Walnut is cultivated in many countries of Asia, in the Caucasus, in Ukraine and Moldova. Fruits are widely used in cookery, but not all know about medicinal properties of a fruit and also other parts of a plant. Today we will talk about nut partitions which properties were well-known to our ancestors.
Description
Nut trees with a strong branchy trunk and large wide oval leaves, have wide sprawling krone. The tree in May blossoms, and by the end of August — to the beginning of September fruits ripen. The roundish or oval fruit of nut disappears under a firm shell which, in turn, is covered with a green fibrous peel.
Under a shell there is a kernel covered with a dark thin skin, divided into cotyledons by rigid partitions. The seed a form and bends is reminded by a human brain, its structure layered and oily, under a thin skin — white with a yellowish shade.
Whether you know? Priests of ancient Babylon forbade to eat walnuts to ordinary citizens, being afraid that eating fruits, a form reminding a brain, poor people will surpass a priestly caste in knowledge. In a cult the tree was built both in Greece, and in Rome where it was considered a divine plant.
Chemical composition
- Vitamins: And, C, E, B, SS.
- Macrocells: magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus.
- Minerals: iron, zinc, manganese, aluminum, fluorine, iodine.
- Organic acids: gallic, linoleic, olein, fenolkarbonovy.
- Amino acids: arginine, alanine, valine, lysine, asparaginic and glyutaminovy acids.
- Essential oils.
Useful properties
The remedies prepared from partitions thanks to the structure saturated with useful substances help to struggle with many diseases, have a number of salutary properties. It is known that iodine is necessary for normal work of a brain, an endocrine system, for health of a thyroid gland and lymph nodes. Partitions of nut help to level and normalize a hormonal background.
The product is useful to improvement of concentration of attention, memory and assimilation of a training material that is important for school students and students. The huge amount of vitamins and mineral elements strengthen the immune system.
Useful means on the basis of raw materials for digestive system:
- restore healthy intestinal microflora;
- eliminate fermentation processes;
- eliminate the inflammatory phenomena in a digestive tract;
- remove slags and toxins;
- help to restore mucous a stomach and intestines at an ulcer and gastritis, other diseases.
Compresses and rubbing facilitate symptoms of rheumatism and other joint pains, help with treatment of the dermatosis caused by fungi heal wounds and cuts.
The positive impact on nervous system, resistance to stressful states, normalization of a dream, positive dynamics at disorders of psychosomatic character is noticed.
Well funds for a cardiovascular system influence:
- improve blood circulation;
- normalize arterial blood pressure;
- clean and strengthen vessels;
- support a cardiac muscle.
Whether you know? The shell of walnuts crushed and which is burned through serves as raw materials for production of activated carbon.
Application
The official medicine does not confirm curative properties of partitions. However national experience of application of this part of nut speaks about good results of treatment.
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Medical
In traditional medicine medicines on the basis of partitions of nut apply in the following states:
- hormonal imbalance;
- disease of a thyroid gland;
- deficiency of iodine;
- conjunctivitis;
- hypertension;
- cold and sharp respiratory infections;
- viral and bacterial infections;
- mastopathy;
Important! Before application it is necessary to undergo consultation at the attending physician — the overdose by components of a plant can lead to allergic reaction and aggravate a state.
- pancreas diseases;
- problems of a digestive tract;
- irritability, uneasiness;
- sleep disorders;
- diseases of joints;
- diabetes;
- disorders of memory;
- chronic fatigue;
- avitaminosis.
Household
Many women, without wishing to spoil hair paint, use broth from nut waste for giving to hair of more dark shade and saturated gloss. Rinsings by broth strengthen hair bulbs and eliminate dandruff.
In cosmetology often also use oil of such plants as: rosemary, sea-buckthorn, unab, hemp, jojoba, linden, sage medicinal, peach, sandalwood, orange and lemon.
Broth or infusion of partitions use for fight against insects on a kitchen garden, scatter dry raw materials in a case for fight against a moth.
In villages grated with parts of green fruits skin of hands before hay cleaning, thus, skin became more rough and was less wounded by sharp straws or a grass.
These parts of a plant are appreciated by producers of home-made alcoholic beverages: adding raw materials to moonshine, it is possible to give it pleasant color and to soften a pungent smell. On the basis of a product cook home-made cognac.
Partitions will help teenagers during puberty: at change of a hormonal background often there is a strengthened sweating. It is possible to wipe with tincture from a product previously washed up hollows of armpits, it will save from an unpleasant smell and will reduce release of sweat.
We advise to read about properties of walnut for an organism and ways of cleaning of walnuts of a shell.
Harm and contraindications
The negative phenomena at reception are possible in case of inadequate use of the prepared medicine — non-compliance with a dosage or proportions. There are also some diseases at which it is outwardly contraindicated to apply means:
- eczema;
- psoriasis;
- neurodermatitis;
- rash of inflammatory character.
Important! Inside it is impossible to take similar medicine to those who have an allergy to nut as the structure of all its parts is almost identical.
Broth and tincture
Broth from partitions of nut is applied at dental problems, for example, at inflammatory processes, a toothache or caries liquid is used for rinsing. Inside use at diarrhea, disorders of a stomach and an intestinal path, at gastritis and an ulcer, at insomnia, chronic fatigue, disorders of memory, absent-mindedness.
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Unlike spirit tincture, children can use broth at diseases of a thyroid gland, a hormonal imbalance, avitaminosis, anemia, nervous breakdowns, stresses.
Outwardly broth is applied to treatment of an infection of eyes (conjunctivitis). Lotions accelerate healing of open wounds (cuts, scratches).
Tincture on alcohol or vodka normalizes pressure, sugar level, removes cholesterol. It is useful for people of middle age to drink it as prevention from the following diseases and states:
- to women — fibroma, a cyst, myoma, mastopathy;
- to men — prostatitis, adenoma, decrease in potency.
It is recommended to elderly people for reduction of risk of diseases of Alzheimer, gout, sciatica, rheumatism, arthritis.
Tincture is used at diabetes, a bazedovy disease, at failures of a menstrual cycle, gastrointestinal diseases, a hypertension. Outwardly at back and joints pains, sciatica and arthritis, rheumatism do compresses.
Undoubtedly it will be interesting to you to learn about dishes in which walnuts, such as spicy snack from nuts, nut cutlets and chocolate and nut bars use.
Storage
Partitions store in paper packages, in the dry, not cold place. It is desirable that the room was aired. Small portions package in glass jars with covers. A period of storage — up to 2 years.
Nut partitions as we see — a tremendous source of vitamins and minerals, effective medicine. Besides nutritionists advise to use nuts that who wants to lose weight. Despite the available fats and oils if to replace with a handful of nuts some meal, for example an afternoon snack, it is possible to lose weight considerably. And the organism at the same time will receive all substances, necessary for health.