Or simmer them in a cup of water for 10 minutes and drink the liquid with the berries.
Repeat up to three times a day for a short spell.
Tips
Dried berries are the traditional form here — fresh ones were used for the opposite complaint.
Traditional logic
Dried astringent berries taken to firm up the gut
Background & history
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Where it comes from
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This is a historical and cultural reference, not medical advice. Many of these remedies have never been scientifically validated, and folk reasoning (humoral theory, “hot/cold” classifications, spiritual causation) reflects older explanatory traditions rather than modern medicine. Ratings reflect community opinion, not clinical evidence.
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