What a miracle this green walnut! Beneficial features

Who did not like to eat delicious and healthy walnut fruit at a very young age? In the Russian southern regions, this unique tree grew in almost every yard. In the Caucasus, a centuries-old tradition has survived to the birth of a child to plant a green walnut. The useful properties of this unique "tree of life" people learned to extract not only from its fruits, but also from roots, twigs and leaves.

A bit of history ...

Since time immemorial, people have learned to strengthen health, gain energy and vitality, discovering the miraculous properties of this amazing plant. In ancient Babylon, the priests forbade the use of walnuts as food for the inhabitants of the lower class, since they were intended only for the chosen ones. The native land of the Voloshan nut is Iran, Malaya and Central Asia, Transcaucasia. In Russia, it was imported from Greece, from where it got its second name.

What miraculous nutrients rich in green walnuts?

Useful properties of ripe fruits have been known for a long time: delicious kernels, walnut oil, containing unsaturated fatty acids, were used in cooking, cosmetology and medicine. In the food often go not only the ripe fruit, but also nuts of milk ripeness. They can be consumed both raw and used in the preparation of national dishes, baking, making and decorating confectionery. What is useful for a green walnut? The food of the gods was called this wonderful product, the composition of which is rich in useful fats, proteins, vitamins: A, E, C, PP and group B, folic and nicotinic acids, mineral salts and other vital substances: magnesium, potassium, iron, iodine , Phosphorus. Especially rich in various antioxidants is a green walnut. Useful properties of immature fruits were described in the writings of Hippocrates and Avicenna. The content of vitamin C in the green peel of walnut is 8 times greater than in black currant and in 50 in the famous lemons and other citrus fruits. This "vitamin of youth" not only contributes to the regeneration of cells, but also stimulates immunity, increases the elasticity of blood vessels, prevents the fragility of capillaries and is involved in the production of thyroid hormones. Immature fruits of nuts are rich in carbohydrates - a source of energy and vitality, ripening, they turn into vegetable fats that have the property to strengthen immunity, reduce cholesterol, cleanse the body of free radicals, maintain youth and beauty of skin, health of hair and strength of nails.

What else are green walnuts rich in?

Irreplaceable use of green walnut in the fight against many diseases. And all thanks to the content in the skin of its fruits, leaves, roots and stems of a natural antibiotic - Yuglon, which has a powerful antibacterial and antifungal effect. Wherever a green walnut grows, its beneficial properties have a bactericidal effect on the environment, since phytoncides purify the space of pathogenic bacteria. The fruits of the walnut in the ripeness period are saturated with natural iodine. This plant, unlike others, not only stimulates the production of thyroid hormones in hypothyroidism, but also normalizes their number with increased secretion, neutralizing radioactive iodine. This property helps to improve intellectual abilities and actively resist stress.

What foods can be made from green walnuts?

A medicine from thousands of diseases is called tincture, the main ingredient of which is a green walnut. Useful properties of this "sorcerous potion" help with problems with the gastrointestinal tract and the genitourinary system, contribute to the purification of the human body and the normalization of metabolism.

Jam from unripe walnut fruit is not only a favorite treat, but also a source of vitamins and a curative product. From unique fruits prepare compote, grind them with honey and sugar. All products made from green walnut have anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic and hepatoprotective, antitumor and calming effects.