Apricots are used for digestion, liquefaction of sputum with a dry cough, as a gentlelaxative and febrifuge zhazhdoutolyayuschee.Latin name: Prunus armeniaca.
English name: Apricot.
Family: Rose - Rosaceae.
Used parts apricot: fruits, seeds (seeds).
Botanical description: apricot - large tree of the family Rosaceae height 3-17 m. Crohn's irregular shape. Gray-brown trunk with cracked bark on older trees. Branches glabrous, leaves large, alternate, elliptic, margin serrate. Petioles dark red, long, fluted. Apricot Blossoms in early spring. Flowers solitary, white or pinkish, with red sepals, bloom before the leaves. The fruit is rounded, yellow or orange, sometimes reddish, with a longitudinal groove. The seeds (pits) are flat, light brown, bitter or sweet. Matures in June - July.Distribution: apricot spread in Central Asia and Dagestan. It grows in river valleys, scrublands, rocky and gravelly slopes, singly or in groups. Apricot cultured in Ukraine, Russia, America, Australia, Hungary, and Iran in the subtropical and temperate climates.Active ingredients: fresh apricots contain pulp from 4.7 to 27% sugar (in the ripe fruit dominates sucrose), a small amount of dextrin, inulin and starch. Fiber content - 0.8%, organic acids - 1.3%.In the fresh fruit apricot contains about 305 mg of potassium salts (for dried - in 5-6 times more). Therefore, apricots recommend that people with diseases of the cardiovascular system and kidneys. There are also minerals - potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. Trace elements are iron salts (2.1 mg%) and iodine compounds, which are especially numerous in the Armenian apricot varieties.In fruits also have citric, malic, tartaric, and a bit of salicylic acid. Vitamin C in fresh apricots a bit (10 mg%), there are vitamin E, B1 and PP, but most of carotene (provitamin A) - up to 16 mg%. Such amount of carotene is not in any of the fruit grown in our country. Especially needed carotene young growing organism.Apricot bark contains tannin, wood - flavonoids. The leaves were found carbohydrates, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenolcarbonate acid, the flowers - carotene.From other substances present in apricots pectin has the ability to excrete toxic metabolic products, and cholesterol. There are apricots in tannins, which give the fruits tartness and some astringent taste and secure the property.Apricot - useful properties and applicationsApricot juice has antibiotic activity, in particular, a depressing effect on putrefactive bacteria.In the bones of apricot contains 35 to 60% non-drying fatty oil, chemical composition close to peach. Apricot oil has low acidity and low viscosity, it is used in medicine and cosmetics.In the pharmaceutical industry, apricot kernel oil is used as a solvent for some drugs, administered intramuscularly or subcutaneously, as well as for preparation of ointments.The presence of large amounts of iron determines the medicinal value of apricots with anemia, diseases of the cardiovascular system, and others who accompanied the development of potassium deficiency. Fruits are used to enhance digestion and liquefaction of sputum with a dry cough, as a gentle laxative and febrifuge zhazhdoutolyayuschee, as well as prolonged use of diuretics. They are especially needed for children as well as stimulate growth and improve health.However, for the treatment and prevention of vitamin deficiency and hypovitaminosis of vitamin A in liver disease and lowered thyroid function should not take apricots, as contained in apricots provitamin A in these disorders is not digestible, and therefore appropriate to adopt a pure vitamin A.With the purpose of treatment using apricot gum. Every year, tens of tons of harvest gum. Protrudes from the gum cracking apricot trees. It consists of colorless or grayish-yellow, brittle, hard, translucent slices. Odorless. Taste sweet. Store in a dry, ventilated area. Gum contains galactose, arabinose, glucuronic acid. Is a complete substitute for gum arabic. Completely soluble in water, gives a white powder. This powder is used to make medical emulsions.
Fruits are long since over the world used for therapeutic purposes. So, the folk healersof Ancient China apricot seeds in small quantities were soothing agent for coughs.One of Pakistan's tribal - centenarians. Scientists believe that the longevity they have toa large number of edible apricot. It is believed that 100 g apricots contribute to the process of hematopoiesis as well as the use of 40 grams of iron, or 250 g fresh liver.
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