Potato

Potato

     Potato knows more for his culinary properties, then for his natural remedies and contain contains pigments, antioxidants, B and C vitamins, dietary fiber, phenol compounds, potassium, magnesium and calcium, minerals and enzymes.

     Having a vast area of cultivation, potato is used as juice, decoct, poultice, and as paste.

Basil

Basil

     Basil is an herb that has a very strong and pleasant odor which may increase both in the garden and in the home, in a pot. It has many applications both in health and in culinary domains.

     Basil leaves can be consumed either in fresh or in dried form. Basil leaves are drying in a well ventilated place, away from sunlight, stretched on some paper. After drying they have to be gathering into a bunch.

     Fresh collected leaves are should be used immediately, especially is for cooking.

Burdock

Burdock

     Burdock is one of the most common plants that grow in different places even less appealing, has so vast curative detoxifying, antibacterial and hypoglycemic properties that it can easily be considered a remedy for many diseases.

     Burdock can be use also internally and externally as a tea, tincture or capsules, and externally as a compress of fresh leaves for local washes and applications.

Cornflower

Cornflower

     Cornflower grows on meadows, forests, plains, along roadside and in specially designed gardens.

     Cornflower has soothing, emollient, anti-inflammatory, anti-irritant, decongestants and healing properties that why is widely used in herbal medicine and traditional cosmetics.

     The chemical composition of the plant is one rich in potassium and magnesium salts, tannin and bitter substances.

     Drying flowers stretching will be in a single layer in a dry surface. Until they are used to prepare teas and infusions, dried flowers will be kept in paper bags.

Blueberry

Blueberry

     Blueberry is a natural shrub that is used as food and medicinal plant as natural remedy. His mountain nature brought inside their leaves the fresh air and natural flavors, which are used in preparation tea that helps in diabetes and in their fruit which treat diarrhea and other stomach ailments.

Yarrow

Yarrow

     Also known as: Achillea Millefolium, Devil’s Nettle, Old Man’s Pepper, Herbe Militaire

     Used in earlier days for divination in spells, Yarrow plant induces sweat (diaphoretic properties), is astringent and tonic. In severe colds, Yarrow is used for fever and in cases of obstructed perspiration, reducing the sensibility to infections.

Valerian

Valerian

     Alternative names: Valeriana officinalis, All-Heal, Herbe de Saint-George, Baldrianwurzel

     Native of Europe and Northern Asia, Valerian was widely used in the Middle Ages as an anticonvulsant in some types of epilepsy. With a soothing effect on the nervous system, Valerian calms nervousness, alleviates pain and induces sleep.

Shepherd's purse

Shepherd's purse

     Also known as: Capsella bursa-pastoris, Blind Weed, Bourse the Capucin, Hirtentaschel, Mother’s Heart

     Regulating blood pressure, Sheperd’s Purse is commonly recommended in heart arrhythmia affections, normalizing oscillating blood pressure. As feminine remedy, Shepherd’s Purse is successfully used in premenstrual problems and long periods, calming menstrual cramps and in cases of uterine atony or after giving birth, the herb restores the uterine tonicity.