Geranium, the healing properties of which have been known since ancient times, are grown by many lovers of indoor flowers. This plant is absolutely unpretentious and easy to care for. It can be used not only as decoration for a room, but also to cure various diseases. Currently, florists grow mainly two types of this plant.
Fragrant geranium cannot boast of too beautiful flowers. But her leaves smell very nice. Large-flowered geranium is unusually beautiful during flowering.
For recovery, you can use both of these types. However, fragrant geranium, the healing properties of which are manifested mainly in the smell of its leaves, are preferable in this regard. The essential oils secreted by this plant are especially useful for all kinds of neurasthenia. In order to recover from such diseases, it is enough to inhale the aroma of fragrant geranium leaves for a quarter of an hour daily. The smell of this plant can also relieve headaches. For a more sustainable effect, it is worth folding the leaves into tubes and laying them in the ears.
Very often, lovers of indoor plants grow beautiful pink geraniums. Its healing properties are manifested in the fact that the petals help with heart palpitations, as well as with hypertension. Geranium with white flowers has the same qualities. In both cases, petals are simply brewed like ordinary tea. It is not necessary to dry them first, so as not to lose some of the useful essential oils. Fresh petals should just lie down for a couple of hours.
Red geranium is also very beautiful. The medicinal properties of this species are manifested primarily in the fact that its leaves help well with urolithiasis. To prepare a healing infusion, a third of the glass is filled with leaves. Then they are poured with water (hot, but not boiling water) and insisted for an hour. The liquid is filtered through cheesecloth. You need to drink a third of a glass of infusion every time before eating.
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kind of geranium can be used to treat toothache. To do this, just pick a leaf. He is kneaded and put on a bad tooth. In case you have itchy skin, geranium will also help. The medicinal properties of this plant allow it to be used for hypertension. In both cases, the leaves must first be dried. From skin itch their infusion will help. To cook it, you need to take three tablespoons of dried leaves and pour them with boiling water (two glasses). Take this tool daily (3 times) in half a glass. With hypertension, 1 tablespoon is taken on a full glass of boiling water. dry leaves. Take the resulting infusion daily (4 times) before meals in a tablespoon.
For all kinds of eye problems, you can also use the leaves and stem of a plant like geranium. The healing properties of this domestic flower allow it to be used, for example, for cataracts. At the same time, juice is squeezed from the stem and leaves. It must be instilled in the eye (in the corner) 1-2 drops every day. The problem of increased tearfulness can be eliminated by applying lotions from the infusion of dried leaves (2 tablespoons per glass of boiling water).
Geranium is a wonderful, beautiful plant with pronounced medicinal properties. Even if you do not use it in infusions, drops and lotions, but simply put it on the windowsill, the healing effect of the essential oils secreted by its leaves will nevertheless manifest itself.