The flask is also called wild leek or wild onion - it is a plant with many useful properties. They can replace regular use of garlic and overcome avitaminosis . Thanks to the acidic ester oil, the flask has a spicy-sharp taste reminiscent of garlic, so it can easily be used instead of it in a daily diet. Culinary uses mostly stems and young leaves of this plant, which are collected before the beginning of its flowering. In vegetable soups and meat dishes shoots of wild garlic can be used and as an alternative to onions. Some people use bulbs of a bulb - levurdy, adding it to pies and bread instead of basil, preparing spicy sauces from this part of the plant. Regular use of garlic will promote the preservation of a slender figure.
Ingredients and nutritional value of leek
The flask contains a rich vitamin composition. In 100 grams of this plant are 100 mg of ascorbic acid, a large number of vitamins of group B, A and PP, in addition, the composition of wild garlic includes fructose, lysozine, thiamine, pyridoxine, riboflavin, beta carotene, phytoncides and mineral salts, which are simply necessary a person to maintain general health.
The flask has a balanced composition and low caloric content. In this plant are proteins, fats, carbohydrates, ashes, fiber , disaccharides, monosaccharides and organic acids. Its calorific value per hundred grams of the product is only 36 calories, so the use of the flask for weight loss is undeniable.
Benefit of the bulb
The use of a flask, or a ramson is covered in its medicinal properties. Wild onions have long been used as a bactericidal and fungicidal agent, it was used as a preventive measure for scurvy, plague, cholera and typhoid fever. This plant also helps against sclerosis, fever and worms.
Sweet cherry improves the motor function of the intestine, the work of the gastrointestinal tract, metabolic processes in the body, increases appetite, normalizes cholesterol level, works the cardiovascular system and lowers blood pressure. The flask can even restore immunity during seasonal vitamin deficiency, improve the condition with colds, hypertension and atherosclerosis. For men, wild garlic has a special advantage, as it increases the "masculine strength".
Benefits and Harms of the Plant Flask
It is not recommended for an adult to use more than 20 leaves of this plant per day. In case of an overdose, the herb flask will not only benefit, but also harm. Side effects can be dizziness, insomnia, diarrhea, indigestion, exacerbation of the ulcer and the appearance of edema.
People who have allergic reactions to garlic, the flask, can also do harm instead of good. Do not use this product for pregnant women, people who have pancreatitis, hepatitis, epilepsy, cholecystitis, as well as inflammation of the stomach or intestines.
How to choose and store the flask correctly?
Leaves of wild garlic should be resilient and juicy, otherwise it will not have its healing properties. Collecting this herb, it can be confused with a lily of the valley, since during the flowering period these plants are very similar. The fact that the leaves of the lily of the valley are poisonous to humans, so you need to carefully approach the identification of wild onions. To do this, it is necessary to crumple the leaf of the plant, in the case of the appearance of a specific garlic smell, you can be sure that this is caramel.
The flask can be used both in raw form, and in pickled and salted. It is not recommended to subject this plant to frost, since after such treatment it loses all its medicinal properties.