Essential oils, organic acids and trace elements such as magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, contained in this favorite treat, are also useful.
Why is this little berry useful?Mulberry is often used in medicine for anemia and to restore metabolic processes in the body fresh. To solve problems with sweating use a decoction of the buds of a mulberry tree. It is believed that the fruit has a positive effect on the gastrointestinal tract, on the biliary tract.
The maximum beneficial effect on the body has an ordinary decoction or tea from this berry. Tyutin has the following effect:
- Diuretic and laxative.
- Treats hypertension.
- Useful for the prevention and treatment of diabetes mellitus (especially for decoction of the leaves).
- Restores impaired metabolic processes.
Many doctors believe that mulberry helps withsome mental and nervous disorders, headache and toothache, and also has a positive effect on the urogenital system (especially for "male" problems).
Cooking and mulberry fruits
For the benefit of this little berry, you can safelyadd a special flavor, which gave her the opportunity to take their place in cooking. Naturally, it is very tasty and useful to eat fresh mulberries. But you can also make jam from them or various jams in combination with other berries, as well as jelly, loved by all children.
Compote and tea are very unusual and useful, and some craftsmen, stronger drink lovers, know more than one secret to making homemade mulberry wine from this berry.
Tyutin can be a good component and evenbasis for baking. It is often used to make pancakes, pies and pies. In addition, the dried berry is ground into flour and used to make any baking, adding it to plain wheat or rye.
