Persimmon for health and beauty

Persimmon is a subtropical plant, otherwise called "diospyros". It is translated from Latin as "food of the gods". China is considered the homeland of this plant, but it grows in almost all countries of Southeast Asia. There they eat it both fresh and dried, make jam, jelly, candied fruits, marmalade. In 1889, it was brought from France to Sukhumi, where they also began to cultivate it.

The fruits contain a lot of glucose and sucrose, about 20%, and in their sweetness persimmons compete with figs and grapes. The best way to preserve persimmons for the winter is to simply dry them. Persimmons are rich in organic acids, iron, potassium, manganese, copper, vitamins C and R.

There is a lot of iodine in the fruits, an element, the lack of which is observed in almost all residents of Russia, except for those who live on the seashore. In case of vitamin P deficiency, fragility, fragility and permeability of capillaries increase, small skin hemorrhages may appear. A close biological relationship has been established between vitamins P and C.

People in China, Korea and Japan have revered this plant for centuries. Indeed, in their opinion, this fruit symbolizes joy, prosperity, strength and victory.

Now let's find out how to use orange fruits to heal the skin and the body as a whole.

At home, you can prepare a cream, lotion, face and body masks, and even use for a bath.

Prepare the cream from 1 tbsp. tablespoons of persimmon gruel, 1 tbsp. tablespoons of butter, egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of honey. Mix everything until smooth and you can use it. Apply the cream for 20-30 minutes, remove the excess with a napkin.

How to prepare lotion?
One of the best and most affordable recipes contains the juice of one persimmon, which must be filtered and added to 1/2 cup of still mineral water and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. All ingredients are mixed. Now you can use it by wiping the skin of the face and neck. It is usually recommended to leave the product on the skin for 20 minutes and then rinse with warm water. If the skin is oily, exclude olive oil from the ingredients.

Masks
Masks can be used for all skin types. You can simply wipe the face and neck with the fruit gruel and rinse off with warm water after 20 minutes. You can add 1 / 2h to the persimmon gruel (1 tablespoon). spoons of starch or oatmeal. Apply the mixture to the skin and rinse off with warm water after 10-15 minutes. These masks are rejuvenating and nourishing.

Persimmon is also very useful for aging skin, as it makes the skin firm and elastic. In this case, the following recipe is suitable: mix the pulp of a ripe persimmon with cream (1: 1), beat thoroughly into a homogeneous mass and apply on the face and neck. Rinse off with warm water after 30 minutes. This course is designed for 20 masks, but you need to do it 2 - 3 times a week.

Cream can be replaced with 1 tbsp. a spoonful of cottage cheese and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of kefir, rubbing all the ingredients with the pulp of one ripe persimmon. This mask should be kept for a little less than -15 minutes. After 2 months, you will see that the skin is fresh, firm and radiant.

Anti-cellulite mask
It is necessary to grind the pulp of two fruits with three tablespoons of sea salt and add 2 tbsp. tablespoons of orange juice and lemon... Mix everything and rub into previously steamed problem areas with massaging movements. Then rinse off under a strong stream of warm water and take a contrast shower. The procedure should be done every other day within a month.

And a rejuvenating bath is even easier. It is necessary to pour a glass of dried persimmon leaves into a saucepan, pour boiling water over it, put on low heat and bring to a boil, then insist for 30 minutes. Pour the resulting infusion of leaves into the bath. The procedure should be taken for 15 - 20 minutes, preferably daily for a month. Before the bath, you should take a shower and rub the body with a hard washcloth, but after the bath, do not rinse, just pat the body with a towel.