Black elderberry for prostatitis - real help

Inflammation of the prostate gland has recently become common among men of almost all ages. Medicine does not stand still. Excellent methods have been developed for treating the disease, but the percentage of sick, unfortunately, is not decreasing, although there are highly effective drugs, effective physiotherapy procedures are known, traditional medicine offers a lot of recipes using herbs, nutritionists are working on a special balanced diet that corrects changes in the male body.

It is important not to forget that prostatitis responds best to treatment in the early stages, when inflammation of the prostate did not give dangerous complications to the entire genitourinary system, and this is not only the urethra, bladder and kidneys, but also erectile function and the ability to reproduce. It follows from this that a man who has noticed the slightest suspicion of the onset of prostatitis - an increased urge to urinate and cramps during it, should immediately contact a urologist for help.

Black Elderberry

One of the great remedies for relieving prostate inflammation is black elderberry. What kind of plant is it, what does it look like and what is famous for? This shrub, reaching the height of a two-story house, settles in many regions. Also, elderberry is grown specially in gardens and vegetable gardens, although it cannot be said that the shrub is very popular among gardeners.

Its flowers and fruits are used for medicinal purposes. Flowers appear in late spring and early summer. Inflorescences are milky in color, have a not very pleasant smell. Elderberries are collected in clusters, blue-black berries, juicy, fresh, almost tasteless.

Harvesting flowers and fruits

The inflorescences collected during the flowering period are dried in a well-ventilated place, not in the sun. Better if it is a room protected from sunlight. The flowers should be separated from the pedicels. At home, a sieve with large meshes is used for sifting. The material dried in this way retains its healing properties for several years.

Elderberries are harvested in August or September, depending on their full ripeness. In sunny weather, they can be dried in the sun, but it is more convenient to do this in an oven or oven at a low temperature of no higher than 60 degrees Celsius. After drying, the berries acquire a pleasant sweet and sour taste.

Much less often leaves, young shoots and even bark of a bush are harvested for medicinal purposes.

Chemical composition

The shrub is poisonous! Only berries and flowers that do not contain sambunigrin are safe to eat dry and fresh.

Medical Applications

Due to its healing properties, black elderberry purifies the blood, tidies up intestinal motility and removes toxins from the body. There is information that even leukemia is treated with the help of berries! Used as an anti-inflammatory and diuretic, disinfects.

Infusions and decoctions are prepared from fruits and flowers. They treat not only inflammation of the prostate, but also diseases of the nasopharynx, they are used for constipation, as a laxative, lotions are used for hemorrhoids and burns, applied to inflamed joints. Decoctions are successfully used for kidney disease, rheumatism and gout. Microclysters are used in gynecology.

Cooking Applications

Elderberries are used to make jam and jelly. With the addition of berries, drinks, food coloring are prepared. Also, juice is squeezed out of the berries.

Prostatitis Treatment

It has been proven from experience that black elderberry has a positive effect in the treatment of cancer, prostate adenoma and prostatitis.

• Juice from berries is harvested in autumn. For safe storage, add 20 g of table vinegar to 500 g of juice. Take the resulting concentrate with caution. A glass of water is drunk on an empty stomach, and after half an hour - 1 large spoonful of juice. Breakfast should be no earlier than one hour later! Juice treatment is carried out for 10 days, and in a couple of days an exacerbation of the disease may occur, but you do not need to be afraid.
• Another recipe for prostatitis using elderberries and sugar: fruits and sugar are taken in equal proportions. It is recommended to make a preparation for the winter. The berries, sprinkled with granulated sugar, are left for a day, stirring several times. Then the resulting syrup is drained, a little vinegar is added to it to avoid fermentation, and removed to a cold place. Take within 10 days, in the same way as indicated in the previous recipe.

Attention! This treatment should be carried out only for those men who do not have stomach problems

• Infusion of elderberry flowers. A handful of dried flowers are poured with a liter of cold water, brought to a boil and cooked for a quarter of an hour at a low boil. After cooling down to 30-40 degrees, the medicine can be applied. Half a cup up to five times a day.Treatment is carried out for about three weeks. Infusion for the treatment of prostatitis
• Infusion of leaves and flowers. Pour one large spoonful of the dried mixture with a cup of boiling water. Drink half a cup a couple of times a day.
• Infusion of dried berries. Pour one large spoonful of berries with a cup of boiling water. Drink a quarter cup throughout the day.
• Decoction of bark with the addition of bush root. Pour one large spoonful of the mixture with a cup of boiling water. Take 10-15 grams per night.
• Milk tincture. Stir one large spoonful of dried flowers in a cup of hot milk. Drink during the day between meals.
• Black elderberry juice with lemon. Before squeezing the juice from the berries, they must be mixed with sugar and a cup of water, boiled for a quarter of an hour. After that, the juice is squeezed out, the juice of one lemon is added to it, and the resulting mixture is cooked for another 15 minutes. The resulting elixir can be used throughout the year, as it keeps well in the refrigerator.

Decoction of bush roots

Immerse one large spoonful of dried and chopped roots in a liter of boiling water and boil over low heat for several minutes, but not more than five. Leave covered for an hour. After that, strain and take twenty grams a couple of times a day. The remedy will help relieve swelling.

Baths with black elderberry

Insist leaves and finely chopped roots of the bush for two hours. Pour the resulting infusion into a previously prepared bath with a water temperature not higher than 37 degrees. You can stay in it for 10-15 minutes before going to bed.

Elderberry will help with prostatitis in the form of a bath infusion prepared in this way: a mixture of dried flowers, leaves, berries and roots is taken in the amount of two large spoons, poured with one liter of boiling water and infused for a couple of hours. After cooling and straining, the finished infusion is poured into a bath of warm water. At the same time, it is good to take inside a large spoonful of elderberry tincture. It is advisable to do the procedure within 15 days. This procedure is famous for its disinfecting effect.

A small but important warning to everyone who suffers from prostatitis. It must be remembered that the effect of traditional medicine is not quick and is not a panacea. Black elderberry will definitely help in the fight against prostatitis if other doctor's prescriptions are followed. And he will begin treatment of the disease with drugs, there is no doubt about that!