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Walnut amazing and unique plant, almost all of its parts have high biologically active properties and are used in one or other field of human activity. But, of course, first of all, we love these nuts because they are simply delicious, and raw and lightly fried! And not just tasty, but extremely useful! Fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals, all fit into the nuclei of the fetus.
Five to seven days in the nuts and you valuable enrich the diet with unsaturated fatty acids, including omega-3. Omega-3 - a common name three polyunsaturated fatty acids: alpha-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic, docosahexaenoic. Alpha-linolenic human body can not synthesize other two can, but only from the same alpha-linolenic.
The source of this valuable acid is not so much - sea fish, flaxseed and mustard oil, mushrooms mushrooms but that's nuts, I must say, a beautiful and tasty source. High content of polyunsaturated omega-3 fats, polyphenols, minerals and vitamins are explained by a good anti-oxidant properties of walnuts and their positive effect on the cardiovascular system, brain function, anti-aging effect.
The head of studies of the properties of nuts in Pennsylvania (USA), Joe Vinson states that walnuts contain twice the antioxidants than other nuts: almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, cashews, and other. Moreover, he said, antioxidants walnuts have canceled the high quality compared to other types of nuts, and more high-quality protein and record the content of vitamin E. Plus, nuts are high in fiber, which, along with peanut butter improves bowel, increasing its peristalsis. And as we know, the good work of the intestine - the key to skin beauty!
Many bioactive substances contain also the leaves of walnut, green peel, fruit walls. Eating them, of course, it is not necessary, but be used to make a variety of therapeutic and prophylactic drugs and cosmetics can and should be!
Nut cosmetics
In cosmetics are widely used core, peel green walnuts, shell ripe nuts, leaves and pulp pericarp.
Cores
Walnut kernels, undoubtedly, the most valuable part of the nut - they have all the necessary elements to sustain human life, about 20% protein, about 75% of the securities of high-calorie fats, vitamins A, B1, B6, C, E, F, tannins, essential oils, volatile. From cores can prepare highly effective nourishing cosmetic creams and masks.
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Nourishing cream of the cores
Two or three kernels, grind and mix with 25 grams of butter and one teaspoon of the juice of sour grapes and fruit.
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Walnut cleansing lotion
Kernels (4-5 nuts) peel, carefully grind, then slowly, while stirring, pour a quarter cup of warm water. The resulting mixture is necessary to strain through a clean cloth. It turned nut "milk." On the basis of making the lotion. To do this in a water bath shall shoot finely planed piece of toilet soap (15 grams) in half a glass of water, add 15 grams of beeswax, make sure that it melted. Now this hot mixture gently pour nut "milk", stir, pour into a bottle and add 100 grams of camphor alcohol or vodka. This lotion can be used to wipe the skin of any type, it cleans the skin and gives it a fresh, well-groomed appearance, reduces pores.
The most valuable component of the core to the skin -
peanut butter
. Walnut oil yavdyaetsya important component of many salves, creams and products for the face, hair and body. You can use it in its pure form, it is well distributed in the skin, is quickly absorbed, making the skin soft, smooth, silky and elastic.
Walnut oil is recommended rubbed into the scalp with hair loss, their fragility and excessive dryness. Buy peanut butter may be in drugstores, supermarkets, cosmetic shops.
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Peanut butter
Some amount of fresh peanut butter can be prepared at home. To do this, rub the "dust" a few walnut kernels, put grated walnut mass in nylon bag (you can use an old stocking). Squeezing the bag, you'll squeeze out a drop of peanut butter on the surface of nylon. As you can see, it's easy, that's just so much oil you get artisanal. But it is enough to lubricate the chapped lips, eyelids and conjunctivitis, heal minor burn.
Partitions
From partitions walnut tincture can make that will help get rid of sweating of the feet:
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Infusion of partitions
We grind the walnut walls, fill with boiling water (2 tablespoons per cup of boiling water partition), insist 30 minutes. Pour the resulting infusion in a bowl of warm water and drop the legs for 20 minutes. If you do such a bath several times a week, about the problem of sweating of the feet will soon be forgotten.
Shell
Walnut shells also contains a large set of nutrients: vitamins, minerals, tannins, glycosides, alkaloids, organic acids. However, minced solid shells in the home is no easy task. But if you have patience and a hammer, will reward you a healing powder, from which you can make tinctures, teas, and also used for the preparation of a cream-peeling for hands and body.
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Peeling Cream
To produce such a cream you need: half a cup of thick cream, two tablespoons of powder from the shell, two tablespoons of grated radish, three tablespoons of chamomile decoction. Mix all ingredients, put the finished cream in the refrigerator for 5 minutes. Chilled mixture put on the arms, and after 10 minutes, rinse with warm milk.
In the industrial environment of walnut shell made gentle scrub for the face. This scrub gently massages the skin, cleans, removes the horny layer and has a general stimulating effect.
Leaves
Strong decoction of the leaves and pericarp of walnut used for the growth and strengthening of hair, to combat acne, sweating hands and feet.
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Broth
Prepare the broth is simple: 4 tablespoons walnut leaves pour 0, 5 liters of water, simmer 15 minutes, drain. Baths of decoction of the leaves purify the skin, relieves irritation, make skin smooth and velvety. To prepare the bath is used both fresh and dry walnuts Distin.
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Walnut bath
Mix 5 tablespoons of sage and 7 - 8 tablespoons dry walnut leaves, brew boiling water and leave for half an hour. Pour the tincture in water for bathing.
Young, green - and how useful!
Immature fruits of walnut very special product. A huge set of bioactive compounds provides a comprehensive healing effect on virtually all body systems. Of course, just like chewing green walnuts, especially with the skin, I do not call, I think, they do not taste very nice, but they can be very helpful to prepare cosmetic and medical preparations.
- From the finely chopped green young fruit prepare medicinal tinctures on alcohol, vodka, even refined kerosene, and then use their specific scheme and is outward and inward.
- For the treatment of skin problems, diseases of the joints, varicose veins, you can use an oil tincture of green nuts. For its production of 7-10 chopped green nuts pour olive oil (0, 5 liters) and insist on the sun two months.
- Well, of course, hair coloring! From the juice of green rind can be prepared in an excellent natural hair dye. To achieve chestnut hair color do the following decoction for rinsing 3 tablespoons chopped green shells (or leaves) walnut boil for 10 minutes. a liter of water, strain, cool. By varying the concentration of the broth, we change the color intensity. In order to achieve a radical change in the color, paint the gray hair, from the rind of green walnuts is possible to prepare a real paint, but he will have to tinker. Green, darkened skin of the nuts first boiled for 3 h in water, then filtered, evaporated until thick. The resulting dough is added to vegetable oil in a ratio of 1: 2 and boil over low heat until a creamy paste is dark brown. This paint dyed hair in a dark brown color.
I think, to convince the benefits of walnut and unnecessary one, we all love him since childhood. That's just sometimes forget or are too lazy to use all his wonderful qualities to the maximum. Total seven middle nuts a day is enough to get the daily norm that the body needs antioxidants, energy recharge. But do not lose focus that leaves, partitions, shell, green peel can also be applied for the benefit of our health and beauty!
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