The Use Of Turnip In Medicine

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Useful biologically active substances determine the nutritional, dietary and medical value of turnips. Roots are mainly used as medicinal raw materials.

Turnip and juice from it have a tonic, antitussive, expectorant, diuretic, antiseptic, bactericidal, wound healing, analgesic, soothing, anti-atherosclerotic, choleretic, distracting effect. In any form, turnip is one of the most effective means of improving the intestines. Eating it in food stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, improves digestion, enhances intestinal peristalsis. In dietary nutrition, turnips, fresh or boiled with vegetable oil, are used for diseases of the liver and gallbladder.

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It is also used as a remedy for gastritis with low acidity, spastic colitis, for diseases of the bile ducts, and intestinal atony. Turnip is used in low-calorie diets to feed patients with obesity and diabetes. It prevents the development of cancer of the rectum and colon, pancreas, prostate and breast. Turnip is very beneficial for bone tissue in children and those who suffer from osteoporosis.

The healing powers of turnip have always been used very widely among the people. The medieval code of health of the inhabitants of Salerno says: "Turnip is a joy to the stomach, and brings the winds out, And causes urine …". In the Russian "Ogorodnik", published at the beginning of the 19th century, it is said: "Juice from fresh turnips is a sure remedy for scurvy in the mouth, smearing it with swollen and blood-oozing gums heals them in two days."

Turnip juice has the greatest medicinal value. It works weaker than radish juice. Its high antiscorbutic properties have long been noted. There is evidence of the ability of this juice to dissolve kidney stones. Turnip juice has a beneficial effect on joint diseases. It is also an excellent tool for lowering the acidity of the internal environment of any animal organism.

Turnip leaves can also be used for food and medicinal purposes. Turnip leaves (tops) contain a lot of calcium, so juice is prepared from them, which is an excellent drink for children and adults suffering from softening of the teeth. The potassium content in turnip leaves is so high that it gives the juice from them the ability to increase the alkalinity of the body, especially if you mix this juice with celery and carrot.

Since ancient times, turnip has been used as an antiseptic, wound healing, analgesic, diuretic - for asthma, severe cold cough, acute laryngitis, loss of voice due to colds.

Raw roots are useful for stimulating appetite, as a source of vitamins in winter and spring, and as a laxative for constipation. Eating raw turnips, at least once a week, helps to massage the gums, cleanse teeth from plaque and tartar.

In scientific medicine, turnip roots and juice from them are used for ingestion with increased excitability of the nervous system, vitamin C deficiency, colds and pulmonary inflammatory diseases, gastric and renal pathology, edema of renal and cardiac origin, atherosclerosis.

Outwardly, the juice is used in the form of rinses for toothache, stomatitis, laryngitis, sore throat, or in the form of compresses and baths for arthritic pain in the joints, with frostbite.

With a healthy gastrointestinal tract, it is better to use grated raw turnips, in case of any violations - boiled. Grated turnip puree, flavored with vegetable oil, is considered one of the effective means for stimulating the acid-forming and secretory functions of the stomach glands, the motor function of the intestines. It is advisable to consume 250 g of mashed potatoes 1-2 times a week for chronic constipation, gastritis, gastric ulcer with reduced secretory function.

Fresh turnip juice - better than yellow (100 ml per dose 1-2 times a day 20 minutes before meals) - is indicated for gastritis and gastric ulcer with reduced secretory function. Freshly made turnip juice diluted with water promotes better gallbladder emptying, and undiluted juice significantly increases the production of bile by the liver.

Juice with honey (sugar) is taken when coughing, as a gargle for inflammation of the nasopharynx, as a diuretic. It is used for hypoacid gastritis, intestinal atony, spastic colitis, hypokinetic biliary dyskinesia, as well as for acute laryngitis, bronchial asthma and metabolic polyarthritis. Take half a glass with 1 tablespoon of honey 2-3 times a day half an hour before meals. Turnip juice with honey in a ratio of 1: 1 in the amount of 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day will help get rid of a severe cough with colds, chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma.

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Boiled juice in arbitrary dosage is effective as an expectorant for bronchial asthma, colds, coughs, acute laryngitis and hoarseness, and as a sedative for insomnia and palpitations.

A mixture of fresh yellow turnip juice with white cabbage juice (50 ml each) is indicated for gastritis and gastric ulcer with reduced secretory function. It is recommended to take it twice a day 20 minutes before meals.

In folk medicine, turnip in the form of fresh juice mixed with honey is used for coughs. Boiled turnip juice with sugar or honey (preferably honey) is helpful in treating chest pains from colds and coughs. When coughing, turnip juice with honey (to taste) is consumed 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day.

A mixture of turnip juice (2 tablespoons) with dandelion root juice (3 tablespoons) and carrot juice (1 glass) strengthens teeth and all bone tissues well.

Hemorrhoids heal pretty quickly if you eat raw vegetables and fruits and drink a mixture of turnip, carrot and spinach juices.

In folk medicine, boiled, pounded warm turnips are applied to sore spots with gout. Hot boiled root vegetable gruel applied to sore spots helps with joint diseases. Regular use of turnips boiled in milk with carrot juice, to which a little honey is added (50-70 g three times a day before meals), helps with impotence.

A decoction of turnips (2 tablespoons of finely chopped root vegetables, pour a glass of boiling water, cook for 15 minutes, cool, strain) should be taken half a glass a day as a diuretic, expectorant and sedative for bronchial asthma, cough, acute laryngitis, palpitations, for colds of the respiratory tract, especially in acute bronchitis. For polyarthritis, including gout, baths (local and general) from a decoction of turnip are effective. For insomnia, it is recommended to drink 1 glass at night. Gargling with warm turnip tea helps with toothache.

Turnip infusion (2 tablespoons of finely chopped turnips, pour a glass of boiling water, insist, strain) take half a glass 4 times a day in the same cases as the broth.

An infusion of turnip leaves is used for rinsing the mouth for various dental diseases, for the prevention of caries. To do this, it is enough to pour 20 g of chopped leaves with one glass of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes.

With a mixture of mashed raw turnips and goose fat, frostbite areas are smeared.

There are many different recipes for the same diseases, so do not despair, you need to try, experiment and choose the most effective ones, especially since they are different for each.

Raw turnip and its juice are not recommended for exacerbation of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, as well as for acute gastritis with increased secretory activity of the stomach, enterocolitis with diarrhea, acute inflammatory processes in the liver and kidneys.

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"Round, but not the sun, sweet but not honey …":

Part 1. Cultivation of turnips: agricultural technology, seed preparation, sowing, care

Part 2. Biology of turnip development and its relation to environmental conditions

Part 3. Use of turnip in medicine

Part 4 The use of turnips in cooking