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 The fact that the apple - the fruit of magic, we learn in early childhood, listening to tales about how the apple is rolling on a golden platter. From apple to apple linked to many fairy tales, legends, legends ... Apple tree - the tree of Mother Earth. Apple - the first tree in the horoscope of the Druids.
In the European understanding apple symbol of rebirth to eternal life. Ancient apples used in divination, in predicting the future, to attract love. Apple from time immemorial considered a female tree, a woman wakes up in the sensual side of her nature.
A person can live 20-30 years longer - say scientists - if eaten five green apples a day.
Apple garden or home -
Malus domestica Borkh
- Wood hybrid origin from 3 to 12 meters tall, with a spreading crown, large boughs and strong year-old shoots. Apple green leaves look like pointy hearts. From above they are bright naked, pubescent below.
The flowers are white or bluish often white and pink, large, fragrant with many stamens. Apple blossoms in April and May.
The fruit - juicy apples of various colors and taste depending on the variety. The shape of apples have often rounded, but is slightly elongated. Maturation also depends on the variety and lasts from July to October. Apple is grown in gardens throughout Russia and landed on the streets, as an ornamental tree.
 Health Benefits
The fresh apples contain vitamins A, B1, B2, P, E, C, fructose, glucose, sucrose, malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, chlorogenic, arabinovaya organic acids, pectin, tannins and dyes, essential oils, trace elements-iron, phosphorus, potassium, manganese, calcium, magnesium, sodium, sulfur, aluminum, boron, vanadium, iodine, copper, molybdenum, nickel, fluorine, chromium, and zinc ... peel contains flavonoids. The seeds contain a glucoside amygdalin, fat oil and iodine.
- It is said that if you eat in a day apple seeds 5-6, the daily need for iodine will be completely satisfied.
- Apples from ancient times have used for medicinal purposes to improve digestion, blood, increase in urine and bile, reducing edema.
- Apples have antimicrobial, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory action.
- Volatile apples active against the causative agents of dysentery, Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus, influenza A viruses
- Apples to improve the condition of patients with sclerosis, gout, anemia, chronic rheumatism, kidney disease seizures, headache, obesity.
- Pectin contained in apples, it binds and displays the body of harmful substances such as lead and arsenic.
- The antioxidant quercetin, contained in the skins of apples, along with vitamin C prevents the provision of free radicals harmful effects on the body and serves as a preventive oncology.
- Apples are considered the most effective tool in the treatment of gastritis. For this apple green varieties, washed, peeled from the core, but with the peel, grate on a fine grater and eat in the morning. 4 hours before and after taking the apples do not eat or drink.
- Traditional medicine attributes the tea from fresh apples with the skin with a cold, sore throat, hoarseness. 4 medium apples washed, cut into slices and pour 1 liter of boiling water, bring to a boil in an enamel saucepan and boil over low heat for 5-7 minutes. Insist 4-5 hours in a thermos. Take ½ cup on an empty stomach, at night and in between meals.
- Gruel from fresh apples applied for burns, frostbite, a long non-healing wounds and ulcers.
- Fruits, baked in the ashes of the fire, folk doctors gave patients pleurisy.
- As a diuretic
1 tbsp. spoon of dried apple peel pour 1 cup boiling water, leave for 15 minutes, cool, strain, take 1/3 cup 3 times a day for 20 minutes before eating.
 Apples Beauty
And, of course, apples are more ancient beauties used to preserve and enhance beauty.
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The mask softening
, Nourish and whiten skin.
Grate the apple without the middle and peel. Take 2 tbsp. Spoon apple sauce, add 1 tbsp. spoonful of warmed cream and ½ teaspoon of liquid honey. Apply on face for 15 minutes. Wash off with a swab soaked in warm cream. After 5 minutes, wash with water at room temperature. If desired, apply a nourishing cream.
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Mask for oily skin
Apple cut into slices, pour a small amount of boiling water and cook about 5 minutes, rub and warm mass put on the face. After 15 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature.
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Rejuvenating Mask
Grind 1 tbsp. a spoonful of applesauce with 1 tbsp. soft spoon fat cottage cheese and 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply on face for 10-15 minutes. Wash with warm water, then wipe the face with a piece of ice or wash with cool mineral water without gas.
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