Artichoke is a time-tested medicine. Already several thousand years ago, the ancient Egyptians admired its healing properties. Greek ladies used the juice of this plant to strengthen and grow hair, and the Romans - in order to effectively cleanse the body of toxins and toxins.
Clinical studies confirm that artichoke is a medicine with antitoxic, choleretic, diuretic and liver protecting properties. This vegetable has in its composition a rare set of biologically active substances. Among them, inulin, cynarin, flavonoids, sequiterpenlactone, vitamins B1 and B2, tannins, salts of magnesium, potassium and sodium, as well as ascorbic acid and carotene are isolated. In addition, this vegetable is rich in quinic and caffeolic acids. Cinurin, also present in artichoke, is a derivative of the above acids. It is actively used to treat kidney and liver diseases. However, as a result of the studies, it was proved that cinurin in its pure form has a significantly lower therapeutic effect than in combination with the full range of components contained in the described vegetable.
For patients with diabetes, artichoke is a medicine with a high content of inulin, which they need so much as a natural substitute for starch. The presence of this substance in the pulp of a vegetable determines its inclusion in a special diet for patients with such a diagnosis. In addition, the artichoke allows you to quickly cope with jaundice (especially in children), hepatitis, cholelithiasis, endarteritis and atherosclerosis.
Artichoke is a medicine that is widely used to treat serum sickness, urticaria, eczema, and psoriasis. In addition, this vegetable is indicated during preparation for surgical intervention, as well as for rehabilitation after surgery on the liver or kidneys. It has been scientifically proven that artichoke effectively drains these vital organs that cleanse the body of harmful toxins.
This vegetable is widely used in folk medicine because of its valuable qualities, among which are the activation of the central nervous system, lowering the level of uric acid and cholesterol in the blood. Freshly squeezed artichoke juice can increase the potency of men. To do this, they drink one fourth glass several times a day. This drink is also useful for dropsy, urinary retention, alkaloid poisoning.
The artichoke, whose properties help get rid of the aforementioned ailments, also eliminates the sharp smell of sweat, thrush, stomatitis and cracks in the tongue (in this case, the juice of this plant is used with the addition of honey to improve the taste). On its basis, many drugs are also used that are used for atherosclerosis, hepatitis, allergies of various origins, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, as well as for eczema and psoriasis.
Since the artichoke contains a large amount of sodium and potassium salts, dishes from it are shown to people suffering from high acidity of gastric juice. These substances have a powerful alkaline effect on the gastrointestinal tract. However, it is necessary to take into account the fact that dishes that are consumed immediately after cooking bring maximum benefit.
It is also noteworthy that artichoke extract weakens the toxic effects of drugs on the body.
Artichoke. Contraindications
This vegetable, as well as dishes that include it, is not recommended for use with a disease such as gastritis, if it is accompanied by low acidity. It is not worth it to apply to people suffering from hypotension, as well as with individual intolerance.