Buckwheat is a storehouse of useful microelements. But few people know about the healing properties of green sprouted buckwheat. Meanwhile, in the diet, green buckwheat sprouts can become a source of strength and health.
Sprouted buckwheat has a complex effect on the human body:
- Strengthens and cleanses blood vessels, increases the body's immunity.
- Increases sexual, mental, creative and physical activity.
- Acts as a natural doping and antidepressant, improving well-being and reducing fatigue.
- Breaks down unnecessary fat and improves metabolism, contributing to weight loss.
- Sprouted buckwheat contains an increased amount of enzymes that promote the activation and normalization of digestion.
- Green sprouted buckwheat is an excellent preventive drug that reduces the risk of cancer. The increased content of antioxidants promotes the removal of free radicals, thereby producing an anticarcinogenic and antitumor effect.
Sprouted buckwheat is recommended for a number of ailments and diseases: atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes mellitus. It is also recommended for the treatment of diarrhea, as well as infectious diseases - scarlet fever, whooping cough, measles, tonsillitis. This is due to the fact that thanks to the sprouted buckwheat, toxins are intensively eliminated from the body.
Sprouted buckwheat serves as an excellent remedy for restoring strength after childbirth and operations, protracted serious illnesses, and irradiation. It is useful for pregnant women to eat it, to reduce toxicosis. This unique product is also useful for glaucoma, as it reduces intraocular pressure.
Buckwheat has a beneficial effect on blood vessels. Thanks to the richest spectrum of trace elements, it serves as a prophylactic agent and alleviates the symptoms of such ailments as varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, hemorrhoids, various bleeding associated with the fragility of blood vessels.
Sprouted buckwheat oil has a great effect on the skin and hair, therefore it can be used in homemade natural cosmetics: it can be used in its pure form, it can be added to creams, rubbed into hair and scalp to strengthen hair and relieve irritation or flaking.
What grains do you need to buy for germination?
Ordinary brown buckwheat is not suitable for germination. Only "live", "green", not thermally processed, fresh buckwheat is germinated. If it is not cleaned, it should be carefully and delicately, so as not to damage the embryos, to clean the grains from dark films, where, like in a capsule, grains with embryos are contained. It is best to buy green buckwheat at a pharmacy or from a manufacturer - that is, directly "from the field".
How do you sprout green buckwheat at home?
- Pour buckwheat into a bowl or a large pan with low walls, rinse it several times with cold running water and leave it in water for 2-3 hours so that the grains are soaked and unnecessary starch is removed.
- We wash the soaked buckwheat several more times until the water becomes clear and the buckwheat is clean.
- We drain the water and dry it in the open air. After that, pour the buckwheat into a bowl or saucepan, cover it with a lid or plate and put it in a cool, shaded place (but not in the refrigerator!). It is important that the lid does not seal the buckwheat tightly, the grains need air.
- After 12 hours, buckwheat must be carefully washed so as not to damage the grain structure.
- Buckwheat sprouts can be eaten a day after the first sprouts appear.
How is sprouted buckwheat used in homemade food?
- Sprouted buckwheat can be lightly steamed and eaten without any additives, almost raw.
- Sprouts also go well with avocados, bananas and apples, figs, dried apricots, raisins and prunes, as well as walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts. A mixture of these products in the form of porridge or salad will become a real treasure of healing energy.
- "Raw porridge" from sprouted buckwheat goes well with meat, fish dishes, poultry. To do this, it is enough to lightly steam it and season it to taste - vegetable or butter, kefir, yogurt, sour cream or broth.
- Sprouted buckwheat, like sprouted wheat, can be added to fruit and vegetable salads, combining the ingredients at your own discretion.
Despite the wide range of applications, sprouted buckwheat has some contraindications. The use of sprouted buckwheat is not recommended for people with individual allergic reactions to this product, as well as for peptic ulcer disease. You should also not consume this product at night.
