Sunflower was known still in the ancient time. "The flower of the Sun" was found in drawings of tombs and ancient vessels, sang of it as the God's gift given to people for healing of a body and food. In traditional and traditional medicine use all parts of a plant, but the most important place is allocated to seeds of which sunflower oil is made.
Most often seeds and oil of seeds of sunflower are used in cookery. From the cleaned sunflower seeds cook such delicacy as gozinaki. Sunflower seeds sell in the raw cleaned or fried with a shell. Sunflower oil is most often used when cooking, in cosmetology and pharmacology.
Structure of seeds of sunflower
At seeds of sunflower there is a greasy oil which consists from:
- glycerides of stearin acid; - glycerides of palmitic acid; - oleic acid; - linoleic acid; - carotinoids; - proteins; - phytin; - carbohydrates; - tannins; - chlorogenic acid; - citric acid; - wine acid and other elements.
The sunflower oil developed from seeds possesses emollient action, forms a basic basis for preparation of various medicines. It is used as oil solutions, ointments and even plasters. For example, the medicine "Linetol" is produced on the basis of oil from seeds of sunflower and has antiatherosclerotic effect. In cosmetology oil from seeds of sunflower is entered into structure of nutritious masks, warm oil appliques impose during treatment and rejuvenation of the withering skin.
Use of oil from sunflower seeds in the medical purposes
Oil from seeds of sunflower is accepted inside for treatment and as prevention at atherosclerosis. For this purpose on an empty stomach accept one teaspoon of sunflower oil twice a day. Also oil in high doses is recommended to apply as light laxative at a bad vermicular movement and not really long locks. At the same time oil serves not only laxative, it also softens passability of intestines. At sore joints appoint massage with use of sunflower oil. It softens and gradually releases painful attacks in joints. Oil bandages are applied to burns and badly cicatrizing and not healing wounds. Most often apply pereparenny or in addition boiled oil to these purposes. At treatment of catarrhal diseases of a nasopharynx, pneumonia, sharp bronchitis and asthma, oil from sunflower seeds of a sunflower is included in composition of the mixes used for oil and alkaline inhalations. Also oil is used at diseases of a zhelchevydelitelny system as it actively influences work of a gall bladder.
Use of fresh seeds of sunflower in the medical purposes
Only fresh neobzhareny sunflower seeds of sunflower have medicinal properties. Most often they are applied to treatment of an urticaria, bronchitis, malaria or at spasms. For this purpose it is regularly necessary to use for two months crude seeds twice a day, it is desirable in the morning and before going to bed on 2 tablespoons of a cleaned grain.
Nutritious mask
For preparation of structure for a mask take: - sunflower sunflower seeds – 2 tablespoons; - lemon juice – 1 tablespoon; - honey – 1 tsp. Clean seeds of sunflower and pound in a mortar in gruel, add honey and juice of a lemon, carefully pound the received weight and apply to clean dry face skin. In 10 minutes the mask should be washed away warm water and to dry a face a napkin. After skin completely dries out, it is necessary to rub slightly ready unrefined oil in skin. It is recommended to do such procedure before going to bed.