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schwarze Johannisbeere in der Blüte/Blackcurrant

Bot.: Ribes nigrum L.

Healing power:
- A tea from the leaves relieves rheumatism and

- gout pain.

- The fruits are recommended for cough and hoarseness,

- for diarrhoea,

- for prevention against coughs and sneezes.

- Against lack of appetite the fruits are recommended as juice.

How to use:
The leaves you pick from May to June in order to dry them.
Out of the fruits you make juice and jam (jelly).
Recipe for the Blackcurrant tea:
Pour 1/8 litre water on 1 dessert spoon Blackcurrant leaves, boil it only for a short time, then pass it through a sieve. Drink 1 cup of Blackcurrant tea 3 times per day.

Description of the plant:
Blackcurrant belongs to the gooseberry plants and loves a sunny location.
Blackcurrant grows as a shrub and reaches a height up to 2 m.
The plant gets from April to May greenish-yellow as racemes hanging flowers.
Blackcurrant is cultivated in gardens. Wild you find it less.

Propagation:
By layers: Put one branch on the soil. Put weight, for example a stone on it, so that the branch stays there.
The branch builds at the point, which is connecting the soil, roots. If the layer has built enough roots, seperate it from the plant and transplant it to a new place.

Ingredients:
essential oil, flavonoides, tanning agents, minerals, pectines, vitamin c,b and p.

Schwarze Johannisbeere/Blackcurrant