Few fully know the benefits of walnut, although its healing properties have been known since ancient times. This unpretentious plant is ubiquitous in Asia, in the Caucasus, available to residents of Greece and Ukraine. In the article we will consider the nutritional value of walnuts, learn about its benefits, analyze the recipes of cooking and the use of healing tinctures.
- Nutritional value and calorie walnut
- What are the benefits of green nuts
- Recipes for the preparation and use of tinctures
- On vodka or alcohol
- With sugar
- On honey
- Harm and contraindications
Nutritional value and calorie walnut
Most nuts, and walnuts, in particular, are a rather high-calorie product.
A serving of nuts (100 g) contains:
- calories - 656 kcal (68% of the daily requirement);
- proteins - 16.2 g (19.73%);
- fat 60.8 (93.44%);
- carbohydrates - 11.1 g (8.67%);
- dietary fiber - 6.1 g (30.5%);
- water - 3.8 g (0.15%).
What are the benefits of green nuts
There is a theory that vegetables and fruits are useful for such a human organ as they are similar in appearance. Nut - a small copy of the human brain, so this product has a positive effect on intelligence and memory, relieves headaches. Thanks to him, the nutrients better enter the cerebellum, improves blood flow.
Recipes for the preparation and use of tinctures
Traditional medicine offers many recipes of walnut tinctures. Consider some of them.
On vodka or alcohol
For the preparation of the "elixir of health" is used the shell, leaves and flesh of green fruits. The easiest medicine to make is green walnuts infused with vodka or alcohol.
The healing properties of this tincture help with:
- hypertensive crisis;
- type 2 diabetes;
- inflammation of the kidneys;
- stomach inflammation;
- acute inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract;
- certain types of skin and fungal diseases;
- diseases of the female reproductive system (uterine fibroids, infertility);
- fibroadenoma, mastopathy;
- overwork, vitamin deficiency, chronic fatigue.
Drink the elixir 20 minutes before meals, three times a day in a tablespoon. The course of treatment is from 3 to 6 months. It is not recommended to give a tincture of green walnut on vodka to children, since its use can be dangerous for a child’s body.
- About 200 young green nuts put in a three-liter bottle.
- Add 1 cup of sugar (do not interfere!).
- Close the lid, wrap in a black bag and send to the refrigerator for at least 120 days.
- After 120 days, remove the tincture, squeeze the contents and pour the resulting juice into the bottle.
- Use the medicine 2 times a day, 1 tablespoon 15 minutes before meals.
With sugar
In folk medicine, popular recipes for the use of tinctures with sugar. The sweetness of glucose helps to stifle the bitter taste, formed from the combination of vodka with the fruit of the nut.
Recipe:
- 1 kg of fruits nakolite large needle in several places.
- Soak the product in water for 14 days, changing the water in the morning and evening.
- After 2 weeks, cook the product, strain.
- After the nuts have dried, add to them a thick glucose syrup (from 1 kg of sugar).
- Boil the mixture, let it rest for 12 hours and boil again. After a day, check: if the syrup is still liquid, you need to boil again.
- Transfer the hot product to clean, dry jars.Pour the rest of the syrup and leave for a day in a cold place.
On honey
The use of green walnuts with honey is indispensable for stomach ulcers, menopause, goitre, bile stasis. The recipe for this medicine is a treasure trove of vitamins.
- Chop 1 kg of the product, place it in a glass jar.
- Fill with liquid honey, mix well.
- Cap the tincture and put in a cool place for 2-3 months.
- Use tincture 2 times a day.
Harm and contraindications
Despite its many beneficial properties, green walnut has also contraindications. Due to the concentrated content of plant globulin, it can cause an allergic reaction and even anaphylactic shock! People who are allergic to this product should refrain from treatment.
It is not recommended to take tincture with a stomach ulcer, psoriasis, during pregnancy or breastfeeding.Those suffering from thinning of the vascular walls and patients with varicose veins or thrombophlebitis should also refuse this method of treatment.
Remember: not everything round is a nut, and not every medicine leads to recovery. If you feel worse during self-treatment - stop using and immediately consult a doctor. Be healthy!