Many people used to eat carrots exclusively for food, not knowing that carrots, especially carrot oil, Great for therapeutic use.
Carrots and weight loss, how to apply carrots for weight loss
Carrots are often found in slimming recipes. This is due to many factors.
Carrots are rich in vitamins of group A. As you know, these vitamins support the skin in perfect condition. Agree that for losing weight is an important fact (with weight loss, the skin loses its elasticity). And in combination with vitamin E, this product is able to charge the body with energy for a long time.
Despite the low calorie, carrots pretty sweet. This is the perfect option to cheat taste buds, because in the process of losing weight you want so much sweet.
The main argument in favor of carrots as a dietary product is the presence of fiber in its composition. Carrots can be much faster to get enough than any other vegetable.
Bright saturated color of carrots allows to embellish even the most unattractive dietary dish.
Did you know? While Western nutritionists and gastroenterologists speak with one voice about the benefits of eating carrots during a diet, domestic books “shout” about its dangers.Remember: if you are allergic, carrots should be excluded from the diet.
Medicinal properties of carrots for colds
Carrot treatment and its use for prophylaxis for colds is a method known to our grandmothers. Antioxidants found in carrots help to process the breakdown products of the body. Carrot juice has healing properties to relieve irritation in the throat. For this, fresh carrot juice is mixed with one tablespoon of honey and taken 4 times a day.
To enhance immunity salads made from carrots are excellent, based on grated carrots, olive oil and lemon juice. For the treatment of cough, you can prepare a mixture of fresh carrot juice and milk in a 1: 1 ratio.
Did you know?The more saturated the color of carrots, the richer the phytoncides juice.
How to use carrots for a cold
Most often, carrot juice in the common cold is used by people prone to allergies, pregnant women and young children. Carrot juice contains a large amount of phytoncides (a powerful antiviral and antimicrobial agent). For the treatment of rhinitis, only fresh carrot juice is effective. Last year's juice is better not to use. First wash the nose with warm water and sea salt. Undiluted carrot juice is instilled into each nostril by 3-4 drops for adults and 2 drops for children.
Important!Use carrot juice as a means of a cold can be no more than 1 week.
How is carrot useful for stomach problems?
Carotene is a very valuable element of carrots, it helps to speed up the metabolism. But in order for carotene to be fully absorbed by the body, carrots need to be consumed along with vegetable oils.
Carrot juice is a great antioxidant. It is recommended to drink with constipation 500 ml on an empty stomach. Carrot juice can also be used for stomach cramps. By the way, the carrot butter is good for this.
As a good laxative, carrot seeds, long known in folk medicine, are widely used. For use, they are first poured with boiling water for 1 hour, and then eaten, chewing thoroughly and drinking a glass of water.
How to cook carrots for liver treatment
Every fifth patient sees a doctor with liver problems. Of course, carrots are not so strong as to cure the disease without additional medications, however, it is capable of bringing relief. For the prevention of liver disease is used a decoction of carrots. Typically, to cleanse the liver using juice or grated carrots on a fine grater. Take carrots for liver treatment 3 times put on, 1 hour before meals. A mixture of carrot and beet juice (1: 1 ratio) will be very good for the liver.
Important! If you decide to use carrots for treating the liver or preventing diseases, it is necessary to exclude carrots from the diet and take it only for medicinal purposes. When damaged liver carotene poorly absorbed.
Using carrots for crushing kidney stones
Carrots have long been used for kidney disease, from the appearance and for the removal of kidney stones. It is best to use carrot seeds, but it will do well with crushing and carrot oil, but here you should be careful and know how to take it. Particularly effective is a mixture of parsley root juice and carrot juice, which should be taken no more than 500 ml per day.
Carrot juice is used for cystitis.In this case, the carrot performs one of its main functions - antioxidants dissolve stones, and carotene "drowns out" inflammation. Also carrot tones bile formation and biliary excretion.
And carrots has a strong diuretic effect, which contributes to the rapid elimination of toxins from the body.
Important! With excessive consumption of carrots, "carrot jaundice" may appear, the cause of which is the removal of nitrates from the body.
Useful properties of carrot oil
Carrot oil has found its use in cosmetology willows. It is made from seeds. It is used to prevent skin aging and tone, to treat rashes, psoriasis and eczema. Carrot oil is recommended to use in order to protect the skin from UV rays and to improve tanning. If you have hair problems, use carrot oil to improve hair growth and speed up blood circulation.
Carrot oil has a good effect not only on the skin, but also on the entire body as a whole: it helps to increase the tone of the breast, improves immunity, is effective for the treatment and prevention of influenza and acute respiratory infections, helps get rid of joint pain in arthritis.
Cardiovascular diseases and carrots
Carrots - a storehouse of vitamins that affect the work of the heart. Vitamins of groups A, B, E, as well as potassium, sodium and calcium contribute to the improvement of cardiovascular diseases. For heart problems, it is recommended to use carrot tincture.
Did you know? Hippocrates said that medicine should be used as food, and food - as medicine.Carotene found in large quantities in vegetables tones the heart muscle well and cleans the blood arteries. When hypertension is very effective juice from carrots, radishes and beets with the addition of lemon juice and honey. Mix is prepared in the enameled ware. Juices are added one by one, stirring them with a wooden spoon.
The use of carrots for the treatment of eye diseases
In childhood we often heard that you need to eat a lot of carrots for good vision. And it is true. In the Middle Ages, carrots were considered almost the only remedy for treating vision problems. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene and carotenoids, which after decomposition turn into vitamin A, with a lack of which vision deteriorates. Vitamin A is also a powerful antidote to cataracts. In addition, the carrot contains lutein, which enriches pigmentation in the macula, the central part of the retina.
As you see Carrot is not only a “salad-borsch” vegetable, but also an excellent medicine. Still, do not forget to consult with doctors before using carrots for medicinal purposes.
Remember that excessive consumption of carrots can lead to hypervitaminosis.
