Cranberry with cystitis

Cranberries are not only delicious wild berries, it is also an affordable drug used in the therapy of many diseases.

Properties of cranberries

Berry has a strengthening and tonic effect. It includes many biologically active substances:

1. Benzoic acid in cranberries is represented by vaccinine glycoside, triterpenoids - ursolic and oleanolic acids, which have a powerful anti-inflammatory effect, inhibiting the activity of cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase enzymes.
2. Containing pectin in cranberry helps to remove heavy metals and radionuclides from the human body.
3. Tannins prevent penetration into cells and inhibit the development of pathogenic microorganisms. That is why cranberry juice activates the action of antibacterial agents.
4. The cranberry is rich and flavonoids, which increase the elasticity of the vessels and regulate their permeability.
5. Cranberries contain phosphorus, sodium, potassium, aluminum, zinc, manganese, iron.

The use of cranberries in the treatment of cystitis

Information on whether cranberries help with cystitis are quite contradictory: some claim that it helps, others do not. But, nevertheless, many doctors in the treatment of acute cystitis recommend that their patients drink juice from cranberry berries or mors from them along with the intake antibacterial agents.

This is explained by the fact that in the urinary system at the onset of inflammation a lot of alkali is formed, which promotes the reproduction of the infection. Cranberry juice in this case acts as a natural acidifier of alkaline medium and thereby prevents the attachment of pathogenic microorganisms to the urinary tract and reduces their number. Thanks to the intake of cranberries for 12 hours, the E. coli population is reduced by 80%, urine after this also becomes not a very suitable environment for the habitat and reproduction of bacteria.

If you drink 300 ml of cranberry juice per day, you can significantly reduce the frequency of exacerbations of chronic cystitis. Cranberry in cystitis can be used during pregnancy, if, of course, a woman does not have contraindications to her, because cranberries can cause allergies. In addition, if a pregnant woman has heartburn, then the cranberry should also be discarded, as it increases the acidity of the stomach.

In the case of cystitis, cranberries can be consumed in various forms - in the form of juice, mors, broth or just fresh berries.

It is believed that the best from cystitis helps the mors of cranberry berries, the recipe of which is very simple.

Since not all and not always handy to eat fresh cranberry berries, then we offer you a method of preparing Morse from frozen cranberries, which is sold in any supermarket.

To brew cranberries with cystitis, you need to pre-defrost 500 g of berries, and then squeeze out the juice from them, then you need to pour 2 liters of water and add 200 g of sugar. The mixture is put on the fire and boiled for 10 minutes. Morse is ready. You can start treatment. By the way sugar in the mors can be replaced with honey (so even more useful).

But as a remedy for cystitis, you can use not only mors, but cranberry tablets. These include, in particular, the drug Monurel Previcist, which helps to fight the chronic course of inflammation of the bladder and prevents the development of relapses. The advantages of this medicine include that it contains no substances foreign to the body, it is completely natural and contains the optimal amount of cranberry extract. It is quite convenient to use it - it only needs to be done once a day.

But no matter how useful the cranberry is, use it as a means of monotherapy for cystitis should not be. Treatment of inflammation in the bladder should be comprehensive, conducted under the supervision of a doctor and in accordance with his recommendations.