The beet is a amply well-known plant by all. Their leaves are very great, fleshy and constitute the eatable part of the plant. They are of dark green color and they present/display white betas by all the leaf. The stems are raised, but when they fill of seeds usually they bend by the ends.
The root is very right, quite fleshy and of cylindrical form. One grows up in the orchards of all the country, because it is used abundantly in the feeding. Its origin comes from a plant of the same species, the denominated marine beet, that is born spontaneously in the salt marshes.
Their aspect and properties improved when growing up and to take care of themselves in orchards. They are native of Asia. Their flowers are quite small and of different colors, greenish or reddish. The fruit adheres to the chalice and gets to become ligneous. The seeds are very abundant and they are in the end of the stems. The collected part is the leaves and in some occasions also the roots.
Ever since one began to cultivate its main use is the nutritional one, and thus it is in the tables of several countries. Although she is not excessively flavorful, exist plate infinity that combines it with varied foods more, doing of her something indispensable.
Much in the thinning regimes is used, since nothing gets fat, serves to "engañar to vientre" and to the somewhat diurética being it causes that the leftover liquids are lost by means of tinkles it. It is very difficult that somebody indigeste taking beets, because it is a light food that usually seats enough good to the stomach.
Formerly they were used like homemade remedy in numerous ailments: in order to heal wounds, to cure the scabies, to alleviate burns, in ailments of the liver and bazo.
At the moment its only use is like food, although also they are used to relax the belly in some occasions; but most normal it is than it is replaced by other plants more effective than it stops these necessities.
Cooked: They are possible to be made all type of plates with this plant; normally they are taken boiled and flavored with oil or rehogadas, potatoes or without them.
Juice: A juice with the leaves of the beet is prepared and drop lies down to drop by the nose. Formerly they used this preparing to cure headaches and ear.
Cocimiento: 1 liter of to 50 water is put to boil and they are added from 40 gr.. of leaves and roots. Washing the head with this preparing they are able to eliminate dandruff and liendres.
Hepatoprotector. Diurético. Colerético.
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