This herb knows everybody, as hard dark-gree leafs in Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

 Are awesome winter under thick snow cover, and   awesome to see theirs on early spring her green.

 A vaccinium as a oak -giant are long -liver .

Till 100–300 years are livings. A not separate bushes this is having  , but   not an individual bushes, but whole clone, many bushes connected under earth with roots, and fruit herb since 10-15 y.old. Here  meeting in conifer forests -pine forests and spruce forests. Very appreciated herb, leafs are benefit, theirs simple preparing, as on April-till May middle/till buttons in herb not having/ or they are very small and green by hands care cut from twigs are leafs. Root  in herb staying not deeply on 2-4 cm, better cut shoots by scissors selectivity, after drying separate leafs   from stems, but against herb thickets damaging from a preparing, repeating preparing on a same place doing in 5 years. Dry leafs at good ventilated place, against entering sun rays, on shelving or litters, often mixing mass, or you can prepare leafs on autumn,  after prepared berries. And leafs prepared on summer in dryness are black, and as stuff  not match. Infusion of leafs are diuretic, astringent, and drink in cystitis, kidney stones, gout, osteochondrosis, arthritis. A most effective displaying in alkaline reaction, thus infusion of leafs using drinking matching mineral water. Infusion cooks of 6 gr chopped leafs/2 TBSsp. ./ add in enamel dish on 200 ml /glass 1/ of hot water, close ,warm under lid on boiled bath water  for 30 min, cool for ten min, filter, lead infusion size till 200 ml. by boiled water, use by doctors advices by doses before 30-40 min to  meal. Berries are rich with sugars, organic acids, vitamins, additional cure using foe hypertension cure, gastritis with low acidity, water berry infusion /mors/ good fight thirst, very often drinking patient with high temperature, laxative light is infusion of berries.

 Juice also healing effect having as lowering pressure, sedative light, increasing bowel peristaltic, diuretic, anti fever, in cold drink tea of tilia flowers with  vaccinium jam. Its taste and benefit. By Sorokina, candidate for pharmaceutical sciences.