GARROFO
algarrobo ceratonia siliqua
GARROFO
algarrobo ceratonia siliqua
Other Names:
GARROFO
,
Pan de San Juan Bautista
.
Although this tree is grown as food for livestock for millennia throughout the Mediterranean basin, its remarkable medicinal properties were not discovered until
a
few decades ago.
Habitat:
own Mediterranean countries. In
America
, some varieties are known (carob and carob black of the West)
Description:
evergreen
tree, up to 10 meters high, the
family
of legumes. Da fruit with some form of dark
brown
pods, which contain 12 to 16 hard seeds incrustadasen
a
pulp also
brown
and sweet
flavor
.
Used parts:
the fruit (locust
beans
) and seeds (garrofín)
Properties and indications:
fruit pulp, locust
bean
contains abundant sugars (mostly sucrose) and pectin and starch (3. 8%)
protein
(4%) fat (0. 5%) pulp and mineral salts. Locust
beans
are fresh laxatives. Instead, its flour is dry antidiarreica, and also
has
the special property of adsorb toxins from the digestive duct. Achieved excellent results in
childhood
diarrhea
, to the point that it is one of the most commonly used treatment for
gastroenteritis
in infants.
The seeds, called garrofín, are rich in mucilages. From them we get the locust
bean
gum
, which in the
stomach
form
a
viscous gel, which because of its large volume increase by adsorption of liquids in the
stomach
, it provides sensation of satiety and takes away the appetite, so often used in slimming cures. In the gut of locust
bean
gum
is effective emollient (softener) and laxative.
Use:
the meal is prepared with
a
slurry of pleasing
flavor
, which in the short time that
diarrhea
, feeds. The
gum
is sold in capsules or tablets, the usual dose to remove the appetite is 0. 5 to 1. 5 grams of locust
bean
gum
, half an hour before
each
meal, eaten together with
a
glass of water.
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