Mustard oil has been considered the most valuable nutritious product since ancient times. The benefits and harms of this remedy were known to the 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 on an industrial scale began.
Now mustard oil is used as a prophylactic to avoid diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The Ministry of He alth of the Russian Federation recommends the inclusion of this product in the daily diet due to its high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Useful properties of mustard oil allow it to be used in cosmetology. This product is also used to increase the effectiveness of rubdowns and massage. Popularmustard seed oil in the treatment of folk methods.
Useful properties of mustard oil are explained by a wide range of its constituent nutrients. The active components of this product are fatty acids (linolenic and erucic, lagnoceric and peanut, oleic and behenic, dioxystearic, palmitic and linoleic), essential oils (allyl mustard and crotonyl mustard), myrosin (enzyme) and carbon disulfide, sinigrin glycoside and iron, ascorbic acid and calcium, as well as fat-soluble vitamins.
Useful properties of mustard oil make it possible to use it as a means to get rid of the pathologies of the digestive system and diseases of the vessels and heart. This product is effective in the treatment of burns and external wounds. It is also used as a means of bactericidal and antiseptic properties.
The beneficial properties of mustard oil are also manifested in connection with the content of all fat-soluble vitamins in it. These essential elements for he alth differ as follows:
- increase the body's resistance to various infections;
- ensure the normal functioning of the epithelium on the skin and mucous membranes;
- contribute to the development and growth of the body;
- normalize nitrogen metabolism and tissue respiration;
- have a dilating effect on blood vessels;
- increase the elasticity and strength of capillaries, as well as improve their permeability.
One of the active ingredients in mustard oil is beta-sitosterol. Thanks to him, the product is able to show anti-atherosclerotic, estrogen-like, bacteriostatic and antifungal effects. The use of mustard seed oil helps to improve blood composition, as well as increase the number of leukocytes, hemoglobin and erythrocytes. This becomes possible thanks to chlorophylls, which are part of the healing product.
The field of therapeutic use of mustard oil is quite extensive. It is used to treat gout and arthritis. Due to its disinfectant properties, the healing product is popular as a tool that helps to immediately stop bleeding from cuts. The beneficial properties of mustard allow you to use the oil squeezed from its seeds to strengthen the skin and rejuvenate them. The use of this valuable product helps to prevent the appearance of gray hair and suspend the process of hair loss.
Mustard has little and a number of contraindications. It can cause quite serious harm to human he alth in the event that there is a personal intolerance to any of the components that are in its composition. The use of mustard oil is prohibited during exacerbations of diseases of the digestive tract that are chronic. When used externally, the product may cause allergic reactions.
