Small-leaved lime - dried flower - 1000g (1kg)
Product characteristics
Contents: dried inflorescence
Country of origin: EU
Classification: Tilia cordata
Weight: 1000g (1kg)
Preparation proposal: Place two teaspoons of flowers into 250ml of boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes.
Description
SMALL-LEAVED LIME - dried flower - 1000g (1kg)
Plant description A species of tree, belonging to the Malvaceae family. It comes from Europe and West Asia. It occurs in the natural state, but it is also very often planted at homes, in parks and along roads, as an ornamental and useful plant. |
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Properties - herbal material: inflorescence - contains flavonoid compounds, mucus, essential oil, leucoanthocyanidins, tannins - traditionally used as a diaphoretic agent in the form of infusions, especially in mild colds - used for bathing to cause sweating - they are attributed with the effect of slightly reducing the tone of smooth muscle, stimulating the secretion of gastric juice to a small extent, increasing the flow of bile to the duodenum, urine output, affecting the consistency of the blood, slightly reducing its viscosity and preventing the aggregation of red blood cells - known as a good sedative, relieving tension and over-stimulation of the nervous system |