Useful and medicinal properties of laminaria sugary( sea cabbage)

A large seaweed is brownish, reaching a length of 13 m. The body of the alga consists of a ribbon-like

plate tapering at the bottom into a stem-shaped formation, provided with root-like outgrowths, by which the laminaria is attached to the pound. The thallus is soft, slimy to the touch, greenish-brown, reproduces by spores. Laminaria sugary - seaweed. It lives in the Black Sea and in the basin of the Pacific and the Arctic Ocean, forming in places the largest thickets at a depth of up to 40 m. In addition to it, sea kale is extracted and used by the Japanese laminaria from the Far Eastern seas and laminaria fingered from the northern.

For therapeutic purposes, use the plate portion of the thallus of sea kale. It contains a lot of carbohydrates, organic acids, mineral salts, vitamins B1?B2 and B12, as well as iodine. Obtain cabbage from boats with hips, and in shallow water they tear off their hands. For medical purposes, the best thallus is selected and cleansed of residues of stews, adherent parts of other plants and sand, and then dried. Dried thallules are coarsely crushed, packaged in boxes, and they are delivered to pharmacies in unprocessed form. They make dragees, caramels, etc. A lot of sea cabbage is preserved. Such canned preserves all the medicinal properties.

Sea cabbage, due to its high iodine content, is widely used in medicine to treat and prevent the development of atherosclerosis and goiter treatment, as well as antiscorbutic and regulating functional activity of the gastrointestinal tract for constipation. With chronic constipation in the elderly, the laxative effect of laminaria is related to the ability of cabbage particles to swell strongly, which leads to irritation of the nerve endings of the intestinal mucosa and increased peristalsis.

Contraindicated for persons suffering from diseases in which iodine preparations can not be used: pulmonary tuberculosis, nephritis, neurosis, furunculosis, acne, hemorrhagic diathesis, urticaria, and pregnant women.

Application of

The groats of sea kale sold in pharmacies are recommended to take 1 tsp 2-3 times a day with soup or tea. For the prevention of endemic goiter it is enough to take 1/2 tsp of sea kale 2 times a week.

Seaweed is effective for constipation, sclerosis and thyroid diseases, with hypertoxicosis, level disease, osteomyelitis, goiter, obesity, as well as trophic ulcers, heart attacks, heart pains, etc.