In article it is popularly told about advantage of fat. To it preferred at all times, at all without suspecting about its useful and medical properties. A number of recipes is given in article, including ancient, from the national first-aid kit.
Long since in our people fat used special popularity. To it preferred, at all without suspecting that it contains many useful substances, such necessary for a human body. And, first of all, arakhidonovy acid which belongs to nonsaturated fats and takes part in formation of many hormones, in a cholesteric exchange. Biological activity of fat is five times higher, than beef fat. According to the content of other irreplaceable fat acids (about 10 percent) lard prevails over butter. Besides, the modern science argues that quality of lard improves when melting. And its consumption with vegetable salads will prevent atherosclerosis development.
It is necessary to tell that lard at our ancestors was considered irreplaceable at treatment of many diseases. For example, to kill the TOOTHACHE, they took a small slice of unsalted fat and put to a painful tooth between a gum and a cheek for 15-20 minutes. Pain surely abated.
At PAINS in the CALCANEAL SPUR fixed on a sore point a slice of old lard. "Medicine" fixed a bandage or a sock, then imposed polyethylene or pergament paper and dressed one more sock. With such bandage it is possible even to move.
In traditional medicine fat was quite often used (and now too) at treatment of PAINS in JOINTS. Take old fat, pass it through a meat grinder and, having added a little honey, carefully mix. With this mix grease sore points. It is possible to grease also sick joints with a smalets (baked fat). A compress impose for the night and wrap up with a woolen fabric or a scarf.
For HEALING of the Russian Academy of Sciences use the ointment prepared from equal amount of pork fat, fir-tree pitch (zhivitsa) and beeswax. Prepare ointment in the enameled ware on weak fire and at continuous stirring throughout 10-15 minutes. Spill hot in the prepared capacities with a wide neck.
Sometimes after traumas at many people IMPELLENT FUNCTIONS of JOINTS which the mix from 100 g of pork fat with 1 tablespoon of table salt will help to restore are broken. This mix rub in a site of a sick joint and apply warming bandage.
And here some more means from the national first-aid kit.
WARTS well are removed the melted fat mixed with garlic (a ratio 2:1). A mix impose on a wart and change once per day.
Pains at the VEINS VARICOSE EXPANSION eliminate with unsalted fresh fat which put by means of a bandage on places of the greatest inflammation.
There is also ancient national recipe of treatment of ECZEMA: 2 tablespoons of the melted unsalted pork fat mix with 2 proteins of eggs, 100 g of a nightshade and 1 l of juice chistotela. To draw a mix 2-3 days, then to grease sore points.
(On newspaper materials "Uryadoviykur’ yer").