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 July 9th day David-strawberry. To this day in the forests and meadows of central Russia kept pace with strawberries. Girls and women in ancient times took baskets and baskets and went on berries. "The first berries are placed in the mouth, and a second home to bear."
Strawberry timber -
Fragaria vesca L.
- A perennial herb of the family Rosaceae, which reaches a height of 5-20sm with creeping stems. Rhizome at the strawberry short with numerous roots. Stems erect or ascending, covered with a light gun. The leaves are trifoliate, radical, dark green on top, softly pubescent, bottom - glaucous-green with long petioles.
The flowers are white with five petals are collected in inflorescence in the form of an umbrella of 3-5 flowers. Strawberry Blossoms in May - June. Fragrant fruits - false berry ovoid or round shape, which are proliferating receptacle bright red color. And the real fruits of the plants are small yellowish-brownish achenes, immersed in the pulp fruit.
Forest strawberries eaten in our ancestors in the Stone Age.
This plant was well known to ancient Greeks and Romans, who appreciated strawberries for the wonderful aroma and taste.
The generic name comes from the Latin strawberries
fragare
- Fragrant and
vescus
- Edible. Strawberries mentioned in his works, Virgil and Ovid. And its medicinal properties was first described by Apuleius. Strawberries valued and ancient.
In fruit strawberry contained Vitamins: B1, B2, B6, E, P, C, carotene, folic acid, sugar, citric, malic, salicylic acid and other acids, essential oils, tannins, flavonoids, trace elements - phosphorus, iron, aluminum, chromium, copper, manganese, potassium, magnesium, calcium, zinc, cobalt, ...
Strawberry has a tonic, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, astringent, sedative properties.
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The infusion of leaves of wild strawberry
calms the nervous system, it slows the rhythm and increases the amplitude of heart contractions, expands and strengthens blood vessels. 1st. a spoonful of dried leaves pour 1 cup water, boil for 15-20 minutes. To cool, strain and drink throughout the day in equal portions.
Medieval famous physician van Swieten cured with the help of strawberry consumption. When the doctor neglected diseases attributed to patients to eat for a month a large number of berries.
Carl Linnaeus using strawberries managed to get rid of painful gout. A Fontenelle was convinced that only through long lives strawberries.
ethnoscience
treats berries and leaves of wild strawberry hypertension, atherosclerosis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcers, liver disease, spleen, infectious jaundice, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, diabetes, neurasthenia ...
- Externally strawberry treat bleeding and festering wounds.
- Broth rinse the throat with angina.
- It is recommended to limit the strawberries during pregnancy. Do not eat it with an open duodenal ulcer, pancreatitis.
- Strawberries are widely used in cooking for cooking jams, compotes, making jelly, marmalade, jelly, jam, wine ...
- Slimming juice of fresh fruits are used for 4-6 tablespoons a day.
- Compress infusions from the leaves of strawberries - a great facial cleanser for any skin type.
- To clean normal skin prepared
strawberry lotion
. Mix ½ cup of strawberry juice and vodka 1stakan. The part that is going to use, diluted with boiled water 1: 1.
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Lotion for dry skin of the strawberry
. Handful of fresh strawberries without greenery and tails to stretch and pour 1 cup of warm boiled water. Infuse for 1-2 hours. Strain, add 1 teaspoon of glycerin and used to cleanse your face morning and evening.
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Masks of strawberry
bleach, rejuvenate, moisturize the skin and give it a beautiful matte finish. Furthermore, they are dried and acne narrow pores. 2 tbsp. mash with a spoon strawberries, wrap in cheesecloth and apply on face for 20 minutes. Wash with water at room temperature.
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For softening and whitening hand
. Mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of strawberry juice, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of cream. Apply with a brush in his hands. When dries, another layer, then another, and so on until 4-6 layers. Wash first with warm, then cool water and rub your hands with a nourishing cream.
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Mask suitable for the face
. 1 tbsp. mash with a spoon strawberries, add 2 drops of lemon juice and 1 beaten egg white.
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A mixture of berries with egg white
. Take 1 tbsp. spoon berries or 1 teaspoon of the juice of strawberries and whipped egg white, mix and apply on face for 15 minutes. Wash off with a swab dipped in warm tea leaves of green tea. After 5 minutes, wash with cool water.
Chronicles have preserved information that the medieval noble ladies to preserve youthful body took a long bath with the addition of strawberry juice, thereby pushing back the time of wilting.
Magicians claim that the pressed flower forest strawberries, nested between the pages of a romance novel, helps you find your soul mate.
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