2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Horseradish is often used as a spicy spice, which tastes equivalent to mustard and is able to diversify different dishes.
But horseradish is also nutritious and has healing properties. Horseradish has many useful properties, thanks to which it is often used in folk medicine for the prevention of many diseases.
In small quantities, horseradish is used to increase appetite. It contains active ingredients, essential oil with antiseptic properties and some vitamins.
In its raw form, horseradish contains sixteen percent carbohydrates, up to three percent nitrogenous substances and a certain amount of fat. In terms of vitamin C content, horseradish is superior to lemon.
Horseradish is rich in potassium, calcium, sodium, sulfur, phosphorus, iron and other minerals. In addition, it contains ascorbic acid, phytoncides, essential oils, sugar, starch, resinous substances and cellulose.
It contains B vitamins and PP. Fresh horseradish leaves contain a lot of carotene. The beneficial properties of horseradish are preserved even when it is grated.
However, this lasts no more than a week. Therefore, horseradish, which is sold grated in jars, has long lost its valuable qualities, leaving only the taste.
Horseradish is used as a powerful stimulant for the digestive system. It is also used to treat inflammation of the urinary tract.
It has powerful diuretic properties, so it is used for cystitis, kidney stones, as well as gout and rheumatism. Fresh horseradish compresses are useful for frostbite, facial neuralgia and rheumatism of the joints.
Horseradish with vinegar and glycerin is used to treat angina. Horseradish is contraindicated in inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, as well as the kidneys and liver.
For pigment spots and freckles, it is useful to rub the face with a water infusion of horseradish. It is used for pneumonia, bronchitis and cough.
Horseradish has antibacterial properties because it contains phytoncides with strong bactericidal action. Horseradish releases volatile substances - plant antibiotics that kill germs.
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