What are the beneficial properties of dogwood?

Dogwood, also known as dogwood, is a large fruit bush- long-lived. This plant, which has juicy, astringent, sweet and sour fruits, is distributed mainly in the southern regions (Crimea, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Moldova). Useful properties of dogwood have been known since ancient times, so this plant was widely used in folk medicine.

Dogwood fruits are extremely valuable biologically, since they are a real storehouse of such useful substances as glucose and fructose, organic acids (in particular, amber, lemon and tannic), phytoncides, essential oils, calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium and so on. As for the vitamin C content, this berry is hardly inferior in this regard to black currant. Not only the pulp of dogwood fruits contains useful substances: its bones contain fatty oils, leaves contain vitamins C and E.

Due to the presence of ascorbic acid, dogwood is extremely useful for those people who prone to frequent colds. In addition, vitamin C helps strengthen the overall immune system. The consumption of this berry is recommended for people with digestive problems. The beneficial properties of dogwood do not end there: this berry has a pronounced general strengthening and tonic effect, and dogwood decoctions are an excellent antipyretic and even help normalize hemoglobin levels.Among other things, dogwood helps accelerate metabolic processes in the body, thereby preventing excess weight gain.