Healthy Cornelian cherries always only seven instead of stone

Vitamin-rich wild fruit: Corneal better than seven stones
Currently harvest season for the Cornus. The tart wild fruit not only tastes very delicious, but is also very healthy thanks to the contained vitamins and minerals. You do not necessarily have to stone the fruits. Experts have a better tip.

Sour wild fruit is now ripe
The harvest season for the Cornelian cherry has begun. In August and September, the fruits are ripe. Among other things, the sour-sweet wild fruit - also known in Austria under the name "Dirndl" - can be served as a vitamin syringe, for example, with game dishes. Especially in the south of Germany, the fruit often comes as a jam or compote on the table. It is also used in drinks such as teas or as a component of liqueur. You do not have to chop cornelian cherries, there are more practical alternatives.

The well-known in naturopathy Cornelian cherry has numerous healing effects. Image: abcmedia - fotolia

Fruits are usually eaten processed
Instead of the fiddly work, it is better to boil the corns first with a little water and then to pass through a sieve - and in this way to separate pulp and seeds. In general, the fruit is eaten processed anyway and may therefore decay quietly. The consumer information service has pointed this out. The Cornelian cherry, which is not botanically related to the cherry, is red and oval. The wild fruit tastes tart-sour and is therefore best, according to aid best with something sweeter fruit such as pear or apple combined. The fruits fit cooked or as a chutney therefore very well with game.

For a long time known as a medicinal plant
The fruits are not only delicious, they are also healthy. According to the aid, they have a slight antipyretic effect and are used as home remedies for gastrointestinal diseases. They also contain a lot of vitamins C and B and minerals like potassium, calcium and iron. Already in the times of Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179), the red fruits were considered to be purifying and healing for digestive tract and stomach, and the bark was soothing to gout. Not only the fruits, but also the bark and the leaves of the cornelian cherry are used as a medicinal plant, among other things against fever, headache or diarrhea. (Ad)