Potatoes - medicine, but also tasty food

      This apparently trivial vegetable, if boiled or braised in steam, detoxify the body, due to its high in potassium. Helps eliminate uric acid, as indicated in rheumatism and arthritis. Poor hypnotic and soothing, potato is great for people nervous, with cramps, insomnia, nervous cough on. It is recommended to people with diabetes, baked in ashes, in such a way as to not lose any flavor or nutritional quality. Potato reduce glycosuria, causes an improvement in general condition and, in patients with surgical complications, a revival of tissues, by promoting the healing process. Potatoes contain provitamin A, vitamin K (antihemoragica and anemic), sulfur (combat excess oil and iron). Is one of the main sources of vitamin C of the French, who consume about 120 kg of potatoes per year per person. Dr. Leon Binet showed that this vegetable contains a substance nitrogen, tuberina, which favors raising children. Especially potatoes are rich in tuberina.

Potatoes are not fattening


     Potato modern medicine is recommended as a healthy, nutritious, energetic, especially for fat people. Promotes bowel function, fight ulcer and is healing. If not prepared with fat, potatoes are not fattening. Even if it is bulky, potato has 80% water, a little less than milk. A medium size potato weighs about 150 grams and provides the body with only 100-110 calories, how a glass of orange juice. A potato has just 10 milligrams sodium (400 times less than the daily intake of sodium). Potassium is, however, in full: three times more than an orange and even more than a banana. Are harder to digest french fries because they contain more fat. Boiled potatoes should not keep more than 24 hours. Do not eat green portions of potatoes. Are toxic!

Raw potato juice


Potato juice has no equal in the treatment of gastric acid and gastric ulcers. Calm digestive mucous membranes and scars. It is antispasmodic, diuretic, emollient. In a wine glass, put two fingers warm juice and remaining water. Drink in the morning on an empty stomach. It can also be mixed with soup or stew. Like all juices, and the potatoes are altering quickly, so it must be extracted and consumed immediately. Millions of people suffer from arthritis, but few know the beneficial action of potato juice against the disease. Crude extract is shown in hepatitis and gallstones, constipation, hemorrhoids, scurvy. Pink varieties of potato juice contains carbohydrates, protides, lipids, minerals, vitamins (B1, B6, C, K). Potato starch is antiinflammatory in gastrointestinal diseases, and in poisoning with toxic substances.


The skin medicinal


For burns, frostbite, skin cracks, sores, swelling of eyelids: Cut enough raw potato and apply on the spot, mixed with a teaspoon of honey or olive oil, leaving at least two hours to act; is fixed with a bandage. Poultice change during the day, until complete healing. Sunburn, put potatoes in thin slices. Leave on a few minutes. Ringworm pass with raw potato, given the mixer, allow 10 minutes, then rinse. Potato flour is a good painkiller in case of burns, erysipelas, varicose ulcers, skin rashes and cracks. Is fixed with a bandage and leave an hour or two. The operation is repeated twice daily until complete healing. The warts, place with raw potato, grated, once every morning and afternoon. Sweating of the feet are treated with potato flour powder on the skin, after washing the feet.

So, do not avoid the potatoes in your diet. At dinner, 100-200 g of cottage cheese and a few baked potatoes are a health system better than any medicine in the world.


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