The properties and nutritional value of sunflower seeds and the oil obtained from them have been appreciated for years. Few people know that sunflower flowers also have a positive effect on he alth. Check what healing properties sunflower flowers have and in which he alth ailments they help.

Sunfloweris a plant whosehe alth propertieswere first appreciated by the inhabitants of Peru and Mexico, where it comes from. Sunflower came to Europe with the Spanish explorers, but initially it did not find medicinal use, but was treated as an ornamental plant. It was only when the English started producing sunflower seed oil on a massive scale that its value was appreciated. However, he gained the greatest popularity in Russia. At the beginning of the 19th century, farmers there already had more than two million acres of sunflower-seeded land. At the end of the 19th century, the sunflower from Russia went to the United States. Currently, it is known almost all over the world, but mainly in the form of seeds and sunflower oil. Few people know that you can also use golden-yellow sunflower flowers for he alth purposes. They contain many valuable substances: triterpene saponosides, triterpene alcohols, flavonoids, carotenoids, choline, bitter compounds, carbohydrates and mineral s alts.

Sunflower has antipyretic properties

In natural medicine, sunflower flowers are considered an antipyretic. Decoctions obtained from them have been used orally for many years as an aid in mild fever. It is worth knowing that sunflower flowers have a synergistic effect (i.e. they interact with them, enhance their action and effectiveness) with salicylic compounds, which are used to lower elevated body temperature.

Sunflower for stomach problems

The bitter compounds contained in sunflower flowers slightly increase the secretion of gastric juice and improve the digestive processes and assimilation of food, therefore the decoctions are also recommended for people with stomach problems.

Sunflower for bruises and bruises

Decoctions of sunflower flowers applied externally facilitate the absorption of strokes and subcutaneous ecchymoses as well as local swellings caused by injuries or sprains, therefore modern phytotherapy recommends themtopical application to blood bruises, bruises, hematomas, epidermal lesions, as well as in dermatitis, acne and itching. It is worth knowing that these decoctions also enhance the effects of arnica extracts - a plant that is known to be an effective remedy for swelling and bruising.

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Recipe for a decoction of sunflower flowers

1 tablespoon of sunflower flowers in a pot, add 1/2 cup of warm water and simmer, covered, for 3 minutes. Then let it cool for 15 minutes and strain. Drink 1/2 cup in the morning and 2/3 cup in the evening 1 hour after eating as a temperature suppressant. It is advisable to add 2 tablespoons of raspberry syrup. The decoction without the addition of raspberry juice can be used externally in the form of compresses. You can also make compresses of wet, hot flowers for bruises and ecchymosis as well as in dermatitis and acne.

The recipe comes from: Ożarowski A., Jaroniewski W., Medicinal plants and their practical application, Publishing Institute of Trade Unions, Warsaw 1987.

Bibliography: 1. Ożarowski A., Jaroniewski W., Medicinal plants and their practical application, Publishing Institute of Trade Unions, Warsaw 1987.

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Alternative medicine