Houseleeks
by Jasna Dragun
Title
Houseleeks
Artist
Jasna Dragun
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Resistance houseleek best describes its Latin name Sempervivum, which means "always living" and hen and chicks, a name shared with plants of other genera as well. They are succulent perennials forming mats composed of tufted leaves in rosettes. In favorable conditions they spread rapidly via offsets, and several species are valued in cultivation as a groundcover for dry, sunny
It is characterized by thick fleshy leaves are full of water and flowers are star-shaped.
Houseleeks grows from Morocco to Iran, through the mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps, the Carpathians, the Balkans, Turkey and the Caucasus.
In our areas more often used as an ornamental rather than a medicinal herb.
Some of you may recall her as a plant with which you treat childhood earache.
Houseleeks contains tannin, plant mucus, fatty oil, resin, calcium malate, fumaric and malic acid.
Modern research has confirmed that it has very valuable acid, flavonoids and carbohydrates.
In folk medicine used for its anti-inflammatory, astringent and diuretic properties.
It is used in the form of juice, coatings, greases, tincture or tea.
Houseleeks is an old folk remedy for earache, eardrum damage and hearing loss. Its juice dissolves excess hardened resin (wax) in the ear and generally reduces pain.
Houseleeks is easy to grow from its rhizome. It is a very resistant plant that can be grown in pots or in the open.
It is available in different colors, and can grow up to eight inches. Wherever the plant will not go wrong. You will have a nice decoration, and with it the remedy at hand.
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December 19th, 2015
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