The most valuable nutritious product since ancient timesmustard oil is considered. The benefits and harms of this remedy were known to healers of ancient Rome and Greece. Mustard oil was also popular in India. There it was used as a remedy for leprosy. In Russia, this product became widespread in the nineteenth century. It was then that its production was started on an industrial scale.
Now mustard oil is used as apreventive means, which allows to avoid diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation recommends the inclusion of this product in the daily diet due to the high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in it.
Useful properties of mustard oil allowuse it in cosmetology. This product is also used to increase the effectiveness of rubbing and massage. Popularity is the use of mustard seed oil when treated with folk methods.
Useful properties of mustard oil are explaineda wide range of its constituent nutrients. The active components of this product are fatty acids (linolenic and erucic, lignoceric and peanut, oleic and behenic, dihydroxystearic, palmitic and linoleic), essential oils (allylorthothyran and crotonylcholine), myrosin (enzyme) and carbon disulfide, sinigrin glycoside and iron, ascorbic acid and calcium, as well as vitamins that are classified as fat-soluble.
Useful properties of mustard oil allowUse it as a means to get rid of the pathologies of the digestive system and diseases of blood vessels and heart. This product is effective in the treatment of burns and external wounds. It is also used as a tool with bactericidal and antiseptic properties.
Useful properties of mustard oil also manifest in connection with the content in it of all fat-soluble vitamins. These elements necessary for health differ as follows:
- increase the body's resistance to various infections;
- ensure the normal functioning of the epithelium on the skin and mucous membranes;
- promote the development and growth of the body;
- normalize the nitrogen exchange and respiration of tissues;
- have an expanding effect on the vessels;
- increase the elasticity and strength of capillaries, as well as improve their permeability.
One of the active substances of mustard oil -beta-sitosterol. Thanks to him, the product is able to show antiatherosclerotic, estrogen-like, bacteriostatic and antifungal effects. The use of oil from mustard seeds helps to improve blood composition, as well as increase the number of leukocytes, hemoglobin and erythrocytes. This is made possible by chlorophyll, which is part of the medicinal product.
Area of medical application of mustard oilis quite extensive. It is used to get rid of gout and arthritis. Due to the disinfecting properties, the curative product is popular as a means of immediately stopping bleeding in cuts. Useful properties of mustard allow the use of oil, squeezed out of its seeds, to strengthen the skin and rejuvenate them. Using this valuable product can prevent the appearance of gray hair and stop the process of hair loss.
Has mustard little and a number of contraindications.It can cause quite serious damage to human health in the case when there is a personal intolerance to any of the components that are in its composition. Use of mustard oil is prohibited in cases of exacerbation of diseases of the digestive tract that are chronic. When used as an external agent, the product can trigger the manifestation of allergic reactions.
