About food. Fennel.
Ordinary products-vegetables, fruits, nuts, juices and berries – are not just our taste preferences. That's what makes us who we are. It also enriches and enriches the elements necessary for life. But what if we make changes to our usual diet? After all, each product is a storehouse of certain substances that affect the body. Our health, well-being and mood depend on what we eat. And the task of each of us is to learn this information and learn how to use it.
Fennel
Fennel is ordinary and vegetable, the latter has a fleshy trunk. Determine should be very carefully: you can be confused with other, poisonous umbrellas! The root of fennel is spindle-shaped, fleshy, wrinkled.
Stalk with a bluish bloom, straight, branchy. Leaves thrice, four times pinnate, with long filiform lobules. Small yellow flowers are located on the tops of the stems in the form of flat complex umbrellas. Fennel fruit is an oblong double-mitten, sweet to taste.
Blossoms fennel in July-August, fructifies in September. Fennel is cultivated as a medicinal plant.
Fennel common belongs to ancient medicines. It was widely used by Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Pliny and Avicenna.
In fennel fruits, there is calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, chromium and aluminum.
Fennel preparations have antispasmodic and carminative effect, increase the secretory activity of the digestive glands, promoting digestion; act as a weak diuretic and expectorant.
Usually fennel drugs are prescribed for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, accompanied by spasms, flatulence, pain in the intestine (spastic colitis and intestinal colic). Especially effective "dill water" for children. Fennel is also used for bile and kidney stones, bronchitis and whooping cough, poor menstruation and sexual infantilism. The internal use of infusion of fruits in combination with external washings is useful for mycoses (fungal skin lesions). The fruits of the plant are part of many windmills, laxative teas and sedative fees.
Fennel has an expectorant and disinfectant effect. In folk medicine, a decoction of fennel seeds is washed with eyes for conjunctivitis, skin with pustular diseases, it is also drunk with flatulence, abdominal pain, cough, insomnia, and to improve the formation of milk in nursing mothers.
The biological effect of fennel: carminative relieves spasms of the gastrointestinal tract, antimicrobial, expectorant.
Fennel is recommended for the treatment of flatulence, spastic conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, irritable bowel syndrome, bronchitis, pneumonia.
Seeds are a good remedy for colds, cough. Many of the famous "dill water," which give children from bloating, flatulence. But not everyone knows that this water has nothing to do with dill and prepare it from fennel. The fact that the people fennel called pharmacy dill for its similarity with the garden plant and high medicinal properties.
In Indian medicine, the fruit is used as a stimulant, and the roots-a laxative.
Fennel essential oil perfectly cleanses the body removes toxins, especially for those who are fond of abundant food and alcohol. It has a diuretic and mild laxative effect. Acting on the digestive system, eliminates constipation, flatulence, nausea.
In the menopause Fennel oil is very effective, as it stimulates the production of its own estrogen. Helps increase lactation. Along with this, fennel has a high antifungal activity. The renovation of the premises reduces the amount of fungi in the atmosphere of 4-5 times.
Fennel oil has a hepatoprotective effect in toxic liver damage. Increases appetite, secretion of digestive and bronchial glands. Has a beneficial effect on the skin.
Rinsing the oral cavity with fennel decoction eliminates sore throat and hoarseness of the voice. To use the therapeutic properties of fennel, it is ground into powder and in the morning, afternoon and evening, every time a half-spoon is brewed in a small Cup of boiling water and sweetened, eaten. This composition helps with flatulence and facilitates digestion.
Fennel leaves are added fresh to salads, fish and meat dishes when stewing. The seeds are put into spicy soups and marinades, a variety of pickles. Fennel sauce is good for cold fish. This plant is most widely used in French and Italian cuisine.
Fennel, like many herbs, has both beneficial properties and contraindications. First of all, it is worth noting that the individual intolerance of the grass is possible. If a person feels after eating fennel nausea or dizziness, it is necessary to abandon this plant.
Also, despite the ability to increase the flow of milk, nursing mothers and pregnant fennel recommend only if the benefit exceeds the potential harm. This approach is noted in the appointment of funds to people who have epileptic seizures.
Overdose or abuse of funds on the basis of this plant leads to an upset stomach and can cause allergic reactions.
In addition, precautions in the application of fennel should be observed in cases of heart rhythm disorders. Also, doctors note that a large number of eaten plants can even cause bleeding.
Remember that in any case, the use of fennel should start with small doses, so you can notice its negative impact on the body.