Basil - a favorite fragrant spice that loves in many countries using it to give a piquant taste first, meat, vegetable dishes and sauces. There is a huge variety of basil varieties. Its leaves can be of different shapes and color: from gently green to saturated purple. The main similarity of the varieties of leaves is their incredibly spicy fragrance. What properties have basil casting, and how is the spice for our body?
Basilica composition
The tart and pleasant flavor aroma give essential oils that are contained in the green part of the plant. The Basilica includes camphor oil, and eugenol and laanalol. In addition to essential oils, the leaves contain mineral and tanning substances, phytoncides, glycosides and sugars, as well as fiber, vegetable fats, proteins and vitamins C, RR, B2.
Basil - Useful properties
- Basil not only gives an unforgettable taste and aroma dishes, but also helps the body fight stress. Spicy grass is a natural antidepressant. Tea, boiled from the Basil leaf, is healing, as it helps the work of adrenal glands, stimulating the production of hormones. Basil is also perfectly affected by improving memory, positively affects the nervous system, supports the forces of the body, increasing its stress resistance. Its spicy fragrance has a tonic property and gives strength after a busy day.
- Basil is widely used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and gout, since its consumption significantly reduces the content of uric acid in the body. Being a diuretic plant, basil is successfully used in the disease of the kidneys and bladder.
- Basil's essential oil, holding back the growth of pathogenic bacteria, helps to fight intestinal infections, has disinfectant properties. Tea or decoctions from leaves stops diarrhea, it helps with nausea, expelled from the body of parasites.
- Spicy basil is a natural source of magnesium, vitamin A and is an excellent prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
- Since basil essential oils are a natural antiseptic, the leaves of the plant are used to reduce itching and pain when bite komarov A. Also for acne.
- Therapeutic tincture of basilica has an expectorant property, it is used in the treatment of bronchitis, lung diseases. In combination with Issiop and nine, the basil tea helps to cope with colds and influenza faster. Thanks to the antiseptic properties, spicy grass decoction is used to rinse the oral cavity with a cold, dental stone.
Use in cooking
Basil is especially popular in Mediterranean cuisine, where it is part of many classic dishes. Sauce pesto, Italian salad is simply unthinkable without fragrant spice. Fresh spicy basil leaves are excellent seasoning for any meat dish.
Cautions and contraindications
Despite the large number of positive properties of the basil, the plant is not healing for everyone. There are contraindications to its use and application in the form of decoctions:
- Exquisite spice is not recommended pregnant women.
- It is impossible to add a basil to those who recently suffered a heart attack or stroke. It is also worth excluding his epileptic.
- Hypertensive, diabetics, as well as in ischemic heart disease, should use basil in food in small quantities.
Spicy and tender seasoning is capable of diversifying the taste of any dish, give him sophistication and piquancy, and is also the prevention of colds, bacterial diseases. Basil is positive effect on the work of the nervous system and helps to restore forces during the voltage period.
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