In the diet of each person must be present greens. On the beds, it appears before other vegetables, it is cheap, and the value is considerable. Among the greenery especially should be given parsley . It is used not only as a seasoning, but also in folk medicine for the prevention and treatment of various diseases.
What is the use of parsley?
The use and harm of parsley for health is due to its composition. In the leafy green of parsley there are such vitamins:
- provitamin A - it is worth noting that its content in parsley is higher than in carrots;
- vitamin B, including folic acid and B3;
- vitamin C - the amount of this vitamin parsley occupies the second place after the dogrose;
- vitamin E.
In the parsley contains such mineral substances: calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, iron , iodine, zinc. Such a rich vitamin-mineral composition helps maintain health and beauty of the body.
The use of parsley stems is that they contain fiber, which cleanses the intestines from toxins, organic acids, useful sugars, essential oils.
Benefits of parsley for the body
Parsley is used for such medicinal purposes:
- The use of the leaf part, root and water extracts of parsley helps to normalize blood glucose levels, cleanse the vessels and increase their elasticity, strengthen the heart.
- Strengthens the body, increases its resistance to colds.
- Parsley juice helps to improve visual acuity.
- Parsley can be used to prevent diseases of the endocrine system.
- Biologically active substances of this herb restore the water-salt balance.
- Improves digestion.
- Cleans the body, removing toxins from it, heavy metal salts and carcinogenic substances.
- With the help of the roots and green parsley, the inflammation of the genitourinary system can be cured, and with the help of seeds it is possible to improve the condition with bile and urolithiasis.
- Parsley inhibits the processes of fermentation and putrefaction in the body, reducing the risk of cancer.
The use of parsley for the woman's body
The benefits of parsley for women were known even in ancient Russia. At that time, there was a tradition that, before the wedding, the girl had to drink parsley for a certain time. It was believed that this helps the female body to clear itself of various diseases, and the face skin to get a pleasant pink shade.
In addition, parsley has an effect on the female body:
- restores the broken menstrual cycle;
- normalizes metabolic processes, accelerates metabolism, which helps maintain weight in the norm;
- effective for the treatment of diseases of the genitourinary system: nephritis, cystitis;
- in the climacteric period, parsley can reduce unpleasant phenomena.
Harm to parsley for the body
Damage to parsley can manifest itself if it is used in such cases:
- during pregnancy, as it can cause a miscarriage;
- with individual intolerance to this herb;
- for violations in calcium metabolism;
- inflammatory processes in the acute phase.
The benefits and harm of curly parsley
Curly parsley is a kind of common parsley. It has the same beneficial properties as the parsley we usually have. However, in some countries this plant is listed as a narcotic. The reason for this was the seeds of curly parsley, containing a large number of essential oils. Therefore, for the treatment of parsley seeds, it is better to use the fruits of parsley. In the rest, the curly parsley is no different from its usual relative.