First aid kit in the garden? Easily!
Medicinal plants with a unique aroma can decorate your garden, but also bring many benefits. We will find out which plants will help create a first aid kit in the garden
Monarda - an interesting perennial herb, known for its capitate inflorescence. Has a variety of colors: purple, pink. Lilac, red and white. Blooms profusely from early July to late autumn.
Monarda is used for wound healing. The tops of flowering shoots and leaves have good antiseptic and wound healing properties. If, while working in the garden or in the garden, you accidentally get hurt, then you should not rush to the house for iodine or brilliant green. You just need to rinse the plant with water and apply it to the cut.
It is useful to add young plant sprouts to food, salads, drinks, various types of fish or meat dishes. It is also fashionable to use the plant in dried form with a lack of strength. It should be noted that monarda can be brewed in combination with black or green tea. Due to its delicate aroma, which combines the scent of mint, estuary and orange, the plant is often called “golden lemon balm”.
Echinacea purpurea - has been famous for its healing properties since ancient times. This herb will help strengthen your immune system. You just need to brew a small amount of a flower or crushed root of a plant and let it brew. To always be in good shape, you can make an alcoholic tincture of echinacea and take a few drops a day. And if the plant is brewed with lemon balm, then you can forget about depression forever.
Thyme or creeping thyme, enriched with essential oil and is perfect for the composition of the first aid kit in the garden. A good helper for colds and coughs. And after drinking tea with thyme, you will forget about fatigue, get peace of mind.
Oregano or oregano, very often used for brewing in aromatic tea. The plant sprouts contain a large amount of essential oils, fiber and vitamins C. Oregano can be used for skin diseases, coughs, and sleep problems. Oregano leaves are added for piquancy in meat dishes.
Motherwort - fresh plant juice helps with angina pectoris, heart palpitations, insomnia, relieves nervous tension. An hour brewed with the addition of this plant helps to improve mood and relax.
Catnip or “catnip””Is a perennial, herbaceous plant. Since the plant has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and expectorant properties, it is often used in folk medicine. Very often tea is brewed from the plant.
Caring for medicinal plants is very simple, which includes: loosening the soil, watering and feeding. Simple care, but how many benefits and aesthetic pleasure useful plants can bring.