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Unfortunately, spinach is not so popular in Russia. Though in Russia spinach is known since Anna Ioannovna, however, at that time to them only the nobility regaled.

Whether you know that only 250-300 gr. spinach in day helps muscles to reduce an oxygen consumption on 5% that allows athletes and people of physical work it is easier to cope with loadings.

Spinach garden is Spinacia oleraceae L. – an annual grassy plant from family of a goosefoot family. At spinach a rod stalk, and bulk of roots it is located in a top soil. Radical leaves of rounded or oval shape are collected in the socket. The floriferous branched stalk reaches height from 40 to 110 cm.

Greenish small flowers are collected in a kolosovidno-panicled inflorescence. Spinach in June-August blossoms. Spinach – dvudomny perekryostnoopylyayushcheesya a plant. A fruit - the gray-brown nutlet of an oval form soldered in a ball.

Wild spinach grows in Ukraine, in the Caucasus, in Central Asia. Also the herb practically worldwide is cultivated as vegetable.

For the medicinal and cosmetic purposes leaves, stalks and flowers of spinach collect from May to August

- The grass of spinach contains: vitamins - B3, B6, PP, P, D, K, N, E, C, fats, proteins, extractive substances, carbohydrates (sucrose, glucose, fructose), saponina, carotinoids, organic acids, flavonoids, mineral salts – iodine, iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, calcium, sodium …

- Spinach is a product of dietary food and helps to lose weight.

- In the medical purposes use broths, infusions, young leaves of spinach in a boiled or fresh look.

- Medicines from spinach have anti-inflammatory, antiscorbutic, diuretic, carminative properties. They strengthens a vermicular movement of intestines and excites activity of digestive glands therefore the French call spinach a broom for a stomach.

- Traditional medicine applies spinach at an anemia, a hypertension, tuberculosis, diseases of nervous system, diabetes, an enterokolita, gastritis, to prevention of periodontosis, at a meteorizm and locks.

- Spinach is used in dietary baby food as promotes improvement of growth at children.

- Spinach is useful to the school students, students and all people who are engaged in brainwork as allows to cope with big intellectual loadings easily.

- In general spinach is useful to the people of any age for maintenance of health and also recovering after a serious illness.

- Scientists say that spinach is an effective remedy of prevention of oncology and auxiliary medicine at radiation sickness.

- Spinach decoction
To fill in 1 tablespoon of a fresh grass of spinach with 1 glass of hot water in the enameled pan, to bring to boiling and to boil on slow fire of 10-15 minutes. To insist 1 hour, to cool, filter, accept ¼ glasses 3-4 times a day.

It is impossible to be treated by spinach at diseases of kidneys, a liver, a dvenadtsatipyorstny gut and a gall bladder!

- Spinach is widely used in food, it report in borsches, soups, fried eggs, extinguish. In this quality it also has medical effect. Besides when cooking the most part of the valuable substances which are contained in spinach remains.

- In Europe in the XVI—XVII century baked bread of the flour received from seeds of spinach which was very much highly appreciated.

- Spinach is used in the food industry for coloring of creams, ice cream and sauces in green color.

It is used and in perfumery. And also in house cosmetology.

- A mask from spinach rejuvenating
50-80 gr. spinach to fill in with milk and to weld in the enameled pan on slow fire to softness. Gruel has to turn out. To put it on a gauze and then on a face, a neck and a decollete. To wash away camomile tea or warm water in 15 minutes. To put nutritious cream on a face.

- A mask from spinach nutritious
100 gr. spinach to wash out, fill in ½ glasses of boiled water and to boil to softness. To cool, add 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of carrot juice. If desired it is possible to add ½ teaspoons of olive oil. To mix everything and having put to put between layers of a gauze on a face, a neck, a decollete. To wash away warmish tea leaves of green tea. In five minutes to wash cool water and to impose the moisturizing cream.