Lingonberry

Lingonberry

Other Names: Airelle, Arándano Europeo, Cowberry, Dry Ground Cranberry, Foxberry, Lingen, Lingenberry, Lingon, Alpine Cranberry, Lowbush Cranberry, Moss Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry, Partridgeberry, Red Bilberry, Redberries, Red Whortleberry, Rock Cranberry, Shore Cranberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Vine of Mount Ida. Lingonberry is a plant. The leaves and berries are used to make medicine.

Special Precautions of Lingonberry

• It is UNSAFE to use alpine cranberry leaves long-term. The leaves contain a poisonous chemical. There isn't enough information to know if alpine cranberry is safe for short-term use. It can cause some side effects including nausea and vomiting.
• There is a concern that the chemicals in alpine cranberry that can kill bacteria in the urine can also cause liver damage and cancer.
• Children: alpine cranberry is UNSAFE for children because it might damage the liver.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It’s UNSAFE to use alpine cranberry if you are pregnant. It contains chemicals that might cause genetic changes and harm to the fetus.
• Liver disease: There are chemicals in alpine cranberry that might make liver disease worse.

Benefits and uses of Lingonberry are

Alpine cranberry has chemicals that might help kill bacteria in the urine. Together with Smooth Rupturewort (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), it has the strongest antimicrobial activity against uropathogenic Escherichia coli bacteria in a number of tested substances and is therefore effective in bladder and ureteral disorders.

• Urinary tract irritation.
• Urinary tract infections.
• Kidney stones.
• Increasing urine production (as a diuretic).
• Gout.
• Arthritis.
• High Blood sugar : Lingonberries can protect against some of the destructive effects of high blood sugar.
• diabetes : reduces damage from inflammation and decrease inflammatory molecules throughout your body.