15 years we have grown to this bush country. Grew and grew themselves - places takes a bit, the same can pick some leaves and stick them in hot tea. Immediately a lemon aroma appears among the usual vegetable odors. And if we pick some mint... However, that's another story.
And the berries on it appeared in the last year, so interesting. Grow yourself such red grapes, almost like currants. I have long looked at them, then still decided to try it. Lemon, natural lemon! And since these acidic fruits adore, I became every time he ran past, to pluck a pair of berries. Then a small bowl on the job brought. There and learned that we cultivated all these years downright miracle plant.
benefits Schisandra
As it turned out, the fruits of Schisandra pantry just trace elements. They were, and potassium, and magnesium, zinc and selenium, barium and iron. A lot of kinds of mineral acids, essential oils, pectin useful complement lord of the periodic table. Just think:
- Berries helps with colds.
- Restore and maintain hormonal balance.
- A beneficial effect on the cardiovascular and nervous system.
- Increase efficiency and memory.
- Improve vision.
- Reduce depression.
- Relieve stress.
- They are useful in diseases of the heart and kidneys.
- A beneficial effect on the hematopoietic system.
- Struggling with diabetes and senile marasmus.
And this is not an exhaustive list of aid magic of lemongrass!
In China, from which there was lemongrass, its fruit consumed each day. And by the way, our Siberian hunters also took with them a wonderful sun-dried berry plants, starting in taiga.
In China all parts of the plant used: fruit, leaves, bark, twigs. There and came up with an interesting name, "berry five tastes."
Reproduction and Care
Naturally, after learning about this terribly useful thing, I immediately handed out slips of neighbors. How to write that it is difficult to dissolve, I do not know... perfectly settled down all the plants that we have distributed. The only thing better to put it right out of the ground. But it is large, it applies to all plants.
of lemon grass care is not complicated. Anyway, all the 15 years we have not cared for him. But now I want to try, suddenly will please even greater harvest! :)
For him, good weeding, loosening the surface, a small fertilizing, pruning in late fall, the distribution of Stalks on the frame.
At its core, lemongrass - it is such a little stiff creeper. So that it can be used to decorate the gazebo and sarayki.
Blossoms it somewhere in May, not so very nice, but "tasty". So fresh, fresh lemon scent in the air. In summer you can use the leaves for making tea. But in August and September, you can safely wait for berries. The only pity is that the plant bears fruit every year.
The fruits can be used fresh (but not recommended to have more than five berries per day), add in compotes and jams, use as a seasoning, dried.
In general, a wonderful plant was right under our very noses - useful and not naughty!