Trace minerals, essential amino acids, vitamins, certain substances with antioxidant effect, - that is not a complete list of the contents of almond grains. There are two varieties of almonds: sweet and bitter. Sweet almond, especially in a mixture with sugar, is very useful in the throat and bronchial diseases, as well as anemia and headache. It is more effective if it is used with fruit sugar (fructose). Almonds are also very good at helping with gastric ulcer and increased acidity of gastric juice.
Bitter almonds also can be used for medicinal purposes in fresh form, but only at very low dose - no more than a few grains a day. Almonds are indispensable as an analgesic and anticonvulsant, and almond oil gives an excellent result for ear infections (eg, otitis, sulfur "traffic jams"). It is used in the form of drops of 3-5 drops into each ear canal.
Almonds - a very high-calorie food (100 grams of almonds contains about 600 calories), so it is used since ancient times in medicine for the treatment of malnourished, debilitated patients. Along with "weight gain" almonds helps cleanse the body of accumulated toxins and other harmful substances. In addition, he is considered one of the best means for the normalization of the bowel.
It should be emphasized that all these healing properties inherent only "fresh" grain walnut, not heat-treated. If the grain walnut fry or bake, it is, alas, only retain excellent taste.
Of course, almonds also has contraindications. It is a potent allergen, and is therefore contraindicated in individuals with hypersensitivity to it. Furthermore, due to extremely high caloric almond should not be consumed by people who are prone to obesity. It should also be remembered that the unripe almonds can be toxic (due to the content of hydrocyanic acid and its salts).