2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
August days are running one after another, bringing the harvest day closer. A red pumpkin is growing its sides, flirtatiously putting out a barrel from under a large hard-rough green leaf. And the gardener is already anticipating the smell of millet porridge with pumpkin pulp and the light crackle of toasted sunflower seeds. Let's remember the beneficial properties of pumpkin and its flattened, thick, swollen seeds
Aztecs and pumpkin
We owe many of the products we are accustomed to today to the civilization of the Aztecs. So the pumpkin comes from this civilization. The Aztecs ate flowers, stems, fruits, and pumpkin seeds. The flowers and stems, peeled from the thorny skin, were boiled. The porous pumpkin pulp was eaten raw and boiled. Delicious, tasty, oily seeds were also eaten.
Natural pharmacy
Pumpkin seeds in China are called "the emperor of the garden", considering them a symbol of health and fertility. And this name was given to them deservedly. Microelements (calcium, magnesium) contained in seeds strengthen bones and tooth enamel, iron maintains blood balance.
In collaboration with hemp seeds, pumpkin seeds are used for diseases of the kidneys and bladder. Pumpkin seeds improve heart function, relieve sudden pain that occurs behind the breastbone, during emotional stress or physical exertion (angina pectoris or angina pectoris).
The protein content of seeds makes them an attractive meal for vegetarians and those looking to lose weight. Biologically active substances of pumpkin seeds have a beneficial effect on the elasticity and tenderness of the skin, give a healthy look to the hair.
Husks of fried seeds, including pumpkin seeds, have always been an excellent sedative in Russia. And they were also used as a natural aphrodisiac, although there was hardly such a word then, but the process itself was very successful.
Anthelmintic
The activity of pumpkin seeds received special attention in the fight against worms, which like to parasitize in the human digestive system. Roundworms and pinworms enter the body through food or other objects on which their eggs have found shelter. Infection often occurs from cats and dogs.
Since pumpkin seeds are non-toxic, they can be used at any age, as well as for people with liver problems. There are many recipes for preparing a medicine for worms. Here is one of them:
Peeled pumpkin seeds (300 grams - dose for children over 12 years old) grind, add water (a quarter of a glass), mix. Eat everything within an hour, taking one teaspoon on an empty stomach. After 3 hours, take a laxative, when it starts to work, do a cleansing enema. For children under 12 years old, take a smaller dose of seeds.
Pumpkin for health
One appearance and sunny colors of the pumpkin already give a joyful mood, give rise to optimism, admiration for the creativity of nature. Pumpkin innocently and generously gives a person its useful properties, charging the body with energy. She easily copes with stress, fatigue.
Similar to seeds, pumpkin pulp helps to strengthen the circulatory system, normalize blood composition and high blood pressure.
Pumpkin pulp is an excellent beautician, helping to maintain the beauty and density of hair, softness and elasticity of the skin. It is applied to inflamed and burned areas, to the skin affected by eczema.
The pulp goes well with cereals, giving them a special aroma and taste. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on the walls of the stomach, helping to heal ulcers. And pumpkin baked in the oven and sprinkled with sugar is better than any sweets and overseas fruits.
Healing properties of pumpkin
For medicinal purposes, flowers, pulp and pumpkin juice are used.
A decoction is prepared from the flowers to relieve coughing. You can bake the flowers in tortillas, which will also help with coughs.
Juice and pulp strengthen the enamel of the teeth and help the teeth resist caries; support musculoskeletal tissue; strengthen blood vessels, thereby contributing to the normal functioning of the circulatory system; do not bypass the sick liver with their attention and care.
Pumpkin is a natural diuretic and therefore has a beneficial effect on the kidneys and bladder.
I have always been suspicious of products that advertise for all diseases. It was not clear to me how one product can help different organs, fight different diseases. I had to look in the encyclopedia and make sure the advice was correct. In the body, the main thing is the consistency in the work of all organs. As soon as one organ gets out of hand, it immediately affects others. Therefore, products that normalize metabolism, strengthen the nervous system, ultimately make life easier for all organs of the human body.
Pumpkin is one such versatile food.
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