2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
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Do you think that the blue flowers that grow here and there are weeds? You are wrong! This is chicory, a healthy, tasty, dietary plant!
Chicory is a very tasty and healthy drink that tastes like coffee, but does not have such tonic properties. It is believed that chicory is a weed plant that has flowers that look like baskets, blue in color. The plant is perennial, but for wild varieties, a cultivated plant has a lifespan of about two, less often three years. It has a long taproot that goes deep into the soil. Grows up to 90 centimeters in height. The stem is branched green, the plant grows strongly in different directions. Flowers are bisexual, single. The fruits are seeds. Bloom begins in mid-summer and early autumn.
Chicory is a dietary and very useful plant. The cultivated breed is grown in gardens and vegetable gardens in well-lit sunny places. Pollinated by bees, these insects respect chicory very much and produce cyclic honey from this plant, which does not lose its medicinal properties, has the same effect as fresh or dried roots. The plant is very unpretentious, does not require special attention. He does not need constant watering and a special type of soil. Where you plant it, it will grow there. If only it was sunny and warm. There are several types of seeds, some are used as a vegetable, the other as a substitute for caffeine, you just need to dry and roast the root.
Sow the seeds in late spring (if stable warm weather is established) or early summer. They are planted in rows, to a depth of about 1-2 cm, and the distance between the rows should be at least half a meter. The plant requires a minimum of watering, but you still have to weed the beds.
Harvesting chicory begins in the fall, one and a half to two years after planting. The roots will be useful if you have planted the plant in a recessed hole. As I wrote above, the root needs to be dried and fried, the root needs to be fried in order to remove the bitterness. When digging up the root, you need to dig a little from all sides and gently pull, then it will come out entirely, not damaged. The leaves can go to salads. The plant is waste-free, everything will go into business. Chicory is also used in the preparation of alcoholic beverages, as well as in confectionery.
Chicory is widely used in medicine. It is prescribed for obese people, as a dietary product, as well as for patients with diabetes mellitus. It is prescribed for people with liver problems and jaundice. It will be useful for hypertensive patients, for people suffering from weakness, loss of strength. There are also contraindications - you can not take chicory for people prone to allergies, with gallstone disease, with varicose veins. With asthma, bronchitis and hemorrhoids, it is categorically contraindicated.
Preparations based on chicory have anti-inflammatory, sedative, astringent, diuretic and choleretic effects. Reduces nervous tension and blood sugar, improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system.
The composition of chicory includes vitamins C, E, B, as well as mineral salts, inulin, fructose, pectin, tannins and trace elements.
By brewing the herb and infusing it for about 20-30 minutes, you can get rid of stomach ailments.
Chop the root, pour boiling water over and simmer for 20 minutes, let cool, strain and take 2-3 tablespoons 20 minutes before meals. This will help relieve constipation.
Freshly squeezed juice from chicory leaves will raise hemoglobin, just dilute the juice with milk.
Need to rid your child of worms? Grind the root on a grater, add sugar, let it stand for 5-10 minutes, give 1-2 teaspoons at night, before bed.
I can also share a recipe for chicory puree, which is then used in cooking cabbage soup. It is necessary to rinse the shoots and leaves under cold water. Pass through a meat grinder, salt and add vegetable oil. Everything. The finished mixture is sent to the cabbage soup. Bon Appetit!
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