Useful bush common hazel

In the deciduous forests of America and Europe, thickets of hazel are often found. It is a beautiful and useful shrub whose fruits are loved by many. Leshchina common belongs to the Berezov family. In the world there are about twenty different kinds of hazards.

Cultivated hazel everywhere, but its range in nature covers the Caucasus, the Middle East and Europe. The common hazel grows as an undergrowth in bright, lush and deciduous forests. Thickets Rise in the mountain forests of the Caucasus to a height of more than 2000 meters above sea level. Reproduction of hazel is vegetative, by the growth of the root system. Thus hazel quickly fills the forest areas, due to what is considered a forestry weed plant. It grows mainly in the shade, does not tolerate the sunny slopes, but in the deep shade fructifies worse, gives a smaller nut. The hazel is demanding to the ground, prefers rich in humus, loose forest soils.

Applying hazel

Common hazel is not only famous for its fruits, but also used as a source of fine wood, known throughout the world. Wood hazel is valued for its strength, density and flexibility. Young trunks are used in the manufacture of bent products - furniture, stairs, etc. Charcoal, obtained from hazelnut, is used to make pencils and gunpowder. The bark is used in medicine and leather tanning. Tannins and essential oils, which are part of the bark of hazel, have vasoconstrictive effect. From the bark of hazel (1 tablespoon crushed bark to a glass of boiling water), prepare a decoction, which is used to treat the expansion of veins. Decoction of leaves used for prostatic hypertrophy.

Hazelnut - the cultural form of hazel

Hazelnut is a cultivated descendant of wild common hazel. Sometimes it is called a Lombard nut. What is the reason for the appearance of this name is unknown. For a long time hazelnut was considered a magic nut, which gives vitality and can prolong life expectancy. According to historians, when wheat and rice ended in villages, people used hazelnuts for food, which they ate in any form: raw, fried, in the form of butter and pasta. In this way, people experienced hunger and survived.

The hazelnut contains 60% of the oil, which contains organic acids, up to 20% of proteins, minerals: iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium, etc., as well as vitamins B and E, which also contains hazel. Nut is especially useful to a growing body and people, exhausted diseases.

Lombard nut is useful for the treatment of diseases of the circulatory system. Potassium and calcium, which are part of the nut, have a beneficial effect on the smooth muscles of the heart and the walls of the vessels, making them flexible and flexible. Also, hazelnut and common hazel is used for blood diseases, including anemia. Hazelnut is useful for thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, trophic ulcers of the lower leg, as well as for problems with capillaries.

Walnut hazelnut is used to cleanse the body. Especially it is good for cleaning the liver. Paclitaxel, a substance contained in hazelnuts, has anti-carcinogenic properties. Mixing the egg white with walnut oil, you can get an excellent anti-burn agent.

Hazelnut is a very high-calorie product. It is 8 times more calorie than chocolate, 3 times more calorie than bread, 7 times milk. So, after eating 200 grams of hazelnuts, you can get half the daily calorie rate. The daily norm of consumption of hazelnut is 30-50 grams. If you exceed this rate, you can earn a headache. The fact is that excessive use of hazelnut leads to spasm of cerebral vessels. When opening the shell in the nut gets air, because of which there is a breakdown of vitamins and mineral salts, so it is better to buy hazelnuts in the shell.