Top Skin Benefits of Strawberries: Natural Treatment for Glowing and Youthful Skin
In some Arab countries, the fruit is called by several different names, including: Shalik, Freeze, and Strawberry. Although strawberries are a vegetable, most people eat them as a nutritious, refreshing summer fruit. To the point that one of the French centenarians confirms that strawberries are the first to be credited with his passing the age of one hundred, as a result of his regular eating of them in their season since he was a young boy, which is what made him enjoy his health and vitality now.
Nutritional benefits
The fruits contain about 89.5% water, 0.8% protein concentrated in its small grains, 0.1% fat, 0.8% sugar, 5% fiber, with vitamins A, which reach about (90 international units) per hundred grams, vitamin B (0.6 mg), vitamin A (8-6 mg), and vitamin K, with malic acid, natural digestive salicylic acid, and mineral salts, the most important of which are calcium, phosphorus, and iron in sufficient proportions. Although strawberries contain a large amount of sugars, they are the type of fruit sugar that does not harm diabetics. In fact, strawberries are one of the fruits permitted for diabetics without any reservations.
Therapeutic properties
Eating strawberries helps increase the alkalinity of the blood, thus reducing its acidity, which helps in preventing and treating rheumatism and purifying the blood. It has also been shown that the fruit contains a high percentage of the element silica, which is useful for treating cancer. Since it also contains salicylic acid, it is considered useful for liver and kidney disease and rheumatism. Strawberries are a diuretic, a nerve relaxant and an aid to digestion.
It is prescribed to treat cases of
Arthritis, liver problems, urinary tract stones, arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure, pulmonary tuberculosis, gallstones, general weakness, dysuria.
Internal uses:
For the previous cases, the fruits are used as they are or their juice is sweetened with honey or rock sugar or without, according to preference. The appropriate dose is 2-3 cups per day.
External uses:
To cleanse oily skin, use mashed fresh strawberries as a mask for the face and neck, and remove it after half an hour with regular water, then with rose water.
To remove skin impurities, use a paste made of three fresh strawberries with a spoonful of pure honey to make a skin mask, which should be removed after half an hour.
To combat wrinkles and maintain skin freshness, use mashed strawberries as a face mask for at least 25 minutes, then wash with alkaline water made from 15 grams of baking soda powder with a liter of water.
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