CHICORY - Have had a couple of these come up on their own in the home roof garden and being volunteers, have been pretty tough and flourishing on their own, delighting me with their pretty powder-blue flowers... that ive long admired. The leaves - i tried eating in a salad but didnt find them appetising somehow, so didnt harvest much since. Today, i came across this nice article that speaks of its numerous benefits... and more importantly how to consume these pretty flowers, leaves and roots. Make more herbal teas! Chicory is recommend in cases of malaria, insomnia, sweating, jaundice, liver disease, spleen problems, kidney and gallstones, gastritis hypo acid, as well as obesity, atherosclerosis, diabetes, eye inflammation, gout. Well, i can use some i say. Now that i have them so readily available in the garden. Dried Roots - 1 teaspoon crushed roots of chicory pour a glass of boiling water and heat on low heat for more 5 minutes. The liquid is filtered and drink warm, half a cup before eating. Leaves - 20 g of dry powdered leaves pour with 2 cups of boiled water and leave for 1-2 hours. Use in the form of washing lotions for the treatment of chronic purulent wounds, ulcers, eczema. Flowers - The infusion of the flowers of the chicory has a calming effect on the central nervous system, tones the heart, has choleric properties. Drinks from chicory roots are recommended for constipation, improve blood circulation, stimulate the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and the function of the digestive glands, contribute to the removal of gallstones and insomnia. Read More here - thetreatmentherbs/counting-%EF%BB%BFchicory-benefits-can-we/#sthash.9FubvxFI.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:55:52 +0000
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