Immortelle grows in the Caucasus, in Siberia, almost throughout Asia and Europe. Perhaps that is why different people call him differently. The official name of these perennial shrubs is immortelle or cmin. He is also known as cat's feet, dried flower.
Cut bright yellow, sometimes orange flowers of this plant retain their color, do not fade. This property gave its name to the immortelle plant. The use of its flowering baskets, cut at the time of flowering, helps to get rid of many health problems.
Cmin is rich in essential oils, vitamins C, K, potassium, calcium, and other substances.
Medicine is widely used antibacterial, antispasmodic, soothing qualities that immortelle grass has. Its use makes it possible to get rid of spasms of blood vessels, intestinal muscles, inhibits the growth of harmful microorganisms, expels worms.
Immortelle, whose herb helps with constipation, cholelithiasis, colitis, is widely used traditional medicine. For example, an herbal cocktail helps one of the components of this dried flower from cholecystitis. Its use helps to quickly remove inflammation of the gallbladder, normalize the secretion of bile. To prepare the composition, take cat's paws, tansy, coriander and mint, mix evenly, and then boil a tablespoon of the mixture with boiling water. Drink before meals.
A good choleretic agent has a decoction of cmin with St. John's wort. First, they are poured with warm water for 12 hours, then boiled for 5 minutes. Take three times a day.
If men suffer from impotence, immortelle is also recommended. The use of an infusion of 30 g of cat's paws, 10 g of calendula, St. John's wort, valerian, poured for 8 hours with cool boiled water, will return men to their former strength. In its effect, such an infusion is similar to such well-known, but expensive drugs, like Viagra or Golden Horse.
Children very often suffer from worms. For their exile, you can also use the immortelle. The use of a decoction will help get rid of pinworms, roundworms, which are affected by the bitter substances that the plant contains. To prepare a decoction, 20 grams of dried flowers are steamed in a glass of boiling water, cooled and drunk daily.
Since cmin is able to accumulate in the body, drugs from it can not be used for more than three consecutive months.
The tincture of cat's feet helps a lot with some skin diseases. An alcohol solution prepared from dried flowers and alcohol in a concentration of 1x10 can be used inside, previously diluted with boiling water, or you can lubricate them with problem areas. Infuse alcohol will have 8 days.
Immortelle, the use of which has found a place in cosmetology, helps to rejuvenate the skin. In order to become more attractive, you can wash your face with broth daily or use ready-made cream masks. Usually finished masks are applied twice a week.
Tsmin herb has a bitter taste, strong spicy smell. In many countries, it is used as a spice for cooking various dishes. It is added to liquors, confectionery. Especially tasty is pork in sweet and sour sauce, which was used for flavoring flowers of cumin.
To prepare the sauce, you need to fry the onions in vegetable oil, add sugar, ginger, dried flowers, a little sugar, orange and lemon juice, soy sauce. The composition boils over a fire for several minutes, and then the fried meat is poured with the finished sauce.
Cat's feet can be used to strengthen hair. To do this, it is recommended to rinse clean hair with a thick infusion of this herb.
A plant, like any other, can cause allergies. Therefore, self-medication is not recommended.