CASSAVA
manhiot esculenta
CASSAVA
manhiot esculenta
Other Names:
Aypí
,
cassava
,
Mancobra
,
cassava
, manioc, Pan de Tierra Caliente, White Sago,
Tapioca
.
Cassava
is
a
highly valued food plant in hot countries. However, the consumption of its crude root causes
a
serious poisoning, even deadly. That's because it contains cianogenéticos glycosides, which
release
poisonous hydrogen cyanide. Fortunately, these toxic substances disappear easily with the heat.
Habitat:
native to
Brazil
. Extended by all tropical and subtropical regions of
America
, Asia and Africa. It
was
well suited to land - poor and dry.
Description:
shrub of the
family
of Euforbiáceas with woody stems, upright and gnarled, up to 2 meters in height. The tuberous root is white, up to one meter long and 20 cm in diameter.
Used parts:
the tuber (stem) roasted or cooked.
Properties and indications:
the root contains up to 40 '% from carbohydrates (mainly starch)
but
very poor in proteins and lipids (fats) Hence, its nutritional value is limited, and that's why
cassava
should not form the basis of the diet. It's digestive, emollient (softener and anti - inflammatory) and slightly astringent.
Is elaborated
tapioca
- based starch in the form of
cassava
flour. It is very easy to digest, and it is recommended in case of
gastritis
, gastroduodenal ulcer,
dyspepsia
(bad digestion) and hiperclorhidria (excess acidity) He also agreed the
gastroenteritis
,
diarrhea
and
colitis
. It is ideal food for debilitated patients with poor digestive capacity.
Externally, the
tapioca
is applied in cataplasms hot with
lemon
juice, to
mature
furúnculos,
grains
infected and abscesses. Also in healing the injuries of erysipelas (skin
infection
caused by streptococcus)
Use:
flour milling the tuber is obtained by heat past, it
was
developed with diverse culinary preparations. Externally it is used in cataplasms that are prepared by adding
lemon
juice to flour. You have to apply hot.
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