Chokeberry is loved by summer residents because it does not require any care. Rowan produces an excellent harvest, and it is also quite useful. Homemade black rowan tincture is very tasty and does not require any complex ingredients.

They take any chokeberry berries, but preference is still given to large and juicy ones. They also take dried berries, but in half the quantity.

The berries are sorted, removing spoiled and very small ones, since they are quite bitter. The alcoholic base is mainly vodka, but you can also use diluted alcohol, moonshine after purification, or cognac.

Classic chokeberry tincture

It's very simple, but so delicious variation a drink that does not contain anything extra.

Composition and proportions

• 1 kg of berries chokeberry;
• 1 liter of alcohol, vodka or moonshine;
• granulated sugar is added to taste (optional).

Without sugar, the drink turns out excellent, but those who prefer very sweet drinks add no more than 300 - 500 g granulated sugar. Technological process is simple and does not take much time. Practically the same way is prepared from chokeberry liqueur, but during the preparation part useful substances gets lost.

Step by step process

1. The berries are sorted, washed and poured into a jar.
2. Vodka is poured into the jar, which should appear 3 cm above the berries. Sugar is added and everything is mixed.
3. The jar is closed with a lid and set aside for 2 - 2.5 months in the pantry to ensure room temperature without light sources. Shake the contents of the jar once every five days.
4. The tincture is filtered, poured into prepared containers, and closed with lids. This tincture can be stored as long as you like by placing it in the pantry for storage.

The tincture has a brownish-red color, the taste and aroma of forest rowan. Drinking this tincture is quite pleasant.

Attention! The interesting thing is that the berries are then re-filled with vodka, go through the same preparation steps and get the same drink.

Fragrant tincture of chokeberry

By adding a couple of clove buds to the recipe, the drink instantly takes on new taste qualities. Those who try a drink made according to this recipe for the first time do not want to believe that it is made on the basis of chokeberry.

Ingredients

• vodka – 1 liter;
• chokeberry berries – 1.5 kg;
• cloves – 2-3 buds;
• granulated sugar - half a kilogram.

Step by step recipe

1. The berries, which were prepared in advance, are poured into a container and turned into a paste.
2. Add sugar and cloves.
3. All components in the container are mixed, the neck is covered with gauze and left for 3 days in the pantry.
4. Pour vodka into the container, close the lid and transfer it to the pantry for 65 days.
5. the tincture is filtered and bottled in bottles prepared in advance; the shelf life of such a tincture does not exceed three years.

Chokeberry tincture with honey

The drink turns out surprisingly tasty with a soft, pleasant taste.

Components

• chokeberry - half a kilogram;
• vodka, alcohol or cognac – half a liter;
• honey – 30 ml (2 full tablespoons).

Cooking steps

1. The berries are poured into the prepared jar.
2. The candied honey is melted in a water bath until it becomes liquid.
3. Liquid honey and an alcohol base (vodka or whatever is preferred) are poured into the jar where the rowan is located and mixed.
4. The jar is closed with a lid and transferred to the pantry. The jar is shaken weekly to ensure that all components are dissolved and mixed.
5. The tincture is filtered and poured into prepared bottles. If stored in a place where there is no light, the shelf life is unlimited.

Chokeberry (chokeberry) is one of the favorite plants of summer residents. It does not require special care, blooms beautifully, produces a good harvest, and the berries themselves are very healthy. For those who like to prepare alcoholic drinks, I suggest making a chokeberry tincture at home using the best recipes, repeatedly tested in practice. We will only use cheap and available ingredients.

Homemade chokeberry tinctures are best prepared using large, juicy berries collected after the first frost. Also suitable dried fruits. In this case, in the proposed recipes it is enough to reduce the proportions of berries by half. Before cooking, rowan berries should be carefully sorted, removing small (they are very bitter) and spoiled berries.

As an alcoholic base, you can use vodka, alcohol diluted to 40-45 degrees, purified moonshine or cognac. Fundamental difference No.

Classic chokeberry tincture

The simplest, but at the same time very tasty option a drink in which there is nothing superfluous.

Ingredients:

• black rowan berries – 1 kg;
• vodka (alcohol, moonshine) – 1 liter;
• sugar - to taste (optional).

Personally, I don’t add sugar, but for lovers of sweet alcohol I still advise adding 300-500 grams.

1. Place sorted and washed rowan berries into a jar.

2. Add vodka so that it covers the layer of berries by 2-3 cm. Add sugar (optional) and mix well.

3. Close the jar with a lid and leave for 60-70 days in a dark place at room temperature. Shake the contents of the jar every 4-5 days.

4. Strain the finished tincture through cheesecloth, pour into bottles and cap tightly. In a dark place room temperature Its shelf life is practically unlimited.

The result is delicious homemade tincture from chokeberry, which has the color of wood furniture and the characteristic smell of forest rowan. Easy and pleasant to drink.

Attention! The berries can be reused, just fill them with the same amount of alcohol base. The taste of both tinctures is almost the same, the second one is even a little softer.

Classic version tinctures

Fragrant tincture of black rowan

Adding a few clove buds gives the drink interesting aromatic notes. It's hard to believe that it is made from ordinary chokeberry, which grows everywhere.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry berries – 1.5 kg;
• vodka – 1 liter;
• sugar – 500 grams;
• cloves – 2-3 buds.

Recipe:

1. Place the prepared berries in a jar and crush them with a wooden rolling pin.

2. Add sugar and cloves.

3. Mix the contents of the jar well, tie the neck with gauze and leave for 2 days in a dark place at room temperature.

4. Pour in vodka, stir, close nylon cover and place for 50-65 days in a dark place with a temperature of 18-25°C.

5. Strain the finished tincture through cheesecloth and a layer of cotton wool, then pour into bottles for storage. Shelf life – up to 3 years.

Black rowan with cloves

Chokeberry tincture with honey

Healthy drink with mild taste.

Ingredients:

• vodka (alcohol, cognac) – 0.5 liters;
• black rowan – 0.5 kg;
• honey – 30 ml (2 full tablespoons).

1. Pour rowan berries into a jar.

2. If the honey is candied, melt it in a water bath until liquid.

3. Add honey and vodka to the jar with rowan berries, mix well.

4. Close the jar with a nylon lid and place in a dark, warm (18-25°C) place for 60-90 days. Once a week, the contents of the jar should be shaken to better dissolve the ingredients.

5. Strain the finished black rowan tincture through several layers of gauze and pour into bottles for storage. In a dark place the shelf life is unlimited.

Tincture with honey

In moderate quantities (30-50 grams per day), all prepared tinctures have a number of medicinal properties, as they retain all the beneficial substances fresh berries. IN for preventive purposes they can be used:

• to improve immunity;
• reducing blood cholesterol levels;
• improving appetite and normalizing digestion;
• lowering blood pressure;
• strengthening the walls of blood vessels and improving their elasticity.

Chokeberry has not only a beautiful dark color And pleasant aroma, it also contains very a large number of a variety of useful substances. That is why a tincture is often prepared from it, which is not only tasty and aromatic, but also very beneficial for the body.

There are many different recipes for preparing this alcoholic drink. But still, the easiest to prepare and the most delicious and healthy tincture is considered to be prepared according to traditional recipe.

Ingredients:

• chokeberry berries – 100 g;
• vodka – 1 liter;
• granulated sugar – 30 g.

Reference. You don’t have to add sugar at all, but then the finished drink will be harsher and less sweet. Fresh rowan berries can be replaced with dried ones, but then their volume should be half as much. And store-bought vodka can easily be replaced with alcohol diluted to 50 degrees or with high-quality homemade moonshine.

Preparation:

To prepare an alcoholic drink, it is best to use juicy and large berries rowan trees that have already been subjected to the first frost. After collection, they must be washed and sorted.

1. Pour the collected berries into a jar, pour sugar on top and pour in vodka.
2. Mix everything thoroughly with a wooden spatula and close the lid tightly.
3. Place the container in a dark and warm place for two, or preferably three, months.
4. After this period, the contents of the container should be filtered and the berries thoroughly squeezed.
5. Pour the tincture into bottles, seal tightly and store in a cool, dark place for three weeks. After this it is ready for use.

Attention! Used raw materials should not be thrown away. It should be refilled with the same amount of vodka and set again to infuse. Such secondary alcohol is in no way inferior in taste and color to the first tincture, but on the contrary, has an even milder taste.

The finished tincture has a pleasant aroma, a slight sweetness in taste and a rich reddish-violet color. Ready-made alcohol is drunk easily and simply, leaving behind a delicate aftertaste in the mouth.

With honey

A lot has already been said and written about the benefits of honey. And its combination with chokeberry is really very healthy and tasty. Therefore, we cannot ignore the recipe for preparing a tincture from these two ingredients.

To prepare an alcoholic drink you will need:

• berries – 500 g;
• honey – 2 tablespoons;
• vodka – 500 ml.

Reference. It is better to use fresh and liquid honey in this recipe; it will dissolve faster. But vodka can be easily replaced with high-quality cognac. The result will be very tasty and aromatic drink With rich color and an unusual aftertaste.

The cooking process itself consists of the following steps:

1. The rowan must be sorted and washed well.
2. Add honey to the container and alcoholic ingredient. Mix everything well.
3. Close the jar with a lid and put it in a dark and warm place for three months. The contents of the container should be shaken lightly 1-2 times a day for 30 days.
4. Then the tincture is filtered and bottled for further storage.

Chokeberry in alcohol

The drink prepared according to this recipe is especially aromatic and strong. Therefore, it is best to use it in minimal doses and as a medicine.

• alcohol – 500 ml (95%);
• chokeberry -1000 g;
• sugar – 200 – 300 g;
• water – 400 ml.

Sequencing:

1. The berries must be sorted and washed.
2. Using a wooden pestle, lightly crush the rowan and transfer it to a container for infusion.
3. Sprinkle sugar on top if desired.
4. In a separate container, mix alcohol and water and pour the resulting liquid into the container for the rowan.
5. Close the container with a lid and leave for three months to ripen.
6. Then strain and bottle.

Sugar in this strong tincture you don't have to add it. The taste and aroma of the finished drink will not be affected by this.

Unusual fragrant

At its core it is alcoholic drink more like wine, but it also has some differences from it. It is also important that the strength of the finished tincture is low, but the taste and aroma are excellent. Therefore, it would be quite appropriate to serve such alcohol as a dessert at any celebration.

To prepare it you will need:

• zest of one large orange;
• 1 kg of rowan;
• 3 kg granulated sugar;
• vanillin optional – 1 pinch.

This tincture is very easy to prepare:

1. The washed and sorted berries are washed well and mixed with sugar.
2. The resulting mixture should be lightly rubbed until the juice is released.
3. Cover the container with gauze and leave for 75 days in a dark and warm place.
4. Every three days the mass should be thoroughly mixed.
5. After the specified period, the mass should be strained, the pulp should be thrown away, and the tincture itself should be bottled and stored for another three months in a dark and cold place.

Only after this time the drink will be ready for consumption. This tincture has a rich dark ruby ​​color and a pronounced sweetness in taste, so many compare it to liqueur.

Lemon

The finished alcoholic drink prepared according to this recipe has a rich citrus aroma and pleasant sourness in taste.

Ingredients for cooking:

• ripe lemons – 3 pcs.;
• vodka – 1l;
• rowan – 1 kg;
• sugar – 200 g;
• water – 200 ml.

This one is being prepared citrus drink Just:

1. The washed and sorted berries are poured into a jar, and sliced ​​​​lemon slices are added there.
2. Sprinkle sugar on top and pour vodka and water.
3. Cover tightly with a lid and store for 90 days in a darkened room at room temperature.
4. Then the tincture is filtered and bottled.
5. Leave for another 14 days, after which the drink is considered ready for consumption.

Attention! Tinctures prepared according to all these recipes with the addition of vodka, cognac or alcohol can be stored in a dark and cool place for at least 5 years. But a drink prepared without adding alcohol should be stored for a maximum of two years.

All varieties of black rowan tinctures have pleasant taste and aroma. All of them can be consumed not just as alcohol, but as real medicine, 50 g per day. This will help boost immunity, improve digestion and replenish vitamin deficiencies in the body.

Video: how to make a drink at home

Watch the video that shows how to make medicinal tincture from chokeberry chokeberry at home:

So that you don't get disappointed ( so much time down the drain!), I’ll risk offering you a recipe that you can quickly test. Usually liqueurs They take a long time to prepare - if not for years, like noble whiskeys, cognacs and other brandies, then at least for months. Indeed, for unclouded alcohol to absorb all the necessary additives, it takes at least three months, and preferably six months. But that’s if you don’t help him. And I will help you help.

Where do liqueurs come from?

Once upon a time, my dearly beloved mother-in-law gave me her grandmother’s cookbook, published, apparently, at the beginning of the twentieth century. I can't tell you the exact date or name, because the original title page She didn’t have one, and the binding was quite modern, from a bookbindery. Among other wonderful dishes, I found a recipe there “ Casseroles", that is, accelerated liqueurs, which is prepared in a week - and is not only not inferior in taste, but also superior to its long-aged sisters.

In addition to other ingredients necessary for pouring ( that is, berries and alcohol) you will need a special device - a clay or ceramic pot of the volume you need, but no less than 2 liters, or a similar cast-iron vessel. Either option must come with a tight-fitting lid.

Material

In principle, it doesn’t matter which berry or fruit you make the liqueur from. The principle of preparing this liqueur will not change in any way. Just if it's apricots, peaches or plums ( all three options are outstanding), they will need to be cut into small pieces. The same goes for pears and apples. You don’t need to do anything special with the chokeberry - just pick it off “ ridges", trying to tear off every " berry stalk" Of no use small twigs from the point of view of taste, no, but the extra hole for the entry and exit of liquid, on the contrary, will come in handy.

If the berries are very large and dense, and you are not too lazy, make a couple of holes in them with a toothpick - then liqueur will be even more intense.

Vodka or alcohol?

It is difficult to answer this question unambiguously. Before you answer it, tell yourself honestly: what are you doing? liqueur want to achieve? Knock your guests off their feet? Can you sleep soundly after your first drink? Treat exclusively male company that cannot stand girlish tenderness? Then definitely alcohol. Just, for the sake of all that is holy, think about your own health and safety - and buy it only in trusted places and excellent quality. A " cheaper than competitors, in a five-liter canister, stall No. 154 at the Mitinsky radio market" - no need.

If mixed companies come to visit you; you are interested in the taste of what you drink; and the tasting process is more important to you than the result - then vodka. Of course, well cleaned, without any unpleasant aftertastes or morning surprises. Berries won't get rid of all this.

By the way, remember that in addition to alcohol and vodka, there are many other types of alcohol that can be used to make liqueurs. These are all types of brandy, rum, tequila, whiskey. For chokeberry, light rum and inexpensive brandy are good; other options under its influence will also die as individuals, without adding anything remarkable to the chokeberry - therefore, why throw money down the drain?

Go!

After you have painstakingly chosen alcohol, vodka or another, prepared the berries and found the dishes, pour the berries into the dishes. They should fill the container almost to the top. Of course, there is no need to compact them there - they lay down just as they were. Then pour alcohol over the berries - “ up to your shoulders", add a couple of pinches of sugar and spices if you put ( see below). And cover with a lid.

Since not a single lid of a clay, ceramic or cast iron product can fit hermetically - and we need not a single gram of alcohol to evaporate - then do " seal" For this you will need flour and just enough water to make a viscous, sticky dough. Cover the joint with this dough, so that not a crack remains!

If there is a hole in the lid for steam to escape, you can first fill it with a ball of foil and then seal it.

Temperature

IN original recipe The dishes prepared in this way with the future casserole are placed in the oven " after the loaves" Unfortunately, I can’t boast of a Russian stove. But after much experimentation, I found the optimal mode. Place the pot-shape-pan with berries and alcohol in the oven and set the temperature to 70°C. It's important to understand what temperature your oven actually gets to. Because here an extra 5-10 degrees may not play the most attractive role. The boiling point of alcohol is 78°C. If you don't want to instead liqueurs To get a light wine, it’s better to check whether your expectations match the actual temperature by purchasing a thermometer in advance.

Once the temperature rises to seventy, set the timer for an hour. As soon as it rings, reduce the temperature by 10°C and set the timer for 1.5 hours. Then another 10°C and another 1.5 hours. In total, the liqueur sits in the oven for 4 hours and minutes. Now turn it off completely and let the oven and the pot in it cool completely. Move the pot to a secluded place and forget about its contents for 4 days.

Just a little more, just a little more

Now there is one stage that cannot be accelerated. Line the colander with a clean kitchen towel - it should not smell of anything, especially washing powder. It is better if it is waffle, but other options are possible. Or use gauze folded several times. The fabric should be of such a size that its ends hang down significantly. Place a colander on a saucepan or deep bowl and pour the contents of the pot into it, first carefully scraping all the dough off the lid.

When the main liquid has drained, gather the ends together, tie and hang the resulting bag over a bowl for several hours ( pour the bulk of the liqueur into a bottle, there is no need for it to evaporate into space).

Patience here is what it comes down to: if you decide to squeeze the berries, quite a lot will be squeezed out. But the quality is wrong - this liquid will be very cloudy and will spoil your entire bottle with an unpleasant-looking sediment. It would be better if you used it in some other way. For example, gradually eat berries. Well, chokeberry is a specific berry, not to everyone’s taste, but plum or cherry are very good, and the effect is wonderful. Or pour a couple of teaspoons of this cloudy liqueur into tea - it relieves insomnia as if by hand.

Finishing touch

Try it liqueur. If you want it sweeter, add fine sugar. And let it sit in the bottle for a day or two. But you can drink it right away. Most The right way: Make half sweeter and leave half as is.

Match opportunities

But if you have a lot of berries, and the containers for “ casseroles"limited quantity, use them for the most ordinary and simple-minded, but still causing delight of others - liqueurs and tinctures according to the recipe of the editor-in-chief of the magazine " Gastronom» Andrey Zakharin.

Andrei Ivanovich, without hesitation, pours well-peeled, washed and dried berries into a container, fills them with vodka, closes them as tightly as possible and keeps them in a dark place for three months. After which it filters and divides into parts, one for boys, the other for girls. For boys, the drink is, in fact, already ready. To prepare a version for girls, you need to pour the tincture into a saucepan, add a little sugar ( to taste, but not much) heat without bringing to a boil, cool and pour into beautiful containers. Girls love when everything is beautiful.

A well-known trick: if you put a handful of cherry tree leaves into the chokeberry liqueur from the very beginning, you will get a cherry liqueur- one to one in taste and color.

If you want to get an aromatic and tasty, but rather transparent rather than thickly colored liqueur, pour berries or prepared fruits in one layer on a baking sheet covered with parchment and place in an oven preheated to 70-100°C. Dry the berries there, removing the pan from time to time, shaking it and turning it 90°, from 2 to 6 hours, depending on the size and density of the product pulp. Then cool and fill with vodka or alcohol.

If you want to make your liqueur SPECIAL, add spices to the berries. Star anise goes perfectly with chokeberry. A light, very light anise note - do not put more than 3 stars of star anise per 1 kg of berries - chokeberry is very suitable. More cute combinations per 1 kilogram:

• cherry + a couple of clove buds + 1 fresh Bay leaf
• apricots + 7-8 cardamom boxes and/or 2 cinnamon sticks
• plums + tiny piece of fresh red chilli without seeds + piece fresh root ginger measuring 0.5 cm
• pears + quarter vanilla pod
• apples + 2 cinnamon sticks and 1/10 nutmeg
• lingonberries + orange zest + allspice
• cranberry + ginger and/or nutmeg
• sea ​​buckthorn + mint + cinnamon

If we talk about combinations of chokeberry not with spices, but with other berries, then it goes best with apples and lingonberries.

Since ancient times, alcohol tinctures have been used by our ancestors for healing. various ailments. Historical data states that the pioneers in the field of herbal extracts using alcohol are the Chinese. And this is not surprising, because ancient Chinese medicine is based not only on the relationship between man and the cosmos, but also on herbal medicine. It is not for nothing that the treatise “Materia Medica” has been translated into many languages ​​and is recognized as the best guide to herbal medicine. Tincture of chokeberry with vodka began to be used as a medicine not so long ago, because the medicinal shrub came to Russia only in the 19th century. What ailments a ruby ​​drink can banish, how to prepare and use it, you will learn from the article.

What is vodka tincture

The Latin word tincture refers to a liquid form of an alcohol-based medicine. The drug is obtained by natural extraction, without heating the plant material. The tincture is prepared on the basis medical alcohol concentration 40-90%. At home, instead of medical alcohol, herbalists have since ancient times used vodka and moonshine. The concentration of the extractant and the infusion time depend on the characteristics of the raw material. The aging process takes place at room temperature without the presence of direct sunlight. The finished solution is filtered several times and hermetically sealed in a glass container.

Know! The infusion time must be such that the plant raw material fully transfers its beneficial qualities to the extractant. Everything must go into solution biologically active ingredients, essential oils, vitamins, flavonoids.

The second meaning of the word tincture is considered as a strong alcoholic drink . To create it, spices and healing herbs, fruits and even seeds, various nuts. In Rus', such a potion began to be prepared in the 10th century. Through trial and error, using various ingredients, infusion techniques, people got a lot unique recipes, many of which have survived to this day.

The drink was used to treat diseases in small portions. The world-famous horseradish or horseradish - vodka made from horseradish rhizomes - was in every home. Peter I issued such a decree to keep people engaged in physical labor in the cold in good shape.

Abuse of this drug was strictly prohibited, since bitters can cause a serious hangover and contain alcohol. Red (ordinary) rowan began to be used in recipes to mask a specific “aroma” and taste fusel oils. Bitterness interrupted bad smell, and the infusion was recognized as healing, because our ancestors worshiped rowan, considering it a sacred tree.

Alcohol tincture of rowan - beneficial and medicinal properties

To understand which beneficial features chokeberry will transfer to an alcohol solution during the extraction process, you will have to get acquainted with this amazing plant. The correct botanical name of the crop is chokeberry. It is called rowan for its similarity in the shape of the fruit. If the common rowan with red berries is distributed throughout the world in temperate climate zones, then the chokeberry comes from the eastern regions North America. Both species are included in the Rosaceae family, but belong to different genera.

This shrub is prone to strong branching, reaches 2.5-3 m, and has a spreading crown. The leaves are ovate with a pointed crown and jagged edges. In autumn, the crown flares up with a crimson bonfire. Chokeberry blooms at the end of spring with small pinkish-white flowers collected in dense corymbs. Already in August, the fruits turn black, but fully ripen only after the first frost. Berries of cultivated varieties weigh 1-1.2 g, diameter 6-9 mm. They taste sourish-sweet with a pronounced astringent aftertaste. The shrub bears fruit for up to 40 years, is highly productive, winter-hardy, and light-loving.

This is interesting! From Greek, the name of the genus Aronia can be translated as “helper.” Indian tribes have long used it to treat and relieve pain.

The beneficial properties of the berry are due to its rich chemical composition:

• natural sugars – glucose, sucrose (up to 10%);
• sorbitol used in Food Industry as a sugar substitute;
• vitamins – rutin, carotene, ascorbic acid, vitamin E, PP, B vitamins;
• anthocyanins;
• organic acids;
• fiber, polysaccharides;
• microelements – iodine, manganese, iron, boron, molybdenum, fluorine, potassium;
• pectin;
• tannins.

Among the fruit plants of the temperate zone, chokeberry is the leader in the content of rutin, iodine and vitamin C. Plant raw materials can normalize increased arterial pressure, lower blood cholesterol.

Pectin and alimentary fiber have a beneficial effect on work gastrointestinal tract, free the body from waste and toxins. Blackberry enhances the outflow of bile, increases the secretion of gastric juice. Microelements normalize metabolism and hormone synthesis. Due to the high content of rutin, iron and ascorbic acid, chokeberry helps strengthen the walls of blood vessels and helps fight serious pathologies - anemia, atherosclerosis, hemophilia.

Know! The effectiveness of chokeberry berries in the treatment of the listed pathologies has been scientifically proven.

Thanks to the content of natural plant sugars and sorbitol delicious harvest can be consumed by diabetics. The potassium they contain will help patients overcome edema, establish insulin synthesis, and restore capillary circulation. High content Iodine has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the pancreas and helps alleviate radiation sickness and thyrotoxicosis. Chokeberry is a real storehouse of vitamins that can strengthen the immune system and replenish the deficiency of essential nutrients.

The inky color of the crop is due to the content of anthocyanins, which are famous for their ability to stop the growth of cancer cells. Berries fight inflammatory processes, accelerate tissue regeneration and rejuvenation. B vitamins regulate the work nervous system, help cope with stress, improve sleep.

What diseases can be treated with rowan tincture?

Rowan tincture completely takes over healing properties chokeberry raw materials. If you use homemade herbal extract wisely, without exceeding the recommended dosage, you can overcome the following diseases:

• arterial hypertension, hypertension;
• systemic joint diseases - rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic pain, salt deposits in gout;
• gastrointestinal diseases - hypoacid and anacid gastritis (low acidity), atony of the intestinal muscles, congestive processes in gallbladder and liver;
• diabetes;
• vitamin deficiency, anemia;
• diseases of the circulatory system - atherosclerosis, carditis, hemophilia, circulatory and microcirculation disorders, fragility of vessel walls;
• inflammatory processes of all body systems;
• infectious diseases caused by the activity of pathogenic microflora;
• radiation sickness, oncology;
• pathologies of the thyroid gland - thyrotoxicosis, goiter.

Remember! Tinctures should only be taken after consultation with your doctor. Black Rowan has a lot of contraindications, so self-medication can lead to a worsening of the patient’s condition.

To achieve therapeutic effect, do not exceed the recommended dosage of homemade elixirs. Drink the tincture 2-3 times a day before meals so that the total portion per day does not exceed 50 grams of the product, i.e. one teaspoon or tablespoon.

How to prepare tincture at home - recipes

To prepare medicine based on chokeberry, you need to know how to properly collect and preserve a useful harvest. It is best to approach this task yourself, especially if a healing shrub grows on your site. Ready-made herbal raw materials can be purchased at the pharmacy chain. Dried chokeberry fruits are available for sale.

Harvesting of the useful crop begins only after the first frost. The collection time will vary slightly in different regions, for Middle zone Russia best time will arrive at the beginning of October. By this point, “black pearls” will have accumulated a maximum of useful substances. To check the maturity of the crop, crush the berry with your fingers and do a tasting. Release of ruby ​​juice sweet taste with an astringent note speaks of the ripeness of the berries. Nature made sure that the chokeberry produced the entire harvest at the same time.

Harvesting must be done with special care so that in the process of tearing off the brushes the fruit buds located on the top of the head are not damaged. It is convenient to use scissors to cut black brushes. Do not hesitate to sort, immediately remove small and damaged berries.

Rowan berry brushes will last for two months in cool conditions. So long-term storage perhaps due to the content of substances that prevent the proliferation of microorganisms. An equally popular way to preserve the beneficial qualities of chokeberry is freezing. Separate the fruits from the bunch, rinse thoroughly, and wait for the liquid to drain. Place them in small plastic containers or thick plastic bags.

You can also dry the crop by sorting and washing it first. To dry, use an oven or electric dryer. Temperature devices should not exceed 60⁰C. Dried and frozen raw materials are stored for 12 months. Dried berries should be placed in glass containers with a sealed lid, store away from light. These methods will help you prepare the crop so that you can brew it if necessary. healthy tea, add to compote or prepare a healing tincture.

On a note! If you get your hands dirty with ruby ​​juice, do not try to wash them with soap. Alkali will only help the purple stain to take hold, and acid (acetic or citric) will help remove stains.

Now let's look at a few popular recipes preparing chokeberry tincture.

With cherry leaves

Cherry leaves are a valuable product with mass useful qualities and a rich bouquet. They are ideal in combination with tart rowan, which is why bitters based on these components are incredibly popular. To make a homemade tincture you will need:

• chokeberry berries – 100 g;
• cherry leaves – 100 g;
• citric acid – 10 g;
• liter of cold filtered water;
• quality vodka – 500 ml;
• sugar - half a glass.

Sort and wash the plant materials, put them in a saucepan. Pour in water, boil for 10 minutes. Add sugar and citric acid. Let the syrup simmer for another third of an hour. After the syrup has cooled, strain and pour in the alcohol. Pour the resulting liquid into bottles and put them in a dark place to infuse. Exposure time is 3-4 weeks. Shelf life – 2 years.

Another recipe is prepared without cooking. For a glass of chokeberry fruit you will need 20 cherry leaves. The washed berries should be mashed and placed on the bottom liter jar along with the leaves. The container is filled to the neck with vodka. After 20 days of infusion, the tincture is filtered and poured into glass bottles. Can be taken healing drink inside or use to rub sore joints, make compresses.

Advice! This recipe does not contain sugar, which means the resulting product can be consumed by diabetics.

There is another recipe that includes cherry leaves. The liqueur is called “100 leaves”, although it contains one less leaf. To prepare a life-giving remedy, take 33 leaves each from raspberries, cherries and black currant, 250 grams of chokeberry berries. Boil over low heat with 0.8 liters of water for half an hour. Then add a glass of sugar and 10 g citric acid. After the syrup has cooled, add half a liter of vodka and pour into bottles. Infuse the filtered mixture for at least two weeks. Thanks to its rich composition, the life-giving elixir will help recover from colds, enrich the body with vitamins, and stimulate appetite.

With honey

Thanks to valuable product beekeeping you can get a unique healthy elixir at home. To do this, take a glass container with a capacity of 2-3 liters. Place washed chokeberry berries (3 cups) in a jar. Add three tablespoons liquid honey. The candied product can be heated in a water bath.

To enhance the anti-inflammatory properties of the elixir, you can add powdered oak bark; you will need half a teaspoon. It remains to add a liter to the jar quality vodka and remove the solution to infuse for 4-5 months. To enhance extraction, the jar should be shaken weekly. The finished product is filtered and bottled, stored in a dark place. Used for oral administration, compresses, rubbing.

Attention! If you are allergic to honey, avoid both drinking and external use of the product.

With cloves

Chokeberry tincture with cloves has a pronounced anti-inflammatory, tonic, and immunostimulating effect. Fragrant spice will give the drink specific notes and make it more tasty.

To prepare healing agent take:

• 1.5 kg of washed chokeberry fruits;
• 2-3 clove buds;
• half a kilo of sugar;
• vodka – 500 ml.

Crush the berries and place them in a jar along with the spice and sugar. Cover the neck of the container with gauze and leave in a dark place at room temperature for two days. After this, pour in alcohol and stir. Infuse under a nylon lid for about two months. Strain the finished product; shelf life is 3 years.

Classic recipe

The classic recipe for a healing tincture contains only chokeberry berries and an alcohol-containing liquid - vodka, moonshine or food alcohol. Preparation of the drink involves mixing equal proportions products. There is no need to grind the chokeberry, just fill it with alcohol and put it in a dark place for 2-2.5 months. Shake the container twice a week to enhance extraction.

Strain the finished elixir, but do not throw away the berries - they can be reused by adding a liter of alcohol again. Pour the liquid into glass bottles and store away from light. The shelf life of the drug is unlimited. This simple sugar-free recipe allows you to use the product for diabetes.

This is interesting! It was noted that the second portion of the infusion has a milder taste and is in no way inferior in quality to the first.

With lemon

The immunostimulating properties of the drink can be enhanced by adding lemon juice. To make a miracle remedy, take enough chokeberry to fill a three-liter jar up to the shoulders. To the fruits, add one glass of granulated sugar and water, juice from three large citrus fruits and 500 ml of alcohol with a strength of no more than 50%. Keep the jar in a cool, dark corner for 20 days, shaking the contents periodically. Filter the finished composition, cap it in bottles and keep for another 2-3 weeks.

From dried berries in alcohol

If harvested went to preparing compotes, pies, jam, maybe instead fresh fruits take dried ones. You will need enough berries to fill liter jar by two thirds. Just wash the dried raw materials first and grind them using a meat grinder. Fill the rest of the container with medical alcohol.

This product will take longer to infuse - 120-150 days, but it can be stored for only 3 months. In terms of taste and usefulness, the elixir is not inferior to medicine made from fresh raw materials. The short shelf life is due to the appearance of a characteristic alcoholic taste and smell.

Recipe for tincture of fresh berries with alcohol

Tincture from fresh chokeberry fruits is very simple to prepare. Fill any glass container two-thirds full with washed berries. Add one third (of the total mass) of purified alcohol. Put it in a dark corner for three weeks. Filter the finished elixir and pour into a bottle.

On a note! If necessary, you can use a healing rub for colds or exacerbation of rheumatic pain.

Tincture diluted with water

If you use alcohol as a raw material for preparing a tincture, the elixir will turn out to be too strong and have a burning taste. To protect the mucous membranes from burns, the resulting alcohol infusions must be diluted to vodka concentration. Dilution condition: three parts of filtered water should be added to two parts of the prepared medicine.

The benefits and harms of black rowan vodka tincture

Alcohol extract from chokeberry is incredibly useful. You already know about this side of the issue from the previous sections of the article, but the herbal preparation also has strict contraindications. They are due to the fact that the medicine contains alcohol, which has a detrimental effect on all body systems.

In order to exclude harmful effects Follow the recommended dosage. For the same reason, you should not use the infusion during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and this remedy will not bring any benefit to children. It is better to pamper the kids with fruit drinks or pies with berry filling.

Chokeberry increases blood clotting and is contraindicated if there is a risk of thrombosis, thrombophlebitis, stroke or myocardial infarction. Diseases of the kidneys, liver, stomach and duodenal ulcers are also contraindications. You should not take the tincture orally if you have gastritis with increased acidity, hypotension. Allergy sufferers should be careful.

Conclusion

A life-giving tincture of chokeberry can be prepared with vodka or other strong alcohol. If you do not abuse the healing drug, even chronic diseases will subside over time. It’s not for nothing that they say that chokeberry will help you forget the way to the pharmacy. Be healthy!

Video instruction: how to prepare chokeberry tincture