Sesame Oil: Open Sesame

Sesame seeds, herbaceous tropical plant, anciently called sesame. Magic spell "open sesame" uttered many literary heroes. What does this have to oilseed sesame? Ripe capsule of sesame at the slightest touch to open snaps, inside they contain seeds, 60% consisting of useful sesame oil. The product is widely used to treat a variety of diseases, it taste and flavor, because used in eastern cooking. Sesame oil - a wonderful beautician, it protects skin from harmful environmental influences, feeds and returns the youth.

The history of sesame oil 

Valuable sesame oil prepared from sesame seeds of the plant sesamum indicum, in the wild common in Africa and tropical south America Lemmas. This is one of the oldest on earth oils known to man. Another Greek historian Herodotus described the sesame seeds, sesame calling him. This plant is mentioned in the papyrus erbes, contains a long list of medicinal herbs. In Japanese, Chinese, Indian and other oriental cuisines sesame oil is an indispensable ingredient. Get sesame oil by direct extraction of small sesame seeds.

The use of sesame oil

In ancient myths and legends of assyria, there is mention of the fact that the gods drank wine from sesame seeds, and become immortal. Sesame oil was used as early as 1500 BC as medicine. This product is especially effective for dry cough, asthma, shortness of breath, bronchitis and other lung diseases. Doctors recommend sesame oil for the normalization of metabolic processes, with pneumonia, anemia, diseases of the heart, liver, kidney, pancreas, anemia, hyperacidity stomach for obstruction of blood clots. Due to the high content of vitamin E, sesame oil is a potent antioxidant, a successful conclusion of free radicals and prevents the formation of cancer cells.

Sesame oil is recommended for patients with diabetes who are obese is used as a laxative, is used for constipation in two teaspoons a day. For the treatment of otitis media in the form of heat drip into each ear, one or two drop. With the depletion of sesame oil helps to restore power in ulcerative colitis and gastritis, it is taken on an empty stomach. Bandages impregnated with oil can be used instead of medical dressings. When a toothache oil is used for rubbing the gums. For increase in platelet count and improve blood clotting is recommended to take one tablespoon of oil before eating.

In cooking, use a valuable sesame oil to add to salads and soups are filling, it is fried fish and meat, poultry and vegetables. Because the product has a strong characteristic odor, often it is used to flavor dishes. Fried oil in the eastern delicatessens becomes even more intense aroma and a dark golden color.


In cosmetology sesame oil is used in the creams and masks to prevent age-related changes of skin, nutrition and hydration. Oil well absorbs ultraviolet rays, because it is used in sunscreen cosmetics.  Cosmetic massage with sesame oil to help you quickly align your skin, give it a healthy appearance, to combat any skin irritations. Filmed with the help of makeup oil nourishes the skin and eyelids, gently and carefully restores the ability of organism to resist the aggression of the environment.

Indian medicine called this oil "hot and spicy", it is able to suppress the "cold" disease, to kindle fire in the blood. Sesame oil not only fragrant and tasty product, it is beauty, health and youth.