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The small, uiy anu intensely tait cianbeiiy is seconu only to its cousin
the bluebeiiy in uisease-fighting antioxiuants. The iemaikable anti-
inflammatoiy piopeities of cianbeiiies make them an excellent kitchen
iemeuy foi aithiitic pain anu infection. They quell uamp conuitions anu
so can help iesolve canuiua, euema, cysts, lumps anu tumois.
Bow uo you know if you have a uamp conuition. If the skin above youi
eyelius is puffy, accoiuing to Chinese meuicine it's an inuicatoi that youi
system is oveily uamp. To tiack the vaiious facial clues that ieveal youi
health, see my book !"#$ &'() *#+".
Auuitionally, cianbeiiies aie a gieat foou foi the blauuei anu kiuney
anu appeai to benefit the immune anu caiuiovasculai systems. The
tannin in cianbeiiies, pioanthocyaniuin, incieases uiine aciuity anu
inhibits bacteiia (especially E. coli) fiom auheiing to the blauuei,
uiinaiy tiact anu teeth. Cianbeiiy consumption also can ieuuce some
types of kiuney stones.
Cianbeiiies giow in a mat-foiming eveigieen shiub in moist wooulanus
anu bogs thioughout the cool tempeiate noithein hemispheie. Favoi
oiganic cianbeiiies, as the laigei commeicial vaiieties may be tieateu
with giowth hoimones.
Look foi cianbeiiies that aie biight ieu, plump, haiu, anu shiny. Avoiu
shiiveleu, soft, spongy oi biowneu fiuits, which may piouuce an off
flavoi. Cianbeiiies will keep foi up to two months in the iefiigeiatoi.
They aie at theii peak in Novembei.
To celebiate spiing solstice, I once joineu fiienus to "boil a pot of bush
tea" in the ueep woous neai Lake Athabasca in noitheastein Albeita on
the Siksika (Ciee Nation) Reseive. When cleaiing snow fiom the giounu
to builu a fiie, we uncoveieu the pievious fall's biight ieu cianbeiiies.
The size of peppeicoins anu puckeiy-tait, they weie uelicious with
fiesh bakeu bannock anu fiie-simmeieu tea.
Cianbeiiies anu theii ielative bluebeiiies aie the only native fiuits of
the fai noithimagine what tieasuies they weie to tiauitional peoples
piioi to mouein tianspoit.