Masks from sauerkraut

Sometimes it seems to me that at the appeared abundance in grocery and cosmetic stores, we began to underestimate primordially Russian. For example, sauerkraut. And this product will keep both health, and and years of life will add beauty.

For example, it is known that the seafarer Cook who undertook in the 18th century a three-year voyage with the scientific purposes was sure that the expedition is in no small measure obliged by the success to 60 barrels of sauerkraut that Cook carried with himself. This cabbage helped to keep to crew members health and working capacity.

And in Korea where spicy sauerkraut – kimchi enjoys wide popularity, there is an Institute of kimchi. In Seoul competitions in its zakvashivaniye are held every fall.

Indeed it is possible to call sauerkraut a peculiar elixir of health and beauty. Contain in its brine: vitamins of group B, K, U, PP, C, carotene, folic acid, lactic acid, potassium, calcium, phosphorus …

Lovers of sauerkraut practically never gain the excess weight as sauerkraut promotes strengthening of a metabolism. Many nutritionists call it guarantee of symmetry.

Sauerkraut improves digestion process, neutralizes fermentation products, cleans intestines, removes toxins, helps to treat stomach ulcer and a 12-perstny gut, interferes with development of oncology, helps to cope with asthma, an allergy, saves from liver pains.

Fermented it is useful to drink juice at cholelithiasis, diabetes for decrease in content of sugar in blood, hemorrhoids.

At weak gums traditional medicine recommends to a thicket to chew sauerkraut.

About what sauerkraut rejuvenates, knew from olden days. Now it is known that the folivy acid which is contained in sauerkraut participates in formation of new cages.

The Russian empress Elizabeth Petrovna was rubbed with sauerkraut juice before a bath for whiteness of the face and a body.

We can follow the example of the daughter of great Pyotr too and use house sauerkraut for maintaining the beauty.

- A mask from sauerkraut for skin lightening and giving of velvet to it
To wash. If skin dry then to oil vegetable. To lay slightly wrung out sauerkraut between ranks of a gauze and to put on a face for 15 minutes. To wash water of room temperature.

- The mask toning and softening
To mix 1 tablespoon of the crushed sauerkraut with 1 tablespoon of soft cottage cheese and 1 tablespoon of sour cream, it is good to mix and put on a face for 15-20 minutes. To wash away warm water and then to wash cool.

- For oily skin
To mix 1 tablespoon of sauerkraut with ¼ teaspoon of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of sour cream. To put on a face for 10 minutes. To remove the tampon moistened in warm, weak tea leaves of green tea. To wash cold water.

- The mask moistening
To mix 1 tablespoon of sauerkraut with 1 tablespoon of the fresh carrots grated on a small grater, 1 shaken-up chicken yolk, 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil and 1 teaspoon of cream. It is good to mix, put on a face for 15 minutes. To wash away warmish broth of parsley or green tea leaves, to wipe skin with a cube of ice and to apply the moisturizing cream.

- The mask bleaching
To mix 2 tablespoons of sauerkraut with 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of curdled milk. To put on a face for 10 minutes, to wash away warm water, to wash cool.

- Cabbage juice slightly to warm up and pour in a bowl, to lower there hands for 20 minutes. After a course of such trays of a hand will become gentle and velvety, as at the princess.