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Winter cherry applications and use notes

Red golden berry, the scientific name is Winter Cherry, they have different characteristics from the South American and Vietnamese wild golden berry.

This kind contains quite a lot of antioxidant nutrients, suitable for all ages. However, if used a lot, there will be some side effects. Therefore, let's take a look at the following notes with Physalisvn when using Winter cherry

Characteristics of winter cherry 

 
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Winter cherry has outstanding colors that is easy to identify

Winter cherry is herbaceous plant, they have a height of 50 - 90cm. Leaves alternate and oval in shape, lobed or not. The fruit grows drooping, the inner left part is protected by a separate outer shell. The stage of ripe berries is the time when it is easy to distinguish winter cherry from the rest.

Applications of winter cherry in life

Winter cherry has many outstanding advantages such as rich in vitamins, good heat dissipation, outstanding colors creating high aesthetics, etc. That's why they are applied in many areas of life. 

Use for food

Supplementing nutrition from golden berry for the daily menu is a pretty ideal choice. In winter cherry, the content of vitamins A, C, B3, ... is quite high. These substances will contribute to good anti-oxidants.

You can use it to eat fresh, make smoothies, juices, make cakes, etc. However, compared to golden berry from South America, it is less commonly used to process dishes.

Dried flower decoration

Winter cherry has an eye-catching shell, so they are used to decorate dried flowers. In addition, people also use the dried shell of winter cherry to decorate the cake, bringing high aesthetics. Let's take a look at some finished products using winter cherry for decoration below
 
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The application of winter cherry in decorating dried flowers
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The elegant beauty of winter cherry branch
 

Medicinal

In Oriental medicine, there are many remedies that use winter cherry to treat diseases. Depending on the remedy will use the stem, leaves or fruit of them. Notable features such as:
  • Treat sore throat, expectorant, reduce fever.
  • Support the treatment of some skin diseases.
  • Cure pimples, poison nails.
  • Diabetes treatment.
  • Strengthens the immune system, fights infections.
Especially, according to researcb from the University of Houston to find out that Physalin A - D, F, L - O and Physagulin A - G are all capable of promoting the growth and spread of cancer cells. In the stem part of the vision tree contains the above substances and is used to support cancer treatment.
 
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Oriental medicine from golden berry
 

Making tea

Golden berry tea is a frugal drink that is loved by many people. They inherently have high heat clearing, diuretic, blood sugar stabilization, blood fat reduction, etc. If used regularly, they will have many health benefits. However, on the market today, teas from golden berry are more popular than winter cherry. Evaluation of the work, they are not too different, you can choose according to your preferences.
 
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Use golden berry to make tea
 
Reference: Golden berry leaf tea Physalisvn

Notes when using winter cherry

The application of winter cherry is quite diverse, but there are still some notes you need to know when using:
  • Because of its heat-clearing properties, it has a good blood pressure-lowering effect, so people with low blood pressure should not use it much. It is necessary to consult a doctor to adjust the appropriate dose and duration of use.
  • When using winter cherry and the body shows signs of itching, chest tightness, shortness of breath, etc, it is necessary to stop and go to the medical center for examination. Although it is a benign plant, there are still some cases of allergic reactions to the ingredients contained in winter cherry. 
  • If you are in the process of treating a disease with western medicine, you should not combine it with traditional medicine from winter cherry.
  • Winter cherry is often confused with nightshade, pay attention during the collection or purchase of medicinal herbs. Different from winter cherry, nightshade contains toxin solanin which is harmful to the body.
Applications and notes about winter cherry have been shared on the article. Physalisvn hopes to help readers gain more useful knowledge about this plant. From there, making a suitable choice for products from winter cherry in the future.