Winter And Winter Sowing Of Medicinal Flowers

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Adherents of herbal medicine when buying medicinal herbs are often faced with dubious dates on the packaging. Roots to be harvested in autumn are packed in summer and aerial parts before or after flowering. There remains the question of such a plan, how long the raw materials were stored before they go on sale. In order not to be tormented by doubts, it is useful to acquire your own medicinal bed in your personal plot. Moreover, many of the medicinal herbs, in addition to their medicinal properties, also have decorative qualities and will serve as an excellent decoration for the yard and garden. Some of them can be sown in late autumn and even early winter

Twins of cornflowers

Plants such as chicory and nigella may be called cornflowers, but they are completely different flowers. Nigella, by the way, is also known by names such as nigella and African buttercup. Unlike chicory, which often has azure-blue petals, nigella is white, as well as pink, blue and purple.

Chicory is grown for the sake of the rhizome. A drink from it can replace your morning coffee. And for medicinal purposes, decoctions and infusions are prepared. It is taken internally for liver diseases. As an external agent it is used in the treatment of eczema. This is a completely unpretentious plant. If you sow its seeds on cultivated garden land, it will develop well without the attention of the summer resident.

It would be more appropriate to place Nigella in the garden or on the flower garden. This is a very bright decorative flower. Not only are its blossoming buds graceful, but also thin graceful leaves, among which flowers look out as if from a fluffy cloud. Nigella seeds are used as a spice. And young leaves become a vitamin ingredient in spring salads. In folk medicine, this plant is used as a choleretic, laxative. Seed oil helps to get rid of dermatological problems.

Useful "savages" in our flower beds

The string and elecampane can also be collected in nature. But in order not to be mistaken, you can sow these flowers in your garden. During flowering, they will paint the area with bright golden yellow flowers. But the flowering of the series should be expected only if you are going to use the plant for decorative purposes. When it is grown as a medicinal raw material, then you need to have time to collect the grass during the budding period. It is a very useful herb for those who suffer from seasonal allergies, especially itchy skin. In this case, a bath with succession and milk thistle will help to forget about the symptom. The latter, by the way, can also be sown before winter.

You also need to pay attention to what kind of seed of the string you are going to buy. The three-part series has healing properties. Others can cause poisoning.

Chamomile or wild chamomile can also be found in nature. But it is easy to confuse it with another variety, as well as a perennial daisy, although they have completely different leaves. These mistakes can also be avoided by purchasing seeds and sowing them in the garden. This is an annual, but in nature it reproduces by self-seeding, so the summer resident will not have additional trouble with organizing a shelter or re-sowing flowers. In addition, chamomile will perform an excellent decorative function, making it an excellent backdrop for brighter flowers.

And, of course, chamomile is useful for both cosmetic and medicinal purposes. Medicinal raw materials are fully blossoming hemispherical baskets of inflorescences. Infusion mixed with salt is used as a bath for exacerbation of gout. Pure infusion is used for washing wounds. It is also recommended to prepare it for the morning face wash. Chamomile flower drink helps with abdominal pain. This remedy will be the first aid for those suffering from stomach cramps.