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Turnip is one of the plants of the family called cabbage or cruciferous, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Brassica rapa L. As for the name of the family turnip garden itself, in Latin it will be like this: Brassicaceae Burnett. (Cruciferae Juss.).
Description of turnip garden
The garden turnip is a biennial herb, endowed with a fleshy white or yellowish root. It is noteworthy that, depending on the variety, such a root can have an oval, round or fusiform shape. The stems of this plant are leafy and tall. In the first year, the rosette of leaves develops. Turnip flowers will be small in size, they form a racemose inflorescence, such flowers are painted in pale yellow or yellow tones. The fruit of this plant is a pod endowed with quite numerous seeds.
The flowering of the garden turnip occurs in the period from May to August. Under natural conditions, this plant will be cultivated on the territory of Belarus, Ukraine and almost all regions of Russia. It should be noted that this plant can be grown in culture even beyond the Arctic Circle.
Description of the medicinal properties of turnip garden
The garden turnip is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the roots of this plant for medicinal purposes.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of fiber, sugar, mineral salts, carotene, a significant amount of vitamins PP and CC, as well as vitamins B6 and B1 in the composition of the fleshy thick roots of this plant. It should be noted that the mustard oil of this plant has the ability to impart a sharp taste and a very peculiar smell to the garden turnip.
As for traditional medicine, here these plants are quite widespread. The garden turnip is endowed with a very effective diuretic, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, analgesic, mild laxative and antiseptic effect.
A decoction prepared on the basis of the root vegetable of this plant, as well as the juice of a garden turnip, should be used for insomnia, laryngitis, bronchial asthma, coughs, bronchitis and palpitations. For gout, it is recommended to apply boiled pounded turnips to the affected areas, and with a warm decoction of the garden turnip, rinse your mouth with toothache.
On the basis of two parts of fresh garden turnip and one part of goose fat, an ointment is prepared, which is effective in the treatment of frostbite. This plant is considered a valuable vegetable for the reason that it contains a large amount of vitamins, and garden turnip is very nutritious. First of all, such properties will concern, first of all, high-mountainous and northern regions.
It should be noted that garden turnip should be used in medical nutrition for constipation.
For insomnia, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, laryngitis, palpitations and coughs, you should use the following very effective healing agent based on this plant: to prepare such a healing agent, you will need to take two tablespoons of chopped turnip root vegetable in a glass of boiling water and boil this mixture for about fifteen minutes. Take this medicine based on garden turnip, one glass at night or four times a day, regardless of food intake, one fourth of a glass. With proper use, such a drug based on the garden turnip will be very effective.
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