Frying, dill and mint - these and other plants from our list can be useful not only in cooking.
Many medicinal plants have a wonderful aroma. Cold winter decractions will help to relax, will improve sleep, general well-being and become a wonderful reminder of summer. But, as well as to everything, you need to approach the question correctly.
Do not self-medicate. In addition, the grasses have contraindications. Before use, you need to consult with a specialist.
1 Oregano
Oregano, or in a different soul man, it is not only fragrant seasoning, perfectly suitable for meat dishes. With Oregano, you can brew a wonderful herbal tea that gently displays a sputum. The soul is containing vitamin C and valuable essential oils. You can create a whole "flowerbed": land along Organo, Lavender and Sage. All these plants of purple color, and organically look nearby. When the soul is bloomed - it comes the workpiece. Plants are collected and dried in the sun, after which they are stored in a cardboard box separately from other fees.
2 Kotovnik
Kotovnik is differently called feline mint. It has an antiseptic effect, the decoction with it is applied with colds, as it helps with coughing and high temperature.
When a bush with a kittnik reaches maturity, shoot off and twisted into brooms. I dried with a cat mint, hanging down the inflorescences, in a dry and dark place - on the bright sun, the car loses his healing properties.
3 mint.
Three types of mint are grown: the pepper, lemon (it is Melissa) and menthol. Mint is most often added to tea, and the peppers are used in cooking for meat dishes. What is the value of this plant in the first-aid kit? Mint is used as an antiseptic, it reduces pain. The fragrance of mentholic mint helps to cope with the inflammation of the respiratory organs.
Dry minta so: first break off the leaves or cut the stalks with a knife, then remove all the dirt and moisture and covered with a dry towel (the useful essential essential oils from mint evaporate). It is important for the first two hours to prepare for further drying: rinse the leaves and stems under cold water and dry carefully.
4 rhubarb
Rhubarb is grown as a weed plant, while it can be used in cooking and medical purposes. The dried root has an antipyretic, as well as a laxative effect.
The stalks are stored in cheese, dried and frozen form. In the raw form of the stems are stored in the refrigerator for about a week, if they are wrapped in the film. The best blanks are obtained from the dried parts of this plant. After collecting the stems wash and dried, and then cut into small pieces and in such a form are stored. If you do not want to wait, you can not dry rhubarb, but simply freeze.
5 dill
Perhaps, this is one of the most popular plants in the garden, but it is infrequently visiting it in the first-aid kit - more and more dill are used in cooking. In the meantime, in greenery contains a lot of vitamins and elements: vitamin C, carotene, nicotinic and folic acid, calcium salts and so on. Dill helps in the fight against high pressure, the problems of the tract and the problems of the tract and in general, the beneficial effect on the heart. Dill is better to dry entirely, not grinding, then useful oils will remain in a plant in greater concentration.
6 Romaista
You do not have to prepare about the benefits of chamomile. But not all varieties are suitable, but only a daisy pharmacy. In addition to powerful antiseptic and soothing action, the pharmacy chamomile improves digestion, eliminates the bloating, stimulates appetite, is actively used not only in medicine, but also in cosmetology.
For billets, chamomile is collected in dry warm weather. Young flowers are also particularly valuable and useful, and not those who began to drop the leaves. You can dry in the beams in a dark well ventilated place, but you can scatter only flowers on the fabric. The collection will be ready when its volume will decrease by quarter.
7 currants
From currant leaves, for example, you can cook beautiful fragrant tea. But the value of this drink is not only in the smell. In the leaves of currant, raspberries and strawberries contain a large number of vitamins.
The leaves are collected and dried, laying out a thin layer on a clean dry and smooth surface. The place where you position the leaves of currant should be protected from the sun and moisture, and well ventilate.
8 St. John's wig
St. Justice, like a chamomile, is also a powerful antiseptic. It is collected during flowering and dried, hanging in brooms, or lay out in the shadow with a flat thin layer.
