of a sunflower.

Oil seed sunflower (Helianthus annum)Annual herb. The leaves are alternate, large, rough. Flower baskets are large, consist of false stem  marginal flowers and interior - tube. The flowers are bright yellow. Blooms in July-August. The fruit - achene.The seeds of plants contain fixed oil, carbohydrates, tannins, organic acids. The outer flowers are bitter, solan  acid, betaine, choline, carotene. The leaves were found carotene, rubber and resinous substance. As a medicinal plant leaves are used, the inner part of the stem, petals, flower baskets, roots, seed oil. It has expectorant, stimulates digestion, anti-malarial activity.Medicinal properties of sunflower oil. Sunflower oil is capable of lowering blood cholesterol level, whereby an essential component of a healthy diet. In addition, it can be used in household fryers, since its chemical composition is more stable on heating when compared with other vegetable oils. By way of obtaining sunflower oil is separated into a pressing and extraction. Depending on the type of processing oils are divided into crude, hydrated, refined non dezodorated  and refined deodorized.Sunflower oil is of two kinds: refined and unrefined. The first is the taste and the smell, and the second one - neither the one nor the other has not. More useful is unrefined oil containing more than 60% linoleic acid, and the precipitate which formed during storage of oil. It is not harmful accumulation and nutrients. The more sediment at the bottom of the bottle, the higher the therapeutic properties of the oil. This oil is particularly recommended for people who are prone to atherosclerosis, having elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood.The color of crude oil varies from light yellow to dark yellow. Preference is better to give a brighter, as a dark oil is obtained from seeds overcooked. And because of its medicinal and food value of less than bright.In crude oil there is only one drawback - it is easily oxidized by heat and sunlight to form oxidation products: alcohols, aldehydes, Keaton's, and other compounds that alter its taste and smell. The accumulation of these products in the body leads to diseases. In Western Europe, unrefined sunflower oil sold in dark glass bottles or sealed cans in Russia - still in plastic bottles.Refined oil is hydrated -frozen, deodorized and non dezodorated . Hydration - a processing oil water. The hydrated, frozen and subjected to another freeze-dried. Refined oils - are products of deep cleaning. Refined deodorized oil comes in two brands of "D" and "P". Oil labeled "D" is used for dietary nutrition.Refined sunflower oil can be stored for over a year, even without taking in the refrigerator, because it is not afraid of sunlight and heat.Cleansing the body using sunflower oil is used for headaches, thrombophlebitis, chronic diseases of the stomach, intestines, heart, lung, liver, encephalitis, toothache and women's diseases.Take in the mouth 1 tablespoon sunflower oil and start to suck, like candy, for 15-20 minutes. The oil is thick at first, then - liquid water. This liquid should be spit out. It should be white as milk. If the fluid is yellow, the process of sucking is not finished. Spit out the liquid infected and should be sent to the bathroom.This procedure must be prolong for  once a day, it is better on an empty stomach, you can the evening before bedtime. At the spit out of the mouth come from the body fluid wastes, infection and breakdown products. The most dangerous decay product is uric acid formed by oxidation in the body of nitrogenous bases. The excess of the acid, and sodium salts in the joints and muscles causes rheumatism and gout in the brain - headaches and mental decline in blood - its concentration, increased blood pressure, as well as various diseases legs. The urinary tract stones are formed. The excess uric acid weakens the heart and leads to premature aging. During sucking body is freed from harmful bacteria, toxins, uric acid, as well as enhanced gas exchange, activated and adjusted metabolism.It should be borne in mind that when applying this method can be temporary complications, especially in people with many diseases is the result of relaxation of disease nidus . The decision on how many times you can use this procedure, a person takes himself, based on the state of their own health. Acute diseases are treated quickly and easily, in two weeks. Treatment of chronic diseases may last much longer.ATHEROSCLEROSISTake 1 teaspoon vegetable oil 2 times a day.Insomnia, irritabilityPour 1 tablespoon of the mixture of flowers of sunflowers and clover flowers 1 cup boiling water. Infuse for 1 hour, taken throughout the day, on an empty stomach.Diseases of the stomachTake 3 parts crushed roots of sunflower and 2 parts fennel seeds. Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture in glass of   boiling water and infuse for about an hour. Strain. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day 1 hour before meals. To accelerate the desired result, to the prepared mix Added to these two parts of the seeds and leaves of the plantain, while maintaining the order of preparation and dosage of a therapeutic agent.HYPERTENSIONTake equal parts of dried leaves and grass sunflower Cud weed, pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture and 1 cup of boiling water and infuse for an hour. Strain, take a solution of 1/3 cup for 20-30 minutes before meals. This composition is also useful for diseases of the stomach.CONSTIPATIONIn 1 cup of yogurt mix 10 g of sunflower oil, and drink the entire portion in small sips before bedtime. With regular use of a mixture of normal frequency and ease of returned items. If the drug works well enough, double the amount of oil to stir.hard urination.Take 5 tablespoons of the inner layer of the stem, pour 1 liter of water, bring to a boil and boil in water bath for 2 minutes. After the infusion solution strain and drink throughout the day in 4-5 receptions for half an hour before meals. The course of treatment - 3-4 weeks. The number of courses selected individually with a break in between 10-14 days. Changes in the course of treatment urine color indicates the beginning of the dissolution and excretion from the body slag accumulations.Toothache and headache, stomach painPour 1 tablespoon of dried flowers Sunflower 1 cup boiling water, leave for 30-40 minutes. Use the infusion 3 times a day 1/2 cup half an hour before a meal.Exhaustion after illnessThe inclusion of sunflower seeds in the diet increases the appetite, supports the strength of the exhausted organism diseases.People of any age, weakened after diseases, it is helpful to eat a day 1-2 handfuls of sunflower seeds germinated. To do this, soak the seeds (1 cup) for 20 minutes in lightly salted water, then rinse thoroughly and pass them in a two-liter jar. Pour the seeds of filtered water at room temperature, so that the water level was 10-15 cm above the seeds, close the bottle opening one layer of cheesecloth and secure it. Bank to put the seeds in a dark place for 10-12 hours. Then drain the water without removing the gauze, rinse the seeds with water and once again put the jar in a warm dark place, but without water. Rinse seeds should be 2 times a day, without having to remove the gauze from the neck of the banks. After 1-2 days appear shoots. They need and use. To slow down the growth of seedlings, the bank should be put in the fridge, but the sprouts should be washed at least 2 times a day. For those who can not have just sprouted sunflower seeds, can be recommended to grind them in a coffee grinder and eat with butter and cheese, used in salads.COUGHTake 2-3 tablespoons of sunflower stalk core, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water, boil on low heat (with stirring) for 2 minutes and insist to cool. The resulting broth used for drink  , as well as for gargling. Inside accept broth in small portions during the day.Pour 2 tablespoons of dried flowers Sunflower 200 ml of 70 percent alcohol. Insist 7 days, used as an expectorant 25-30 drops 3 times a day.WHOOPING COUGHGrind the pre-baked sunflower seed. Then, 3 tablespoons pour 0.5 liters of sugar water and cook until the amount of fluid equals 400 ml. A mixture of strain and drink to children with whooping cough 2-3 times a day for 1 tablespoon.Bloody fluxThe condition of patients improves after regular intake of small amounts of sunflower seeds.MALARIALower leaves sunflower grind and mix it with the chopped young petals. Fill with a mixture of 1/3 of the bottle, then pour vodka up to the top, cork tightly and insist for 2-4 weeks in the sun or in a warm place. From the resulting tincture cast 1/4 cup, mixed with 1/4 cup of water and take 1 hour before the alleged attack.Pour 1 tablespoon edge petals flower baskets alcohol and insist for a week in a dark place. Drink 30-40 drops diluted in water, 3 times a day before meals for 2 weeks.When fades and sunflower yellow petals start to fall off, should be cut flower, finely crumbled, put the pieces in a glass bowl and cover with water. Cover the neck of the bottle or jar with cheesecloth and put in the sun for a month. Take 20 drops before the attack of malaria or drink one glass three times a day for half an hour before meals.On 8 parts vodka to take 1 piece of dry sunflower stalk, insist 6-9 days and drink during the attack and 1 tablespoon 3 times a day before meals for three days.Pour 200 g fresh roots of sunflower 1 liter of boiling water and boil them for 20 minutes, insist 2-3 hours and strain through cheesecloth folded in four. Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day for 2-3 weeks.UROLITHIASIS DISEASEPour 1 cup of crushed roots of sunflower 3 liters of water, boil for 2 minutes, leave for 30 minutes. Drink in sips for 2-3 days. The total course of treatment - 30 days.Neuralgia, nervous system disease, bronchitis, rheumatismGood to eat fresh sunflower seeds. The rate of single internal consumption of raw sunflower seeds - 50 The number of receptions during the day can reach three.Nervous diseasesPour 35 g of ray flowers Sunflower 1/2 cup vodka, insist 2 months. Take 40 droplets two times per day.ONCOLOGICAL DISEASESFolk medicine recommends drinking broth instead of tea from dried petals plants.SALT DEPOSITSPour 1 cup of crushed roots of sunflower boiling water and boil in an enamel kettle about 1-2 minutes. Drink large doses of half an hour after eating. Tea drinking is necessary for 2-3 days. Then these same roots boil again, but 5 minutes in the same amount of water and also drink in 2-3 days. Finished drink tea with the first batch, proceed to the next, etc. Salts begin to emerge only after 2-3 weeks, the urine will be rust-colored. Drink tea as long as the urine becomes transparent as water. During this cleansing can not eat spicy, sour and savory. Food should be predominantly plant and lightly salted.Treatment of prostatitisEat every day from 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds. In addition, it is recommended to eat daily 1 tablespoon of flax seed, sunflower or soybean oil.COLDMix 250 g of sunflower oil, 1 cup of kerosene and 10 pods of red pepper, crushed in a meat grinder. Infuse in a warm place for 10 days. Rub the night, in the morning to wear woolen underwear.Sciatica, rheumatism, jaundice, neuralgia, stomach and intestinal cramps, bronchus spasmTake equal parts of leaves and flowers of sunflower: bottle or can fill in the amount of 1/4 of chopped mixture to fill the brim with vodka, cork tightly and infuse for two weeks. Strain. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times a day for 30 minutes before eating.RHEUMATISMPour 1 tablespoon of finely chopped 1 cup sunflower heads boiling water and infuse 30 minutes. Strain and drink 2 tablespoons 3 times a day, spreading sweet water.Decreased appetitePour 20 grams of leaves and flowers of the boundary (1: 1) Sunflower 1/2 cup vodka, insist 3 weeks, strain. Take 30-40 drops 3 times a day for an appetite for 30 minutes before eating.EELSThe contents of a significant amount of vitamin B6 leads to the use of the seeds for the prevention and treatment of acne, especially in adolescence.CHOLECYSTITISMix 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup grapefruit juice and drink at night 2 hours after a meal, pre-clearing the stomach and do an enema. After receiving an enema and a mixture of going to bed on his right side. In the morning enema again. The procedure can be repeated after 4-5 days as needed.JOINT PAINBaskets sunflower, cut at the beginning of ripening seeds, cut into small pieces and pour vodka (1: 5), then add 10 grams of baby soap and put in the sun on 8- 9 days, stirring occasionally. The finished ointment to rub aching joints.Mix 2 tablespoons of chopped herbs rosemary 5 tablespoons sunflower oil, infuse 12 hours in a sealed container on a hot plate, stirring occasionally, and strain. Rub into the sore spots, better at night.Pour 0.5 liters of vodka 3-4 pods of red pepper, infuse 14 days, strain and mix with 1.5 cups of sunflower oil. Rub the sore spots for the night. Lubricate sore spots 1-2 times daily swab soaked in a mixture made of 1 / 4-1 / 2 cup of vegetable oil and a portion of vinegar.Pinched nerve after fallingSpread denim blend of olive or sunflower oil, melted wax honeycombs and put the patch along the spine - from neck to tailbone. If necessary, repeating the procedure three times.SKIN inflammatory diseasesVoodoo s  ointment: 1 candle wax, 15 g onion (1 head), 100 grams of soap, a little rosin. All the chop, add 1/4 cup of sunflower oil, stir and 5 times bring to a boil.BURNFreshly crushed leaves of sunflower and impose on burned areas, periodically replacing the slurry used in the freshly prepared.Three tablespoons of sunflower oil whisking until until it turns white. Separately, whip the egg whites three. Components and connect over 15 minutes to continue whisking protein-oil mixture - only after the medicine is ready. Lubricate the burnt places several times a day, at night to make the dressing, plenty of pre-cooked means brushing the surface of the wound.SALT DEPOSITSAny capacity by one-third the volume of fill-flowered sunflower, pour vodka, clog and infuse for two weeks with daily shaking. When expires cooking, drain the liquid part and used for compresses to the affected area.Periodontal disease, bad breathMix 2 tablespoons of sunflower oil with 1 teaspoon salt and rinse your mouth with this mixture for 3-5 minutes. The procedure was carried out 2 times a day, morning and evening. After rinsing for 30 minutes to refrain from eating. Continue the procedure until complete healing of the gums and the disappearance of a bad smell.WOUNDSMark 30 g sunflower oil and 20 g beeswax and spruce resin. In hot oil over low heat to omit pieces of resin, after the dissolution of the added wax, mix and then completely dissolved pour into a bottle of dark glass. Keep out of the cold. Ointment retains its properties for years.Spurs HEELMix 1/4 cup ammonia and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Apply daily for 30 minutes to a patient heel tipped swab in this mixture.