Cranberry Juice (Vaccinium macrocarpon) Powder, 1 kg (2.2 lbs): RF
Other common names: Crane Berries, Marshwort, Fenne Berry Don't wait for Thanksgiving to benefit from the natural way to urinary tract health. Cranberry is one of Nature's best weapons against cystitis and urinary tract infections. It has helped to treat bladder and kidney infections and has also helped to dissolve kidney and gallstones. Moreover, it is said to possess antioxidant qualities that may protect against the invasion of serious malignant disease. There is also important new research being conducted with respect to Cranberry's beneficial effects on ovarian cancer treatments. History: The Cranberry plant has been in existence since the Iron Age, but the Romans were the first to recognize and document its medicinal uses by the local inhabitants of what is now England. Herbalist Henry Lyte documented its healing effects in 1578, and since that time, the Cranberry has been a popular folk remedy for a variety of illnesses, including gout, rheumatism, diarrhea, constipation, scurvy, fevers and skin problems. The Cranberry plant is a small, creeping shrub bearing beautiful pink flowers that grow into rounded reddish-black berries, which are closely allied to the blueberry and huckleberry. Early Native Americans introduced Cranberry to the Pilgrims who settled the New England area, and the berries were favorably mentioned in a written European Account of Two Voyages to New England During the Years 1638, 1663 by John Josselyn. Two species of Cranberry are used interchangeably in herbal medicine, and they are distinguished only by the size of their berries: Vaccinium macrocarpon (large berry) and Vaccinium oxycoccus (small berry). Currently, there are approximately 150 species of Cranberry, but the best known and most popular is the American Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), because of the size and juiciness of its fruit. The colonists "Europeanized" the berry, using it stewed and sweetened in puddings and tarts, and the Europeans included the Cranberry regularly in their diets and considered it a fine treatment for scurvy (it has a very high vitamin C content). Cranberry was cultivated by Captain Hall of Massachusetts in 1820, and by Benjamin Thomas of New Jersey about 1835. The berries are harvested early in the autumn for commercial preparation, but it is a difficult plant to grow, requiring a heavy investment and bogs. The United States presently produces about ninety-eight percent of the world's Cranberries. Cranberry is listed as an effective remedy for urinary tract infection in the United States Pharmacopeia, the official listing of drugs in the United States. Some of Cranberry's chemical constituents include tannins, lutein, triterpenoids, anthocyanins and catechin. It is also a good source of protein, fiber, beta-carotene, citric and malic acid, calcium, folate, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, sulfur, zinc and vitamins A, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5, C and E. Often laden with sugar and high in
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