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Artichoke
The artichoke contains an important set of antioxidants:
phenolics and anthocyanins.
In the acid artichoke :
chlorogenic, cyanidin and silymarin.
It consists of dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals, copper, vitamin B9, vitamin K, iron, magnesium, manganese, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B5 and vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium and Zinc.
Artichoke also insulin
Disorders overweight, gout attack.
Diseases dermatoses, liver attack, billiary crisis, depurative.
Beneficial Choleretic, cholagogue, diuretic
Artichoke description
It is a well-known plant, it produces its fruit two to three times a year and there are only three varieties. It is perennial, it is on a long thick stalk and sometimes measuring 2 meters in height. It has large leaves that are streaked with grooves and often thorny. The fruit or flower head is the only really edible part that we know well, but we also eat the base of the leaves. All of the flowers of the artichoke are blue-violet and have a tuft of hairs at the top that will allow the birth of this vegetable.
Artichoke culture
It is a mainly Mediterranean plant, which originated in North Africa, Egypt and Ethiopia. Being able to produce several times a year rather tends to exhaust the riches of the soil for this, it needs a well rich and drained soil. Italy is the country which produces the most in the world, then Spain, Egypt, and then Peru and Argentina, but also China and Morocco, the United States then France. / p>
Artichoke composition
It also contains a host of important antioxidants in both phenolic compounds and anthocyanins. It contains chlorogenic acids, cyanidin, as well as cyranine and silymarin and many more antioxidants as well as inulin. Inulin is a sugar that cannot be digested or absorbed, but will be fermented by the bacterial flora of the colon, it is referred to as a prebiotic, which makes it useful in gut health and digestion.
It contains a large amount of dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals, copper, vitamin B9, vitamin K, iron, magnesium, but also manganese, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B5 and vitamin C. But it is not finished it also contains calcium, phosphorus, potassium and Zinc.
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Its medicinal virtues
It is a specific plant known for the good mechanism of the liver and gallbladder. Ideal for soothing our body after heavy meals. The artichoke is choleretic because it stimulates the production of bile. It is cholagogue because it facilitates its evacuation to the intestine. Also diuretic because it increases urine volume. Therefore, the artichoke by its three properties is useful for liver and urinary disorders. The inulin in artichoke can help control blood sugar levels. Thanks to its fiber content it brings rapid satiety. It also allows a better approach to the constipation disorder by anticipating it.
Artichoke other uses
The leaves of the artichoke are used in the composition of certain alcoholic drinks such as Cynar which is an artichoke wine. Parts of the artichoke (the hay after drying) are used to curdle the milk. It will soon be possible to cultivate the artichoke in the North of the globe by circumventing the problems associated with extreme cold as in Canada.
He helps to heal
Obesity, gout attack, biliary crisis, depurative of the liver, choleretic, cholagogue, diuretic.
