czwartek, 1 grudnia 2011

Chervil

Culinary Use: 
Chervil is an essential ingredient of soups and herbal spring, hence derives its common name: the plant for soup. Provides a database of classic dishes called Green Sauce Frankfurter. Also tastes great with dishes of fish and eggs, as well as raw vegetables, tomatoes and cheese. You have to remember just to add it to dishes just before eating, because rapidly loses flavor.

Medical Application: 

Essential oils and bitter substances regulate kidney function and digestion. In the spring contains a lot of vitamin C, chervil is used to purify the body. It is also ideal for cleaning blood.

Special provision: 

Cream or chervil soup 
Pick the chervil leaves around 100g. Leave a little for garnish soups and chop the rest. Melt 40g butter in a saucepan and add about 30g of flour. Then pour 1 cup milk and 1 / 2 liter of vegetable broth and cook for 10 minutes on low heat. During this time, chervil, mix with 1 / 2 cup fresh cream and add to soup. Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of sugar. Serve with croutons, decorating the remaining leaves.

WARNING: 

Delicate leaves of this species can easily be confused with hemlock plamistym, which is a plant poisonous and disgusting smelling. Wild chervil is different from the meadow garden chervil that it is slightly toxic and can cause a rash.

Dill

Culinary Use: 
Fresh dill leaves give a special flavor for the fish, vegetable dishes, sauces and salads. Before adding them to dishes best chop. Fennel is also a popular addition to flavor vinegar and pickles.

Medical Application: 

Fruits (seeds) Fennel helps digestion and flatulence, a calming influence. Because they have a diuretic effect, it can be used when problems with kidney stones. Mothers can use them to increase lactation.

Special provision: 

Wine of fresh dill to fall asleep 
Boil a glass of white wine and add 1 teaspoon of dry fruits of fennel. Strain the wine and drink it hot. Greek fennel leaves placed on eyes help sleep.

Garden yogurt 

Peel the skin of 2 small cucumbers, cut into small pieces and wipe off, add 4 cloves of garlic and 4 containers to natural yoghurt. Mix together in a bowl and add a small bunch of dill with olives.

Angelica Litwor

Culinary Use: 
Chopped leaves and stalks can be used to flavor salads, sauces, soups and desserts. Their sweet flavor like anise. You can also fry a vegetable, though the young stems are also delicious raw. Dried seeds and pieces of roots are popularly used for flavoring alcoholic beverages.

Medical Application: 

Angelica contains oils, bitter alkaloids, tannins and acids, regulating digestion. Used in the form of infusions or tinctures relieve stomach problems and colds.

WARNING: 

Pregnant women should avoid use of angelica, because it can cause miscarriage and damage nerves. 

Special provision: 
angelica tea
Pour 1 teaspoon of dried leaves 2 cups of hot water and leave for 5 minutes. Then strain and drink 1 cup before meals. This calms down the stomach and improves appetite.

Marshmallow

Culinary Use: 
Thin young plants marshmallow tops can be chopped and added to salads.

Medical Application: 

Used as an ingredient in tea roots to help with coughs and hoarseness, as well as the trouble stomach digestion. Marshmallow tea has a calming effect, but can also be used to wash the sore throat, swelling of mouth and irritations caused by smoking. Boiled in a little water with the addition of large amounts of honey, flowers bring relief in cough.

Special provision: 

Tea for coughs with marshmallow root 
Pour 2 teaspoons chopped root into a glass of cold water and leave for about 6 hours, occasionally stirring. Then strain the liquid through a fine sieve or cloth. The resulting extract boil and drink in small sips.

The infusion of marshmallow on digestion and stomach problems
 
Pour 2 teaspoons chopped root with a glass of boiling water. After 10 minutes, strain the infusion and drink it without sugar.

Lipi trefoil (lemon verbena)

Culinary Use: 
Aromatic leaves are used for many dishes, for example, you can add them to the water to add taste for cooked fish. Lipii trefoil leaves are also a favorite ingredient of tea in France and Spain.

Medical Application: 

Essential oils are calming and reliefing stomach cramps. Added to the tea improves digestion. The leaves added to bath release relaxing scent.

Garlic

Culinary Use: 
Fresh or stewed garlic flavor sharpens salads, vegetable dishes, meats, soups and sauces. It can also be marinated in vinegar or oil. 
Medical Application: 
Besides the essential oils, garlic contains a compound called allicin, which has strong antibiotic activity. In addition, disinfects and reduces blood pressure and cholesterol levels, improving circulation. Helps with bloating and skin diseases. Patients who suffer from acne, it is recommended that the patient rubbing the area of a fresh cut clove. 2 cups milk with garlic drunk every morning on an empty stomach can help ease the pain of the stomach and digestive problems. 3 cloves crushed garlic, add to 2 cups of milk and boil. Consuming more than 2-3 fresh cloves a day can however cause problems with the digestive tract
Warning: 
Because garlic increases the sensitivity of the skin, pregnant women should not consume more than 2-3 cloves per day. If you use ready-made preparations, take note of the recommendations on the dosage.

Mexican mint / "Agastache mexicana '

Culinary Use: 
Mexican mint can be used for infusions or as an addition to meats, sauces, soups or salads. It tastes like French tarragon and is the perfect substitute. People who do not like anise, may try a variety of mint or lemon flavor.

Special provision: 

If you avoid the use of sugar, add the tea a few leaves of Agastache Foeniculum. Substances contained in them not only to enrich the flavor, but will also help relieve sore throats and colds.