The motherland of pistachio is Middle East and Central Asia. The pistachio tree is not high but graceful, with a grey bark and glaucous leaves. The pistachio genus is very ancient, its separate representatives appeared on the earth already in the tertiary period. Pistachio blossoms irregularly, with 2 – 3-year intervals. In autumn female specimens of the trees are covered with bright fruits, gathered in clusters. They are stone fruits with a very hard shell, in quite a lot of them seeds are not formed at all or, still unripe, they are eaten out by insects. Except properly fruits of pistachio trees, their resin is used too.

The soft resin of wild pistachio contains 70 – 75% of gum and to 25% of essential aromatic oils. It was used during religious ceremonies for aromatic fumigations. It is believed that constant chewing of pistachio resin removes offensive breath, cleans and strengthens teeth and gums. It was used for making ointments and patches for the treatment of rheumatism and healing old ulcers and wounds. Contemporary pharmacists make a preparation from pistachio resin that is used to treat burns, skin crevices, and bed sores. Pistachios are useful for the brain and the heart, it is effective against heartbeating, vomiting, nausea, hepatic disease, for opening blocks. Pistachio promotes recovery and is useful against jaundice.

If the talk turned to celebratory meals, the most delicate appetizer for champagne and light dessert wines is pistachio. In small amounts pistachio essential oils are very useful for supporting vitality. Pistachio is called nuts of cheerful mind, but the daily norm shouldn’t exceed 10 – 15 kernels.

According to the opinion of the experts of the National Food Institute of Philadelphia, it is pistachio that possesses the highest calorific value in combination with the high content of vitamins, mineral substances and amino acids that are necessary for man. Not without reason pistachios of high quality have another name – “the magic nut”, one of the most ancient names of pistachio.

Pistachio contains a lot of vitamin E – a well-known natural antioxidant rejuvenating the organism, microelements.

The energy value is from 558 to 664 kcal / 100g, depending on the cultivar and region of cultivation.

Pistachio contains no injurious additives, and the very technology of its processing is arranged in such a way that its shell protecting the magic nut from any accidental pollution is preserved in its entirety. So pistachio is obligingly included in various dietary menus.

Health benefits of pistachios

• due to its high nutritional value, is used in the diet of debilitated patients;
• recommended for considerable physical and mental work load, gives vigour, removes tiredness;
• beneficially influences the brain work;
• helpful for the heart, removes heartthrob; regularly taken as food, it swiftly lowers the inclination to heart diseases;
• beneficial for the liver, used for the liver coldness (diminished function), opens blocks in the liver (oil, kernels);
• helpful in jaundice treatment;
• used as analgetic against hepatic and gastric colic;
• used to treat anaemia;
• effective against chest diseases, cough; used as antituberculous remedy;
• strengthens sexual potency;
• purifies places of ulcers and makes inconspicuous scars after them;
• pistachio oil is used to remove freckles and spots on the skin.

Almonds are mainly cultivated in Asia Minor and Central Asia, India, Indonesia, and other tropic countries. Nowadays it grows from the Mediterranean world to Central Asia, in California, South Africa, in the south of Australia. During the blossoming season all trees are covered with hats of blossoms, from white to deep-pink, and mild almond smell is felt for many kilometres around. As other nuts, almond isn’t taken only as food but used in other spheres, as for instance, in perfumery. Almond tree also has a decorative use: the duration of blossoming depends on the species of plant and lasts, as a rule, from two to five weeks.

Health benefits of almonds
Almond excellently purifies blood and the kidneys, opens blocks in the liver and the spleen, breaks stones, and expels bile. It is preferable to take the nuts with sugar that promotes quick digestion of this quite indigestible product. In addition, almond with sugar, better with honey, considerably strengthens potency, that makes it a desirable product in the diet of men. But bitter almond in the antiquity time was used as anti-hangover remedy. Almond is extremely rich with all components that are necessary for nutrition. It is an excellent supplier of vitamins and microelements. It has medical properties, galena preparations are made from it. It contains protein, calcium, iron, phosphorus, necessary for the organism, and vitamins B2, B3 promote metabolism and are irreplaceable for the support teeth, hair, and skin in healthy condition. Sweet almond purifies the internals, improves the eyesight, and stimulates the brain work, softens the throat, with sugar is useful against asthma and stercoral ulcers. However, those who have a weak stomach and bowels shouldn’t overuse it – it is rather hard for digestion.

Modern investigations showed that the use of linseed oil in food lowers the risk of stroke by 37%. If you use linseed oil, you shouldn’t fear such dreadful diseases as diabetes, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease and many others. In folk medicine it is used against helmiths, heartburn, and various ulcers. Only the oil obtained by the method of cold pressing has a curative effect.

Linseed oil in terms of its bioavailability is on the first place among table oils. Linseed oil contains more than 70% of vitamin F, which is not synthesized by the organism, the organism gets it with food.  The irreplaceable polyunsaturated fatty acid Omega-3 enters into the composition of this vitamin. The lack of Omega-3 in the organism leads to impaired fat metabolism, multiple organ dysfunction.

Linseed oil is the richest source of the Omega-3 acid, it is called the natural elixir of youth. The content of this acid in linseed oil obtained by cold pressing is almost twice as much as in fish oil. Vitamin F contains the Omega-3 acid and vitamins (A, B, E, K), carotenoids and antioxidants that are fully digested by the organism.

Linseed oil has a beneficial effect on skin: strengthens skin and removes irritation. Linseed oil helps with weight loss, normalizes the stomach functions, nourishes the brain, improves cell metabolism, removes constipations. This product lowers blood cholesterol level and also raises cell responsiveness to insulin. The oil beneficially influences the nervous system in depression, nervous disorders, alcoholism, poriomania (helps lower abstinence). The oil activates male sexual energy.

Linseed oil contains vitamins in such proportions and they are so active, that its regular use can purify the organism from slags, cleaning the stomach, the kidneys, the urinary bladder.

Linseed oil use is very important for vegetarians and for people whose diet lacks fish, whose fat contains unsaturated fatty acids.

Linseed oil is useful for the development of the child’s organism. Pregnant women should use linseed oil for the proper development of the child’s brain. Sportsmen are recommended to use the oil when they have heavy loads to develop and restore muscular tissues.

Linseed oil helps

• prophylaxis of the development of heart attacks, stroke, and myocardial infarction (reduction of the load on the heart and vessels due to lessening of blood viscosity and normalization of the fats level);
• lowering of arterial tension;
• lowering of the risk of breast cancer and rectal cancer development;
• lowering of the frequency of diabetic neuropathy in diabetes.

Linseed oil is a very important part of female diet

• alleviation of passing premenstrual syndrome and premenopause;
• improves the state of skin and hair
• helps with burns and corns;
• beneficial for the nervous system;
• helps the work of the kidneys in oedemas;
• improves the eyesight;
• helpful in getting relief and the treatment of asthma.

Linseed oil can be used both in pure form and in mixture with other vegetable oils, can be mixed with honey, fruit, syrup.

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Wild rose oil is produced by the method of hot extraction from wild rose seeds. Wild rose oil is valued for the high content of vitamins C and A. Wild rose seed oil has wonderful cosmetic and curative properties.

Wild rose oil has only recently won itself a name for its regenerating properties. The oil restores damaged skin areas and prevents scarring. Perfectly moisturizes skin. It is recommended for ageing, fading, dry skin in the composition of aromatic compounds. Wild rose oil excellently protects against sun burns. It can be used for the treatment of dry eczema. But this oil has one limitation: it can’t be used by people with greasy skin, inclined to acne eruption. Wild rose oil can promote the appearance of new pimples.

Wild rose oil takes general tonic effect, stimulates non-specific resistance of the organism, strengthens tissues regeneration and hormones synthesis, lessens vascular permeability, takes part in carbohydrate and mineral metabolism, has anti-inflammatory and also immunostimulatory properties in relation to humoral and cellular immunity.

Wild rose oil is ideal for application to the eye and mouth areas. The oil moisturizes, softens, and saturates skin with nutrients, prevents the appearance of new wrinkles and smoothes small lines. The oil can be smeared on the whole face, the effect will be the same.

Wild rose oil normalizes intracellular metabolism preventing accumulation of decay products and ageing ferments by skin, raises skin immunity, has sun-protective properties.

Restores hair shine and softness, notably improves the state of coloured hair, damaged by decolouration and permanent wave, sun exposure and unfavourable environmental conditions. Strengthens nails.

Wild rose oil added to oil mixtures lessens their fatness.

Indications:

• restores, moisturizes, and smoothes skin;
• small wrinkles;
• pigment stains, including ones caused by pregnancy;
• ageing, fading, dry skin;
• restores damaged skin areas, prevents scarring;
• normalizes intracellular metabolism;
• prevents accumulation of decay products and ageing ferments by skin;
• raises the immunity of skin
• wounds and microcracks;
• irritated, peeling skin;
• natural UV-filter;
• bed sores, trophic ulcers of the shank, dermatosis, non-specific ulcerative colitis (in clysters);
• dry eczema, psoriasis;
• gingivitis, stomatitis;
• nipples cracks

EUCALYPTUS – is an evergreen tree, some species can grow to 100m high. It grows mainly in Australia and the neighbouring islands (tropics and subtropics). It is widely cultivated in many countries of the world. It is distinguished by its fast growth (accretion to 5 meters a year).

Eucalyptus has a miraculous property which helps it survive at high temperatures of the tropics. Leaves of this tree are placed on the plane of meridian, i.e. from the north to the south; at noon leaves turn their edges to the sun light falling on them. As a result, eucalyptus doesn’t suffer from sun rays, overheating, and the excessive waste of water; at the same time the intensity of photosynthesis doesn’t lower.

Aborigines called it “the tree of life” and “the diamond of forests”. Australians used eucalyptus to treat wounds, infections, against muscular pain, eucalyptus is also known as “the antifebrilic tree”.

Indeed, marvellous gift is eucalyptus oil obtained by distillation from juvenile branches and leaves. Eucalyptus oil has analgetic, antihelmintic, antiseptic, and expectorant action. It is used against fevers, various cold-related diseases, and respiratory infection. Eucalyptus oil excellently helps with skin diseases, easily heals various ulcers, burns, and skin infections, accelerates wound healing. It can be used for massage, inhalations, and baths.

In the case of inflammations in muscular, nervous, connective tissues, rubbing is used. It is beneficial for the lymphatic system, the back bone, the breathing, and blood circulation systems. It can be used either rubbing or massage. Massage ensures quicker penetration of the essential oil inside. Besides beneficial influence on the breathing organs, blood circulation, the central and peripheral nervous system, the improvement of the state of the liver and the bowels takes place. Eucalyptus oil is used for massage of the chest, the back, and the throat in bronchial cough, sinusitis, headaches.

Eucalyptus is one of the best respiratory antiseptic. Eucalyptus oil has an excellent expectorant effect. It is used for steam inhalation. The resinous scent of eucalyptus alleviates the symptoms of catarrhal diseases.

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Peanut is also called a groundnut or Chinese nut. Peanut is not exactly a nut, for it belongs to the legume family. Peanut isn’t only the most nutritious nut but the nut from which they don’t grow stout. That’s why it became “the food favourite” of all stars of the world of fashion and show business. Peanut in the quantity of 20 – 25 nuts a day normalizes the functions of blood-forming organs and… smoothes small wrinkles. The usefulness of peanut is indisputable.

Peanut oil production: cold pressing. Refined. Obtained from the ground pulp of groundnut – peanut in the technology of cold pressing.

Oil colour: golden, yellow.

Oil aroma: saturated, nutty, sweetish.

Characteristics: peanut is vegetable protein rich with vitamins of the groups A, D, E, B1, B2, PP, folic acid that promotes the growth and renewal of cells, and also microelements: iron, cobalt, zinc, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iodine, phosphor, cellulose, and it doesn’t contain any cholesterol.

Peanut products are very popular among vegetarians and people who want to reduce the meat use to the maximum. Peanut and its oil contain unsaturated fats that lower blood cholesterol level. The nuts are a good source of folic acid. It promotes the growth and renewal of cells. American scientists recommend to use approximately 30g of peanuts every day.

According to investigations conducted by Florida State University, peanut is very rich with antioxidants protecting cells of the organism from the impact of very dangerous free radicals. These are polyphenols contained in peanut that have antioxidant properties, they make it one of the most effective remedy for the prophylaxis of cardiovascular diseases. As the scientists found, after peanut roasting, the polyphenols content increases by 20 -25%, i.e. peanuts become more useful for health. Peanut has such an evident antioxidant effect, in this respect it ranks with strawberry and blackberry, and gives way only to pomegranate which is an acknowledged leader in antioxidant content.

Peanut oil is used to treat septic and hard healing wounds. This product is effective in the treatment of hemorrhagic diathesis in children when blood coagulability lowers, and numerous hemorrhages appear under the skin, etc.

It promotes the normal functioning of nervous tissue, the heart, the liver, peanut oil is considered to be one of the most effective choleretic. Peanut oil is beneficial against fatiguability, insomnia; it improves memory, attention and the sense of hearing; raises potency, libido, helpful in a strong exhaustion and a grave illness. Peanut contains less fat than other nuts. Peanut oil in its characteristics is similar to olive oil that everybody knows.

Used as massage oil (apart from people suffering from asthma), as a component of oil phase of creams, lotions, cosmetic creams (2 – 10%), in making home soap and shampoos. Peanut oil restores water-in-oil balance, nourishes actively epidermis.

Peanut can harm
Allergy to nuts, almonds and peanuts can be very strong. In allergy, the organism reaction to these products is itch, the oedema of the mouth cavity and the laryngeal cavity. Eczema attack, nettle rash, stomach pains are also possible symptoms. Sometimes reactions dangerous to life can appear (anaphylactic shock). For some people, a serious allergic reaction can be caused by nut dust. At the appearance of allergy symptoms, namely to peanut, one must stop use it.