There are beneficial practices that have been lost over time. These are remedies that come from popular wisdom. Grandmothers know a lot of them, it is well known.
How many times have we found ourselves at a family lunch or dinner discussing socks with vinegar to lower fever, potatoes to treat sunstroke, hot water and lemon for stomach pain. These loving advice should never be mistaken for medical advice but it is still interesting to know its history.
After the great success of “Grandma’s 4 Natural Remedies for Free Dye-Free Red Hair,” today we want to talk about anxiety and insomnia. Sleep disorders and the respective states of anxiety that derive from them or which, in some cases, are the most direct cause, represent a problem today. So, to reduce anxiety and insomnia, here’s a grandmother’s remedy with an easy-to-find seasonal fruit.
The fruits of the jujube
The jujube is a shrub of Asian origin widely cultivated also in Italy. Its fruits are very delicious, oval in shape with a thin and dark brown skin.
Inside, the pulp is green, with a sweetish flavor and a floury consistency. The flavor can easily be compared to that of apple, but more intense and tart.
It is a beautiful tree, resistant to drought and particularly suitable for poor soils. Its fruits reach full ripeness in September-October and it is precisely at this moment that, in markets and gardens throughout Italy, we can find these precious brown eggs.
And as we wrote in “very dangerous to confuse this poisonous fruit with the edible one, the risk is seriously damaging our health” it is important to know how to recognize good fruits from potentially dangerous ones.
To reduce anxiety and insomnia, here is a grandmother’s remedy with an easy-to-find seasonal fruit
A balanced diet is essential to stay healthy and the properties associated with fruit, in this sense, are numerous. By choosing the right fruit you can look younger and more beautiful, but also help your gut and control your blood sugar. Although they should not, in the most absolute way, be mistaken for medical advice, here is illustrated the properties of jujube according to our grandmothers.
It is said, in fact, that from the fruit of the jujube it is possible to obtain a particular flour useful in mood disorders. This flour, made with pulp, peel but, above all, seeds, would seem miraculous in reducing states of insomnia and would help to calm anxiety. The jujube seeds would act as a tonic on the palpitations caused by the emotional state of agitation, giving our body a feeling of relaxation. There is no evidence of this but one thing is certain, jujube flour is delicious and, badly, it can be used in the preparation of irresistible genuine sweets.