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How Fresh Herbs Make You Fit And Healthy

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Fresh herbs add aroma to the dishes and give them a special taste. But they also contain many important nutrients and vitamins that can have a positive effect on health and well-being. Not only Mediterranean herbs are particularly valuable, but also many local herbs that grow in numerous gardens. The positive effect that herbs have on the body and mind has long been confirmed in comprehensive studies. The pharmaceutical industry has also learned to appreciate the benefits and now processes around 600 medicinal herbs from all over the world into fine powders and pills. Although the pharmaceutical manufacturers are able to retain part of the effect that comes from the herbs, this is not comparable to that of fresh herbs.

Care Tips And Health Benefits With Herbs(part-2)

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Take Cuttings Of Basil   Cut just above a pair of leaves, a bit down the stem. The cutting should be about five centimeters long. Remove the lower leaves so they don't end up in the water before you put them in small vases. After barely two weeks in water, they start to get thin, white roots and it's time to put them in soil. Feel free to put several cuttings in the same pot to get a dense and nice basil. When the plants then start to grow, they must be regularly pinched off so that they branch out. Lemon Balm Lemon balm is an easy-to-grow, perennial spice that likes to spread. Its decorative, light green leaves are beautiful together with flowers in flower beds and pots. As a medicinal plant, it is valued for its calming properties, but it is also said to be able to help lower blood pressure and reduce blood sugar fluctuations. The active substances in lemon balm are mainly essential oil, tannins, bitter substances, flavonoids and phenols and it has also been used to calm stre...

Care Tips And Health Benefits With Herbs (part-1)

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There are few plants that have as many good properties as herbs . Mainly, of course, we grow them for the luxury of being able to use them fresh in cooking. But you also want herbs because they smell amazingly good, they look good in both pots and flower beds, and several of them have health-promoting properties. Spices are also incredibly grateful and easy to care for, regardless of whether you have a large garden, a small patio or perhaps just a balcony, and they can give a nice harvest even on the small surface.