Parsley

Parsley sort of plants of family umbrella. The coast of the Mediterranean Sea is considered the homeland of parsley. Already in antique times parsley was grown up in Greece. By the Middle Ages this spice became popular in all countries of Western Europe. For Greeks she long time was a symbol of grief and grief. Made bouquets of it, spun wreaths. In Russia parsley for the first time appeared in the eleventh century. First it was used only in the medical purposes. Now this spicy vegetable grows worldwide.

Parsley happens root and sheet. At a root version the root, at sheet parsley a root thin and inexpressive is strongly developed.

Structure of parsley

Useful properties of this spice are defined by rich composition of its biologically active components.

Hundred grams of parsley contain 81 g of water, 4,5 g of proteins, 0,4 g of fats, 7,4 g of carbohydrates and 4, 3 g of food fibers.

The plant contains 5,4 mg of vitamin A, 0,14 mg of B1 vitamin, 0,3 mg of B2 vitamin, 2,5 mg of Niacinum, 0,3 mg of B5 vitamin, 0,2 mg of B6 vitamin, 116 mkg of folic acid, 166 mg of vitamin C, 3,7 mg of vitamin E, 0,8 mg of vitamin K, 0,4 mg of vitamin N, and also 1 g of potassium, 245 mg of calcium, 41 mg of magnesium, 33 mg of magnesium, 190 mkg are gray, 128 mkg of phosphorus, 160 mkg of chlorine, 5,5 mkg of iron, 15 mkg of iodine, 2,7 mkg of manganese, 0,55 mkg of copper, 0,9 mkg of zinc and 110 mkg of fluorine.

Parsley caloric content – 53 kcal on 100 g.

Advantage of parsley

Useful properties of parsley are known for a long time. Claimed ibn Xing that this vegetable plant has ability to rassasyvat malignant tumors, helps for cough, facilitating the complicated breath, and also calms pains of various origin.

On the content of carotene greens of parsley do not concede some carrots. Hundred grams of draws of a plant contain about two standard daily rates of vitamin C.

The advantage of parsley consists in its wound healing, anesthetizing, bactericidal, antiinflammatory, cholagogue, diuretic and fortifying action. Polysaccharide inulin in its structure normalizes glucosic exchange, reducing risk of development of a diabetes mellitus.

Important useful property of parsley is the help in assimilation by an organism of the manganese playing an important role in formation and strengthening of a bone tissue.

Greens of parsley are useful at a peptic ulcer and gastritis, at the weakened sight, diseases of kidneys and any inflammatory processes.

Strengthening of gums, freshness giving to breath and whitening of enamel of teeth – important useful properties of parsley.

The glycoside апиин in parsley has the expressed diuretic effect. It accelerates removal from an organism of salts of uric acid. Therefore it is very useful to use it at diseases of joints and gout.

Infusion of seeds of a plant improves digestion, removes muscular spasms. It is considered excellent cholagogue cure for diseases of a gall bladder and a liver. At a pediculosis and baldness in head skin it is necessary to rub ointment – an extract of broth of seeds of parsley on melted butter or pork fat.

Juice of this vegetable plant supports normal activity of a thyroid gland and adrenal glands, and also promotes strengthening of vessels of blood. It is recommended to apply at some eye diseases (an ophthalmia, a cataract, conjunctivitis), at an edema, a diabetes mellitus and inflammations of urinogenital system.

Parsley juice is quite often added to cosmetic creams, masks, lotions. He perfectly removes puffiness and reddenings, helps to get rid of inflammations and eels, and also tones up, clarifies and protects skin from formation of wrinkles.

Useful properties of a root of parsley

The parsley root, and also other its parts, contain essential oils which part are бергаптен, parsley camphor, coumarin, аллилтетраметоксибензол and 1-apinen. These substances are capable to provoke reductions of a uterus. In addition to oils, the root of parsley contains amino acids, organic acids, sugar and other components.

It is useful to use a root of parsley at disturbances of work of a digestive tract (a meteorism and spasms), at gastritis, hypostases of a cordial origin, dekompensirovanny heart diseases, disturbances of a menstrual cycle and painful periods, at prostatitis and inflammations of kidneys and a bladder.

Besides, the root of parsley promotes increase in appetite. At a hyporexia it is used fresh.

In cosmetology the root of a plant is applied to prevention of emergence and removal of freckles, by removals of a nevus pigmentosus.

Conditions of gathering parsley

For medical use the plant is collected during the spring period or in August or September (if the plant grows the second year). During this period it contains the greatest number of useful components. There is an opinion that parsley should be gathered in the first and third lunar phases as at this time it contains the greatest number of microelements and energy.

Drying of material should be carried out in heat, well aired room. To avoid hit of beams of the sun.

In the dried and frozen look greens can keep the properties about a year.

Parsley routes of administration

Leaves of parsley are considered as one of the most popular spices. Dried and fresh leaves of a plant add to pies, salads, fish, meat and vegetable dishes, spaghetti, pies, sandwiches, pizzas.

In France from parsley and garlic cook the well-known sauce персиллад.

The Italian culinary specialists from parsley, garlic and a lemon dried peel prepare a gremolata – the well-known Italian seasoning.

Sheet parsley is ideally combined with rice, potatoes, beef and a fried bird.

The parsley root is used most often for preparation of soups and broths.

Root kinds of spice are often used in preparation of various dishes by culinary specialists of Eastern and Central Europe.

Contraindications to the use of parsley

Instead of advantage parsley, at its unlimited use, can do harm to a human body. So, with care it is necessary to use this spice at exacerbations of diseases of kidneys and a bladder, and also at an urolithiasis. It is not necessary to use parsley during pregnancy as it has the expressed abortal effect.