There are many uses for this fruit and its leaves.
As a diuretic
Prepare an infusion with dried leaves by addind a dessert spoon of dried leaves per cup of boiling water. Leave it covered for 10 minutes. Drink it in small sips and you may drink up to 4 cups per day. Stop this treatment as soon as your symptoms subside.
To treat diabetes, drink the above infusion 4 to 6 times per day.
To treat fevers
Make an infusion with 40 to 80g of fresh leaves per litre of water, drink throughout the day in small sips.
For inflammations in the mouth
Mash a few blackberries to remove the juice then add a little water and use as a mouth wash.
As amoras para a tosse
Para fazer um xarope de amoras, esmague bem algumas amoras negras e recolha o maximo liquido possivel delas, depois coloque num recipiente de vidro. Junte acucar com o dobro do peso do sumo e aqueca em lume brando, quando esta mistura adquirir a consistencia de xarope retira-se do lume, deixa-se arrefecer e guarda-se num frasco de vidro bem fechado, num local frio e escuro. Toma-se uma colher de sopa de xarope de tres em tres horas.
Para as inflamacoes da garganta, junta-se 2 colheres de cha do xarope com agua morna e fazem-se gargarejos com esta mistura.
