How to use Lepidium

Lepidium Plant

Lepidium sativum, known as Pepper cress, is a herbaceous plant that includes mustard, cabbage, turnip, radish, and watercress. It is not more than 40 centimeters long, has many branches, and produces red and brown seeds. It grows mostly in the Mediterranean basin, especially in the Levant and Turkey, with origins mainly in Eritrea, Ethiopia and the Morocco. Al-Rashad herb can be grown at all altitudes and throughout the year, but the best crops are obtained in the winter season. It can be cultivated without soil using nutrient-fed water, and usually takes two weeks to be ready for consumption.

Rashad is rich in medicinal properties that benefit the great health of its ability to treat many diseases, but must be used according to the recommended quantities so as not to reflect the benefits negatively on health.

How to use lepidium plant

• It is a fast-growing herb that makes it easy to use, and is also characterized by its taste of fresh aromatic flavor, which many people prefer to use in the seasoning of food, especially for the preparation of the special sauce to season lamb on Passover, In addition, all parts are edible, such as leaves, stems and seeds; leaves and stems can be consumed raw or cooked, while the seeds can be roasted and added to many dishes, and the seeds can be used to prepare the drink .
• You can mix seeds of honey to treat diarrhea and dysentery, as well as the use of dipped leaves to treat colic, especially in children.
• It can be mixed with honey and water to form a thick paste and applied to the skin to treat sunburn and solve the problem of dry skin and cracked lips also.
• You can chew the seeds of the herb or mix them with honey for the treatment of fever and associated headaches, sore throat and cough.
• Rashad works to remove insects.
• Maintains hair and beauty, and prevents its fall by washing hair with water soaked Rashad plant.

The nutritional value of the Lepidium plant

The following table shows the nutritional composition of each 100 g of fresh radish:

Health benefits of Lepidium plant

Lepidium has many health benefits including:

• Nourishes the hair and strengthens the follicles, thus help to prolong and intensify and prevent the fall, because of its rich protein and iron.
• Helps to improve and increase the desire and sexual ability, and increase fertility of women, containing estrogen-like plant chemicals, and thus increase the chance of pregnancy by stimulating the ovaries to mature the eggs, and regulates the menstrual cycle in women who suffer from irregularity.
• Cleans the skin, increases its freshness, reduces its imperfections, and treats other skin problems such as leprosy, vitiligo and boils.
• Get rid of the free radicals that result from the metabolism of food in the cells, and thus protect the body from the incidence of cancer tumors.
• Digestive system problems are treated by bulging, constipation and indigestion.
• Maintaining the level of natural sugar in the body without affecting the secretion of insulin.
• It treats some respiratory problems; it expels phlegm, relieves symptoms of asthma, shortness of breath, improves lung function, and is used to treat people with nasal bleeding.
• Maintains the health of the kidney and treats its problems. It works to break the gravel, remove the sand, and is a natural diuretic of urine, which saves the body from swelling.
• Anemia due to iron deficiency is treated with an iron component that helps to increase blood hemoglobin levels over time.
• Strengthens and energizes the body and strengthens the immune system.
• Useful for those who are inactive in the thyroid gland because they contain high amounts of iodine.
• Increases the production of milk and stimulates the glands to initiate the production of milk in lactating mothers, so lactating women are encouraged to eat the plant and rich foods, due to the proportion of protein and iron high in them.
• Strengthens memory because its seeds contain fatty acids that act as a memory booster.

Lepidium consumption precautions

• Caution should be exercised when consuming raspberries in people with frequent urination due to their diuretic properties.
• Caution should be exercised when pregnant women are consumed by pregnant women because of their components that increase uterine contractions and miscarriage early in pregnancy if consumed in excessive amounts, while some women use late in pregnancy to induce uterine contractions and accelerate birth.
• If the rash is consumed in excess amounts, this may increase and speed up the thyroid gland by interfering with the absorption of iodine, which may cause hyperthyroidism in healthy people.