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Wheat

Bot.: Triticum aestivum L.

Healing power:
Wheat bran:
- is used for underactivity of the intestines. Wheat bran causes a volume extension of the stool, so that the risk of getting cancer of the intestine is lowered.

- The illness caused by todayīs lifestyle diverticulosis can be relieved by using wheat bran.

- The blood-fat level can be lowered.

- It is prescribed as mildly laxative.

Wheat germs and wheat germ oil:
- prevents arteriosclerosis.

- Applied on the skin, they are good for the skin.

- Wheat germs work protectively against nervousness and stress,

- help for weak concentration,

- They are good for the cell membranes because of the vitamin e.

Wheat germ oil:
- is used as mildly laxative,

- protects the cells,

- lowers blood-fat,

- helps for rheumatism because of the amount of vitamin e,

Wheat germ oil contains the coeferment Q10(Ubichinon). This

- lowers bloodpressure,

- and is positive for the cholesterol level.

Fermented extract from Wheat germs has got
- an positive influence for tumor therapies, especially for colon diseases.

Wheatgrassjuice:
Because of the high amount of chlorophyll of 70 %, Wheatgrassjuice is used in USA in cancertherapies to battle tumors.
The chlorophyll stops the metabolism of the cancer-inducers. Wheatgrassjuice cares for a normal acid-base proportion in the blood. People who are token ill with cancer, always have got acid blood.

How to use:
Wheat bran has to be dissolved in water and then drunken.
Wheat germ oil is used as dressing oil in salads.
Preparation for the wheatgrassjuice:
The wheat corns have to be sowed in your garden or on the balcony.
After 9-14 days you cut the grass and chop it in a mixer. The juice tastes sweet.
Only cut the grass once, because the active substances are build during germination.
Start with 1-2 soup spoons per day. Later drink one glass.

Description of the plant:
Wheat already has been cultivated 8000 years ago. The origin habit is in the Eurasian Area.

Propagation:
Wheat needs well dunged soil.
Wheat is cultivated as Summer- and as Winter wheat. Winterwheat can withstand frost to - 22 °C.

Ingredients:
Starch 58%
Protein 10-13 % (gliadin, glutenin)
The Wheat germ contains: vitamin e (tocopherole, tocotrienole), all of the b-vitamins,except vitamin b12, minerals, trace elements, manganese, zinc, amino acids, fibrous materials, simple and multiple unsaturated fatty acids, carotinoids and phytosterols, lecithin.
The Wheat germ oil contains: linoleic acid 50 %, linolen acid 5-8 %, oil acid 25 %, palmitin acid 7-18 %, phospholipids, glycolipids, steroids, free fatty acids, vitamin e, lecithin, carotinoids, octacosanol.
Wheatgrassjuice contains: vitamins a,b1,b2,b3,b6,b12,c,d,e,h,k, panthothen acid, folic acid.
Amino acids: alanin, amidin, arginin, aspartin acid, cystin, glutamic acid, glycin, histidin, isoleucin, leucin, lysin, methionin, phenylanalin, prolin, tyrosin, trypotophan, threonin, valin.
Minerals: calcium, cobalt, iron, phosphorous, calium, copper, manganese, sodium, iodine, sulphur, selenium, zinc.

Attention: Wheat contains gluten. Some people canīt take gluten.