In a garden berry my raspberry

They say that the first crimson garden was put with own hand in the 12th century, by the founder of Moscow Suzdal prince Yury Dolgorukiy. And by the beginning of the 19th century in the territory of Russia a huge number of grades of garden raspberry was already grown up.

Raspberry ordinary - Rubus idaeus - a two-year prickly bush from family of a rose family. The raspberry rhizome from which biennial elevated escapes up to one and a half meters high develop is long-term.

Escapes of the first year of glaucescent color, straight lines, are densely covered with thin, henna-red thorns. Stalks of the second year lignified, with flower kidneys in bosoms of leaves. Leaves are soft, from above green, from below glaucous, felt, consist of 3-5-7 shares. Flowers small, white, are collected in slightly hanging inflorescence.

Raspberry in June — July blossoms. Raspberry good melliferous herb. After fructification of a branch dry up and the next year new stalks grow. Fruits are difficult, consist of a set of small stone fruit red, yellow, is more rare than pink and white color. Appear, generally on escapes of the second year. Taste of fruits sweet or sweet-sour. Ripens in July-August. Plentiful fructification is observed in 3 - 4.

In a wild look raspberry grows almost in all territory of Russia in forests, between bushes, on cuttings, on ravines, coast of the rivers and streams. It is cultivated in gardens as food, both in parks and on streets of the cities as an ornamental plant.



For the medical purpose mature berries of wild-growing raspberry, roots, escapes, leaves are long since used.

- Fruits of raspberry contain vitamins A, groups B, E, PP, C, sugar, vegetable slime, salts of potassium, copper, phosphorus, iron, calcium, iodine, pectinaceous and nitrogenous substances, essential oil, apple, lemon, salicylic, ant, kapron acids, tannins, phytoncides, cellulose, a large number of purin.

- The nitrogen-containing organic matter which is contained in raspberry provides education and development of cages, normal course of exchange processes in an organism.

- Raspberry slows down aging processes, strengthens the immune system, saves from an anemia, interferes with development of atherosclerosis.

- Dried fruits of raspberry apply in the form of infusion as running cure for catarrhal diseases, and syrups and infusions at stomach pains, and to improvement of work of heart, at the available hypertension and a sclerosis.

- At the same diseases also fresh raspberry which in the medical purposes is eaten for half an hour to food on 150 gr helps.

- Juice from ripe berries of raspberry is wrung out through a gauze and drink it before food 3 times a day on ½ glasses at cold, gastritises, colitis.

- Infusion from flowers and leaves of raspberry is drunk at female diseases. To make 2 tablespoons of dry raw materials 1 glass of boiled water, to insist 30 minutes, to cool, filter, accept 2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day to food.

- Ointment from juice of leaves of raspberry from burns. To mix 1 tablespoon of the crushed fresh leaves of raspberry to a condition of gruel with 2 tablespoons of butter. The same ointment eels and other skin rashes treat.


Raspberry is widely used in national cosmetics for clarification, moistening, skin food.

• Crimson lotion for clarification and food of skin. To fill in 2 tablespoons of raspberry puree with 1 glass of vodka. To insist 7-10 days in a glass jar under a cover in the dark place. To filter. That part that will be used in a minute to part with boiled water 1:2, for dry skin 1:3.

• A nutritious mask from overripe berries. To mix 2 tablespoons of the crumpled berries with 1 tablespoon of sour cream and to put on a face for 15-20 minutes. To wash away at first warm water, then to wash water of room temperature.

• For bleaching. To wring out juice from berries and to add 1-2 drops of lemon juice to 1 tablespoon of juice. To wipe excessively sunbathed skin, freckles and pigmentary spots.

• For a raising of a tone of skin and rejuvenation. To put raspberry puree between layers of a gauze and to put on previously washed face for 10 minutes. To wash cool water.

• A mask from raspberry berries at dry and normal skin. To mix 1 tablespoon of malinny puree with 1 chicken protein and to put on a face for 15-20 minutes. To wash away water of room temperature.

• For tightening of a time. To add 1 teaspoon of honey to 2 tablespoons of the crumpled raspberry and to apply to skin for 10-15 minutes. To wash away a mask cool water.

• A nutritious mask for any skin. To mix raspberry freshly cooked puree with the same amount of kefir and to put on a face, a neck, a decollete for 15-20 minutes. To wash away the tampon moistened in warm tea leaves of green tea. Then to wash cool water or to wipe skin with an ice cube.

• In order that skin had an equal beautiful shade. To take 2 tablespoons of potato starch and to add so much fresh crimson juice that smetanoobrazny weight turned out. To put it a brush on a face for 15-20 minutes. To wash away cool water.

• Broth from raspberry leaves in old times painted hair in black color, smart with gloss.

• For stimulation of growth of hair and their improvement. To make a handful of dry leaves of raspberry in 1 liter of boiled water, to insist 1 hour, to filter, cool and rinse hair after washing.

Raspberry is one of the most effective natural antidepressants. She successfully fights against consequences of stresses and gives for a long time good mood. Probably, not for nothing the Russian aristocrats so loved raspberry, as well as strawberry, is with cream.