Therapeutic effect on the human body.
Koumiss is recommended to drink with various diseases. But, do not forget that there are certain rules for taking koumiss. Kumys contains a large percentage of vitamin C, and, in a drink from mare's milk, it is much more than in cow koumiss. In this regard, koumiss is recommended to use in diseases that require strengthening the body and immunity - for colds, strong physical and nervous exhaustion, for prevention in the epidemics of acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory infections.
Kumys can also be used in complex therapy for the treatment of tuberculosis (in the initial and intermediate stages). In combination with honey, koumiss cures ulcer of the duodenum and stomach.
In koumiss contains useful lactic acid, which normalizes acidity in gastritis, stimulates the pancreas, increases the formation of bile, gastric juice. This contributes to increased appetite and digestive process in general.
Koumiss is a natural antiseptic for dysentery, diarrhea, typhoid fever.
Patients who have low hemoglobin in the blood can use koumiss for its normalization.
When treating nervous diseases, koumiss is used as a sedative.
Also, the properties of koumiss are used to remove hangover and alcohol poisoning.
A wide application of koumiss found in the diet of patients with cardiovascular diseases, suffering from oncology or skin diseases.
After surgical interventions with great blood loss, or with dystrophy and dehydration, koumiss should be consumed in the amount of 1.5 liters during the day, at the same time, 0.5 hours after eating.
Kumys will help even when restoring the elasticity of the breast after pregnancy and feeding the child, if you drink it every day for 2 cups. It is also recommended to spray mammary glands with koumiss by means of an atomizer, and then to soak with a soft towel and do not rinse for 1-2 hours. To remove toxicosis during pregnancy koumiss should take 2 tablespoons every half hour.
How much should I consume koumiss so that it has a curative effect? It is advisable to drink this drink at least 1 glass a day 30 minutes after breakfast.
Is it possible to cook koumiss by home?
Let's look at how koumiss turns out.
After the birth of the foal, young mares give several liters of milk at each milking 3-4 times a day. Two liters of a light-toothed white and blue milk from each milking unit merges into a large birch tank, and mixed with a certain amount of yeast. Also added is the prepared starter from smoked horse fat and fried millet.
With the right technology, koumiss needs to settle and wander for eight to ten hours. It is desirable that the ambient temperature at this time does not exceed 30 degrees. Only this way you get a tasty and "mature" koumiss. At the end of fermentation, the sour-milk drink is stirred to saturate with oxygen clockwise and is maintained for about seven hours.
The temperature of kumys, suitable for consumption, should be cool, but not cold, about 20 degrees. Kumys of weak aging (one-day) contains 1% alcohol, medium exposure (two-day) - 1.75%, and strong aging (three-day) can contain about 5% alcohol.
So, koumiss is not just milk, but a fermented milk product prepared with the help of special fermentation technology.
At home, koumiss can be stored in the refrigerator, but no more than 3 days from the end of ripening. To treat diseases, strong koumiss is not used. He is drunk, basically, as a drink, quenching thirst, instead of beer.
Application of koumiss in cosmetology.
Healing properties of the drink make it possible to use it as a good cosmetic. A quick effect of rejuvenating the face and neck skin is achieved with regular washing with this drink.
Currently, you can buy koumiss in the form of dry concentrate, which is suitable for making a drink and various face masks.
With the help of koumiss, you can get rid of age-related pigment spots, if regularly and daily wipe the skin with cotton wool soaked in a drink.
Nutritional masks for hair are very useful. For their preparation koumiss is mixed with egg yolk, applied to the hair and well rubbed. Then stand for twenty minutes and rinse. Weak koumiss can rinse hair - stand for 3 minutes and then rinse. This is a good way to give hair shine and strengthen the roots of the hair.
Even in our time, people use curative koumiss properties. Like many hundreds of years ago, it helps a person to maintain beauty and heal from illnesses. Be sure to try koumiss taste, and maybe it will be your assistant in maintaining and strengthening health.