Everyone knows such a plant as parsley. What is useful and valuable for this curly beauty? Since ancient times, healing properties of the plant have been used by healers. Let's recall all the features that parsley has. How useful is it and for what purposes can it be used? This article is a good reason to include this plant in your menu.
Parsley. How useful is its greens and how rich are root crops and seeds?
The leaves of this culture contain such important mineral compounds as calcium, iron, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, inulin (an enzyme that positively affects glucose metabolism in the human body). Is parsley good for those who want to enrich their body with vitamins? Of course! Fifty grams of its leaves contain half a daily dose of vitamin C, about twenty milligrams of carotene, as well as a complex of vitamins B and K. To absorb all this wealth (and at the same time support the circulatory system and vascular tone) will help folic acid, which can also be found in parsley .
Traditional medicine has rich experience in using this plant for the treatment of various ailments. The healers understood how parsley is useful for a weakened body, and used it to restore strength after serious infections, heal wounds, and reduce appetite and digestive disorders. In its raw form, it stimulates the release of essential enzymes, enhances peristalsis, and regulates the activity of the liver and kidneys.
It is worth mentioning about the latter separately - after all, parsley is one of the most famous and effective diuretics. This property of it is used in dropsy, for the treatment of cystitis and other inflammatory diseases of the
excretory system. Parsley juice has a beneficial effect on oxidation processes in the body, strengthens capillaries and blood vessels, and maintains optimal levels of thyroid hormones and adrenal glands. It is drunk to lower blood sugar in diabetes. In a mixture with carrot juice (in a ratio of one to three), it improves vision. Parsley gruel is used as a local remedy for skin irritation, abscesses, eczema. She perfectly freshens breath. After eating garlic, onions or other strongly smelling foods, just chew a few sprigs of parsley.
Traditional medicine recipes
A decoction of the roots and leaves of this plant (one part of parsley to twenty parts of pure water) is used to regulate the menstrual cycle, with cramping. To do this, they drink a quarter glass three times a day before meals. For the same purpose, you can use a mixture of parsley juice and beet juice (seventy-five grams). It can be squeezed easily and effectively using a meat grinder or a juicer (after chopping the greens finely). It is not recommended to use more than two tablespoons of juice at a time - this can overexcite the nervous system. To cleanse the vessels, joints and liver, parsley infused with the root will be needed (the general cleansing of the body is useful , no need to explain). One glass of greens should be filled with two glasses of boiling water. Drink courses for ten days.