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Cranberries for cystitis and urethritis
Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
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Urologists consider cranberries their favorite, and this is absolutely justified. The northern berry has the ability to enhance the effectiveness of antibacterial drugs. And ultimately, the body copes with the infection much faster and more effectively. Therefore, cranberries for cystitis are an important assistant in the fight against the disease.
Cystitis is a disease of the urinary bladder, which is characterized by inflammatory processes in this organ. Cystitis has symptoms of an infectious disease, as well as inflammation of the epithelium of the urinary bladder, which causes disturbances in its functioning. Also, changes in urine sediment are observed, which is caused by dysfunction of the organ.
There are primary and secondary cystitis, acute and chronic forms of the disease, infectious and non-infectious varieties.
Such positive qualities of cranberries are influenced by their chemical composition. The fact is that the berry contains biologically highly active antioxidants - proanthocyanidins, which are included in the group of polyphenols. These substances help destroy all kinds of viruses and bacteria, including those responsible for the occurrence of cystitis. This occurs by destroying the structure of microbes, as a result of which they lose the ability to consolidate in the body and are excreted from it in a natural way. Proanthocyanidins also block the ability of viruses and bacteria to reproduce, which, naturally, helps stop the development of an infectious disease.
The most effective way to treat cystitis with cranberries is to drink freshly prepared juice or fruit drink. Before starting treatment, you need to consult with specialists, because not everyone is shown to drink cranberry drinks. It is contraindicated to drink juices and fruit drinks for people who suffer from various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. And even healthy people are not recommended to drink cranberry drinks on an empty stomach.
The presence of allergic reactions to cranberries should also stop the desire to use it as a medicinal potion. In case of urolithiasis and gout, you cannot drink fresh cranberry juice, but you can drink fruit drink in minimal quantities.
Recipe for cranberry juice for cystitis:
- a glass of washed cranberries are mashed either in a blender or with a mortar and a wooden spoon;
- the resulting cranberry juice is poured into another container;
- the remaining pulp is poured with one liter of water, brought to a boil and immediately turned off;
- then the warm broth is filtered and mixed with juice;
- Sugar should not be added, since when treating cystitis, berry products should be taken in their pure form.
Another simple recipe that should be used for cystitis. It is recommended to drink two tablespoons of fresh juice several times a day half an hour before meals.
For the treatment of cystitis, specialists recommend a daily dose of freshly prepared juice, which should be equal to two glasses. For example, you can drink half a glass of juice four times a day, before meals. Or two-thirds of a glass three times a day for the same amount of time before meals.
[ Cranberry for urethritis
Urethritis is an inflammatory disease of the urinary tract, in which the walls of the canal (urethra) are affected by various harmful microorganisms. Urethritis occurs in acute and chronic forms.
The disease affects both women and men. But as an independent disease, urethritis occurs only in men. Since in women, immediately after the appearance of symptoms of urethritis, inflammation of the walls of the bladder is observed - cystitis.
Cranberry for urethritis is used in the form of freshly prepared juice. It is necessary to drink at least one and a half glasses of fresh cranberry juice every day, half a glass, three times a day. It is also useful to pay attention to the recipes used for cystitis. Since these diseases have the same healing mechanism.
Cranberries have antiseptic and diuretic properties. This allows the substances in the berry to actively destroy harmful viruses and prevent bacteria from attaching to the walls of the urinary canal. At the same time, the strong diuretic effect contributes to the fact that pathogenic microorganisms are released from the affected organ naturally, simply washed out with a large amount of urine.