Macerat 13 je biljni pripravak pelina, klinčića i crnog oraha potopljenih (maceriranih) u hladno prešanom ulju oraha.
Djelovanje ovog pripravka zasniva se na biljkama koje su šest tjedana uronjene u hladno prešano ulje oraha, čime na sebe veže njihova ljekovita svojstva.
Prema riječima fitoterapeuta Ive Bačlije:
"Pelin će zagorčati život parazitima, crni će ih orah zaviti u crno, a klinčić će im nemilosrdno uništiti čak i nerazvijena jajašca".
Macerat 13 - ubojit za parazite, a nježan za organizam.
Što kaže znanost
- Crni orah, odnosno ljuska crnog oraha sadrži prirodne kemikalije koje inhibiraju rast bakterija i gljivica (1). Crni orah sadrži impresivni profil hranjivih tvari a jedna od glavnih komponenti ljuske crnog oraha je juglon. Ljuska crnog oraha sadrži tanine, spojeve kojima su dokazana antibakterijska svojstva (2).
- Pelin se povijesno upotrebljava kao efikasno biljno sredstvo protiv parazita (3). Istraživanja pokazuju da pelin pomaže pri probavi i smanjuje grčeve u crijevima i želucu (4) čime se smanjuju gastrointestinalni simptomi poput proljeva, nadutosti, žgaravice, zatvora i plinova (5).
- Klinčići su bogati antioksidansima (6) pa mogu smanjiti nastanak kroničnih bolesti. Pokazalo se da imaju antimikrobna svojstva (7), odnosno pomažu u zaustavljanju rasta mikroorganizama.
- Ulje oraha je esencija najzdravijih orašastih plodova na svijetu. Studije potvrđuju da hladnim prešanjem ulje oraha zadržava tvari potrebne za zdravlje. Redovita i adekvatna konzumacija oraha povezana je sa smanjenjem rizik od bolesti kao što su karcinomi (8,9), kardiovaskularnih bolesti (10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17), dijabetesa (18) i degenerativnih poremećaja (19,20).
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