Beautiful shiny hairs and the shining skin is what each woman aspires to, these indicators very much affect attractiveness in general. Various means of expensive and quality cosmetics can help to solve a problem of dim hair and uneven complexion, however it is possible to ask for the help the mother nature who always has in a stock an inexpensive, but the same effective means. Such assistant is the girasol. Let's discuss all its advantages which are successfully applied in the cosmetic purposes.
Short characteristic
The girasol is a long-term grassy tuber crop which contains the mass of useful substances. Its tubers have the extended form because of what it is called still earth pear.
Whether you know? This root received such unusual name from the tribe of the Brazilian Indians of tupinamb together with whom in the 17th century it got to France.
The girasol belongs to crops, it is very unpretentious and can grow practically in any conditions. Often serves as an alternative to potatoes and other vegetables in the food industry due to pleasant tastes and high-vitamin structure. It is used also in the form of a feeding up for the cattle, production of raw materials for technical processing, in cookery, traditional medicine and cosmetology.
Than the girasol in cosmetology is useful
Let's sort in more detail the useful properties which are used in the cosmetic sphere.
The general properties for skin
Having the rich vitamin structure given a root crop is the real gift for our skin. It contains vitamin C, group B vitamins, zinc, phosphorus, iron, silicon, potassium and other minerals, organic acids, cellulose and pectins. These substances stimulate production of collagen and, thereby, smooth skin of all body, remove reddenings, inflammations and the increased dryness.
Apply not only a root, but also girasol leaves to improvement of a condition of skin. Do infusion of them and take then together with it a bath. Such regular bathing procedures will update skin, will remove furuncles and also will save from such skin diseases as eczema and psoriasis.
Separately about the person
Thanks to stimulation of an organism to production of collagen, a mask from a girasol is an effective remedy in fight against wrinkles and uneven skin color of the person. This root crop is also used at preparation of various peelings and masks for disposal of pigmentary spots. Usually through several procedures the result is already very noticeable.
The concentrated juice from a girasol proved in fight against grease traffic jams, an acne and black dots which so bother with the continuous emergence. Even without doing any cosmetic procedures but only eating a girasol daily, you will soon see noticeable result: your skin will be smoothed and will freshen up.
About advantage for hair
The serious lack of iron of an organism very often leads to a severe hair loss or even baldness, and the lack of copper leads to deterioration of hair and early emergence of a gray hair. This simple root crop will save you from all problems at the expense of the high content of iron and copper, and vitamin C will stimulate production of collagen which is responsible for good blood supply of head skin. The juice which is already mentioned above from a girasol will help also with fight against seborrhea, it is recommended to use as conditioner after washing of hair.
Girasol — really improbable product which can not only be eaten with advantage but also to use it for maintenance of youth and beauty.
How to take a bath with earth pear
Bathtubs with a root, leaves or stalks of a girasol are applied not only in cosmetology, but also in traditional medicine to treatment of various illnesses. Learn how it is correct to take a bath with a girasol.
With a fresh product
Very often apply not a root, but green material of a root crop to improvement of a condition of skin of all body:
- For this purpose it is necessary to take 1 part of green leaves on 3 parts of boiled water (about 10 l) and to leave to infuse.
- Further to filter liquid through a sieve and to pour in it in a bathtub with the water temperature of +38-40 °C.
- Take a bath about 15-20 minutes 2 times a week (not less than 10 procedures) — and your skin will rejuvenate, will be smoothed, reddenings, peelings and an acne will be gone.
Such bathtub will also save from eczema and psoriasis.
We use the dried girasol
Broth can be prepared, using also the dried-up leaves:
- For this purpose take 300-500 g of dry leaflets and small stalks, put them in a pan of 5 l and fill in with water.
- Then liquid it is necessary to boil, allow to infuse about two hours, to filter through a sieve and to pour out in a bathtub.
- It is necessary to take a bath about 15 minutes then to be washed in soul.
Important! It is forbidden to take a bath with the dried leaves and stalks of a girasol of subjects who has high pressure!
Such bathtub will refresh skin, will raise its tone, and the pectin which is contained in this plant will bring excess salts out of an organism. After these bathtubs you will feel updated and full of strength.
Girasol and peeling
The peeling won popularity at many women because this procedure helps to refresh the person, to get rid of hated black dots and pimples. Principle of action of any peeling is as follows: at the expense of the small parts which are contained in structure, the horny parts of skin easily peel, and process of regeneration of new skin cells accelerates. And if to remember how many useful substances contain in our root crop, then effect of such peeling has to double at least. So, to prepare peeling structure, it is necessary to crush a root crop in the blender and to squeeze out of it juice. It is necessary to add a spoon of citric acid and couple of drops of citrus oil to the received gruel. This mix the easy massing movements needs to be put on a face and a zone of a decollete and in 5-7 minutes to wash away warm water. For good effect 2 times a week are recommended to hold the procedure.
Face packs
Of course, we cannot disregard such popular cosmetology procedure as face packs. The girasol is used in masks for disposal of various problems connected with face skin. Let's look what.
From wrinkles
To get rid of wrinkles, take fresh tubers of a girasol, carefully wash out them and grate. Tubers it is necessary to take so much that there was enough received weight for uniform distribution to area of the person and if it is necessary, necks. If houses you have a honey, then add also it to weight (at most a tablespoon) as it will enrich structure with vitamins and minerals. Put mix on a face, previously having cleaned it from dirt and skin fat with lotion or tonic, and take on a face of 20 minutes, then wash away. Duration of use of such mask — three weeks, regularity — every other day. If you in such mode do the procedure, then three weeks later all wrinkles will considerably be smoothed, and small, most likely, in general will disappear.
For dry skin
The problem of the increased dryness of skin disturbs many, especially during the winter period when we do not use a lot of liquid, we do not eat enough fresh vegetables and fruit and air in rooms dry because of a heating season. If such problem began to disturb you or you have a dry type of skin in itself, then you will be helped by a moisturizing mask with the crushed tubers of a girasol and olive oil.
For its preparation take a tuber of the average size, crush it and add a half of a tablespoon of oil. It is possible to hold such mask on a face up to 30 minutes and then to wash away warm water. Regularly doing such mask, you enrich your skin with vitamin E and mineral substances which just and are responsible for amount of moisture in an organism.
Important! This mask has also peeling effect therefore it is better to put it with easy massage movements.
Tonic from pimples and black dots
Means from these problems to make very easily: just it is necessary to squeeze out juice of girasol roots. Wipe with the received juice face skin daily — and already shortly you will see that skin got more equal shade, there took place reddenings, and pores were cleaned from grease traffic jams.
For oily skin
Oily skin of the person — not less widespread problem. Owners of such skin complain of black dots, an acne and an unpleasant greasy luster on a face. To forget about these problems, take 50 g of polished roots of earth pear and mix them from 25 ml of low-fat milk.
Put mix on a face and wait a quarter of hour, then wash away warm water. It is better to carry out the procedure before withdrawal for sleeping in the evening, and to wipe a face with fresh juice from a girasol in the morning. After 10-20 days of such daily rituals, your skin considerably will change.
Whether you know? In the chemical composition the tuber of a girasol is very similar to potatoes though it all the same exceeds it by amount of useful substances.
Advantage for hair: the best recipes
As we already know, earth pear is useful not only to our skin, but also to hair. Let's consider of what problems it is possible to get rid, using our wonderful root crop at hair care.
From dandruff
Snowball on the head disturbs many, and special means not always help to solve this problem. And here the girasol proved as one of the most effective means in fight against dandruff. After each washing of the head you apply on hair juice from earth pear as conditioner, and soon from dandruff there will be no trace left also, and hair will gain healthy gloss and will get confused less.
From baldness
From baldness and a severe hair loss such means is useful. Take a pan, fill in it with water and add girasol leaves there. You cook about three hours on small fire, then cool and filter ready broth.
Rub means in hair three times a week and soon you will notice how your head of hear considerably gets denser. There is one more way which is not demanding any preparation: just cut off a piece of a tuber and rub it in hair (in the place of a cut of vegetable). You carry out the procedure several times a week.
For the splitting hair
Apply warm infusion from girasol leaves to disposal of split ends. That to make it, mix 1 tablespoon of the crushed leaves with a glass of boiled water and rinse with it hair after washing.
Whether harm is possible?
Strict contraindications to the use of a girasol were not revealed, it can do harm to a human body only in case of individual intolerance. Also It should be noted that it is necessary to eat it moderately as when overeating this root crop there is a strong gas generation and unpleasant feelings in intestines.
It is important! If you are often pursued by such problem as a meteorizm, then it is not recommended to use a girasol in the raw. At any problems with a GIT it is better to consult with the doctor before using this product.
How to choose earth pear
No matter, where you will buy a girasol — in the market or in shop — you have to know how the fresh root crop has to look. Upon purchase consider its surface: it has to be rough and uneven and also on it there have to be many small hairs. The root has to be firm and not soft. If this is so, then before you a low-quality product which already began to spoil. If above-mentioned indicators are normal, then can safely buy a girasol and use it in the purposes.
Not only girasol: root crops with cosmetic properties
Not only the girasol, but also other root crops, such as ginger, celery and beet is known for the cosmetic properties. We will review briefly, than they are useful and how they can be applied.
Ginger
Ginger stimulates blood circulation and, thereby, promotes improvement of a metabolism in fabrics. He contains a number of vitamins, minerals, amino acids in the structure, fights against harmful microbes. For this reason he received big distribution in cosmetology as means of disposal of pimples. Ginger oils save from furuncles and small hems.
Learn more about advantage of ginger, recipes for tea with ginger, useful properties of marinated ginger and the best cosmetic recipes with a useful root crop.
Face packs with ginger rejuvenate skin, restore its color and level tone. If to begin to eat regularly ginger, it is possible to improve a condition of skin and hair significantly. It is also possible to apply ginger to hair outwardly in the form of masks which will eliminate dandruff, will strengthen a root and structure of a hair, will promote its growth and also will save from fast pollution of head skin. And a pleasant bonus will be the fact that ginger normalizes a metabolism and promotes weight loss that is important for the women keeping the figure. Ginger is often applied in cosmetology in combination with a citrus, honey and clay.
Important! Keep in mind that ginger rather sharp root crop therefore at sensitive skin or any damages of an integument it should not be used. You should not apply it and to people with the increased body temperature and also to pregnant women.
Celery
In a celery all is useful: roots, stalks, leaves and seeds. It contains a set of vitamins and minerals, in it there is a lot of cellulose and absolutely there is no fat. In Greece the ladies used a celery for the body care. Now in cosmetology do a large number of any masks, srubs and tonics on the basis of a celery.
Study features of application of a celery in cosmetology and also learn, than the celery is useful to men.
It does skin and hair healthier and beautiful, rejuvenates skin cells and slows down aging. Essential oil of this root crop removes puffiness and reddenings. It also contains a lot of water that very positively influences skin, doing it elastic and elastic. Therefore if you want to improve the appearance, then the celery is that root crop which will help you with it.
Beet
Beet — one more root crop which is extremely valuable from the cosmetic point of view. Thanks to existence in structure of a large amount of anthocyans, consumption of beet in food very well affects a condition of hair and skin. Vitamin C updates cages and starts process of production of elastin and collagen. The potassium and a betaine which are contained in beet will nourish skin with moisture, and curcumine will clean skin pores from grease traffic jams. By means of beet it is also possible to get rid of freckles and pigmentary spots. Besides everything listed, beet helps to get rid of dandruff and if to rub in roots of hair gruel from beet, your hairs will become shiny and obedient.
Thus, we were convinced that it is beautiful to look it is possible not only by means of cosmetics, but also by means of usual root crops. The girasol, ginger, a celery and beet will become excellent assistants in maintenance of beauty and health.