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Millet
Cultivation, beneficial properties and recipes for the use of millet
Botanical characteristics of millet
Millet is a low annual plant with fibrous roots that penetrate 1.5 m into the soil. The stems of the plant are cylindrical, with many nodes, branching from the root. On the hollow stems, alternate green or red leaves are located. The inflorescence of the plant is a panicle with spikelets at the ends of twigs of two colors. Each spikelet has 2 flowers: one is bisexual, and the other is asexual or staminate. The fruit of the plant is a caryopsis, oval or round, but also elongated. The caryopsis can be white, red, yellow and other colors.
This plant does not grow wild. It is grown in Eurasia.
Growing millet
Millet is grown only by seed method. Sowing seeds is carried out in dry soil. After sowing the seeds, they are rolled up with rollers so that the soil warms up and moisture from the lower layers goes to the upper layers of the soil - this will lead to the rapid emergence of seedlings. Before sowing seeds, they can be soaked for 2-3 days, so that the seedlings appear a week ahead of schedule. Millet grows very slowly during the growing season, but weeds grow much faster, so millet should be grown in places that are free of weeds. The plant ripens in the middle of summer.
Millet is very good at fertilizing. Chernozem soils are best suited for growing millet. During the period of intensive growth, millet needs nitrogen fertilization. In order for the plant to be strong, it must be watered regularly.
Useful properties and uses of millet
Millet has diuretic and diaphoretic properties, therefore it is used in the treatment of dropsy. Due to the content of manganese, copper, proteins and potassium in millet, it is used for anemia. Magnesium contained in the plant dilates blood vessels, so it is used for high blood pressure. Millet is able to remove the remnants of antibiotics from the body, protecting the intestinal mucosa from their effects. The plant is an agent that slows down tumor growth. Millet is used for bone fractures and wounds.
Traditional medicine uses little millet, although it gives the body strength, strengthens it. The plant is useful for people who are sick with psoriasis, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerosis. Millet is used in medical diets.
Millet for pancreatic disease and pancreatitis. Take a glass of millet and rinse it. Place the grain in an enamel bowl and cover with 2 liters of water. Put on fire until the millet is fully cooked. Grate 1 cup pumpkin and add to the millet porridge. Keep on fire for another 20 minutes and add salt, a tablespoon of olive oil, then remove the product from heat. This porridge should be used instead of dinner. This porridge will relieve inflammation in the pancreas. The same medicine can be used for night blindness.
Millet with a tumor. Take 1 tablespoon of millet and mix with the same amount of chopped straw. Pour all 500 ml of water, put on fire until boiling and keep on fire for 15 minutes. We remove the composition from heat and leave to infuse for 2 hours in a warm place in a sealed container. The broth is drunk warm, 100 ml three times a day.
Millet for sinusitis. You need to take millet and ignite it in a "frying pan". Warm roasted millet should be placed in a bag and applied to the maxillary sinuses.
Decoction for conjunctivitis. Take 1 tablespoon of millet and rinse it thoroughly. Fill with a glass of water and set on fire for 15 minutes. Remove from heat, wrap and hold for 2 hours. Having filtered the broth, they wash their eyes twice a day: in the morning and before bedtime.
Millet for hypertension. Take 3 tablespoons of millet and rinse it. After drying the grain, it must be ground with a coffee grinder. You need to eat all this mass in a day. The course of treatment is 1–2 months. Millet cannot be washed down. Millet powder is prepared every day, because if you cook a lot of powder, it will lose its beneficial properties.
Millet for depriving. It is recommended to take millet and cook it on the fire. When foam appears on the surface of the water, it must be removed and the wounds should be anointed in a warm form. Such procedures are done several times a day.
Contraindications to the use of millet
Older people should not eat millet in large quantities and often, as this can cause them to become constipated. People with high stomach acidity may suffer from heartburn.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
