Physalis is often called a tomato, because its fruits are similar to the fruits of tomato, and the plant itself belongs to the family of the nightshade.
In height it reaches one meter.
Its berries are reliably covered with a yellow-orange cover, which is compared with a Chinese flashlight.
Short description
The cover is obtained from connected sepals.
Their growth is faster than the growth of fruits, and when they mature, they change color.
Plant flowers come in different shades:
- bright yellow,
- saturated orange,
- milky white( rare),
- lilac.
Fruits that look like small tomatoes vary in color and tastes:
- from greenish-yellow to orange;
- from a pleasant sweet taste( similar to grape, pineapple and strawberry)
- to bitter and pungent.
Edible kinds of physalis two:
- strawberry,
- vegetable.
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In people, the plant is called in different ways, for example:
- sleepy grass,
- ground cranberry,
- Jewish apple,
- mosquito,
- with cherry cherries.
Where the
occurs. Physalis grows both in forests and in vegetable gardens. Selects the sunlit open spaces:
- edges,
- ravines.
Many gardeners consider Physalis for weed grass and weed it out. Others, on the contrary, are grown as a vegetable to a table or for the sake of attractive flowers.
Most often physalis can be found in:
-
Iraq; - Lithuania;
- of Estonia;
- of Latvia;
- of Bulgaria.
The fruits are growing in the Central Asian states and in the Caucasus. In Russia, there is an inedible kind of physalis - immortelle. Its berries are easy to poison.
Where
is used Some kinds of physalis that can be eaten are used in two areas - medicine and cooking. Fruits are sent to jam, sauces.
They are harvested for the winter - they are salted in cans, marinated. They make delicious candied fruits and fillings for pies.
Berries of individual varieties dry and are used as raisins. To taste it is surprisingly similar to the usual grape due to the sugar content of the composition.
Gourmet cooks add physalis juice to fish and meat dishes, and this greatly improves the taste of the dishes. And the fruits in cooked form go for decorations for cakes and cakes.
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Folk recipes
Edible physalis is a very useful plant.
In all its components a huge number of biologically active components, therefore in cooking and medicine, fruits, leaves, roots and even seeds are used.
The fruits of the plant are rich in sugars, vitamin C, pectin, carbohydrates.
They contain tannins, useful micro and macro elements, organic acids, necessary for the human body.
The leaves contain a lot of flavonoids , carotenoids( about the benefits and harm of raw carrots written in this article), steroids. Roots are used for the sake of alkaloids. Oil is extracted from the seeds.
Berries have found application in medicine as a medicine having a large spectrum of action. They:
- is disinfected,
- stops the inflammation process,
- weakens the pain.
Berries have a choleretic and diuretic effect.
They are often used to treat:
- respiratory ailments,
- lowering blood pressure( about treatment folk remedies read here),
- disposal of dysentery,
- eliminating symptoms of dermatosis.
If you take a decoction of tinctures from the fizalis, you can heal from hepatitis, rheumatism and cystitis.
With the help of the tool it is possible:
- to remove edema,
- to remove stones from the kidneys,
- to overcome bronchitis and gout( how to treat at home),
- to soften the pain from bruising.
From the leaves and covers of , in which the fruits are clothed, curative teas for hypertensive patients are prepared.
If the gonorrhea has overtaken, dysentery or dermatosis develops, drink juice and eat the freshly harvested fruit of physalis.
These same parts of the plant cope with respiratory diseases.
Central Asian people treat anemia with fruits of physalis and recommend to elderly people who have age constipation.
Fans of traditional medicine advise to eat fresh washed fruits without any treatment for 5-10 pieces several times a day on an empty stomach.
For people with high blood pressure , traditional healers prescribe tea, brewed on leaves and shells of fruit.
Bulgarians prepare decoctions of the Physalis and drink to recover from:
- gout and jaundice,
- relieve back pain with rheumatism and gastrointestinal colic,
- relieve urination,
- eliminate hemorrhoids.
For those diagnosed with cholecystitis , it is also advised to take fruit decoctions of physalis.
Treatment of children
It is interesting to treat the residents of the village of Garm of the Republic of Tajikistan with a physical diagnosis of their children.
They extract the juice of the plant, and the fruits are ground into a gruel.
Then combine these ingredients with milk and put on a weak fire. A ready-made and slightly chilled drink is given to children who have laryngitis, angina or stomatitis.
According to Tajik doctors , taking medication 3-4 times a day cures the child in four days. And if you continue treatment even after full recovery, the disease will not come again.
When to collect
In ancient times, people specially went to the forest to collect the fruits of the physalis: they were eaten to cure diseases of the endocrine and digestive systems.
Useful properties of
The scientist and doctor of antiquity Ibn Sina claimed that the physalis on properties is similar to the nightshade.
He recommended patients have healing fruits every day to:
- eliminate the symptoms of bronchial asthma,
- recover from jaundice,
- heal the ulcer,
- regulate the functioning of the urinary system.
Today, physalysis is used to treat stomach, duodenal ulcers, diabetes mellitus, cholecystitis and hypertension. It is used as a multivitamin.
In order to get the effect, you need only fresh and ripe fruits of Physalis. If they are small in size, then at one time you can eat 15 pieces, and if the berries are large - then 5-6 pieces. Eat a quarter of an hour before eating.
For those who have an increased acidity of gastric juice, the dosages are different:
- 5-7 small fruits or 2-3 large ones to eat right before meals.
Gradually, if the state of health improves, portions are increased to 8-15 berries.
Fizalis fruits are also used as a homeopathic remedy. They treat urolithiasis.
How to grow a Physalis, which can both feed and cure, look in the video.
