Ramson (bear onion): benefits and harms

The benefits and harms of wild garlic are a pressing issue for fans of traditional medicine. To appreciate the bear onion, you need to carefully read its properties.

Where does wild garlic grow and what kind of plant is it

In shady forests, in meadows and in the foothills, you can often find a low herb with wide oblong leaves of bright green color. This plant is called wild garlic, wild garlic, flask or bear onion, it looks very much like a lily of the valley.

Wild garlic grows practically in the entire central zone of Russia, in Europe and even in hot Turkey. It blooms with small white flowers that form umbrellas, usually fills whole meadows and glades en masse - other plants do not tolerate the neighborhood with wild garlic.

Composition and calorie content of wild garlic

The wild herb is of great interest to fans of traditional medicine. This is explained by the rich composition of the plant. It contains:

• valuable essential oils;
• amino acids and natural fatty acids;
• vitamins A and PP;
• vitamins B, namely B1, B9, B6 and B3;
• vitamin C;
• calcium and sulfur;
• fluorine and potassium;
• selenium, zinc, boron, iodine, iron and manganese.

In wild garlic there are about 7 g of carbohydrates and 2.4 g of proteins, and the mass fraction of fat is 0.1 g. The calorie content of a plant per 100 g is only 36 calories, so the bulb does not harm the figure.

What is useful wild garlic for the body

The properties of the plant make it valuable for the whole organism in moderation. Wild garlic:

• improves the functioning of the stomach, intestines, relieves constipation and promotes the removal of toxins;
• has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal action;
• stimulates gastric secretion and thereby increases appetite;
• has a beneficial effect on the metabolic rate;
• cleans the blood and qualitatively improves its composition;
• has a good effect on the nervous system;
• lowers harmful cholesterol in the blood, strengthens the heart and blood vessels;
• helps with colds and viral diseases, and can also serve as their prevention;
• when applied externally, promotes the healing of skin lesions;
• helps to heal infectious dermatological diseases.

The wild garlic is useful for diabetes mellitus - it maintains normal glucose levels and protects against harm that complications of the disease can cause.

For women

Ramson is a very low-calorie plant that is recommended for women who are worried about their figure. You can season salads, soups and main dishes with bear onions - the calorie content will not increase, but the benefits will become greater.

Also, the benefit of wild garlic for a woman's body is that the plant has a beneficial effect on the skin and hair. During the period of natural female ailments, the plant helps relieve stress and irritability, fights all kinds of inflammation, and improves overall well-being.

For men

Ramson stimulates the production of the necessary hormones in the male body. It improves blood circulation - and therefore, improves the quality of your sex life and helps fight a decrease in libido. The benefits of wild garlic for men are expressed in the beneficial effect of the plant on blood vessels and heart.

Slimming

Low-calorie wild garlic is ideal for consumption during a diet. Almost any dish can be filled with plant leaves. The special benefits of the flask for the body are manifested in vegetable salads. A plant in small quantities helps to remove toxins and excess substances from the body, which means it allows you to quickly say goodbye to excess weight.

Is it possible wild garlic for pregnant women

During the period of bearing a child, you can use wild garlic, but in small quantities - so as not to harm yourself and the child. The optimal dosage is no more than 10 leaves of the plant for 1 dose and no more than twice a week.

At what age can wild garlic be given to children

The benefits of the flask plant for the child will be manifested in the fact that the child's body will receive many vitamins, natural acids and mineral components. But for the first time it is possible to offer a product to a baby only after 1.5 years.

The dosage should be very small - no more than 2 plant leaves. For any signs of allergies or stomach upset in the baby, wild garlic should be removed from the diet.

Is pickled and salted wild garlic useful?

Since fresh wild garlic can be found only in the summer season, a pickled and salted plant is used in cooking throughout the rest of the year.

The benefits of pickled wild garlic are no less than the valuable properties of a fresh flask. The plant is still:

• has a beneficial effect on the digestive processes;
• lowers cholesterol levels;
• replenishes vitamin deficiencies;
• has a tonic effect.

True, it must be borne in mind that the benefits of salted wild garlic and pickled plants are not the same for everyone. Dishes are high in salt. Therefore, with hypertension or kidney problems, it is better to refuse them in order to avoid harm.

Ramson lowers or increases blood pressure

A fresh plant that has not been salted or pickled is beneficial in lowering blood pressure. Therefore, wild garlic leaves are especially recommended for use for hypertensive patients.

The use of wild garlic for medicinal purposes

The medicinal properties of wild garlic are especially widely used - they are used to prepare decoctions, infusions and homemade ointments. There are proven recipes that bring quick and noticeable results.

Fresh wild garlic juice

The simplest bear onion healing remedy is juice, which contains all the benefits of fresh wild garlic. To get it, you need to grind a sufficient number of leaves by hand or with a blender, and then squeeze the resulting mass through cheesecloth.

Drink juice in the amount of 2 large spoons a day, shortly before eating. It can be consumed both in pure form and with a little water.

• Useful juice helps to lower blood pressure, eliminates the symptoms of intestinal dysbiosis, improves appetite.
• Wild garlic juice acts as an excellent prophylactic agent against atherosclerosis.
• With a severe cold and purulent otitis media, the remedy can be instilled into inflamed ears - in a heated form, in the morning and in the evenings, 4 drops each. A quarter of an hour after instillation, the ear canals must be dried with cotton swabs.
• For cold sores, cuts, burns, and ulcers, you can rub your skin with plant juice several times a day.
• A useful remedy well helps against bleeding gums and toothache - in this case, you need to rinse your mouth with juice twice a day.

Wild garlic infusion

To prepare a healthy infusion, you need to take about 20 g of plant leaves and pour them with a glass of boiling water. After that, wild garlic is either insisted in a dark place for 24 hours, or boiled over a fire for 10 minutes, and then kept in a thermos for another 12 hours.

• With a cold and fever, the benefits of wild garlic tea will appear if you drink it in the amount of 2 cups a day. The remedy will quickly relieve fever and improve well-being.
• In case of kidney ailments, wild garlic infusion is taken three times a day for 2 weeks in a row - in the amount of a third of a glass.
• Infusion of bear onion has anthelmintic properties. To get rid of pinworms and worms, it is recommended to do microclysters at night from infusion mixed with boiled vegetable oil for 2 weeks.

Tincture of wild garlic on vodka

Alcoholic tincture of wild garlic has powerful medicinal properties. To prepare it, you need to take a handful of chopped leaves and plant bulbs, pour them into a glass vessel, pour vodka (so that there is 4 times more alcohol than the raw materials) and close the lid tightly. The tincture is removed in a dry, dark place for 10 days, and when it is ready, filtered before use.

• Most often, the remedy is used to treat and prevent colds, to eliminate inflammation and relieve pain.
• Useful tincture can be used to rinse your mouth and throat.
• For rheumatism and arthritis, the benefits of the herb bulb will manifest itself not only when taken internally. Compresses are made from the tincture for sore joints.

You can take alcoholic tincture inside only in very small quantities. The dosage should be no more than 10 drops of the medicine three times a day. The total duration of therapy should not exceed a month.

Decoction of wild garlic on wine

To prepare another remedy, the leaves of the bear onion are cut, poured into a glass of dry white wine and put on fire. When the product boils, the fire is reduced and the wild garlic is boiled for another 3 minutes. The finished broth is cooled, a large spoonful of natural honey is added to it and mixed.

A useful tool helps well with coughs, fever and runny nose, vitamin deficiency. You need to take a drink in 1 large spoon throughout the day - at intervals of 1.5 - 2 hours.

Mixture for hypertension

A mixture of young leaves and flowers of bear onions helps well against high blood pressure. The components are crushed and mixed, poured into a glass container and poured with vodka. A tightly closed vessel is removed in a dark place for 3 weeks, and then it is filtered off and 20 drops are taken no more often than three times a day.

The effect of the tincture will not appear immediately, but only after a few months. However, with regular use, its properties will help to level out blood pressure.

Gruel for external use

Ramson will promote the healing of wounds and burns, disinfect abrasions and ulcers, and help get rid of lichen, warts and eczema.

The method of its external use is very simple - the fresh leaves of the plant must be rubbed into a fine gruel, and then applied to the affected areas several times a day. You can also make healthy wild garlic compresses for a few hours or overnight.

How much wild garlic can you eat per day

The benefits and harms of wild garlic for the human body are highly dependent on the dosage. You need to eat bear onions in an amount of no more than 10 leaves per day.

What can be prepared from wild garlic and how to use it

The health benefits and harms of wild garlic are also manifested in cooking. Light healthy salads are prepared from the herb, in which the bulb plant can act as the main or additional ingredient.Also add bear onions:

• in soups;
• in side dishes for meat and fish dishes;
• in fillings for pies;
• in stuffed vegetables.

When used in salads, wild garlic is usually flavored with vegetable oil.

Wild garlic salad recipe

The benefits of bear onions are evident in a low-calorie, tasty salad. They do it like this:

• 200 g of fresh green leaves of wild garlic are washed, then torn by hand into small pieces;
• Cut 3 fresh cucumbers and 2 boiled eggs into small cubes or strips, if desired;
• the ingredients are mixed in a large bowl, 6 sprigs of chopped parsley and dill are added to them;
• the salad is salted to taste, seasoned with 2 large tablespoons of olive oil and mixed.

The dish will not do any harm to the figure, but the properties of wild garlic in it will provide the salad with great taste and great benefits.

Pickled wild garlic recipe for the winter

If you want to keep fresh wild garlic for the winter, then pickling it will be most convenient. This requires:

• wash the leaves, put them in a spacious bowl;
• pour 3 large spoons of sugar, 2 large tablespoons of salt into a large saucepan, add a few peas of black pepper and 4 bay leaves;
• pour the ingredients with 1.5 liters of water and add 200 ml of table vinegar;
• bring the mixture to a boil and pour the hot marinade into a bowl of wild garlic.

After that, the marinade is cooled and refrigerated for 3 days. When the preparation is infused, for long-term storage it can be rolled up in sterilized jars - pickled wild garlic will retain its useful properties throughout the winter.

The use of wild garlic in cosmetology

The benefits of the wild garlic manifests itself in homemade beauty recipes. In combination with various ingredients, the plant helps to cope with almost any cosmetic problem.

For facial skin

The plant regulates the oily skin, eliminates acne and pimples, refreshes and nourishes the skin. The following cleansing lotion is popular:

• a few fresh leaves of grass, the flask is cut and poured with vodka in a ratio of 1: 4;
• the product is removed in a dark place for a week;
• when the lotion is ready, filter it and wipe clean face every day before going to bed.

For hair

The properties of the plant help well to strengthen weakened curls and stop hair loss. You can prepare a simple mask like this:

• chop fresh leaves of the plant into gruel;
• rub in a circular motion into the scalp and distribute through the hair;
• leave for half an hour, and then rinse with water.

If you apply the mask at least twice a week, strength will quickly return to the hair, and the volume of curls will noticeably increase.

Harm of wild garlic and contraindications

The properties of wild garlic are not useful for everyone - sometimes the plant is harmful. Contraindications for use will be:

• gastritis with increased acidity;
• pancreatitis;
• stomach ulcer;
• hypotension;
• cholecystitis.

The plant should be used very carefully during pregnancy. When abused, the properties of wild garlic will be harmful - an overdose leads to headaches, tachycardia and insomnia.

How to choose and store wild garlic

It is very easy to choose quality wild garlic in the store - you need to make sure that the leaves are fresh, not sluggish, evenly green and without black spots. Young wild garlic has a pronounced garlic aroma.

A fresh plant is stored for a very short time - only 4 days in the refrigerator. However, the time can be extended if the herb is frozen in a flask at very low temperatures - then it will remain usable for 1.5 years. However, the benefits of wild garlic leaves will decrease.

Conclusion

The benefits and harms of wild garlic depend primarily on compliance with dosages - the plant cannot be consumed in large quantities. With the correct use of fresh leaves and medicinal products based on wild garlic, it will bring great health benefits.