Common names: Blackberry
Taxonomic name: Rubus species
Family: Rosaceae
Uses: Food, stomach complaints, diarrhoea
Area of origin: Europe
Warnings: None
Blackberries are well known for their delicious berries, they’re full of vitamins C and K, manganese and both soluble and insoluble fibre.
The vitamins and tannins in Blackberries make them useful for wound healing with the vitamin C helping fight infection while the tannins and vitamin K help with clotting.
Besides helping to heal external wounds, these compounds mean that an infusion of Blackberry leaves can stop diarrhoea in its tracks. When the high levels of tannins in the leaves hit the intestinal lining, they cause it to tone and tighten.
It’s a sure way to stop you when nothing else will.
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