Common hollyhock - flower - 250g
Product characteristics
Contents: dried flower
Country of origin: EU
Classification: Alcea rosea
Weight: 250g
Preparation proposal:
Place two teaspoons of flowers into 250ml of boiling water and let stand for 10 minutes
Description
COMMON HOLLYHOCK - dried flower - 250g
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Plant description Plant species from the mallow family. It probably comes from the Balkan Peninsula. Currently, it is nowhere to be found in natural places, it is only cultivated. Sometimes it goes wild. Flowers set on short stalks, 1-3 in the angles, single, semi-double or full, with colors ranging from white through pink, red to almost black. |
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Properties - herbal material: pink flower - only a variety with dark flowers is grown for pharmaceutical purposes - contains mucus and anthocyanins (glycosides and diglycosides of delphinidin, malvidin and petunidin), traces of essential oil, tannins, mineral salts, resins and an unknown plant hormone with estrogenic effect - mucous compounds are used to coat the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat, reduce their excessive sensitivity and weaken the cough reflex - used to thin the thick secretion in the throat and to facilitate expectoration - some sources say that the extracts have low estrogenic properties and stimulate menstrual bleeding in women, but do not cause a miscarriage |
