Mangold - such a beautiful name has beet leaf.Homeland of ancient Babylon beet, where she grew more 3000 years ago because of lush leaves that are eaten.
About this beet in the IV century BC, mentioned in his writings, Aristotle.Later it fell in love beets in ancient Rome, but because of the high popularity of this plant among the Romans it was called "Roman beet" or "Roman cabbage."I wish it was a dish on the table and the patricians, and ordinary citizens.In our time, this beet is still remains one of the traditional Italian dishes.
Chard - Beta vulgaris - a two-year herbaceous plant of the family Amaranth to 60-75sm high.It is grown as an annual.In essence, a kind of beet common with green or dark-green leaves.But chard edible leaves and stems, but not rhizome.
Stems of different varieties differ in color.They may be whitish, silver, yellow, purple, pink, crimson, light and dark green.
Sometimes beets chard leaf and pedicellate.In beet leaf smooth or wavy, curly, shiny, lacquered like leaves up to 40-45 cm, narrow stalks.We stemmed - the leaves are large, vesicular and petioles wide and 10 cm wide.
In the spring leaf buds start to grow quickly and give a gentle nourishing greens and a delicious juicy stems.If you leave the winter chard and well hide, then the greens will be from early spring until June, and then throw the plant flower stalk.
Taste and benefits
the content of vitamin leaves and petioles chard much richer than the usual red beet.They contain vitamins - C, B 1, B 2, PP, carotene, valuable acids, proteins and trace elements - iron, potassium, calcium, sodium ...
To taste reminiscent of asparagus chard or cauliflower.In supermarkets and markets in our time can be purchased chard for every taste.In Europe, the USA, India, Japan it is grown in large quantities.Grow chard and throughout Russia and Ukraine.
In the food chard use in salads, vegetable soups, boiled on the side dishes.Use stuffed cabbage in place of cabbage in and pies.
- Crispy fleshy leaves chard have a strong krovoochischayuschim property.For this purpose they had used more in ancient times, and recipes have been preserved in ancient medical treatises.
- The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates believed that this plant can win many diseases.In ancient times it was used in the treatment of infectious diseases, with fever, externally for skin diseases.Paracelsus in the XVI century, applied it in diseases of the blood.
- Modern doctors attributed to a single chard of the most useful tablespoons of herbs.Eat it has beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system, pancreas, lowers blood pressure, prevention is vykoeffektivnoy sclerosis and atherosclerosis.
traditional medicine is used in kidney disease, anemia, obesity.
People cosmetology
Mangold is used as a cleanser, moisturizer and rejuvenator.
simple moisturizing mask. scald the leaves clean chard, a little cool and put on clean face top cover with gauze.Remove after 20 minutes.Wash if desired can be half an hour with water at room temperature.But you can not wash.
mask vitamin. crushed leaves of chard pour a small amount of boiling water, so that a thick paste, add 1 teaspoon of honey, and in a warm setting between layers of gauze, apply on face.Keep the mask for 15-20 minutes, then wash with warm water.And wipe the skin with ice or rinse face with cool water.
Juice chard rubbed into the scalp with hair loss and bald spots daily at bedtime for 1-2 months.
Juice vtёrty in the roots of the hair for 30 minutes before washing hair eliminates dandruff and helps growth and fluffy hair.
salad chard
you need: 500 g chard stalks, 1 tomato or cucumber, 1 pod of pepper, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, parsley and dill to taste.
Preparation: petioles chard cut into pieces and cook in salted water until tender.Cool.Add slices of tomato and cucumber, small pieces of sweet pepper and mayonnaise.Salad sprinkled with finely chopped parsley and dill.
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