How and what is carrot used in medicine
Vegetables and greens are good for your health - it's a common knowledge. Carrots are widely used in medicine. This root vegetable contains many useful substances - fiber, carotene, vitamins, minerals, organic acids, essential oils. For humans, carrots are a dietary food product, cosmetic and medical product. It is eaten raw and boiled, salads are prepared, added to salting, juice is squeezed out. All parts of a valuable plant - root crops, tops and seeds - are endowed with healing properties.
Description and composition of carrots
Carrots rank first in the content of carotene, assimilated in the human body as vitamin A.
The healing properties of carrots are due to their valuable composition. The vegetable contains a complex of biologically active substances - alpha, beta, gamma-carotenes, dietary fiber, acids, macro and microelements, esters, flavonoids, phospholipids, starchy substances. It contains carbohydrates and proteins, no fats. The root vegetable contains phytoncides - natural antibiotics that suppress the activity of pathogenic microflora in the body.
The use of carrots is varied - it is eaten fresh, boiled and baked, salads are prepared, canned, squeezed juice... Carrots are in demand in medicine - they are useful for vision, skin and hair, nervous, excretory, circulatory and digestive systems. Requires carrots with oil for vision. The root vegetable has a low calorie content, so it is included in the diet for weight loss.
Carrots in the diet of children and adults
Even in Ancient Russia, people called carrots food and medicine, growing a useful root crop near the house. In the modern world, people have begun to use carrots in medicine no less. A valuable vegetable is recommended to be included in the daily diet of children and adults, pregnant and lactating women, and the elderly.
Just 20 grams of raw carrots contains the daily human intake of vitamin A.
Carrots contain beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A. Beta-carotene is responsible for the growth and development of the body, therefore it is especially necessary for young children. Continuous feeding of raw carrots to your baby helps to strengthen the gums and teeth. The vegetable cleans the tooth enamel from soft plaque that remains on the surface of the teeth after food rich in fats and carbohydrates.
Carrot pulp contains insoluble dietary fiber, which has a positive effect on all parts of the gastrointestinal tract. Fiber creates a feeling of fullness, enhances intestinal motility, contributing to a complete and regular cleansing of the body.
This product has a low calorie content, therefore it is indispensable in the diet of overweight people. The root vegetable normalizes metabolic processes, lowers blood sugar, therefore it is especially useful for those who suffer diabetes mellitus, metabolic disorders.
The maximum conversion and absorption of vitamin A (carotene) from carrots occurs when the vegetable is combined with vegetable oil.
An additional advantage of carrots is that it is an affordable vegetable that is on the table all year round. It is a source of vitamins, minerals, salts, glucose, fructose and other elements vital for a person at any age.
Carrots in medicine and cosmetology
Prevention and treatment with carrots is carried out internally and externally. To preserve the beauty of the face, neck and décolleté, women apply carrot masks that effectively cleanse and whiten the skin, restoring its elasticity and firmness. Withstand the mask should not be long, 15-20 minutes, then rinse with warm water. You can repeat the procedure 2 or 3 times a week.
For treatment, it is best to use hand-grown carrots. Then the root crop is guaranteed not to contain nitrates, phosphates, and other substances harmful to health.
Carrot compress helps with trophic ulcers, burns, frostbite, varicose veins. The root crop is rubbed on a fine grater, squeezed lightly. The resulting gruel must be wrapped in gauze, applied as a bandage to the painful area. The bandage should be changed 2-3 times a day. The optimal course of treatment is a week.
Carrot juice has disinfectant properties. For colds or sore throats, warm carrot juice with honey gargle. For coughs, it is useful to drink carrot juice mixed with milk and honey. With a runny nose, a few drops of carrot juice are instilled into the nose. If the gums are inflamed and sore, then the carrot juice is kept in the mouth for several minutes and then spit out.
Healing properties of carrot seeds
If the root crop is left in the ground, then in the second year of life the plant will turn into a seed bush. The seeds ripen in late autumn - August or September. Dried rosettes are collected, which are rubbed through a sieve, through the holes of which the seeds fall through. Storage of carrot seeds is carried out in glass containers, subject to low humidity, they retain germination and useful properties for several years.
Carrot seeds are in demand in medicine and pharmacology. On their basis, famous drugs have been created - Daukarin, Urolesan. Daucarin is drunk with angina pectoris, coronary insufficiency. Urolesan has a pronounced antispasmodic, choleretic and diuretic effect.
The healing properties of carrot seeds are widely known:
- a decoction of carrot seeds helps to soothe the cutting pains in the stomach accompanying an ulcer, gastritis, pyelonephritis;
- helps carrots from kidney stones, bladder, bile ducts, if you drink an aqueous infusion of seeds 3 times a day;
- steamed ground seeds, as well as decoctions and infusions based on them, improve bowel function, eliminate dysbiosis, flatulence, colic, and constipation.
Why is carrot juice useful?
Carrot juice is an elixir of youth, health, beauty and longevity. It increases appetite and improves digestion, helps the body recover from overload and overwork. The high concentration of biologically active components allows it to be used to strengthen immunity, increase appetite, and normalize hormonal levels. It has been proven that with the regular use of juice, the condition of patients with oncological tumors and cancers, immunodeficiency conditions improves.
Carrots are useful for liver disease, as they contribute to the natural regeneration of cells of an important organ. When taking potent drugs, fruit and vegetable juices reduce the toxic effects of antibiotic and hormonal drugs on the body.
For the treatment and prevention of various diseases, carrot juice must be freshly squeezed, it cannot be stored. It is recommended to combine carrot juice with other healthy vegetables and fruits. Sugar, starch, sweeteners should not be added to the drink.
Used carrot juice for the kidneys. It has a mild diuretic and choleretic effect, promotes the removal of sand and stones from the kidneys, urinary ducts, and gall bladder. For this, the vegetable is rubbed on a fine grater, eaten one or two tablespoons three times a day.
Carrots instead of medicines
Carrots contain a complex of vitamins - A, C, PP, E, group B and others. They have a beneficial effect on the health of the cardiovascular system, heart function, vascular and arterial tone. The juice from the root vegetable promotes blood thinning, eliminates cholesterol plaques, tones up the smooth muscles of the internal organs.
The state of the circulatory system has a positive effect on the infusion of carrot tops. For a glass of boiling water, you need to take 2 tablespoons of dried and chopped tops. The resulting liquid is infused for 30-40 minutes, filtered and drunk twice a day - in the morning and in the evening.
Carrots are used in medicine to prevent anemia, vitamin deficiency, anemia, and loss of strength. Meals and drinks made from it are included in the diet of nursing mothers with a lack of milk, weakened and often ill children.
Regular consumption of carrots and juice from them is the prevention of eye diseases. The elements included in the vegetable have a positive effect on the mucous membrane of the eyes, strengthen the retina, and improve the condition of the eyeball. Indications for the use of carrots are myopia, cataracts, fatigue of the eyes, conjunctivitis, blepharitis and many others.
Carrot recipes for vision are varied:
- As a healthy snack raw, 1 serving equals 1 peeled root vegetable.
- As part of salads, soups, side dishes, hot dishes, desserts or pastries.
- An important component of juice therapy, juice treatment is effective, tasty and healthy.
Acute lack of carotene and lutein can result in blindness. These substances useful for the sharp eyes are found in carrots.
Carrot oil for treatment
In medicine, carrot seeds are used to make oil. This product is widely used to treat skin diseases - psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis. The oil is recommended to be applied before and after sunburn, the product will moisturize and protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Carrot oil can be rubbed into the scalp, it helps nourish the bulbs, accelerates hair growth.
Carrot oil improves skin elasticity, smoothes wrinkles, so it is included in many cosmetics - creams, masks, lotions.
Carrot Oil Applications:
- in dermatology with skin rash, ulcers, keloid scars, rosacea, benign and malignant neoplasms;
- as an antiseptic for bacterial and fungal infections developing on the skin and mucous membranes;
- promotes sexual activity in men and women, increases libido, enhances potency, improves spermatogenesis;
- normalizes the balance of hormones in the body, restores the menstrual cycle in women, relieves the symptoms of menopause, menopause;
- relieves inflammation, relieves pain, restores joints with arthritis, arthrosis, rheumatism;
- to increase general and local immunity, cleanse the body of toxins and toxins;
- to strengthen the respiratory system - lungs, bronchi, disinfect the oral cavity, tonsils, tongue;
- relieves inflammation in stomach or duodenal ulcers, pancreas;
- used for intestinal and gastric colic in children and adults;
- used as an anthelmintic, in this case, the oil is drunk on an empty stomach in a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, depending on the age and weight of the person.
Before taking carrot oil, you should know about carrot allergies. It is an allergic reaction that is the only limitation to the use of culture for treatment and prevention.
Carrot seeds, pulp, juice, oil are widely demanded in folk medicine. Nutritionists recommend including this vegetable in the daily menu, fresh and boiled. Drinking carrot juice requires a strict dosage; you should not drink more than one or two glasses a day.