14 plants for a good digestionThere is almost no eatable plant that cannot have an active role in improving our welfare, from digestion to our state of mind. But here is how some of us really help...The dandelion makes you "lighter"In the spring, the fresh leaves can be used in salads.The tea prepared from dandelion leaves, flowers or root increases the digestive secretion and activates the digestive process, as well as the one of extracting the active principles from food. It is recommended to be used with precaution for some diseases like hyperacid gastritis or ulcer, the active substances in the dandelion being able to aggravate these diseases. The leaves bring a large intake of vitamins: A, B, C and D. The roots have a depurative, sudorific, tonic and diuretic, stimulating digestion. TarragonSpecialists say that tarragon comes from the Caucasus area.It is a tall bush on whose stalks grow narrow and long leaves. They are picked shortly before they bloom, by trimming. If the plant is young, its leaves can be used for salads, being very flavored. It helps in cases of gastric pain and gastritis, but also to increase the appetite. It is prepared as a tea, using 2-3 teaspoons for one cup. Wormwood, for appetite stimulationIt is a well known plant in hill and plain areas. It is used to prepare vermouth and also to flavor wine, but also to treat some digestive apparatus disorders, it is a bitter tonic, emmenagogue and anthelmintic, cholagogue, antibacterial and antipyretic.It is also used as an insecticide, in order to protect clothes and sheets. The plant is picked during bloom, it has a powerful, characteristic flavored scent and a bitter, aromatic taste. DillThis plant is also helpful for difficult digestive processes or throwing up. It is used in Europe and also in Southern China and India. Its beneficial powers were also used in ancient Egypt and Greece.Popular pharmacy counts more than one recipe in which dill is used as a curing plant that helps digestion, one idea being to use dill seeds kept in hot water. Spirulina, an excellent gastric remedySpirulina is an alga that ensures those nutritional substances that are missing from our food or those products that our organism cannot synthesize in a certain moment for various reasons.Spirulina provides people that exercise energy for a long period of time and reduces the time necessary to regain your strength, helps those with digestive problems or with difficulties in assimilating food and satisfying their appetite, ensuring all the basic substances. It also help busy people with no time for a regular alimentation. GarlicYou can consume it raw or added in food, macerated (for example, in honey) or as a tincture. It can be easily found in its natural form and also in natural stores or pharmacies, through the products extracted from it.It is helpful for the digestion and also for digestive disorders. The tincture is used internally as an activator of the intestinal peristaltic muscles, anti-atherosclerosis, a very powerful antibacterial, a general antiseptic with a very broad spectrum, an exceptional pulmonary antiseptic, it lowers blood pressure. It is recommended internally for: entero-colitis, diarrhea, troubled digestion, digestive atony, constipation, high cholesterol levels, asthenia, general weakness, gastro duodenal ulcer. Fennel, a remedy against crampsFennel is an aromatic plant used as a remedy for digestive problems. It contains essential oils that increase the appetite and stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes.The main active substance from the fennel seeds is anethole that eases the spasms of the digestive tract. It is used for indigestions, constipation, abdominal pain and it helps to eliminate toxins. It has diuretic properties. GentianYellow gentian is used in the countryside for icterus, but also for its tonic, appetizer properties. Numerous drinks from the category of "digestives" contain, among others, gentian.For medicinal purposes, it is dried immediately after harvesting. The root is used to stimulate the appetite. The fermented root is used in the liquor industry. MintMint is, most likely, the most well known. It is successfully used in the following digestive conditions: indigestions, gastrointestinal infections, bloating and biliary dyskinezia. The mint leaves are used either as an infusion or as a powder. For the infusion, place a teaspoon of leaves in 200 ml of hot water and drink two-three cups a day.For a maximum therapeutic effect, drink the infusion unsweetened. Mint tea helps the digestive system, reduces flatulence and can contribute to the easing of nausea. Mint tea is recommended especially after meals, exactly because it reduces muscular contractions, that cause cramps or bloating. Mint is also efficient for maintaining a proper functioning of the liver and to normalize the functions of the stomach. Rosemary, the beneficial condimentIn the Mediterranean area, it is a plant known for centuries. The rosemary has a purifying, antiseptic, anti-anemia, anti-feverish, diuretic action (it stimulates renal secretion and thus cleanses the body from waste). It calms muscular pain and reduces digestive pain for stress-induced indigestions. It improves breathing, stimulates the blood stream and the nervous system.Chicory, a different "coffee"The chicory stimulates both the hepatic, as well as the digestive and renal functions. It is used also in acne, angiocolitis, biliary dyskinesia and chronic constipations.In the food industry it is used to prepare the chicory coffee, with gastric properties. In medicinal purposes the aerial parts can be used, they should be harvested in the first part of the blooming period of the plant. The chicory coffee is choleretic. LaurelThe laurel leaves have an antiseptic, expectorant and emmenagogue effect, being effective against rheumatics and bloating. They are very rich in essential oil, tannin and bitter principles.For an internal use, prepare an infusion from 30 - 40 g of leaves for a liter of water, at which you can also add a fistful of fruits. For a digestive effect, serve before meals. Hops stimulate your digestionProbably the hop reminds you of a beer factory and a not so useful way of using this plant. Still, the hop is effective for much more. Its fruits, grouped in formations similar to fir cones, have a strong smell, nicely scented, and their taste is bitter, astringent. Due to its volatile oil, the hop is a sedative for the nervous system.Thyme, the wonder spiceThe bitter principles which it contains stimulates the appetite and eases the digestive process, while improving the hepatic functions. The tannin content calms the diarrheic symptoms.The thyme volatile oil contains thymol, carvacrol, linalol and cineol. It acts as an antispastic, digestive tonic and antiseptic, effective against bloating.
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