Acre Sellova — the unknown name of a feijoa. This evergreen myrtaceous tree is from tropics and subtropics of South and Central America. Under the same name also fruits of this tree — small are known, green color, fragrant — they very few people can leave indifferent as taste like a mix from tastes of a wild strawberry, a kiwi and pineapple. Charm of this fruit and in maturing time. Late fall and the beginning of winter — time when the feijoa ripens. From the beginning of cold weather the deficiency of fresh fruit is sharply felt. At the same time the fruit not only is tasty, but also is very useful: it is actively used in cookery, cosmetology and medicine.
Caloric content and chemical composition
The vitamin structure of a feijoa allows to fill almost completely the shortage of vitamins B an organism. The fruit contains thiamine, a pyridoxine, Riboflavinum, ascorbic, pantothenic and folic acid.
Adherents of healthy food will be pleasantly surprised with existence in a fruit of a large number micro and macrocells. Eating it, it is possible to forget about the shortage of calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium. The main advantage of berry before other fruit — the high content of iodine. These small green fruits — the only representatives of flora in the world who managed to overtake seafood on this indicator.
It is important! As the feijoa for 80% consists of water, iodine in berry is in a water-soluble state that significantly improves degree of its comprehensibility an organism.
Will please a fruit and adherents of healthy food — the caloric content of 100 g of fruit of only 49 kcal therefore, regularly eating it, it is possible not to worry about excess weight.
But it is not the full list of what the feijoa is useful to women, which more often than men, the problem of excess weight disturbs. Except dietary value, the fruit perfectly is suitable for the various rejuvenating masks.
Than the feijoa is useful to an organism
The high vitamin value and existence of a large number macro - and minerals do fruit by irreplaceable cure for avitaminosis.
The iodine which is contained in these fruits allows to use fruit in treatment of the diseases caused yododefitsity.
Consumption of a peel of a fruit which is powerful antioxidant is capable to slow down significantly process of aging and to prevent oncological diseases, to struggle with a tonsillitis, catarrhal diseases, atherosclerosis.
During exacerbation of respiratory viral infections the immunostimulating properties of a fruit will help to struggle with diseases, to be restored after operations and serious illnesses.
In the area where the feijoa grows, in the medical purposes apply not only fruits, but also plant leaves. From them together with the dried peel cook tea.
The prepared broth from bark, fruits and leaves of a plant is a good anti-septic tank. It is very effective for processing of deep wounds and ulcers. The essential oils which are contained in a fruit well cope with pathogenic microflora, possess powerful antibacterial action. The same broth can be used as a part of complex therapy for treatment of pyelonephritises. It is interesting that the thin skin of a fruit contains much more useful substances, than pulp of a feijoa. As there is a fruit — with a peel or without — to solve to everyone independently. Without a doubt, the knitting thin skin spoils general impression, but without it berry will be less useful.
Whether you know? The amount of iodine in a fruit of a feijoa depends on the place of its growth. Berries from the trees growing on the coast may contain in 3.5 times more of iodine, than broken far from the sea.
Application
Acre Sellova — not only tasty, but also very useful fruit. Therefore it is widely applied not only in cookery, but also in medicine and cosmetology.
In cookery
This green fruit with delicate aroma and magnificent taste is actively used in preparation of a set of dishes. Generally it is used fresh, but at thermal treatment the taste of berries reveals in a new way, and loss of useful substances — is minimum. They perfectly are in harmony with vegetable and fruit salads: from citrus, fresh apples, beet and carrots. Also do stuffings for cakes and pies of this fragrant berry. It is possible to keep tasty advantage of fruit for the winter by means of compotes and fruit tinned mixes, jams and jam. The juicy taste of berry is interesting as sauces to meat and fish or weight for their farshirovka. Also from a fruit prepare vitamin elixirs — fresh berries wipe with sugar or honey. Not seldom berry is used for production of wine, fruit liqueurs and liqueurs.
And the dried and dried-up berries of a feijoa will please fans of original tastes.
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In cosmetology and dermatology: recipes
High content of catechins and antioxidants explain active use of a feijoa in cosmetology and dermatology. Berry is a part of many recipes of the rejuvenating masks and peelings for a body.
- Sour cream mask. The crushed pulp of two ripe berries will be required. It is necessary to add a spoon of sour cream of average fat content to it. You should not throw out a thin skin of a feijoa, it can be imposed accurately on an eye area to smooth skin and to remove black circles. To put a mask on a face and to leave before drying then to wash away and apply nutritious cream.
- Peeling for a body. To mash pulp of berries with stones to a kasheobrazny state. To add a little coffee thick and honey. The peeling is ready. It has the remarkable anti-cellulite and rejuvenating effect, at the same time it is completely natural.
- Baths with starch. Infusion from a peel should be prepared in advance, having filled in thin strips of a peel with abrupt boiled water (in a proportion 1:3). Starch also should be dissolved in hot water (one spoon on a glass of water). Connect both solutions and the bath is ready.
15 minutes daily for a week are enough in order that skin of hands and legs became more elastic and for a long time remained soft.
In dermatology the essential oil of a feijoa possessing anti-inflammatory action is used. Masks from berries are applied to treatment of eels, broths from bark, leaves and fruits — to healing of wounds and ulcers.
In traditional medicine
Traditional medicine advises to use a feijoa for prevention and treatment of locks, diseases of a thyroid gland and atherosclerosis. Also this berry is used for normalization of arterial blood pressure, at treatment of bronchitis. Broth from leaves of a plant rinse a mouth to eliminate bleeding of gums and to relieve a toothache. It is recommended to use a fruit for simplification of a state at painful periodic pains at women, varicosity and gout.
Certainly, the rich vitamin structure of a feijoa makes her the irreplaceable assistant in fight against various avitaminosis, a SARS and weak immunity.
How to choose upon purchase
Unfortunately, it is impossible to buy ripe berry in our latitudes as the ripe fruit very soft and reminds on consistence of jelly. It makes impossible its transportation. Therefore, choosing a feijoa, it is necessary to pay attention to the next important points:
- the thin skin of fruit has to be bright green and without damages;
- the ripe and soft fruit can quite be overripe;
- pulp of fresh fruit has to be white, brown demonstrates dead-ripe stage of a fruit.
Whether you know? The feijoa, despite the gentle consistence, can transfer frosts to -15 °C without special damages. It allowed a plant to win glory of the most frost-resistant tropical fruit.
As it is correct to eat a feijoa
Whether it is necessary to clean a feijoa before food? — a question, the answer to which depends on a direction of use of this berry. If it is a part of any dish, then husk, and pulp is used in preparation, having grated or having crushed in the blender. If berry is eaten independently, then to rind there is no need. The fruit is cut on two parts, contents are taken by means of a teaspoon.
Important! The use of a feijoa at pregnancy will help to fill a lack of iodine and folic acid and also to improve digestion of future mother. But you should not abuse a feijoa — the daily dose should not exceed three berries.
How to store in house conditions
As berries should be bought only in an unripe state, for maturing they need to be put in the dark place. Ripe fruits of a feijoa have to be stored in the fridge no more half moon. Long storage can lead to the fact that berries will be spoiled. It is essential to prolong life of this fragrant berry it is possible if, having added sugar to process it into crude jam.
Contraindications and harm
Fruit has no contraindications to application, except individual intolerance. Fruit does not cause allergic reactions.
The fact that the feijoa contains high concentration of iodine, speaks about possible negative consequences from consumption of this berry for people with hypersensitivity to this element.
The unique combination of taste and advantage, almost total absence of contraindications allow a feijoa to take the place of honor among other fruit and berries. Widely used in pharmacology, traditional medicine, cosmetology and cookery, a feijoa disproves a statement that medicine cannot be tasty. It is a pity that advantages of these fruits are not estimated at the appropriate level yet therefore on sale they can be met extremely seldom.