Bright chanterelle mushrooms are consumed fried and harvested for the winter in marinade. However, they have one feature. They cannot be wormy. That is why the use for these mushrooms can be found not only in recipes for cooking, but also as a treatment. Usually they prepare a medicinal tincture. Prepared for alcohol, it is used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of diseases.
Healing properties of tincture
As already mentioned, there are no pests in chanterelles: insects, worms, because they contain a unique substance - quinomanose, which destroys the egg shell and the chitin cover of larvae. This makes it possible to use mushrooms as an anthelmintic. However, quinomanosis decomposes at high temperatures. Therefore, it is impossible to subject mushrooms to heat treatment. In alcohol tincture, they will retain all their useful properties and will help in the treatment of a number of diseases.
The composition of mushrooms has a number of useful substances that have a beneficial effect on the liver. Various medical sources indicate that they can slow the development of certain types of malignant tumors and contribute to the elimination of radionuclides from the body. Although this issue continues to be studied.Important! If you freeze the chanterelles, then after defrosting they will lose their medicinal properties. You can use such raw materials only for preparing first and second courses, hot and cold appetizers.
In addition to the above beneficial properties, chanterelles also have anti-inflammatory, cleansing, general strengthening, immunomodulating properties. The substances contained in them are useful for improving vision, moisturizing the mucous membrane, which is important for those who are forced to spend more than 6 hours per day at the computer. The same substances contribute to the treatment of "night blindness", which occurs in people aged.
Instructions for preparing tinctures
Dried chanterelles are available in almost all regions of the country. They can be bought at farmers' markets, so the main recipe for tincture is made taking into account just this form of medicinal raw materials. Need to take 1 tbsp. l dry chanterelle powder and add to a glass of vodka. The approximate volume is 200–250 ml. Put the tincture in a container with a tight lid, cork and refrigerate for 10-14 days. When the medicine is ready, take it to improve the body and improve the functioning of various systems and organs. The duration of the treatment course is up to 1 month.
Those who do not like clean tinctures can recommend fruit. To prepare it you will need:
- any fresh fruit: 2 tbsp. l .;
- alcohol: 100 ml;
- dry mushroom powder: 1 tbsp. l .;
- vodka: 200-250 ml.
Video: tincture of chanterelles
The components are mixed in a jar or a bottle of dark glass, covered with a lid and cleaned in a dark cool place for 10 days. It will be correct to take such a drug 2 times a day on an empty stomach. Dose - 1 hour before breakfast and an hour before bedtime. For the prevention of diseases, a course of 30 days is enough. With liver diseases, the course can last up to six months.
Important! If you have prepared the tincture, then keep in mind that this is an auxiliary treatment that can supplement the main course prescribed by the doctor, so use it only as part of complex therapy.
The use of tinctures for diseases
If mushrooms grew in the natural environment, then they are richer in useful substances than those grown in greenhouses. They contain copper, zinc, a lot of vitamin D2, vitamins A, B1, PP, and essential amino acids.
Medicinal mushrooms are distinguished and properties that manifest in them more intensively:
- The substance ergosterol, which is part of them, has a beneficial effect on the liver, so tincture can be used to treat hepatitis and fatty liver degeneration.
- Chanterelles are able to block oxidative processes caused by radionuclides. They are also able to remove radionuclides from the body along with other toxins, block the reproduction of Koch sticks. In this regard, the tincture can be used to treat tuberculosis and as a prophylactic for radiation sickness.
- Tincture is suitable for the prevention and treatment of influenza, acute respiratory infections, colds and other viral infections. Chanterelles are considered excellent natural antibiotics.
The healing properties are perfectly preserved in alcohol tinctures. But to limit the list of varieties of the use of mushrooms only tincture is not worth it. They need to be eaten by people who live in ecologically unfavorable regions, of course, provided that the chanterelles themselves are collected elsewhere.
From parasites
If you decide to use them as an anthelmintic, then take 2 tbsp. washed and finely chopped (or chopped) chanterelles, as well as 150 ml of alcohol or vodka.
Mix the ingredients, place in a bottle or jar of dark glass with a sealed lid, tightly cork. You can wrap the neck of the bottle with foil for greater tightness and put it in the refrigerator. The mixture will be infused for about 2 weeks. During this time, it will acquire a golden hue. With shaking, the tincture will cloudy. Arrange for 1 hour per day before heading to bed. Do not forget to shake before use. The course allows you to get rid of parasites that are or are supposedly present in the body.For the treatment of internal organs
Chanterelle tincture is recommended for improving well-being in poor urban environments. The course will help make up for the deficiency of zinc, vitamin A and copper. Tincture is also prescribed for liver diseases and for the treatment of hepatitis C. Thanks to this drug, you can thoroughly clean the liver, which is especially important during exacerbation of diseases.
Did you know? To save the beneficial properties of chanterelles, if they have to heat treatment, milk will help. They need to be filled with fresh milk 60 minutes before cooking.
Contraindications
Like any other plant-based products, chanterelles are harmless to healthy people. But there are a number of body conditions in which you need to be careful in using them:
- those who have hemophilia or have mechanical bowel obstruction should not eat these mushrooms because of their high vitamin B5 content;
- an excess of vitamins D and PP is contraindicated in peptic ulcer disease, acute intestinal diseases, excess calcium, an active form of tuberculosis;
- alcohol tinctures are not prescribed to persons prone to alcoholism;
- contraindicated in diseases of the nervous system, pancreatitis, gastritis and acute intestinal inflammatory processes;
- it is not recommended to use them during pregnancy and give to children under 2 years old.
Care must be taken when collecting mushrooms, as false chanterelles are often found in the forest. They have a rich orange color and a spongy rather than lamellar lower part of the cap. They may contain worms, which is not the case with edible chanterelles.
Storage conditions
Harvested fresh mushrooms are subject to mandatory processing. They can not be stored for a long time. Carefully clean the hats of debris on the back of the knife, removing adhered pieces of earth, moss, leaves. Then turn over the mushroom and clean the plates with a soft brush. Dirty foot spots can simply be cut off. Rinse the mushrooms with running water, cut into slices and dry.
If you intend to dry them, then note that drying is performed at a temperature not exceeding + 50 ° C, so as not to destroy the nutrients in the composition of the chanterelles. Beneficial substances will begin to degrade as soon as the ambient temperature reaches + 60 ° C. A sign of the end of drying will be that the mushrooms begin to crumble between the fingers.Dried mushrooms are stored on a string or in a grid with good air access. It is also permissible to chop dried chanterelles in a blender and store in a dried form in an airtight package.Did you know? Chanterelles have a bitter taste. If you collect them in a drought, then the bitterness in them increases, so for culinary purposes they need to be soaked before further processing.
You need to store the finished tincture in the refrigerator, but not more than 1 year from the date of manufacture. Raw plant materials tend to continue to react with alcohol throughout the entire contact time. That is why, a year after storage, the essential oils will evaporate, the active substances will react with alcohol and the beneficial properties of the drug will become minimal.
Now you can independently make tincture of chanterelles. Knowing what the benefits and harms of the fungus are, you can correctly use it for the treatment and prevention of diseases. But do not forget that in the presence of chronic diseases, before you start to use tinctures and other drugs, you need to consult a doctor.