| Asparagus juice is usually taken in the quantity of a | | | | The therapeutically active substance found in the |
| sherry-glassful three times a day before meals. | | | | asparagus is the alkaloid asparagines which exert a |
| Asparagus extract has been used not only to remove | | | | rapid effect upon the kidneys, stimulating them and |
| water from the body but as a purifier of the blood, to | | | | coloring the urine a dark yellow within hours of |
| tone up the nervous system and as a gentle laxative. | | | | consumption. The asparagines is much reduced in |
| The thickness of the asparagus used has little effect | | | | quantity during cooking, so that the use of quite a small |
| upon the value, only upon the cost. So choose fresh | | | | amount of the raw juice produces a good diuretic |
| looking stems that have not dried out and gone floppy. | | | | effect. |
| The white, woody base of the stem helps prevent it | | | | Not only is the urine colored, the asparagus also |
| from losing moisture. It can be stored for a few days | | | | imparts quite a strong smell to it, so do not think |
| wrapped with a damp cloth around the base and kept | | | | anything is amiss should this phenomenon surprise you. |
| in a cool place. | | | | The essential oils which give asparagus its distinctive |
| Asparagus is a luxury vegetable that still grows wild in | | | | and pleasant flavor are very powerful because they |
| Mediterranean countries. Old herbals called it | | | | are present in such small amounts that special |
| sparrowgrass and farmers still call the plant 'grass'. A | | | | analytical methods have to be employed to detect |
| big helping will contain less than 40 calories and it is a | | | | them. |
| good provider of vitamins C and E and folic acid. | | | | |