2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
There are over four hundred species of figs in the world. They grow in the Mediterranean region, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Bulgaria. Sometimes the fig is not a tree, but a shrub that reaches a height of ten meters.
Figs are born only on female trees. The flowers of the fig are pollinated by only one species of wasp and in this respect the plant is capricious.
Figs are delicious and nutritious, they are yellowish, reddish or purple. Figs do not last long, so they are dried in the sun. As a result, the sugar in them increases.
If the plant grows under favorable conditions, it can reach up to two hundred years. Figs are depicted on ancient Egyptian bas-reliefs and ancient Greek paintings.
The great healer Avicenna treated malaria, colds and ulcers with figs, as well as leprosy and syphilis. According to him, figs preserved youth and beauty.
Fig infusion is used for compresses for colds and to treat inflammation. The essential oils contained in figs keep the blood in a normal state and thus replace aspirin.
Figs are recommended for people who are busy with mental work. Figs are quite high in calories - they contain 240 calories per hundred grams, and are rich in carbohydrates and sugars.
They contain dietary fiber, starch and organic acids, proteins and fats, vitamins A, B and C, carotene, calcium, magnesium, sodium and lots of potassium.
Figs are used in gastritis, inflammation of the respiratory tract and as a temperature-reducing agent. For this purpose, a decoction of the fruit, as well as fig jam.
Decoction of dried figs is recommended for fatigue, fever, sore throat, infections of the oral cavity, hoarseness. One tablespoon of chopped dried figs is poured with two teaspoons of boiling water and boiled for ten minutes on low heat. Strain and drink half a cup four times a day.
Fresh fig leaves help with vitiligo. If discolored areas of skin with fresh crumpled leaves are needed to release their juice, skin pigmentation is restored.
The juice of fresh fig leaves hydrates dry skin, heals blackheads and wounds, destroys warts and lightens birthmarks - this is known from ancient Eastern treatises.
Figs are ideal for breakfast, but in small quantities and mixed with other fruits. If you mix a handful of chopped dried figs with a handful of prunes, two tablespoons of almonds and scald it all with boiling water, you will get a great healthy breakfast that will charge your brain with unsuspected energy.
Figs are contraindicated in diseases of the pancreas and diabetes, as well as inflammation of the stomach and gout. The consumption of figs is also not recommended in case of metabolic disorders.
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