A yellow or orange-red immortelle is a flower that brings us much benefit and joy. Scientists called it the golden sun, precisely for its magnificent coloring. One of its unique properties is that even after drying, this flower does not lose its shape and color and does well without water in the form of a beautiful decoration of our lady. It is precisely because he has not changed for so long that people call him immortelle.
The flower belongs to the order Asteraceae. He is very unpretentious and feels great even in the driest time. This plant reproduces with the help of seeds, requires almost no care and delights with its bright colors from July to August. Then they can be picked and simply put in a vase without adding water. This is a very beautiful and durable piece of decor.
If you want to grow this healing and very beautiful plant in your own area, you must follow a number of simple requirements. You need to know that its seeds give almost one hundred percent germination in the next year after harvest. But if they are stored for a long time and only after two or three years the immortelle is planted, the flower may not grow, since the seed germination rate drops to thirty percent. Almost half of the plants bloom in the first year. They delight us with their flowering for five to seven years and give a lot of useful properties. For sowing, the soil has been prepared since the fall, it must be loosened and fertilized with mineral fertilizers and manure.
During the flowering period, when the baskets are not yet fully opened, the flowers of the sandy immortelle are cut off and immediately dried. Its healing properties can be noticeably reduced if you keep it in a bag not dried for a while. If you want to dry healing flowers, be sure to do it in a cool room, spreading them on fabric or paper. Stir inflorescences throughout the day and make sure that they do not dry out. It is important to know that to maintain all the beneficial properties, the temperature in the room should not exceed forty degrees. The total shelf life is not more than four years from the date of collection.
Immortelle sandy flowers are especially appreciated for the large number of beneficial substances found in them. These are essential oils, vitamins K and C, carotene, iron, sugars, manganese, sodium, fatty acids, potassium salts, tannins, saponins and flavonoids. Few people know about all of their beneficial properties. Meanwhile, the flowers of the immortelle sandy - this is the first remedy for moths, bites of a rabid dog, cough and other colds. Traditional medicine widely uses them for diseases of the stomach and liver, as well as a good wound healing agent. Decoctions, infusions and extracts are prepared from flowers. Used to treat various inflammations in the bladder and kidneys, stones in the gall bladder.
It is with a disease of the liver, intestines and stomach that the flowers of the sandy immortelle are used as the best and proven remedy for years. A decoction of them quickly eliminates all vomiting symptoms, removes nausea and pain in the liver. Healers have long discovered that they have an excellent choleretic effect, and also increase the tone of the gallbladder, stomach and pancreas.
If chronic gastritis with low acidity is observed, immortelle will be the best remedy. The flower has a mass of therapeutic effects necessary for this disease. Quickly relieves inflammation and all the symptoms of dyspepsia, raises appetite, enhances digestion and normalizes the internal microflora of the stomach and intestines. Accordingly, it is contraindicated for people with high acidity. If used for too long, it can lead to stagnation in the liver. Therefore, it is better to strictly observe the necessary dosage and not to conduct therapy for more than three months.