Until recently, the potatoes constituted the basis of the daily diet of the whole world, and only the current variety of food on store shelves has displaced them slightly. This plant crop kept people alive during the postwar years. Even today, the tubers are eaten and cured by making lotions, using the pulp as applications and consuming “decoction” of potatoes, as the decoction was previously called, to treat various ailments.
Often, the hostesses drain the liquid, without being aware of their unique healing properties, today demonstrated by various studies. Here is how to find out the benefits of this remedy without complications and if it can be harmful to the human being.
The chemical composition of the potato broth
As is known, any product during thermal processing loses some valuable chemical elements, but at higher temperatures new ones form, easier to assimilate by the body. In the boiling process, a large number of starch, mineral salts and proteins of the tubers are released in the water, so we can say that the broth is a concentrated liquid with a high nutritional value.
All vitamin content of tubers is lost in the cooking process. In addition, many minerals and organic acids arrive. For every 100 grams of product, drained after boiling the potatoes in munchers, it is obtained
- Vitamin C – 13 mg;
- Riboflavina – 0. 02 mg;
- thiamine – 0. 106 mg:
- Niacina – 1. 44 mg;
- Iron – 0. 31 mg
- Phosphorus – 44 mg
- Potassium – 379 mg
- Calcium – 5 mg;
- Proteins – 1 g;
- Fats – 0. 2 g; Carbohydrates – 7. 8 g;
- Carbohydrates – 7. 8 g;
- Fiber – 1. 8 g.
The energy value of the potato broth, per 100 ml of liquid, is 37 kcal. In addition to these components are vitamins B1, B5, B2, B6, B9, PP, D, E, but in minor quantities. Among the minerals are cobalt, sodium, manganese, sulfur and zinc. All these substances, in total, have a beneficial effect on the digestive process and improve the functioning of the cardiovascular system. The chemical composition of the broth is enriched by adding some sea salt at the end of cooking.
The utility of the concentrate depends on the freshness of the tubers. If the potatoes rest all winter, respectively, the therapeutic effect of the broth will be minimal.
Broth properties
The importance of freshness and product quality is the key to the future of “natural medicine.”Cultivated at home or bought in the store? Undoubtedly, it is better to give preference to their own products, not shattered with pesticides and nitrates. The resulting decoction will be the most useful. You always have to remember that not everyone is suitable for a particular product. Any popular remedy, even the softest, can have irreversible consequences.
Benefits
Of course, it is unlikely to be cured by potato decoction for any disease, but it is possible to improve the condition by using the liquid in combination with therapy. The following properties of the decoction stand out
- healing;
- antioxidant;
- diuretic;
- antimicrobial;
- pain relieving;
- Regenerant.
Due to these properties, potato decoction is used with the following purposes:
- Drinking a glass of decoction at night, hypertensive people can normalize their blood pressure and relieve headaches.
- Boiled liquid can relieve inflammation of gastritis and normalize the acidity of gastric juice. It can cure wounds and does not irritate the mucosa as many medications prescribed by the doctor.
- Potatoes are the best means to free the intestines of constipation.
- Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) helps deal with colds out of season.
- Everyone remembers how their grandmothers made them breathe about a hot decoction. This treatment method cured diseases of the upper respiratory tract (cough, nasal secretion, throat pain).
- For cosmetic purposes, the decoction always gave good results. Potato can help remove dry and rough skin, eczema and dermatitis. It also cures the fungal skin conditions.
- Its high potassium content helps not only to normalize renal function and eliminate calculations, but also to improve liver function.
- Potion can help eliminate insomnia and deal with depression.
- Wound healing properties help with trophic and ulcer diseases.
The benefits of potato broth for the body are incalculable. Each vitamin or mineral has its own purpose, and in a complex product it can improve the functioning of all vital organs and systems.
Damages and contraindications
There is division of opinions on their benefits. When drinking the liquid, it is important to know the rules for its preparation and intake. In what cases the potato broth intake should be rejected
- When an allergic reaction to potatoes is known;
- When a sexually transmitted disease is suffered;
- In the presence of diabetes mellitus;
- people with low gastric acidity and intestinal problems;
- people with low blood pressure;
- People with bladder calculations.
A doctor should be consulted in any of the previous cases.
When using the decoction, the organism’s response must be monitored. If there is any anomaly, you should stop taking and consult a medical professional.
How to prepare it at home
It is important to choose the tubers before preparing the potion. They better come from your own garden. In doing so, make sure they do not have rotten injuries or green areas, which are carriers of a lot of harmful microflora. Green tubers should not be eaten, since they are totally harmless. This is due to the presence of Salonina, a poisonous substance that extends throughout the pulp.
The method to make potato broth is quite simple.
- Pour water into a small saucepan and take it to a boil.
- They throw a few whole tubers and well washed.
- They are cooked over medium heat until they are soft.
This boil can be that simple. If the broth is prepared for medicinal purposes, the skin potatoes should not be peeled, because it concentrates many useful elements that will then pass to the water.
Use characteristics
To obtain all the benefits of the potato broth, do not drink for vessels. In any therapy there is a measure. It is worth remembering about the rules of use of potion.
What are the peculiarities of the preparation and application of the “decoction of Hippocrates”, as is called among doctors, in the treatment of various diseases.
In some diseases
Surprisingly, potato decoction helps relieve a large number of diseases, such as
- pulmonary tuberculosis
- chronic tonsillitis;
- Decreased visual acuity;
- bags under the eyes;
- Roya inflammation;
- osteochondrosis;
- decrease in power;
- burns and freezing;
- nasal secretion, sinusitis;
- poisoning;
- fever;
- varicose veins;
- Alcohol poisoning.
Let’s look at some ways to use the potato broth.
For the stomach
It is known that this liquid helps restore the stomach mucosa. Once inside, the humidity wraps the walls from the inside, and the micro and useful macronutrients are absorbed in the problematic areas and favor their healing, mitigating the irritating effect of other foods.
The decoction makes food digest more quickly, which reduces the effort of other digestive organs. The liquid is prepared according to the following recipe:
- A kilo of potatoes, two medium carrots and an onion is taken.
- Wash all root vegetables well and cut them into small pieces.
- Add parsley twigs to content.
- Place the vegetables into a saucepan and pour water on them.
- Boil for an hour.
It is not necessary to add accompaniment vegetables, since the potato itself has substances that help relieve pain in case of stomach and duodenum ulcers.
The decoction sneaks and cools. 3 tablespoons are taken in the morning. The rest is saved in the refrigerator.
Polyartritis
The previous recipe is also used as a treatment for polyartis, and can be simplified slightly. Just boil young potatoes in half.
Take the remedy for 14 days, three times a day. It is poured into a glass and drink before a meal: for breakfast, lunch and dinner. To make the drink pleasant, it heats up slightly. Save the rest in the fridge. So that the decoction does not lose its usefulness, it is better to prepare it in small doses, for a single application.
For the joints
The potato is the number one remedy in the treatment of the joints. It helps cure or relieve arthritis, osteochondrosis, arthritis. It is recommended to heat previously the dicked liquid and drink it on an empty stomach: at breakfast or at food.
For constipation
To eliminate this ailment, you have to prepare the following decoction:
- Peel an onion, chop it finely and fry it in vegetable oil.
- Heat 1 liter of apple juice in a saucepan.
- When it boils, add three mediu m-cut potatoes in slices, the prepared onion and a few raisins.
- Boil until it is ready.
Eat a portion of the plate, a few tablespoons, at the time of taking the main food.
If you have hemorrhoids
To prepare this recipe, potato shells are used. The potatoes are put in a saucepan and poured on top with water. They are slowly boiled for half an hour.
The mixture is poured into a bowl in which they can sit comfortably. The patient should sit in the pot with the vegetable broth for 15 minutes. Such inhalations will eliminate pain and favor the rapid healing of hemorrhoidal fissures and nodules.
Cosmetology
The potatoes have been used for a long time in the fight for healthy skin and hair. Some ladies rub the skin with the plant decoction, which helps the upper layers of the epidermis to regenerate quickly. The skin is rejuvenated faster, the rough layer is removed, the pigment is smoothed and the bags under the eyes become less noticeable. Another way to rejuvenate the face is to take a steam bath.
Steam baths for face skin
This clean facial treatment rejuvenates the skin very effectively. The presence of hill and selenium in the potatoes alisa visibly expression lines and makes the dermis more elastic and dense.
For this treatment, whole potatoes are boiled, without peeling but well washed. The decoction cools slightly and manipulates, as in childhood, to sit on a bowl with a low face, covered with a towel. It is important not to get too close to the liquid so as not to scald the skin.
After several passes of this bathroom, the pores will close considerably and the sebum will disappear in the nasolabial triangle area, since vitamins B control the function of the sebaceous glands.
Hand bath with potato decoction
Rejuvínez hands and feet bathing them in a warm liquid twice a week. Boil a fresh potato soup and strain it.
Dip the hands in a bowl with this healthy liquid for 15 minutes, then apply a nutritious cream and put cotton gloves. The potatoes cure all microfisures, enrich the skin with vitamins and minerals and strengthen the nail sheet.
You can combine some potato broth with an egg yolk and a tablespoon of honey. Apply a thick layer of the mixture in the hands and wrap them in transparent film. Leave your hands in this position throughout the night. The preparation softens and nourishes the hands and cuticles.
Hair potato broth
Potato decoction, whose benefits and losses for the body have already been considered previously, is also invaluable for hair. This natural product allows its ancient pigmentation to be returned to the gray hair. The potion is prepared as follows:
- Take 5-6 tubers, wash them thoroughly. Boil the peeled tubers.
- Boil for half an hour.
- The decoction sneaks into a plastic bottle, which facilitates the application to the hair.
Before the hair recovery procedure you must be washed with shampoo and lubricate the balm. Apply the decoction and distribute it throughout the length of the hair. Let stand for 3 minutes and then rinse with clean water. Repeat the manipulation twice a week and after two or three weeks the effect will be remarkable.
Cook
Popular medicine is not the limit of the application of the potato broth. Experienced housewives use it fruitfully in the preparation of many dishes.
- First, it is the basis for cooking any vegetable soup, which will be low in calories and tasty.
- The large amount of liquid starch will help thicken various sauces.
- In recipes of pancakes, fritters and pastels, the potato broth can replace milk. If added to a bread ferment, it makes the bread more spongy.
- The decoction is added to the vegetable puree.
The water that drains after boiling or peeling the tubers has multiple uses. It is added to the food of the pets, the indoor plants are irrigated, the smell of tobacco of the house is eliminated.
A popular remedy: potato decoction is beneficial for human being, although it can hardly be said to heal completely. However, it has a therapeutic effect. Everyone who uses the potion must monitor the slightest changes in the body, so that healing is not counterproductive.< Pan> In recipes for pancakes, fritters and cakes, potato broth can replace milk. If added to a bread ferment, it makes the bread more spongy.
