Cress

In antiquity, cress was used as a spice and herb, specifically because of its scent.
Of the 40 species of cress, are mainly the fountain cress, nasturtiums and marigolds alpestre.

Indications

In terms of chemical formula, cress sulfur containing essential oils that have a strong action on chronic bronchitis, persistent cough, lung mule and pertussis.
To achieve a calming effect, be used juice, the dosage of 100-150 g per day, mixed with a little cold water or cold milk. Drink twice daily, early morning on an empty stomach and before lunch. Be excluded from eating any hot liquid, because it would neutralize the effect of volatile oils and drink would not take any action on the disease.
From 150 g of watercress around 100 g of juice.


Carotene and he enters the composition of cress. It is a natural shield against a significant number of serious diseases. Liver and intestinal mucosa is entirely transformed into vitamin A.
In the United States in preventing certain cancers, especially lung and stomach, National Cancer Institute recommended adult daily intake of 6 mg of carotene.
If I remembered the chapter carotene cress (although we could have done to that of carrots), I did, because they often forget that other plants contain carotene. Thus, in 100 g of cress is found 5.5 mg of carotene, compared with 6.5 mg in carrot. This substance exists in smaller amounts, and in spinach, tomato, peach, orange, lemon. 'Onion etc.
To remember and sulfur and calcium it contains cress, first look younger tissues, the second rebalances the nervous system.


So, this plant proves to be a tonic, a cellular regenerator as supple skin and hair play. It is a hardener, a remineralizing incomparable, which can be used successfully in preventing infectious diseases, combat fatigue, anemia, to drain and stimulate the liver, kidneys and stomach.
It's a antiscorbutic: Professor Leon Binet showed that daily administration of a gram of cress effectively protects a mouse who was given a feeding of the missing vitamin C.
Who is recommended cress? Diabetes, because it produces lower blood sugar (glucose) and urine (glycosuria), constipated people, because it has the property to collect food waste from the intestinal walls.
finally, is recommended for people suffering from bladder disease, to promote diuresis.
He said that fruits and vegetables they hide treasures of charity are not words in the wind. Professor Leon Binet owe them some information that gives us food for thought: watercress extracts injected laboratory mice and rats caused slow evolution of experimental cancer.

People who irritate their digestive cress, are recommended to eat it braised or steam: volatile substances, responsible for this effect, evaporate to some extent during boiling.
Cress juice is a healthy drink and right so to treat many health problems (except constipation), provided that he be removed from fresh watercress and drink immediately. This treatment is often enough to be restored strength and vigor after about ten days. Mixed in equal parts with spinach juice, combat depression nervous. Because of the irritation that can occur, this preparation can be mixed with a little carrot juice.

External use

Used in the form of poultices, cress favors and accelerates ulcer healing, healing abscesses and anthrax (malignant pustule) is applied to that place a layer of fresh watercress, chopped, fixed with a bandage. The process is repeated twice a day. For greater efficiency, add a teaspoon of fine salt per 100 g of plant kitchen.

Hair loss: Mix in equal parts fresh watercress juice with alcohol of 90 °. , Massage your scalp twice a day. You can sweeten the mixture with an essence of your choice (recipe Dr. Leclerc).

Sensitive skin: it draws a cup of fresh cress juice. Add double the amount of mineral water. With this lotion, massage face, neck and shoulders.