Herbs are a key pillar of nutrition due to their powerful health nutrients. And there is a very little known one, rich in vitamin C and minerals, which is special treat muscle pain.
The reference is to watercressAlso known as garden cresswith a slightly bitter and extremely spicy flavour, appreciated for its unique medicinal properties.
“Medicinal herbs are plants used as medicine by people to help prevent or cure a disease, relieve symptoms, increase energy, relax or lose weight“, he summarizes MedlinePlusthe United States National Library of Medicine.
In any case, health portals clarify, herbal remedies are not regulated or tested like drugs.
For this reason it is good to clarify It is always important to consult a doctor to provide the diagnosis and treatments indicated as appropriate.
Properties of watercress or watercress
The Bush (Lepidium sativum L.) or watercress is a hydrangea plant, native to the Middle East, which is cultivated in Europe, where it arrived from Persia and Egypt.
It is grown in medicinal orchards and nurseries and it rarely appears in the margins of the crop and in arid lands. It looks very similar to watercress, but unlike it, according to specialists, it does not grow in water or next to it.
Watercress or watercress in a tasty and nutritious salad.It has compound leaves, with triangular and tended segments and white flowersgathered into terminal groups.
The fruit is a soft capsule, called silicola, oval in shape, equipped with wings, which contains several black seeds inside. It has a slightly disgusting odor and a bitter, very spicy taste.
For medicinal purposes, the leaves, flowers but also the seeds and to a lesser extent the roots of the shrub are used.
It is a little-studied plant, but it is known that it contains benzyl-glucosinolate, essential oil, more vitamin C than orange, vitamin B6 and mineral salts (calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, iron).
“It is attributed to digestive, appetizing, nutritional, vitaminic, remineralising, antioxidant, diuretic and hypoglycemic properties”, underlines the Body Mind website.
What health benefits does pumpkin have?
Among the many health benefits offered by butternut squash are some listed below:
In creams, mastuerzo fights muscle pain, osteo-articular pain and low back pain.- Stimulate appetite and fight tiredness.
- To treat indigestion, slow digestion and abdominal heaviness.
- Diuretic and detoxifying effect, to treat fluid retention and conditions such as cystitis.
- It is attributed to a slight hypoglycemic effect in the diets of diabetic subjects.
- Expectorant, in case of pharyngitis, bronchitis and mild asthma.
- Thanks to its high vitamin C content, it is ideal for fighting scurvy.
This herb is attributed to an expectorant effect, ideal in cases of pharyngitis, bronchitis and asthma.Furthermore, it is possible that it has external use. In this sense the following examples could be cited.
- Apply in poultices and creams against muscle pain, osteo-articular pain and lumbago.
- Speaking of sores and wounds.
- Stimulate the scalp and treat seborrheic dermatitis and prevent alopecia.
How to take masturtium
The bush can be accommodated digestive infusionmixed with other herbs, up to two glasses a day.
Another way is add it to salads, as an alternative to watercress, to give them a crunchy touch. Also cooked in a soup.
An infusion of rosemary has digestive effects.More difficult but not impossible is to obtain it in the form of liquid extractand inside too fresh plant juice.
The seeds of the bush are applied in poultice on muscle painand the decoction in the form of compresses and rubs to relieve pain. rheumatic pains.
Source: Clarin
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