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 The ancient Greeks was a symbol of sobriety cabbage. Related to this legend, which states that the cabbage turned tears Thracian king Lycurgus, Wine Dionysus punished by God.
As a merry Dionysus traveled through the lands of Greece, accompanied by bacchantes and their approximate. King Lycurgus Dionysus god of wine in the spirit and could not stand seeing him on their lands, in a rage attacked him and killed almost all of its accompanying Bacchantes. Dionysus in retaliation brutally beaten Lycurgus vines. The king wept, and tears that fell to the ground, turned into unusual for ancient round as head of the plant. And called them "kaptum" - the head.
Perhaps the impetus for the creation of the legend was the fact that the cabbage does not grow next to the vines, and still had long been observed that cabbage destroys intoxication. Later, they began to say: "Eat cabbage before by drinking - not drunken, eat after drinking - Overclocking hop."
Cabbage -
Brassica oleracea convar. Capitata
- Two-year plant from the cabbage family. In the first year the plant appears overgrown apical bud on a stalk - this is the head. Kochan most often rounded, rarely cone-shaped, flattened. Kochan can be thick and doughy. Density cabbage heads are different. Stem cabbage is from 12 to 20 cm in height, the middle part of it thickens to form a stump. Basal leaves forming a rosette lyrate forms - on short stalks. They come in dark and light green streaked to 60cm. in length.
In the second year of life, the plant produced strong upright stem and a half meters high. On the main stem are many lateral branches, which formed large yellow or white flowers with cream petals, which are collected in inflorescence - a brush. Fruit Cabbage long, up to 15cm in length, pod length of 6-15 cm. Dark brown to dark brown seeds are round.
Cabbage for Health
Cabbage leaves contain vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, K, D, C, F, sugar, proteins, fats, fiber, enzymes, mineral salts, bactericide - lysozyme. In fresh cabbage found antiulcer vitamin U.
On the healing properties of cabbage known in antiquity. As the drugs used cabbage In ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Ancient physicians prescribed sprouts and cabbage juice in diseases of the stomach, headaches, insomnia. They were sure that the cabbage supports good spirits and good humor.
In Ancient Greece cabbage treated with "biliary disease," wounds and ulcers. The Greeks, who lived in ancient times in the Crimea, passed the experience of growing and eating cabbage South Slavic tribes.
 The old Russian folk medical manual saved the set of recipes its application: "The juice of sauerkraut help from epilepsy ... Raw juice herding wart. The brine sauerkraut prevents the spread of gangrene. Cabbage pounded, mixed with egg protein, is applied to every burn and so the ulcer heals. "
Cabbage is widely used in Kievan Rus and later in Muscovy. Our ancestors gargle for sore throat cabbage juice and munching cabbage leaves for headache.
 Modern medicine has confirmed the healing cabbage for many diseases. Modern folk medicine uses as fresh cabbage, sauerkraut and pickle and.
Scientific confirmed that vitamin U is effective for eczema, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, allergic surface vasculitis.
Cabbage is useful for gastric ulcer, gout, diseases spleen, atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, gallstones.
Cabbage Beauty
Fresh salad are recommended for bad complexion, earthiness, the presence of acne, pimples, spots.
Masks from the cabbage suitable for all skin types. They refresh and moisturize, nourish, smooth wrinkles and give the skin a gentle tone of the atlas.
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The mask of fresh cabbage versatile
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Turn the grinder on a bit of cabbage. Take 1 tbsp. spoon cabbage mince, add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream and 2 drops of rose oil. Mask put on face, neck, chest for 15 minutes, rinse with warm milk or warm water then rinse face with cool water.
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Nourishing face mask from cabbage
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Take 1 dessert spoon cabbage pulp, add 1 beaten protein 1 teaspoon oatmeal and a little heavy cream, mix everything and put on 20-25 minutes on the face, neck and décolleté. Wash off with a cotton swab dipped in cream. After 5 minutes wash with mineral water without gas.
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Mask, smoothing wrinkles
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1 tbsp. spoon cabbage gruel mixed with 1 teaspoon of olive oil and 1 egg yolk. Apply on face for 15 minutes. Unmask swab moistened olive oil. After 5 minutes, wash with warm water, then cool. Apply nourishing cream.
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Cabbage mask for aging skin
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Squeeze cabbage juice, a little warm up, soak a few layers of gauze and apply on face for 20 minutes. Wash with water at room temperature.
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Rejuvenating mask
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Coat the face with olive oil. Scalded with boiling milk cabbage leaves, hot and put on face, placing them between layers of gauze. Cover with towel. Remove the mask after 20 minutes. Wipe face with warm milk, diluted with water 1: 1. After 10 minutes, wash with water at room temperature.
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