Zizifus: useful properties and contraindications, use in medicine

According to the legends of the East, this tree is in paradise, and its leaves are covered with names of people living today. If a leaf fell from a tree - the person whose name is written on it, has died. To this amazing plant, snakes do not creep too close. It is sacred among the Eastern peoples.

The tree has dozens of names: Zhuzhub, Chinese date, jujuba, unabi, zizifus - useful properties, indications for use in medicine allowed him to get into the top five most effective medicinal plants of the planet. Already at the present moment, in shops and on the Internet, you can find a huge amount of funds that are created on its basis. You just need to learn how to use them, then many of the problems of appearance and health will be resolved safely and quickly.

Beneficial features

Zizifus (unabi), useful properties, composition and contra-indications of which we will discuss in more detail below, was cultivated in ancient times. It mainly grows in the countries of the Mediterranean, Asia, Australia and Japan. At the moment, it is actively growing in the Caucasus. A plant that meets on the sunny dry slopes of mountains is valued for the huge amount of active substances that are in its composition. They, in fact, its useful properties and determine:

• Proteins, being a building material for tissues, promote rapid regeneration, as well as repair damaged areas;
• Ascorbic acid improves immunity;
• Vitamins are necessary for the full functioning of the whole body systems;
• Fats are considered to be the energy "fuel" of the human body and are necessary for it as a building component of hair, nails, and skin;
• Amino acids are involved in many vital processes that occur in our body: naturally, without them, proteins will not form, the body will grow old, malfunctions will occur in the functioning of the nervous system and brain;
• Microelements improve metabolic processes;
• Flavonoids eliminates the harmful effects of free radicals, while having a wonderful rejuvenating effect;
• Organic acids affect the reactions taking place in the cells, restore the acid-base balance in the body, and also possess a disinfecting property.

It is easy to explain that in traditional medicine Chinese zizifus is so widely used: useful properties and benefits, harm and contra-indications of this miracle plant make it possible to cure various diseases by correctly selecting a recipe for each specific case.

Use in medicine

Not everyone knows that zizifus is a very valuable healing plant. For example, in the national medicine of China, all its parts are actively used to treat various diseases: seeds, fruits, bark, leaves. And today they are increasingly used in our country. How can you apply it correctly?

Bark

It is used for diarrhea, because it has a fixing effect. To prepare such a decoction, you need 10 g of bark: it needs to be poured a glass of boiling water, put for an hour in a water bath. Ready to boil you need to take a couple of spoons for half an hour before eating.

Seeds

They have an excellent sedative effect, help with depression, stress, nerves, soothe the nervous system. In addition, they tone up digestion, influencing it favorably. You need 100 grams of seeds pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, cook for ten minutes, add 200 ml of alcohol. Infuse for at least 8 hours. Drink three times a day on a spoon with dizziness, tachycardia, neurasthenia, insomnia, hysteria.

Leaves

Zizifus useful properties and contraindications is the most diverse. So, its leaves are known for their expectorant, as well as for hypotensive action, they regulate the rhythm of the heart. It is necessary to pour the leaves with boiling water, then insist them for about an hour. Drink 3 spoons daily.

Fruit

All sorts of clinical studies have shown that the fruits of the zizifus plant, whose beneficial properties and contraindications are described in this article, with regular use cure chronic constipation and jaundice. In hypertension, it is necessary to eat 20 fruits a day for three months 3 times a day.

When smallpox, dry cough, anemia, weakness, diarrhea, dizziness, use a decoction of dried fruit - 10 pieces pour 0.5 liters of water, cook for about 20 minutes, then insist another 30 minutes. Take three times a day for half a cup.

But zizifus is used not only in traditional medicine: it is the raw material for the production of dietary supplements. In addition, it produces excellent cosmetic products.

Chinese date in cosmetology

The usefulness and useful properties of the ziphysus are determined by its rich chemical composition. So it is not surprising that it is used even in cosmetology.

For face

To solve the problem of inflammation on the face and acne, it is used and zizifus, useful properties and contraindications which are described in the article. Fresh leaves are mixed with high-quality olive oil, heated to 90 ° C. Further it is necessary to leave them to be insisted on ten days. Strain and apply as an ointment for abscesses, acne, ulcers and pimples.

For hair

Various mask based on plants are mainly used for the beauty and health of the hair, as they successfully cope with the broken work of the sebaceous glands, dandruff and hair loss. Curls with regular use will begin to grow much faster, in addition, will become very shiny. Such a comprehensive care can be done at home. To do this, you need to buy ziziphous powder, dissolved in water, and make from it broths and infusions.

Contraindications

Like any therapeutic plant, zizifus - useful properties and contraindications, combined into one. They will depend on the way it is used. First you need to make a light decoction of unabi leaves and try it to understand the reaction of the body to such a drug. If during the day you do not feel anything, then gradually you can increase the dosage. Although individual intolerance is not the only contraindication to the use of ziphysus. When hypotension and pregnancy doctors advise not to use it at all.