Ordinary potato is one of the healthiest products. It contains various micro- and macro elements, vitamins and amino acids. Potato regulates metabolism and is able to lower arterial pressure.

It doesn't irritate mucous coat of stomach and bowels. One may eat boiled potato even during the exacerbation of gastritis and ulcer as well as serious food poisoning. Usually people peel potato. But its peel contains more vitamins, cellulose, iron and potassium than the remaining part.

Healthy properties of potato:

allergy, dermatitis etc.	take 1 tsp kuroyaki¹ powder on an empty stomach 2 times a day
hypertension headaches anemia stomach and duodenal ulcer diabetes kidnay diseases chronic constipations	drink 1-2 tsp potato juice² on an empty stomach 3 times a day or take 1-2 tsp kuroyaki powder on an empty stomach 1 times a day or drink 1 cup (180 ml) potato soup³ on an empty stomach 3 times a day
burns rash eczema abscess fresh pockmarks	apply grated potato. Replace by fresh mass after drying up
rheumatism sprains	apply potato peel mashed with onion. Replace by fresh mass after drying up
chilblains	fry unpeeled potato, cut in two, take the piece got yellow, pound it to paste, put on a piece of fabric and place on a frost-bitten place. Bandage for 2-3 days.
contusions, sprains	put paste of grated potato, flour and vinegar apply on a piece of fabric and apply. Repeat 2-3 times a day.
diseased throat bee sting mastitis	compress with a thick layer of grated potato with peel. Replace by fresh mass after drying up

¹ How to prepare kuroyaki:
Grate washed unpeeled potato. Filter the received mass through gauze. Add double quantity of water and boil on low fire. Water must evaporate completely. Dry blackened substance is to stay at the pan's bottom. Let it cool down. Then pound it.

² How to prepare potato juice:
Wash potato well and move buds away. Grate potato along with peel and filter through a gauze. Juice loses its properties in course of time, so it's better to prepare fresh juice every time.
If potato has green areas or buds remove them, because they contain hazardous substances.

³ How to prepare potato soup:
Wash 5 potatoes of medium size and slice along with peel. Slice one onion. Add about half a liter of water. Boil on low fire till the quantity of water is reduced by half. You may add some salt for taste.

How to store potato
The main rule is to hold potato in a dark place. Otherwise poisonous substance, solanine, is generated in it. Solanine is generated not only because of sunlight but fluorescent light too. Green areas and buds contain solanine.

Helpmate in housekeeping
Don't throw peel out! Potato peel will protect bathroom mirror from weeping. Rub a mirror with inner part or cut of peel. Then wipe mirror with a dry napkin. Transparent shroud of starch doesn't let a mirror get wept. Do it every time you peel potato.

Potato peel is able to refresh used oil for deep frying. Put the peel in warmed-up oil and fry slightly. The peel will absorb a lees and not fresh smell.

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