Lavrovishnia - good and bad

Lavrovishnia is a medicinal plant widely known for its useful properties. Its fruits are widely used in folk and modern medicine, as well as - winemaking and the production of beverages that have toning properties.

Benefit and harm of laurel cherries

To know the usefulness of laurel, and what is the danger of its use, you need to pay attention to the chemical composition of berries and leaves of this plant. Specifically, they contain:

  1. Essential oil - the presence of this substance causes the possibility of using laurel leaves to flavor dairy products. As a result, they acquire the aftertaste of the famous bitter almond. Also, the leaves of this plant are used as a substitute for laurel.
  2. Cyanic acid - this substance makes the fruit of laurel tomatoes toxic, so you should not use them without appropriate recommendations and dosage.
  3. Tanides are substances that have anti-inflammatory properties. Partly thanks to these substances, the beneficial properties of laurel cherries are determined.
  4. Tannins, vitamin C , flavonoids, phytoncides, catechins, proanthocyanides.
  5. Glycoside of amygdaline - due to him, a certain similarity of this plant with almonds is determined.

If we consider the benefit and harm from the fruits of laurel cherries, then it can be noted that:

  1. The leaves and fruits of this plant have been used for a long time and successfully used in modern medicine for the production of various oils, medicinal infusions, and so-called laurel cherry water, which is used as an anesthetic or sedative.
  2. Poisonous substances contained in the laurel, have pronounced immunomodulatory properties.
  3. The leaves of the plant are used to eliminate spasmodic pain in the stomach.
  4. Together with other plants, the leaves of laurel cherries can be used for stuffing sleeping pills. It is recommended not to sleep for more than two hours.
  5. Water emulsion, prepared from the crushed seeds of this plant, will help get rid of boils, and applied to the scalp areas prone to alopecia, will enhance hair growth.

As already mentioned above, it is by no means possible to apply the fruits and leaves of this plant without prior medical advice. It should be remembered that, despite its useful properties, laurel poison is poisonous!