Bilberry Leaf Uses

 Bilberry is rich in antioxidants and is used as a culinary fruit in herbal medicinal preparations. Taking antioxidants, such as Bilberry herbal extract, during pregnancy may help protect your body from oxidative damage and keep you and your baby healthy and strong. Bilberry may be useful in treating atherosclerosis, the oxidation of LDL, or bad cholesterol in the blood stream, which forms blood vessel blocking plaque. It is said to protect and strengthen the capillaries in the eyes. It has been found to be particularly useful for people who suffer from eyestrain or poor night vision and is helpful for nearsightedness (myopia).   Glaucoma.org describes the Bilberry as one of the alternative medicines to treat glaucoma. The extract of Bilberry is useful in treatment of macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and cataracts. According to the National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, Bilberry is used in a number of circulatory problems, including venous insufficiency, angina, thrombosis and varicose veins. Along with strengthening the circulatory system, Europeans have used Bilberry for thousands of years to treat diarrhea. Applying Bilberry leaf and fruit extract directly inside the mouth treats mild soreness in the throat and mouth. Bilberry tinctures are also a treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome, hemorrhoids, menstrual cramps, diabetes, arthritis, gout, skin conditions, kidney disease and urinary tract infections (UTI).
Treatment with Bilberry supplements may keep your heart healthy by improving blood flow to the heart. This herbal supplement also helps keep your blood vessels strong and may help reduce your risk of developing atherosclerosis, a condition in which fatty plaques accumulate along the inside of your blood vessels. By reducing your risk of atherosclerosis, Bilberry herbal supplements may also help prevent heart attack and stroke. Since Bilberry can improve circulation and protect against circulatory disease as well as, lower blood pressure and blood sugar, it may be helpful in the treatment of heart disease, hardening of the arteries, varicose veins and chest pain.
Because Bilberry herbal extract fortifies capillaries and strengthens veins, it helps to improve blood circulation by increasing the ability of fluids and nourishment to pass freely and is, therefore, also valuable to people, particularly the elderly, who suffer from poor circulation to the hands and feet. Bilberry has been used to treat chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that causes leg swelling, varicose veins, leg pains and skin ulcers. Bilberry also has potential uses in treating bruises and hemorrhoids.
Bilberry has a traditional use for regulating blood glucose in people with diabetes. Research has shown this herb to be useful in the treatment of retinopathy, damage that can occur to the retina of the eye due to chronic high blood sugar or high blood pressure. Bilberry may be beneficial for treating or slowing the progression of macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. Bilberry has been used traditionally for treating nearsightedness, eyestrain and poor night vision. Bilberry herbal extracts may also help prevent cataracts and stop the worsening of cataracts. All these disorders can be associated with some degree of color blindness as well as other vision loss.
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