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CEDAR OIL.
Among the gifts of cedar forests cedar nuts are a of genuine value.Gustatory characteristics of cedar nuts are excellent and caloriecontent, assimilability and other qualities of cedar nuts productssurpass these of products of animal origin. It is estimated, that ifthe year crop of cedar nuts were gathered the world need for vegetableoil would be answered.
The aboriginal population of Siberia from of old uses cedar nuts as afootstaff. Oil is got from cedar nuts by cold-pressing. Such an oil isvalued higher because of its calorie content and healing powers. Thisoil exceeds butter and sunflower-seed oil and does not inferior oliveoil in its gustatory qualities. Cedar oil has agreeble taste,light-yellow or golden-amber colour, splendid nuts flavour.
Siberian aboriginals also get lenten oil or vegetable cream from cedarnuts. The kernels are extracted from dried nuts, then dried again andpilled by hand rubbing. Dry nut kernels are pounded in a vessel withhot water added gradually. Obtained pappy is poured in a cast-iron orclay pot, reduced to boiling and the vegetable cream is ready. Beforethe usage the boiled water was added into the cream and cedar milk wasobtained. In fat content cedar nut cream is two times richer then thecow's one and two and a half times richer then the meat. The caloriecontent of cedar nut cream exceeds the one of all aforenamedfoodstaffs.
Nut cream and milk are also used as a popular medicinal. From of oldnut milk have been sold in drug-stores and used in case of pectoraldiseases such as tuberculosis.
According to investigations data the weight of a cedar nut kernelamounts about 43% of all the nut weigth. The nut kernel contains about64% fat and 19% azotic substances. Carbohydrates amount about 15%.Gustatory and healing properties of cedar nuts can be explained byqualitative composition of fats, protheins and other substances. Cedarnuts fat differs from other fats by high amount of polyunsaturatedfatty acids, especially linoleic. Among azotic substances protheinsprevail, they amount about 90%. Cedar nuts protheins arecharachterized by heightened amino acid content, among them argininepredominates - up to 20%. This amino acid is extreamly important fordevelopment of a growing organism, so it is necessary in children's,teenagers' and pregnant women's ration. Cedar nuts protheins areeasily assimilable.
Cedar nuts contain fat-splitting vitamins E and G. Vitamins ofE-group, also known as tocopherols, are indispensable for healthyheredity. Translated from Greek, tocopherol means "carrying theposterity". In the case of lack of vitamin E in the organism the fatbalance gets broken.
Tocopherol is responsible for lactation ofnursing mothers, and in the case of its lack the lactation stops.Predisposition to atherosclerosis can also be explained by the lack oftocopherol.Cedar nuts also contain the complex of vitamins B which normalizenervous system activity, favorably influence on growth and developmentof organism, improve the blood composition. Cedar nuts are a goodremedy for vitamin B avitaminosis, which causes serious disorders ofdifferent functions of human's organism.
Cedar nuts are rich in valuable mineral substances and microelements.Content of the phosphatide phosphorus in cedar nuts exceed the one inall other nuts and oil-yielding crops. Only soy beans can be comparedwith cedar nuts as the main source of lecithin.
Scientists have ascertained that 100 gram of cedar nut kernels canmeet the daily recquirement of an adult for amino acids and suchimportant and scarce microelements as copper, cobalt, manganese, zinc.
Some ways of usage of cedar nuts in Siberian popular medicine areenumerated below.
Cedar nuts are considered as a good remedy for salt deposits. There isone of the recipes. 30 g of cedar nuts are taken, nut kernels arepilled and one half of litre of vodka is added. Then the mixtureinfuses during 40 days. The extract is taken in such a way: at thefirst day 5 drops are taken, then the draught is increased by 5 dropsa day. When the dose exceeds 25 drops, the quantity begin to bemeasured by grams, and the the draught begins to be increased by 5grams a day. The course of treatment lasts 1 month.
Cedar nuts intensify men's potency.
In the case of diathesis, eczema, pustular and other cutaneousdiseases baths with husk and cake of cedar nuts are recommended. Bathshave a very favourable influence on the skin, especially chappy andcoarsened. Such baths have also a very favourable influence on thenervous system. Such baths are effective in the case of overexcitationand in the case of overstrain.
Extract of cedar nut shells has a very favourable influence on thegastrointestinal tract. It elevates tonus and normalizesgastrointestinal tract apparatus functioning.
Hearing disorders are recommended to be cured by vodka infusion ofcedar nut shells.
Popular medicine recommends to take infusion of cedar nut shells inthe case of blood diseases, osteochondrosis, arthritis.
Light wine infusion of cedar nut kernels is recommended for bloodclarification. It is useful to add honey to the infusion.
Also this recipe (infusion of cedar nut kernels on a light grape winewith honey) is recommended by the popular medicine in the case ofurolithiasis or stones in the liver or gall-bladder.
Milled cedar nut kernels with honey are used in the case of stomach ulcer.
In the case of joint rheumatism, podagra, avitaminosis, metabolicdisease cedar nuts infusion is recommended. Cedar nuts are poundedwith kernels and shells, then vodka is added. It has to cover the nutson 5-6 cm. Then the mixture infuses during 40 days and is filtered. Itis taken in the dose of 1 table-spoon 3 times a day.
Cedar nut shells are rich in tanning agents. Infusions and decoctionsof cedar nut shells (2-3 table-spoon per a glass) are used in the caseof inflammations of mucous membranes of oral cavity and other organs.Lotions and washes with this infusions and decoctions are used in thecase of burns and cutaneous diseases (herpes, pustular eruptions,eczema).
Infusion of cedar nut shells can be taken in the case ofgastrointestinal disturbances. It has a anaesthetic, astringent andantiphlogistic influence.
Cedar nut cream and milk are recommended to nursing mothers forlactation strengthening. Cedar nuts themselves also must be present inthe ration of a nursing mother in order to guarantee health to themother and to the child.
In the case of different cutaneous diseases (cancer, eczema,furunculosis) regular application of cedar nuts and cedar nut oil leadto recovery.
Cedar oil is applied to smeare the skin in the case of exzema,diathesis, psoriasis, skin dryness.
Cedar nuts must be present in the ration of children and teenagers.They favourably influence on phisical and intellectual development ofa child. They are necessary during the calf's teeth replacement.
Cedar oil, creme, milk are useful in the case of blood and lymph diseases.
Cedar creme is broadly used in the case of atherosclerosis, acidity,gastritis, stomach and duodenum ulcer, nephritic diseases, neural disturbances.
Being a natural product, cedar nut oil has no contra-indications.Cedar nut oil is a corroborant, it eleminates chronic tirednesssyndrome, increases physical and intellectual capacity for work.
Regular application of cedar nut oil improves assimilability andeffectiveness of vitamins, above all A, B, E, D.
In the popular medicine cutaneous and gastrointestinal diseases, burnsand chilblains are cured by cedar nut oil.
Cedar nut milk is considered in popular medicine as the best remedy for tuberculosis.
High medical qualities of cedar nuts can be explained by a great setof useful matters which contain in cedar nuts.
Test which have been carried out in leading research institutes of Russia showed that cedar nut oil gives a good effect when curingstomach and duodenum ulcer, tracheitis, laryngitis, acute respiratory diseases (chill, influenza); atherosclerosis; psoriasis and othercutaneous diseases; trophic ulcer. It influences favourably in thecase of different allergic disturbances.
Cedar nut oil is a splendid remedy for tuberculosis and high arterial pressure.
In the case of varicose veins it is recommended to apply cedar nutsand smeare the veins with cedar nut oil 2 times a day, massaging theveins slightly with finger-tips.
Investigations, carried out by the All-Union free-will public movement"Chernobyl" and concerning curing persons who took part in liquid ation of Chernobyl catastrophe consequences, showed its great effectiveness,exceeding the one of usual medicaments.
Other tests showed that cedar nut oil can take the places of coconut,tung and other oils in the contents of different creams, improve their qualities.
Application of cedar nut oil is extreamly effictive in the case ofhair frailness and shedding, nail fragility, dandruff. It is a goodpreventive for skin fading and ageing.
Tests gave appreciation to antiphlogistic and regenerative characteristics of cedar nut oil.
Cedar nut kernels also can be hot-pressed. The result is high-qualityd rying out technical oil. It just a little inferiors in its characteristics to tung oil. It is used in medicine, perfumery,varnish and dye production. |
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