The interpretation of the Tatar quinoa. Types of quinoa Method for making spices

A. laciniata auct., non L.

Morphological features

Spring annual plant 15-50 cm high. The root is taproot, strong. Cotyledons 12-24 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, linear-ovate. The epicotyl is low. The hypocotyl is slightly pinkish-green dorsally. Stem erect or ascending, glabrous, often reddish when fruiting. The leaves of the first pair are petiolate, 12-25 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, ovate, rarely elliptical, unevenly wavy-toothed along the edge. From above and especially from below the plates are covered with a silvery powdery coating. The leaves are grayish-green, lighter on the underside, oblong-ovate, triangular-ovate, less often lanceolate or spear-shaped, 1.5-8 cm long, 0.5-5 cm wide, unevenly serrated along the edge, rarely almost entire.

The upper leaves are covered with silvery scales, especially densely on the lower surface. Flowers in glomeruli in leaf axils in common spicate, leafy at the base, inflorescences. Bracts are up to half fused, rhombic, more or less three-lobed, with protruding veins, hardening when the fruit ripens, with more or less pronounced outgrowths on the back, serrated along the edge. The fruit is round-squeezed, straw-yellow or whitish-yellow small-pointed shiny nutlet, in perianth, 2-2.5 mm long, 3-4 wide, 1-1.5 mm thick. Seeds 2.5-3 mm in diameter (Lomonosova, 1992).

Not all authors consider A. laciniata synonymous A.tatarica. In the Flora of Europe, for example, A.tatarica and A. laciniata divided according to the structure of inflorescences. At A.tatarica inflorescences are leafless, apical, often long, while in A. laciniata leafy inflorescences. In addition, these species are distinguished by size: A. laciniata- dwarf plant up to 30 cm high with small leaves, while A.tatarica- large quinoa up to 150 cm high with large leaves.

natural range

The natural range includes the following areas: North Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia), Western Asia (Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Turkey), Transcaucasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan), RF (Caucasus, Dagestan, Altai, Western Siberia, south of the European part), Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan), Mongolia, China, Pakistan, Central Europe (Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland), Eastern Europe (Belarus, Ukraine), south Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, countries of the former Yugoslavia, France, Spain).

Control measures

Preventive methods include cleaning of seed material, early autumn plowing with preliminary peeling, timely pre-sowing treatment and loosening of row-spacings. To destroy populations A.tatarica herbicides are used: 2,4-D in grain crops, 2M-4X - flax, simazine - in corn crops, treflan - on cotton plantations, weeds are being destroyed on uncultivated lands [Encyclopedia of agriculture, 2008].

Leaves Atriplex tatarica covered with white coating

resettlement Atriplex tatarica in Central Russia

Implementation Atriplex tatarica to meadow communities

Bloom Atriplex tatarica

is one of the plants of the family called haze, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Atriplex tatarica L. As for the name of the Tatar quinoa family itself, in Latin it will be like this: Chenopodiaceae Vent.

Description of the Tatar quinoa

The Tatar quinoa is an annual herbaceous plant, the height of which will fluctuate between ten and one hundred centimeters. The stem of this plant can be both straight and ascending, and is also branched. All leaves of the Tatar quinoa will be notched-toothed, alternate, they can be either oblong-ovate or triangular-ovate. Such leaves can sometimes be almost three-lobed, often hairy along the very edge, on both sides or only below they will be silvery mealy. The glomeruli of the Tatar quinoa consist of male flowers and they are collected in dense spikes, which will only be leafy at the very bottom. The female flowers of this plant are collected in small numbers in the axils of the leaves. The bracts of the Tatar quinoa to the middle will be fused and rhombic-sagittate. Flowering of this plant at the end of the summer period.
Under natural conditions, this plant is found on the territory of the Crimea, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, in the south of the Obky, Irtysh, Verkhnetobolsky and south-west of the Altai region of Western Siberia, as well as in the European part of Russia, with the exception of only Ladoga- Ilmensky, Karelian-Murmansk and Dvinsko-Pechora regions. For growth, this plant prefers the banks of rivers, ditches, canals, salt marshes, solonetsous meadows, garbage places, rocky slopes, forming thickets.

Description of the medicinal properties of the Tatar quinoa

The Tatar quinoa is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the herb and seeds of this plant for therapeutic purposes. The concept of grass includes flowers, stems and seeds of the Tatar quinoa.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of coumarins, alkaloids and flavonoids in the Tatar quinoa, while the seeds contain saponins.
As for Turkmenistan, a decoction prepared on the basis of the leaves of the Tatar quinoa is quite widespread here. Such a remedy is used for jaundice and as a very effective diuretic. A decoction of the seeds of this plant is endowed with an emetic and diuretic effect. It should be noted that the leaves of the Tatar quinoa can be used for preparing necks, various vegetable dishes, marinades, and also for pickling.
For jaundice and as a diuretic, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on Tatar quinoa: to prepare such a healing agent, it is recommended to take twenty grams of dry crushed leaves of this plant per two hundred milliliters of water. The resulting mixture should be boiled over a fairly low heat for about three to four minutes, after which this mixture is left to infuse for about two hours, and then such a healing mixture based on Tatar quinoa should be filtered very carefully. Take the resulting healing agent based on the Tatar quinoa about three to four times a day, one to two tablespoons. It is important to remember that in order to ensure the greatest effectiveness when taking a healing agent based on the Tatar quinoa, it is recommended not only to strictly follow all the rules for preparing such a therapeutic agent, but also to carefully follow all the rules for taking this remedy based on the Tatar quinoa.

There are about 200 species of quinoa, which are common in the temperate and subtropical zones. These are herbs, shrubs and shrubs with alternate leaves, often covered, like the stems, with powdery coating. Flowers in glomeruli, forming spike-shaped or paniculate inflorescence. In Russia, the most common spear-shaped quinoa, shiny, sprawling, Tatar. All annuals. Row and grain crops, orchards, vineyards, and vegetable gardens are littered everywhere. Sometimes they form whole thickets. Often, plants from the genus Mari are called quinoa.

People say, "The quinoa is a disaster for crops," since this plant is the most common garden and field weed. There are sayings about this in Dahl's dictionary. For example, this: "They sowed rye, and we mowed quinoa." Indeed, it is rare to find a garden where at least one bush of a quinoa or its closest relative, mari, would not be caught among the beds.

The popular name of the quinoa - goose paw - corresponds to its appearance, since the leaves really resemble a goose paw in outline. In the past, quinoa was pressed, dried in rows, then threshed. So they stocked up on seeds that are very similar to poppy seeds. The threshing was steamed, dried, ground and only then added to the flour. Although the plant is considered an evil weed, the benefits of it in the economy are considerable. So, the quinoa is fed to livestock, its tender spring shoots can be added to salads to enrich them with vitamins. The plant can be attributed to honey plants, since in summer it helps out bees, "feeding" them during the entire period of pollen deficiency (after the spring honey plants have faded and before the summer ones bloom).

Shoots of quinoa appear throughout the summer. In the soil, especially in a weedy area, there are several thousand seeds per square meter, and at the same time every second seed turns out to be a quinoa seed.

Quinoa seeds have a fairly long "shelf life", they can lie in the ground for 5-6 years without losing their germination. In water, quinoa seeds remain alive for 32 months, as their shell is waterproof. The fecundity of the quinoa is enormous - up to 100 thousand seeds from one plant.

Spreading quinoa (Atriplex patula L.)

Description of appearance:
flowers: Flowers are collected in dense spicate inflorescences. Pistillate flowers are enclosed in rhombic or ovate-rhombic bracts, mostly spear-shaped, acute, usually with few teeth.
Leaves: Leaves are alternate (except for the lowest ones), petiolate, entire or serrated, from unevenly rhombic or spear-shaped, hanging down and usually oriented with an edge towards the middle part of the stem, to lanceolate, obliquely upward directed on the branches and top of the plant. All leaves are green, single-colored on both sides.
Height: up to 90 cm.
Stem: Stem straight, branched.
Flowering from July to September, fruiting from August.
Lifespan: An annual plant.
Habitat: It grows along roads, wastelands, weeds, river banks, like a weed in gardens and fields.
Prevalence: Distributed in Europe, except for the Far North, North Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor and Central Asia, North America. In Russia, it grows almost throughout the entire territory of the European part, in the North Caucasus and Siberia. In Central Russia, it is common in all regions.
Addition: Propagated by seeds; one plant can produce up to 6,000 seeds. In crops it occurs in the form of a specialized form with a low stem (not higher than 10 cm) and open branches up to 40 cm long, which are not captured by the machine when mowing.

Coastal quinoa (Atriplex littoralis L.)

Description of appearance:
flowers: Flowers are collected in discontinuous axillary spikes, often forming in turn paniculate inflorescences. Pistillate flowers are enclosed in two, almost to the base, free ovate-rhombic, finely toothed or almost entire bracts 3-6 mm long, blackening.
Leaves: Leaves linear-lanceolate (entire) or lanceolate (sometimes notched-toothed).
Height: up to 75 cm.
Stem: The stem is straight, with alternate branches turned upwards (except for the lower ones - opposite and ascending), strongly branched from the base.
Flowering and fruiting time:
Lifespan: An annual plant.
Habitat: The coastal quinoa grows on the coasts of reservoirs (especially lakes and reservoirs), along river cliffs, on saline soils and damp places.
Prevalence: Distributed in the Black Sea region, Asia Minor and Central Asia, Iran, northwest China. In Russia, it is found in the southern half of the European part and in Ciscaucasia. In Central Russia, it grows in the black earth belt in the steppe and semi-desert regions, and is also known to the north as an adventive plant.
Addition: In the Transcaucasus, it forms the basis of the nutrition of the mallard duck during the winter.

Quinoa oblongifolia (Atriplex oblongifolia Waldst.et Kit.)

Description of appearance:
flowers: Flowers in spike-shaped inflorescences that together form a pyramidal panicle. Pistillate flowers with ovate or ovate-rhombic entire bracts, free almost to the base.
Leaves: Lower leaves opposite ovate, b. m. jagged, quickly dying; the upper ones are alternate, narrow, contracted into a short petiole, pointed, entire or with sparse teeth, with narrowly rolled back edges, less often almost swept, b.m. silvery from "powdery" plaque.
Height: 15-90(120) cm.
Stem: Stem simple or branched, with upward directed lateral branches, strong, whitish-mealy above.
Flowering and fruiting time: Flowering from July to September, fruiting from August.
Lifespan: An annual plant.
Habitat: Quinoa oblongata grows along river banks, cliffs, slopes, solonetsous steppes, enters crops.
Prevalence: Distributed in Europe (on the East European Plain - only in the southern half), North Africa, the Caucasus, Western and Central Asia. In Russia, it is found in the black earth regions of the European part and in the Ciscaucasia. In Central Russia, it grows mainly in the black earth zone, to the north it is a rare plant.

Spear-leaved quinoa (Atriplex hastata L.)

Description of appearance:
flowers: Flower balls are collected in a spike-paniculate inflorescence. Pistillate flowers are enclosed in two, almost to the base, free sharp-triangular bracts, which (though rarely) have 1-3 small denticles.
Leaves: All or only the lower leaves are opposite, from triangular-lanceolate to lanceolate, green, rarely silvery, sometimes juicy.
Height: 20-100 cm.
Stem: Stem erect or ascending, with outstretched lower opposite branches.
Flowering and fruiting time: Flowering from July to September, fruiting from August.
Lifespan: An annual plant.
Habitat: The spear-leaved quinoa grows on cliffs, slopes, along the banks of reservoirs, on roadsides and weedy (especially in cities) places, preferring slightly alkaline soils.
Prevalence: Distributed in Europe, North Africa, the Caucasus, Asia Minor and Central Asia, Iran, northwest China, Mongolia. In Russia, it grows throughout the European part (except for the extreme north), in the North Caucasus and Siberia. In Central Russia, it occurs in all areas, but most often in the southern half.

Arrowhead or glossy quinoa (Atriplex sagittata Borkh.)

Description of appearance:
flowers: The flowers are collected in spike-shaped inflorescences, which together form a pyramidal panicle. Pistillate flowers of two types: with a five-membered (or three-membered) perianth without bracts (there are fewer such flowers) and without a perianth, enclosed in two round-oval, entire bare bracts.
Leaves: Lower leaves opposite, upper alternate, all petiolate, from triangular-ovate to lanceolate, coarsely toothed, rarely entire, green above, with a whitish powdery coating below.
Height: 60-150 cm.
Stem: With a simple or branched stem.
seeds: The seeds of different forms of the flower are different: the first ones are horizontal, 1-1.5 mm in diameter, convex, black, shiny, with a pericarp densely covered with short papillae; the second ones are vertical, flat, matte, olive-brown, 3-4 mm in diameter.
Flowering and fruiting time: Flowering in July-September, fruiting in August.
Lifespan: An annual plant.
Habitat: Arrowhead quinoa grows along the banks of reservoirs, clay slopes, in weed thickets, in vegetable gardens, and enters crops.
Prevalence: Distributed in Europe, except for the extreme northern regions, in the Caucasus, in Asia Minor and Central Asia, Iran, in northwest China. In Russia, it is found in the European part (the northern border of distribution runs approximately along the southern border of the taiga), in Ciscaucasia and in the south of Western Siberia. In Central Russia, it is known in all areas, but is more common in the black earth zone.
Addition: It is spread by seeds that are carried by the wind along with the bracts. Mostly in the non-chernozem zone, a similar European species is occasionally found - Garden quinoa (Atriplex hortensis L.), which differs from the quinoa with glossy green leaves on both sides without powdery coating, usually growing in vegetable gardens, in gardens, in weedy places and entering salt marshes.

Tatar quinoa (Atriplex tatarica L.)

Description of appearance:
flowers: Flowers in leafless terminal spike-shaped inflorescences. Pistillate flowers are enclosed in rhombic-sagittate or three-lobed bracts fused to half, the upper tooth of which is sometimes almost three times longer than the lateral ones.
Leaves Leaves petiolate, silvery mealy, triangular-ovate or oblong-ovate, notched-toothed or lobed, upper ones often lanceolate.
Height: up to 100 cm.
Stem: With erect or ascending branched stem.
Flowering and fruiting time: Flowering from July to October, fruiting from August.
Lifespan: An annual plant.
Habitat: Tartarian quinoa is a common southern ruderal plant found along roads, near dwellings, pastures, and also on salt marshes.
Prevalence: Distributed in the southern half of Western and Central Europe, in Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia, India. In Russia, it grows in the European part, mainly in the black earth regions, in the Ciscaucasia and in the south of Western Siberia. In Central Russia, it is not uncommon in the south; in the non-chernozem zone, it is known only as an adventive plant.
Addition: In the black earth regions of the European part, and as adventive occasionally in the non-chernozem zone, the European Pink quinoa (Atriplex rosea L.)- an annual plant up to 90 cm high, with a whitish-powdery coating. Leaves ovate or rhombic, notched-large-toothed.

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Weeds belong to the Marev family.

culture.

Most often found on tilled crops, cereals, perennial grasses.

Prevalence.

Everywhere.

Description.

sprawling. Cotyledons 18...24 long, 3...4 mm wide, oblong-linear-ovate, fleshy, on small petioles. The first leaves are 20…30 long, 12…18 mm wide, ovate, slightly wavy along the margin and notched-toothed, obtuse, subsequent notched-toothed along the edge. Seedlings are covered with granular coating. Epicotyl with longitudinal grooves. Hypocotyl greenish dorsally. Rod root. The stem is straight, branched, bare, 30 ... 120 cm high. The upper leaves are alternate, bare, the lower ones are unevenly rhombic, with a wide wedge-shaped base, arrow-shaped, the upper ones are lanceolate, entire. The flowers are collected in dense spike-shaped inflorescences. The fruit is a quadrangular, dark greenish-brown or dark brown, rounded-squeezed nutlet, length 1.25...1.75, width 0.75...1, thickness 0.5...0.8 mm. Weight of 1000 nuts 1.25 g.

Tatar. Cotyledons 12...24 long, 2...6 mm wide, oblong-linear-ovate. The first pair of leaves 12–25 long, 8–12 mm wide, ovate, rarely elliptical, unevenly wavy-toothed along the edge, petiolate. From above and especially from below the plates are covered with a silvery powdery coating. The epicotyl is low. The hypocotyl is slightly pinkish-green dorsally. Root taproot, strong. The stem is straight, sprawling, sometimes recumbent, longitudinally furrowed, up to 150 cm high. The upper leaves are alternate, unevenly notched-toothed along the edge, the lower ones are triangular-ovate, sometimes three-lobed-spear-shaped, the upper ones are covered with silvery scales, especially densely below. Leaf blades are uneven, unevenly wavy, rarely serrated along the edge. The flowers are collected in dense, leafless, spike-shaped inflorescences. The fruit is a round-squeezed, straw-yellow, grayish-green or whitish-yellow, small-pointed shiny nutlet, in perianth, length 2...2.5, width 3...4, thickness 1...1.5 mm. The mass of 1000 nuts is about 1 g.

weed biology.

Spring annuals.

Spreading. Shoots appear in March - May. Blooms in July - September. Fruits in August - October. Fertility up to 1600 nuts that germinate in the soil from a depth of no more than 5 cm.

Tatar. Shoots appear in March - May. Blooms in July - September. Fruits in September - October.

Conditions affecting the development of the weed.

The minimum temperature for germination of quinoa and tartar nuts is 3...4 °C, the optimum temperature is 20...22 °C. Quinoa species grow in abundance on moist soils.

Medicines for protection.

Agrotechnical control measures.

Compliance with agricultural practices.

The plant belongs to the Amaranth family of the Dicotyledonous class. Quinoa (its Latin name Atriplex) was mentioned by Pliny. The Russian name of the quinoa is associated with the presence of a white rash on the leaves, as well as with the word "swan" and the Latin word for "white" (albus).

Title in other languages:

• English - Oracle;
• fr. - Arroche hastee.

Appearance

Quinoa is an annual herb, shrub, semi-shrub, or perennial herb.

The leaves are arranged alternately and are represented by whole plates. The plant usually has silvery hairs that make it look like it has been floured.

Quinoa is a monoecious plant, therefore both male (differ in the presence of a five-membered perianth) and female (represented by a column with 2 stigmas and 2 fused or free bracts) flowers are located on the same plant.

Kinds

There are over 250 species of this plant.

The most common are the following types of quinoa.

Garden (edible)

Plant height is 60-150 centimeters. It has a straight, branched bare stem, matte leaves, the same color on both sides (beetroot red or green), with a serrated or even edge.

The tops of the leaves are elongated and pointed. The inflorescences of this species of quinoa are paniculate, spike-shaped.

This quinoa blooms almost all summer - until the second decade of August.

The plant is ornamental and vegetable. A variety of dishes are prepared with it.

It is also used in dyeing wool.

The garden quinoa has a beetroot color

sprawling

It is the most popular type in Russia.

The stem of this type of quinoa has a height of 30-100 centimeters. It is straight and bare, branches from the stem go up or horizontally. This plant has a tap root.

The leaves are green (the same on both sides). They have a short petiole, lanceolate shape and solid margins (the lower leaves may be serrated and have a different shape).

Flowers are represented by spike-shaped inflorescences.

This quinoa blooms in June and July.

It is an edible plant that is consumed fresh, pickled and boiled. Also, this type of quinoa is fodder for cattle and horses.

Spreading quinoa is eaten in any form

small-flowered

It is a fodder, as well as a food plant up to 1 meter high. It has a branched stem with yellow-green stripes.

The leaves of this species of quinoa are both bare and with a touch of silver-gray. They react to the sun's rays.

Such a quinoa blooms in July, as well as in August.

Small-flowered quinoa in the middle of summer

beautiful fruit

It is an annual plant with a straight stem 30-100 centimeters high, thin leaves, paniculate inflorescences.

Blooms in July and August.

The plant is fodder for cattle and small livestock, as well as for horses. People eat this type of quinoa fresh, boiled or fermented.

Quinoa Krasivoplodnik has paniculate inflorescences

Early

The plant is characterized by a small height (up to 35 centimeters), the presence of a curved or curved stem, spike-shaped inflorescences, oblong leaves with solid edges.

This type of quinoa has no economic value.

Early quinoa has very tender leaves

coastal

The height of this species is 20-70 centimeters.

The plant is distinguished by a bare branched straight stem, regular green leaves of a lanceolate shape with a solid edge and a sharp end, as well as flowers collected in spikes.

The flowering of this quinoa occurs in the second half of summer.

The plant is eaten as a substitute for spinach.

Coastal quinoa can be substituted for spinach in salads

Tatar

It is an annual plant, the height of which is 10-100 centimeters. Such a quinoa has serrated oblong leaves (often ovoid).

It starts blooming in June.

The plant is used for food and also as animal feed.

Tatar quinoa with serrated oblong leaves

Where does it grow

The plant is distributed throughout the planet and is found in the form of both wild and cultivated species. Quinoa is often a weed plant, so it can be found on the shore of a reservoir, in a ravine, in a wasteland and in similar places.

Most types of edible quinoa grow in North America, as well as in Australia.

spice making method

Harvesting grass quinoa is carried out when the plant begins to bloom. You can dry the grass in the air or in a dryer.

The dried plant can be stored whole or chopped. Can also be ground into powder.

In addition to drying, quinoa can be frozen, pickled, salted or fermented.

Peculiarities

• The plant is almost tasteless.
• Quinoa also has almost no smell.

Nutritional value and calories

The ratio of nutrients - protein 15%, carbohydrates 70%, fat 15%.

In 100 g of quinoa - 368 kcal, 14.12 g of protein, 64.16 g of carbohydrates and 6.07 g of fat.

Chemical composition

The green part of the plant contains:

• oxalic acid;
• protein;
• cellulose;
• essential oil;
• macronutrients;
• vitamins (PP, E, C, A and others);
• alkaloids;
• trace elements;
• saponins.

Quinoa seeds contain a lot of protein, starch, fat and sugar.

Beneficial features

• General strengthening of the body.
• Reducing the pain syndrome.
• Expectorant action.

Contraindications

• The plant is not recommended for cholelithiasis, as well as urolithiasis.
• Using quinoa for a long time, you can exacerbate diseases of the nervous and digestive systems.

The juice

Fresh quinoa juice has a mild stimulating effect on the intestines. It enhances peristalsis, but does not irritate the mucous membranes. Quinoa juice is recommended for constipation, drinking 1/4 cup of fresh juice on an empty stomach in the morning.

Quinoa juice helps bowel function

Application

In cooking

• Many types of quinoa are edible and eaten as a spice, but the main species used by people for food is garden quinoa.
• The plant is consumed at a young age - before it blooms.
• Vegetarians love quinoa cutlets.
• Scalded leaves can be used to make vegetable puree.
• Fresh quinoa is added to salads, botvinia, cold or hot vegetable soup, borscht, scrambled eggs.
• Quinoa is mixed into flour to make wheat or rye bread more nutritious. In addition, such bread is baked better and does not spoil for a long time.
• Young leaves of the plant ferment like cabbage.
• Quinoa seeds are used in the preparation of various cereals.

Quinoa can be used in the preparation of a variety of dishes

Pies stuffed with quinoa and eggs are worth a try for everyone

Soup

Chop quinoa (200 grams of leaves) and sorrel (60 grams). Bring 600 ml of water to a boil, dip the greens in the water and cook until tender. When serving, add sour cream, chopped cucumber, dill or green onion to the soup.

cutlets

Take quinoa leaves (200 grams) and onions (50 grams), chop and mix with a raw egg and 30 g of oatmeal (flakes or cereals). After adding salt and pepper, form cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs, then fry.

Salad

Finely chop the quinoa grass, add chopped boiled eggs, boiled beets grated on a coarse grater, then season with a mixture of mayonnaise and mustard.

Dessert

Grind 20 grams of fresh quinoa, add any jam and a tablespoon of lemon juice.

Fritters

Rinse well 500 grams of quinoa, chop the herb and boil in water with salt, then drain and simmer in a pan (add a little vegetable oil and set a small fire) until the liquid evaporates. After mixing 0.5 cups of milk, a glass of flour, two eggs, a dessert spoon of vegetable oil and 40-50 g of hard cheese, knead the dough. Let it stand for one hour, then add the quinoa to the dough. Gain mass with a spoon and fry on both sides.

Salad

Chop quinoa leaves and cabbage, taken in a ratio of 1: 2, salt and season to taste. In such a salad, cabbage can be replaced with any other vegetables.

In medicine

The plant is used as a folk remedy for various problems.

Quinoa is used:

• with liver diseases;
• in the treatment of lung diseases;
• with pathology of the urinary organs;
• with bruises (quinoa reduces swelling, pain and inflammation);
• with inflammation of the joints;
• to normalize the work of the heart and prevent myocardial infarction (due to the large amount of potassium);
• to normalize digestion (it is recommended to eat fresh herbs).

For inflammation in the mouth

Pour 20 g of dried quinoa with a glass of boiling water, then strain. Rinse the mouth with the prepared decoction 5-6 times a day until the condition improves. Since such a decoction strengthens the gums and is a prevention of the appearance of an unpleasant odor, it can also be used periodically by healthy people.

Dry cough treatment

If the patient has a dry cough and sputum is viscous, prepare quinoa tea by steeping a teaspoon of the herb with a glass of boiling water. After insisting and letting the drink cool, add honey to it and drink 3 times a day. The substances contained in the quinoa will thin the sputum, and the honey will help to remove it from the respiratory tract.