Apples are useful properties
The most common among the fruit plants in our country is the apple tree. It has been known to mankind since ancient times. Jablon knew in Egypt, Palestine, Greece, Rome. In Russia, the first apple orchards were laid in Kiev on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra under Yaroslav the Wise.
In apples contains: Proteins, carbohydrates, minerals: salts of potassium, iron, phosphorus, etc., trace elements: copper, zinc, nickel, molybdenum, manganese, cobalt, vitamins C, A, B, dietary fiber. Apples are used as a multivitamin and hemopoietic agent for anemia, beriberi, as a general restorative, in preparation for surgery and in the postoperative period, for prevention during epidemics. A good remedy for edema, edema, jaundice. They are used as a relief for heart, kidney, obesity, constipation. Have a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract in dysentery, colitis, delay the formation of salts, urolithiasis. They have a choleretic effect, stimulating the release of cholesterol into the intestine. Useful for hypertension, acute bronchitis, contribute to lowering blood pressure, reducing headaches, dizziness, noise in the head.
The perfect remedy for sclerosis. Effective for intestinal infections, heart diseases, kidneys, hypertension, obesity, anemia, gout, kidney stones. In the latter case, it is recommended to drink a drink made from dried rind of apples( 1 tablespoon of powder from the rind to a glass of boiling water).Sour apple varieties are recommended for diabetes.
Phytoncides of apples are active against causative agents of dysentery, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus, and influenza A viruses. The antimicrobial activity of phytoncides increases from the periphery of the fetus to the center.
Doctors recommend eating apples during the post-infarction period.
Well-known garden large tree about 10 m tall.
Medicinal raw materials are fruits. Unnecessarily forgotten in the literature on herbal medicine a medicinal plant.
The chemical composition of the fruit is almost the same as that of the apple tree, the difference in sucrose, which is greater in apple orchard, in the fruit of the garden apple tree there is a lot of potassium, carbohydrates, calcium. One explanation for the universality of the use of apples, juice or vinegar from them as a medicinal product in folk medicine is their ability to bind to potassium mineral elements such as phosphorus, chlorine, sodium, magnesium, calcium, sulfur, iron, fluorine, silicon and a number of microelements.
A well-known proverb says: "Eat an apple a day, and you will not need to call a doctor."Its true essence is that apples have medicinal properties for the human body. Therapies based on the use of apple juice or apple cider vinegar are equally effective, as each of these products is a source of valuable minerals.
Due to the fact that the fruit is a perishable product, and the juice has a limited storage time, we pay attention to the preparation and application of apple cider vinegar.
Apple vinegar contains all the previously listed mineral elements that make up the apple.
Method of cooking apple cider vinegar. Apples are washed out, rotten or wormy parts are removed, then crushed or rubbed on a large grater, the core and peel are used. This raw apple crumb is put in a suitable vessel. Top off with a lukewarm, pre-boiled water( 0.5 liters of water per 0.4 kg of apple gruel).For each liter of water add 100 grams of honey or sugar, and( to accelerate the acetic acid fermentation) 10 grams of bread yeast and 20 grams of dry black bread.
The vessel with this mixture is stored open at a temperature of 20-30 ° C.
A liquid with a small alcohol content( less than 20% of sugars), a constant temperature and as much as possible a surface of contact with air( aerobic fermentation) contributes to acetic acid fermentation.
The vessel must be made of glass( can), wood( a barrel without a lid) or enameled clay.
The vessel should be stored in the dark, because the sun's ultraviolet rays prevent fermentation.
To carry out the first stage of fermentation, the vessel is kept warm for 10 days, stirring 2-3 times a day with apple sponge with a wooden spoon, then shift it into gauze pouches squeeze.
The resulting juice is again filtered through gauze, weight is determined and poured into a vessel with a wide neck.
You can add to each liter of juice 50-100 g of honey or sugar, stirring until complete homogenization.
For the second stage of fermentation, the jar is closed with gauze, knotted and stored warm to continue fermentation. Fermentation is over when the liquid calms down and clears up.
Depending on the appropriate preparation of juice, temperature, etc., apple vinegar will be ready in 40-60 days. Then it is poured into a bottle with a hose, filtering with a watering can with gauze.
Bottles tightly stoppered, clogged with wax and stored in a dark, cool place.
Apple cider vinegar is pleasant in consumption as a seasoning for salads and other dishes, answering the needs of the human body in an acidic supplement to food. According to the instructions of the doctor S. Jarvis apple cider vinegar can be used as a dietary food product and as a therapeutic agent for various diseases.
Traditional medicine offers a very simple recipe for satisfying the body's needs for mineral elements: 2 teaspoons of honey and 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar per glass of water 1 or more times a day, depending on mental and physical activity. The mixture has a taste of apple cider. Vinegar contains the entire set of mineral elements that make up the apple;in honey are the mineral elements contained in the nectar of flowers. Instead of sugar in the tea, you can add honey. It is useful for healthy and sick people, instead of wheat bread and cereals, to eat black bread, oatmeal or corn cereals and also take apple cider vinegar with honey as a tonic.
2 teaspoons of vinegar per glass of water taken before meals with suspicion of poor quality food( stale fish, etc.), enough to prevent vomiting, diarrhea( perhaps this mixture is associated with disinfection of the digestive tract).Sometimes, with food poisoning with vomiting, the stomach may not take a large amount of the mixture. But if you drink it in small sips every 5 minutes, the mixture will be absorbed by the stomach( 1 tsp every 5 minutes), take 4 hours to take the glass, then you can increase the dose to 0.5 glasses 2-3 times a day atfood poisoning( eg, fish).
Dosage is strictly individual. If for some reason the body does not take apple cider vinegar( for example, a hyperacid state - gastritis, ulcer, etc.), then you can try to drink apple juice to provide the body with valuable substances contained in apples and have medicinal properties.
With inflammation of the kidneys( pyelitis) in the urine there are cells of pus;the condition usually improves when you consume a mixture of 2 teaspoons of vinegar per glass of water.
When pyelitis, sometimes with chills, fever and pain in the left kidney, it is necessary to take vinegar - the clinical picture improves.
With obesity. If the woman on whom the dress is slouching will take 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar per glass of water after each meal, after 2 months will find that her dress at the waist has become freer. In another 2 months she will lose weight by the same amount. A year later, the woman who was 50th size will wear the 42nd, and the one who had the 20th size will wear the 18th, etc. The weight decreases gradually. If a man has a tummy, he can get rid of it with this method of treatment after 2 years. Apple cider vinegar helps to reduce fat in the body, thereby reducing its deposition, and weight loss. The method based on the use of apple cider vinegar is extremely simple and very effective. With daily consumption of it is advisable to take one dose at breakfast, the second - at night, and the third - at any convenient time between the two methods.
Chronic fatigue( weakness).Traditional medicine does not know the best remedy, than a cup of honey with the addition of 3 parts of apple cider vinegar. The jar can be kept in the bedroom, taking 2 h. Of a spoonful of a mixture before going to bed.30 minutes after you go to bed, you fall asleep. But if this does not happen, take another 2 tsp mixture. In cases of extreme weakness, it may be necessary to take a few spoons and if you wake up at night and feel that you can not fall asleep again - take another. This remedy is much better than usual sleeping pills, since this method is based on
to meet the natural needs of the body, especially since honey is harmless. Honey is itself a good sleeping pill, but in combination with apple cider vinegar it is more effective.
If on the morning of awakening you feel lethargic( lack of proper rest), it is useful to rub the hands and whole body with diluted apple cider vinegar, 2 teaspoons of vinegar to a glass of water. First rub this solution with one hand and shoulder, then the other arm and shoulder, chest, stomach, hips, legs, and, finally, the feet. A towel is not required. Instead, it is necessary to grind the surface of the skin well with both hands until the solution is completely absorbed, and it is absorbed very quickly. Instead of grinding, you can use a bath, but instead of soap, add the vinegar into the water and sit, massaging the body parts, at least 15 minutes in water, so that the skin can absorb a certain amount of water. Try not to use soap, rinse your skin with an aqueous solution of apple cider vinegar.
For chronic fatigue, it is necessary to choose the composition of food and its regimen. Useful cereals oats, corn, black bread, walnuts, hazelnuts, etc., but with honey and apple cider vinegar.
High blood pressure( hypertension).Traditional medicine recommends increasing the daily intake of acid in organic form, for example in the form of apples, grapes, cranberries or their juices.
The prerequisite for dizziness is the alkaline reaction of urine. When the reaction changes to acidic, the dizziness decreases or disappears completely. In order to prevent dizziness, apply the treatment with apple cider vinegar, the dosage and duration of which are similar to those used to treat other ailments. Treatment with vinegar will be long enough, although relief will be noticeably significantly earlier, but you need to take vinegar regularly. By the end of the month of active treatment, the results will be excellent.
Angina( tonsillitis).The most common in folk medicine is the treatment for sore throats - gargling with apple cider vinegar. The solution consists of 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar per glass of water. It is recommended to rinse every hour;while gaining a full mouth of the solution, rinse the mouth and swallow the solution. When swallowed, the solution flushes the back of the throat, which does not reach the rinse. As the pain in the throat decreases, the interval between rinses can be increased to 2 hours. In this way, you can cure streptococcal angina in 24 hours. Typically, the patient disappeared symptoms quickly enough. If there were plaque on the tonsils, it disappeared after 12 hours.
Arthritis. With the defeat of all the joints of the body( neck, back of the neck, legs, etc.), the patient takes 10 parts of apple cider vinegar per glass of water for each meal. On the 1st day after he began to drink apple cider vinegar, his limp diminished by 20%, on the 2nd day he felt even better. On the 4th day, a 50% improvement was noted, and by the end of the month - 75%.The pain in all joints decreased with the disappearance of lameness and eventually stopped, as did the pain in the neck and back of the neck.
Shingles. Apply undiluted vinegar to the affected area, sprinkling directly from the bottle, 4 times a day and 3 times at night( if the patient wakes up).A few minutes after applying vinegar, the itching and burning sensation disappear. With this treatment, the lichen quickly heals.
Ringworm( trichophytosis) is a fungal disease of the skin, hair and nails. The method of treatment - the application of undiluted apple cider vinegar to the affected areas 6 times a day from morning to night( before bedtime).Apple cider vinegar is an excellent antiseptic.
Skin rash( impetigo).Undoubtedly, impetigo is the most contagious disease in the world. It is transmitted through the hands at one touch or through a towel. Impetigo is a staphylococcal or streptococcal infection of the skin. A person is susceptible to this disease at any age, but children are especially predisposed to it. If a person who has this disease, touches the affected skin with his hands, he will constantly become infected. With accurate handling of affected areas of the skin from impetigo can be eliminated for 2 weeks. Finger dipped in undiluted apple cider vinegar and applied to lesions on the skin 6 times a day, beginning in the morning and until the evening. In this case, the impetigo disappears after 2-4 days.
Night sweats. Night sweats can be prevented by rubbing the surface of the skin of the body with apple cider vinegar before bed.
Burns. The treatment of the burned skin with undiluted vinegar relieves burning pain and a painful sensation.
In order to narrow the varicose veins, apple vinegar is poured from the bottle and the area of varicose veins is triturated. Along with grinding twice a day, drink 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water.
Liquid ointment( grinding) to reduce lameness. Whisk egg yolk with 1 teaspoon of turpentine oil( turpentine) and 1 tbsp.spoon of apple cider vinegar. Carefully rub this mixture into the surface of the skin.
And last: if for some reason the body does not take apple cider vinegar, you can try to take apple juice.
In scientific medicine, fruits are used as a dietary and strengthening remedy for digestive disorders, beriberi, malaria.
Preparations: tincture of malic acid iron, is given orally in powders.
Fruits of wild apple trees are used for compotes( before drying, the sliced apples are dropped into salted water so that they are not blackened), for making marmalade, jelly, filling for pies, kvass, apple wine - cider( it is popularly used as a mild laxative).
Leaves are suggested to be consumed as a source of vitamin C. Crushed leaves pour 4 times with boiling water and boil for 10-15 minutes, slightly cool and strain. Take a dessert spoon a day. You can add to the dishes. For the winter, you can prepare syrup from the leaves.
The fruits of cultured apple trees are very widely used as an excellent dietary and therapeutic remedy. They promote the excretion of oxalic acid from the body and are recommended for its enhanced isolation during oxaluria.
For the treatment of acute colitis, sweet apple varieties are used in raw, grinded form. They are prescribed for anemia.
In baked form apples are used as a good remedy for constipation. By preventing constipation, they contribute to the release of cholesterol, therefore, act as a protivosclerotic agent.
They are used for obesity. Those suffering from obesity arrange an apple diet( 1-2 days a week), eating 2-3 kg of fruit a day, such a diet gives good results.
It is established that apples reduce the adverse effect on the body of increased radiation.
With anemia - due to the presence in them of easily digestible iron, one fetus per day is prescribed. After intake, you can not drink tea in less than an hour, since iron can be combined with tannin, which is in tea.
Apples are used for salt deposits, gout and urolithiasis. They increase the separation of bile and urine, so they are useful for certain liver diseases and as diuretics. They also soften cough, promote sputum production.
Apples can be consumed as a source of vitamin C, but at the same time fresh apples are better for eating as compote. The fact is that the pulp of apples is rich in copper-containing enzymes( ascorbic oxidase, polyphenol oxidase), which during chewing quickly oxidize vitamin C, almost 50%, into an unstable dehydro form.
When digested for a short time, enzymes break down faster than vitamin C, and thus more of it enters the body.
In folk medicine, apple broth is used to improve digestion and cough softening. Apples in any form( baked, raw) are considered a good remedy for constipation.
They are also recommended as a diuretic and enhancing the excretion of uric acid. Assign for gout, sclerosis, rheumatism and a tendency to stone formation. For this purpose, you can prescribe tea made from 2-3 unclean apples boiled for 15 minutes in 1 liter of water.
With the same purpose powder from the dried rind of apples is used - 1 tbsp.spoon on a glass of boiling water, even with strongly expressed kidney stones and stones of the bladder. There is evidence that the juice flowing from roasting apples, taken internally, reduces severe gouty pains.
Outwardly on the burned places put slices of apples to reduce heat.
Warts are reduced by Antonov's apples. For this, a wart several times a day for 3-4 weeks, rub with a fresh cut of the apple, after washing the skin.
Apples, wiped with fat, used topically, well heal cracks in the lips, nipples, hands.
Tree up to 10 m high. The root is vertical, deeply embedded in the ground, strongly branched. The trunk with gray bark, the younger branches are brown, the youngest ones are herbaceous, gray-leafed. Leaves are simple, regular, long-petioled, ovate or broadly elliptical, glabrous, with a grayish bottom. Flowers fairly large, regular, on long pedicels, collected in little-flowered shields;blossom simultaneously with the leaves. Calyx from 5 leaves, remaining with fruits;Stamens are many;petals white or pink;Pestle one with a lower five-cavity ovary. The calyx, corolla and stamens are attached to the upper edge of the overgrown floriculture - gipantia. Fruit - "apple" - false, formed by overgrown hipantium, 2-3 cm in diameter. Blossoms in May-June, fruits ripen in September.
It grows more often in broad-leaved and mixed forests of the European part of Russia, less often in the steppe zone.
Medicinal raw materials are fresh fruits, leaves. They contain nitrogen-free extractives, protein, catechins, acids: malic, tartaric, citric, chlorogenic, salicylic, arabic, boric, ascorbic;carotene;vitamins Bj, B2, B3, pectin substances, fiber, sugars, iron, phosphorus, essential oil, flavonoids, amygdalin, fatty oil, etc. Seeds contain fatty oil, in leaves - vitamin C( 400 mg per 100 g).
As the fetus ripens, the accumulation of amino acids takes place. The content of ascorbic acid is closely related to the various links in the fruit metabolism. The fruits of the apple of the middle band have increased acidity, in the south - increased sugar content. During storage, loss of fruit weight occurs due to evaporation of water and destruction of carbohydrates. In such fruits and juices, they contain more sugar and less acid. Therefore, a doctor can prescribe apples to a patient taking into account this factor.
For therapeutic purposes, it is better to use wild forest apples, juice from all varieties of apples is a universal medicinal product.
Tea composition and way of its preparation:
Tea from apple tree leaves: dry leaves boil with boiling water and drink like tea.
Healing properties: cold, hoarseness of voice.
Tea from apples with honey: 150 g of dried apples, pour water, cook for about 30 minutes. Strain, cool a little, add 1 tablespoon of honey, stir. Healing properties: restorative drink.
Combined tea: leaves of apple, plum, sea-buckthorn, leaves and rose hips - 1: 1: 1: 1: 1.1 h. Mixtures per 1 tbsp.boiling water. Brew and drink like tea. Healing properties: a tonic drink.
Apple cider vinegar is useful as a seasoning, as a spice, improving appetite, but it is not a panacea for many diseases. The therapeutic effect of vinegar is determined by the content of potassium in it, but potassium is also abundant in other equally valuable products, so you should not overestimate the therapeutic effect of apple cider vinegar.
In the cosmetology of , fruit vinegar is used. Broken berries( gooseberries, grapes, red and white currants) or cut into small pieces of apples( 1.5 kg) are placed in a 3 liter bottle, filled with water( 1.5 liters) with 200 g of granulated sugar, tied with a two-layer gauze and put ina light premise for three months, after which vinegar is ready for consumption. It is drained from the sediment and stored in bottles. In this way, the prepared vinegar contains up to 5% acetic acid.
Acetic ice. Dilute 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in half a liter of water and pour into ice molds. Put in the freezer. In the morning, slice the ice with a face wash instead of washing.
Vinegar ice with additives. Take in equal parts dried lavender, chamomile and a turn, pour 10 parts of boiling water, insist half an hour, filter, add a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to the infusion obtained. Pour into ice molds and put in a freezer. Also in the morning, rub your face instead of washing.
Cleansing the skin of the face. This is a very gentle way to clean the face, that is, it removes dead cells of the epidermis and does not injure young cells. It is recommended to do it once a week, preferably in the evening.