Curly parsley (garden) - a grassy biennial plant from among umbellate plants with a branched stem up to 1 meter high; beet or spindle-shaped fleshy root up to 30 cm long; small grayish-green fruits with a bitter taste; greenish-yellow flowers collected in an umbrella; brilliant, triple pinnate green leaves and a pleasant, spicy aroma and taste. Parsley blooms in June-July, and fruit ripening occurs in July-August. It is grown everywhere as a vegetable spicy plant.
The homeland of the plant is the mountainous regions of the Mediterranean. As a spice, it is bred almost throughout the CIS, in continental Europe (excluding Scandinavia and the north of the Baltic States), in northern America and southern Canada.
For culinary, cosmetic and medicinal purposes, stems with leaves, roots and fruits (seeds) are used.
Curly parsley - a whole pharmacy with useful substances: the chemical composition of the plant
Parsley contains an essential oil (which causes a specific smell), which contains apiol and myristicin, fatty oil, flavonoids, vitamins PP, B1, A, K, B2, ascorbic acid, apiin glucoside, mineral salts, iron, manganese, potassium phosphorus, folic acid and chlorophyll. 50 g of fresh parsley can cover the adult's daily requirement for vitamin C (which is 10 times more than in lettuce leaves and four times more than in lemon). And the content of vitamin A garden parsley is not inferior to carrots (100 g of the plant contains 2 daily norms of carotene).
The use of curly parsley in cooking
Parsley is used to make salad, as well as seasoning for soups, fish, meat and vegetable dishes, decorating their appearance and giving a special aroma. It is often used for pickling, for pickling and pickling cucumbers, preserving mushrooms and vegetables.
The greenery powder of this plant is contained in spicy mixtures, and the roots and seeds are used as a flavoring.
The benefits of parsley in the treatment of ailments
In folk medicine, parsley has found wide application. Most often use it as a diuretic and carminative.
Curly parsley is also used to stimulate appetite, has good anti-inflammatory, bactericidal, analgesic, hemostatic, antispasmodic and wound healing properties.
Parsley activates the functions of the adrenal and thyroid glands, restores strength, increases sexual potency, improves the protective function of the body and metabolic processes. It is also used to get rid of excess fluid during weight loss, to strengthen blood vessels and capillaries, with dropsy or swelling of the legs.
Decoctions and infusions of parsley are used for infectious diseases, neurosis, excessive sweating, diseases of the prostate gland, obesity, flatulence.
For centuries, parsley has been used in folk medicine for all kinds of diseases: cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, digestive disorders (to stimulate the secretion of the gastric glands, improve digestion, increase appetite, suppress fermentation in the intestines), with heart edema, renal and hepatic ailments, and , heart failure, with functional diseases of the bladder, heart defects (decompensated), diabetes mellitus, hypacid gastritis, asthenic conditions.
Both grass and parsley seeds can increase smooth muscle tone of the bladder, intestines and uterus.
Curly parsley is recommended for the treatment of hypertension, atherosclerosis, menstrual disorders, uterine weakness, uterine bleeding.
Parsley has the ability to eliminate bad breath, and due to the bactericidal property it will also be useful for inflammation of the gums or oral mucosa. In addition, it is a good prophylactic to preserve visual acuity.
Parsley-based preparations are also used externally, for example, as an insecticidal agent for pediculosis, as well as in cosmetology to eliminate freckles, age spots, and also for the treatment of bruises, abscesses, abrasions, burns and wounds, with bites of snakes, bees and mosquitoes with baldness.
Examples of the use of parsley in traditional medicine recipes
1. For edema of cardiac origin, a decoction of parsley root will help : in a glass of water for 10 minutes. boil the table. spoon of root and drink twice a day for 100 g.
2. For heart defects (decompensated) or chronic coronary insufficiency, parsley is eaten in any form. In addition, an infusion of roots and herbs of curly parsley is effective: 2 tablespoons of chopped raw materials are insisted on for 100 g of boiling water for a couple of hours, filtered and drunk 2 tablespoons before meals four times a day. spoons.
3. With flatulence, colic in the intestines, gastritis with high acidity, an infusion of grass or roots helps: pour 100 grams of boiling water over 2 tablespoons. tablespoons of crushed raw materials, in a thermos for 5 hours, insist, filter and drink four times a day on the table. spoon before eating.
4. As a choleretic, you can use the infusion of parsley seeds: two tbsp. boiled cold water is poured into half a teahouse. tablespoons of raw materials, for 8 hours, insist, filter and take 3 tablespoons three times a day. spoons.
5. For cystitis: 5 times a day for 2 tables. tablespoons of infusion of roots and herbs (two tables. tablespoons of crushed raw materials are infused in 100 g of boiling water for a couple of hours, filtered and drunk.
6. With prostatitis take the same infusion of roots and herbs 1-2 tablespoons four times a day before meals.
7. In case of menstrual irregularities, an infusion of parsley fruits is effective: two tbsp. cold water (boiled) is poured into half a teahouse. tablespoons of raw materials, for 8 hours, insist, filter and take orally every 2 hours for 2-3 tables. spoons.
8. With uterine bleeding and painful menstruation, an infusion of grass and roots will help: in 2 tbsp. boiling water for 4 hours insist two tables. tablespoons of crushed raw materials, filtered and drunk before meals four times a day for 2 tables. spoons.
9. In case of digestive upsets, an infusion of fruits, roots and leaves of parsley helps: table. a spoonful of raw material is poured with half a liter of boiling water, for 3 hours it is infused in a thermos, filtered. Take three times a day for tea. spoon.
10. With age spots: root and greens are passed through a meat grinder. Gruel for 20 minutes. apply to stains three times a day. The spots will disappear in a week.
11. For acne and acne: fresh juice of garden parsley (greens are passed through a meat grinder) lubricate previously cleaned affected areas. The procedure is recommended to be carried out twice a day, the course is a month.
12. Parsley juice or gruel from the leaves can be used for insect bites: for this place, bites are lubricated several times in a row or a layer of cotton moistened with juice is applied to them.
Curly parsley is contraindicated in jade and pregnancy.
Before using this plant, consult your doctor! Be healthy!