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Bilberry Vaccinium myrtillus

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Common Names
Bilberry , Huckleberry
Botanical Name
Vaccinium myrtillus
Family
Bilberry Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Bruises/Sprains * Cholesterol Control * Eye care - Vision * Heart Tonics/Cordials *
Properties: Astringent* Anti-inflammatory* Cardic tonic Cordial*
Parts Used: The ripe fruit. The leaves
Constituents:quinic acid, tannin


Billberry is best known for it's
benefical effects on eyesight

Bilberry has beneficial effects on many disorders, from poor vision, and diabetes to high cholesterol and blood pressure. Because capillary damage is the primary factor in a number of eye diseases, such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts, bilberry extracts are often promoted as a source of protection. This great tasting berry also finds a place in the home herbalist's medicine cabinet as a simple and effective remedy for reducing bruises from black eyes. Bilberries are powerful antioxidants, and add "purple berry power" to herbal teas.

Side Effects:

You should not use extremely high doses of bilberry for more than one month at a time. If blood appears in the urine, discontinue use.

You should not take bilberry during pregnancy, if you are taking anticoagulants such as warfarin (Coumadin), or if you have bleeding disorders. People with diabetes who take bilberry should monitor their blood sugar and diabetic medications to prevent hypoglycemia.

Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002) Phyllis A. Balch
How to Use: Bilberry
Preparation Methods :

remedyRemedies using : Bilberry Berry gout fighters* Bilberry Extracts for eye health* Dandelion and bilberry "coffee"* Eye Tea*


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referencesBilberry Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Bilberry for :Night Blindness
Night Blindness The anthocyanosides in bilberry help ensure good circulation in the small capillaries around the eyes and skin preserving the blood supply to the eyes, and their antioxident properties help to fend off free radical damage. For night blindness no prescription counterpart exists.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Bilberry for :Bruises
Bruises Bilberry fruits have a great reputation for strengthening and protecting capillaries and improving circulation making them a good choice for bruises.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Billberry for :Atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.
Atherosclerosis and high blood pressure. Anthocyanosides in bilberry have a collagen-stabilizing action, and are an active blood sugar reducer. Bilberry extracts help to keep atherosclerotic plaques from forming on the linings of arteries by strengthening the collagen that makes up the arterial walls. This also keeps the arteries flexible, which fights high blood pressure. Collagen is the most abundant protein of the body and is destroyed as a result of gout, inflammatory joint disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Bilberry for :Night Blindness
Night Blindness The anthocyanosides in bilberry help ensure good circulation in the small capillaries around the eyes and skin preserving the blood supply to the eyes, and their antioxident properties help to fend off free radical damage. For night blindness no prescription counterpart exists.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Bilberry for :Bruises
Bruises Bilberry fruits have a great reputation for strengthening and protecting capillaries and improving circulation making them a good choice for bruises.

Linda B. White, M.D., The Herbal Drugstore (2003)

Billberry for :Atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.
Atherosclerosis and high blood pressure. Anthocyanosides in bilberry have a collagen-stabilizing action, and are an active blood sugar reducer. Bilberry extracts help to keep atherosclerotic plaques from forming on the linings of arteries by strengthening the collagen that makes up the arterial walls. This also keeps the arteries flexible, which fights high blood pressure. Collagen is the most abundant protein of the body and is destroyed as a result of gout, inflammatory joint disease, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Phyllis A. Balch, Prescription for Herbal Healing (2002)

Plant Description


  • Flowers:
  • Plant type:shrub that grows to about one foot
  • Leaves:
  • Fruit: Sweet, blue berries..
  • Preferred Habitat:Damp, acidic soils
  • Flowering Season:
  • Distribution:North America and Europe

History and Traditions
history

The huckleberry of North America and the Bilbery of England are all closely related to the cranberry and blueberry. The ancients used them largely, and Dioscorides spoke of them highly (Grieve, AMH) The ripe fruit is best for therapeutic purposes, but the leaves are used also.

English herbalists referred to bilberries as wortleberries and prescribed them for diarrhea and stomach complaints. American herbalists later combined "whortleberries" with gin to make a diuretic
Astrology:
folkloreThey are under the dominion of Jupiter. It is a pity they are used no more in physic than they are. The black bilberries are good in hot agues, and to cool the heat of the liver and stomach; they do somewhat bind the belly, and stay vomiting and loathings; the juice of the berries made in a syrup, or the pulp made into a conserve with sugar, is good for the purposes aforesaid, as also for an old cough, or an ulcer in the lungs, or other diseases therein. Nicholas Culpeper
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