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Almond
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Almond, known as the king of nuts, is a highly nutritious food. It is an effective health-building food, both for the body and mind, and a valuable food remedy for several common ailments.
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Almond contain mostly monounsaturated fats, which are effective at lowering harmful cholesterol, so can help to protect the heart and arteries from disease.
Their vitamin E also aids the prevention of heart disease. Vitamin B and E and a host of minerals make almonds a valuable nerve tonic and brain food.
Excellent for those under pressure, they help to relieve tention and anxiety, and ensure a restful sleep. Taken in drinks, particularly milk almonds are easily digested and make a nutritious alternative fot breast milk when weaning babies. Helps relieve constipation. The vitamin E and calsium in almonds reduce the symptoms of menopause and help tp prevent osteoporosis.
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Nutrition:
The medicinal virtues of almonds arise chiefly from pharmaco dynamic action of copper, iron, phosphorus and vitamin B1. These chemicals exert a synergic action - i.e. increased energy due to chemical interaction and help the formation of new blood cells, hemoglobin and play a major role in maintaining the smooth physiological functions of brain, nerves, bones, heart and liver.
Benefits:
Anemia:
Almonds are useful food remedy for anemia.
Constipation:
It is an excellent laxative. 11 to 15 kernels taken at bed time will facilitate a clear motion the next morning.
Impotent:
Almonds are very useful in case of loss of sexual energy which usually results from nervous debility and brain weakness. Their regular use will strengthen sexual power.
Skin Disorder:
Wild almonds are considered useful in skin diseases, especially eczema
Beauty:
Almond paste with milk cream softens and bleaches the skin and nourishes it with the choicest skin-food. Its regular application prevents early appearance of wrinkles, black heads, dryness of the skin, pimples and keeps the face fresh.
Properties:
There are two varieties of almonds, the sweet and the bitter. There are thin-skinned and thick-skinned among the sweet variety. The thin-skinned, known as Kagzi in vernacular, is the best for use. The bitter variety of almonds should not be used as they contain prussic acid, a deadly poison. They have, however, some commercial importance and are used for producing almond oil, perfume and cosmetics.
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