Doctor and beauticians ... hell
 One of the brightest memories of childhood - my grandfather perennial complaint that hell filled the entire area and grows with terrible force. Father had with him a constant struggle, but always left untouched the whole island. Because without horseradish or eat delicious, do not get healthier, not prettier.

Grandmother on this occasion said that the lovers of horseradish is always a good complexion and looking at it, you could not doubt.

Horseradish or wild radish - Armoracia rusticana L.   - Spicy-aromatic perennial herb of the cruciferous family of half a meter and a half meters high. The stem of a plant erect, branched. The leaves are green or dark green, basal and large oblong-oval, with long petioles, stem average pinnatipartite, the top line. In June and July the fuck white flowers bloom, collected in paniculate brush. Fruits - bilocular pods ripen in August.

Edible horseradish roots are that are added to a variety of dishes. Young leaves of horseradish added to soups and salads and in pickling cucumbers, tomatoes, cabbage.

The first mention in Russia on Cultural horseradish refer to the VI century. Prior to that, the Slavs used wild horseradish. Horseradish grows throughout the European part of Russia, in Western and Central Siberia. It grows in damp meadows, along rivers, abandoned wastelands, cultivated in country houses and gardens.

 Doctor and beauticians ... hell
 Horseradish health

- The roots of horseradish contain vitamins of group B, with many essential mustard oil, which gives it a pungent and spicy flavor and aroma. And glucose, flavonoids, minerals - calcium, potassium, phosphorus ... Clean the roots in the fall, before frost.

- Horseradish excellent antimicrobial and antibacterial agent.

- Preparations of horseradish have antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, antiscorbutic, analgesic effect.

- Diluted boiled water horseradish juice is used for gastritis with low acidity, sluggish bowel reduction in chronic colitis and cholecystitis.
Or do infusion 1 tablespoon minced horseradish pour 2 cups of boiled water, 1 hour, drain. Take 1 teaspoon 3-4 times a day before meals.

- The juice is used for rinsing in diseases of the throat, mouth, toothache, with festering wounds.

- Wraps are made from the diluted juice with radiculitis, rheumatism, neuralgia.
Juice also treat seborrhea, baldness and purulent wounds.

Dermatologic horseradish, taking it in, can not be an exacerbation of chronic diseases, inflammation and high blood pressure .

 Doctor and beauticians ... hell
 Horseradish is an excellent beautician

- Because it makes teas and facials and hair.

- Horseradish perfectly whiten skin, remove freckles and age spots. To do this, wipe the face of horseradish broth or juice diluted with boiled water 1: 1.

- Mask of the sluggish and porous skin
Grate horseradish root and apple. Take 1 teaspoon of horseradish and 2 teaspoons of apple puree, add 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply on face for 7-10 minutes. Rinse with water at room temperature. If your skin is sensitive, it has a tendency to irritation, then before applying the mask, it should be lubricated with olive oil.

- For the treatment of acne
Wash with warm water and apply on the acne surface of grated horseradish root is 10 - 15 minutes. Wash off the mask with boiled water at room temperature. If it is pinching the skin before, you should immediately wash off.

- To improve circulation and skin rejuvenation
Skip the root of horseradish through a meat grinder. Take 1st. spoonful of gruel, add 1st. a spoonful of sour cream. Apply to face, neck and décolleté with a thin layer for 15 minutes. Rinse with swab dipped in warmed milk. After 5 minutes, wash with water at room temperature.

- For fragile, hair loss
Grate horseradish on a grater, squeeze the juice through 2-3 layers of cheesecloth, diluted with water 1: 1, add ½ cup of mixture to 1 teaspoon of honey, rub into the roots of the hair, put on plastic cap from the top to tie the head with a towel. Half an hour later wash your hair with shampoo and rinse with water, lemon juice podkislёnnoy. The hair will gain volume, shine and silkiness.

- Hair mask horseradish for volume, silkiness and shine
Take 2st. tablespoons grated horseradish pulp, 1st. a spoonful of olive oil or castor oil, 1st. a spoonful of sour cream. Put it all in the enamel bowl and mix well. Apply this mixture on the hair roots, and then distributed over the entire length. Wear on the head of a plastic cap and wrap head with a towel on top. 40-60 minutes later wash your hair with warm water and shampoo. After washing, rinse with blond hair decoction of chamomile (1 teaspoon per 1 liter of boiling water), dark - a decoction of nettles (1st. Teaspoon per 1 liter of boiling water). Before rinsing broth cool and strain.

Sorcerers say that if added to food horseradish men, at least 2-3 times a week, it will be drawn to this woman.
Author: Natalia Alexeeva