Arkan III Minerals
Proposed traditional medicine drugs are various ways to ensure the body potassium. After all, plants (buds, leaves, stems, roots, tubers, fruits) are storehouses of potassium. What is potassium?
Potassium - a chemical element of Group I of the periodic system of elements. It is silvery white, soft and low melting point metal. He was cut with a knife, floating in the water erupts in it with an explosion and fire, staining the flames in purple.
Potassium is widely distributed in nature. He is a member of several hundreds of minerals. He was everywhere - in soil, plants, humans and animals. This is a permanent part of the tissues of plants and animals. Daily requirement of potassium in an adult is 2 - 3 grams and is met by the meat and vegetable products. In infants, the daily need for potassium is 30 mg per 1 kg of weight and is satisfied by breast milk. Marine organisms extract potassium from the water, plants - from the soil.
Potassium ions are involved in conducting nerve impulses in regulation of contraction of the heart and other muscles, normalize blood pressure and activate certain enzymes. The metabolism of potassium is closely related to carbohydrate metabolism, potassium ions affect protein synthesis.
Released potassium in the urine. The potassium content in blood and tissues regulate corticosteroids, adrenal hormones.
In plants, potassium is distributed very unevenly. In the roots and seeds of his less than in vegetative organs. In young plants, it more than the old ones. A lot of potassium in the beans, beets, potatoes, nettles, carrots, horseradish, dried fruits, apples, grapes and stone fruits (20 - 30 g per 1 kg of dry matter).
Potassium belongs to the essential minerals, without it life is impossible in principle. Nature has generously "scattered" all over it, he is the most abundant mineral element. But does not occur in pure form, and in connection with the acid.
With a lack of potassium in soils slows the growth of plants.
The official medicine used acetate CH 3 COOK as a diuretic for edema caused by congestive heart failure, and chlorite KC1 as a means of restoring the loss of body fluids.
The required content of potassium in the body allows him to prevail in the fight against various kinds of bacteria.
Minerals that are part of the food consumed are necessary for the assimilation of food cytoplasm of cells. Protoplasm - the source of the cell's life, it controls their growth and health. If in the process of cooking destroys potassium, this can lead to deficiency in the body.
