Wedding tree - so called in the old Russia Kalina
 According to custom, the bride before the wedding, the groom gave the towel, embroidered with leaves and berries Viburnum. Viburnum flowers intertwined in her hair, adorned their wedding tables and loaves. Kalinovoye brush decorated with red ribbon, was placed on the food, which the bride and groom were treated to their relatives and guests.

Old Slavic word viburnum   It denotes a bright red, like red-hot the color of its berries. And perhaps, in ancient times it meant Kalina "red hot." A generic name for the plant «viburnum» comes from the Latin word meaning "Vit, weave." Also it is known as a type of maple, and Kalina got this name because of the similarity of leaf shape.

Kalina common - Viburnum opulus   - A small tree or shrub of the family branched honeysuckle up to 4 m. The trunk is covered with snowball cracked gray-green or brownish-gray bark. The leaves are dark green, three-five-lobed with teeth, glabrous above, pubescent. White flowers in racemes gathered umbrellas on the tips of branches. Flowering viburnum in May.

 Wedding tree - so called in the old Russia Kalina
   Fruits of Viburnum - juicy bright red drupes in the form of flattened ball with a flat bone inside ripen in August and September. But collect them after the first frost.

Viburnum grows by almost all European part of Russia, Siberia, the Far East, in the Caucasus. She planted for Beauty on the streets, are grown in the gardens and the gardens.

In medical applications   use the bark and berries of Viburnum, rarely flowers. In the cortex, and viburnum berries contain vitamins - A, P, E, K, C, tannin, trace elements - selenium, potassium and iron ...

- Kalina lowers cholesterol in the blood, a positive effect on the blood vessels of the heart, improves digestion, stimulates the production of bile, used for liver, gallbladder and biliary tract, reduces edema of cardiac and renal origin, increases the tone uterine muscles, helps with colds, inflammation lungs, bronchitis, bronchial asthma.

- The infusion of berry cranberry
Article 6-8. spoons Viburnum pound and berries pour 1 liter of boiled water, in a thermos for 4-6 hours. Strain, take on an empty stomach, between meals and ½ cup at night.

- Insist viburnum with honey cough
2 tbsp. spoon cranberry pound, pour ½ cup of honey, let it brew and take 1 tbsp. spoon 3-4 times a day.

The juice from the berries of Viburnum can not be used inside the coronary heart disease, as well as after strokes and heart attacks, renal diseases and gout!

 Wedding tree - so called in the old Russia Kalina
 As a cosmetic, viburnum is shown to all.

- Juice of viburnum in itself is an excellent whitening, refreshing and purifying agent.

- The lotion, whitening, oily skin
2 tbsp. Kalinovoye tablespoons of juice mixed with 2 tbsp. tablespoons of boiled water and 1 teaspoon of vodka. Keep refrigerated. Wipe clean skin morning and evening. Dry and normal skin rubbed lotion-free vodka. A few days later the naked eye become noticeable result.

- For wrinkles
1 tbsp. of juice cranberry blend 1 beaten egg white and ½ teaspoon of honey, all mixed, applied to the skin for 20 minutes. Rinse with lukewarm water.

- Mask of cranberry to make the skin smooth and silky
Take 2 tbsp. tablespoons fresh or frozen viburnum berries, chop, add 1 tbsp. spoonful of starch and 1 drop of rose oil. Apply for 15 minutes on the skin, rinse with boiled water at room temperature.

- Nourishing Mask of cranberry for tired skin
2 tbsp. spoon Viburnum scald, mash, add 1 tbsp. spoonful of soft cheese, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream and 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply to face and neck skin for 15 minutes. Rinse with warm brew green tea. After 5 minutes, wash with cool water.

- Rejuvenating Mask from the leaves of Viburnum
Grind a handful of guelder rose leaves Scald a drop of boiling water, put between layers of gauze and apply on face, pre-greased with olive oil for 10-15 minutes. Wash broth chamomile or warm water. Lubricate the skin nourishing cream.

- For pomp and silky hair
A handful of flowers Viburnum make 1 liter of boiling water, leave for half an hour, drain, rinse hair after washing one time per week.

Sorcerers say that if you put in a jar of honey 12 berries Viburnum, hold them there for 12 days and then eat one day, fate will bring the sweet-presladkuyu love.
Author: Natalia Alexeeva