#folkrecipe Medicinal properties of lilac Medicinal proper | Alternative Medicine
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Medicinal properties of lilac
Medicinal properties of lilac have been known in folk medicine for hundreds of years. It grew in abundance in the gardens of the nobility of the Ottoman Empire. It is assumed that it was there that the plant was first used for medicinal and perfumery purposes.
Lilac contains a large amount of ascorbic acid, essential oils and flavonoids, which have a positive effect on the body. Lilac is an excellent antipyretic, anti—inflammatory and analgesic.
Tea, oil, compresses and ointments are made from it, which help well with rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, heel spur and gout. Unfortunately, lilac oil is almost impossible to buy even in specialty stores. But you can easily cook it yourself at home.
Lilac Flower Oil
Flowers should be collected in a forested area or outside the city — away from industrial zones and dusty roads.
YOU WILL NEED
fresh lilac flowers
any vegetable oil without a pronounced odor
1-liter jar with lid
clean gauze
preparation
Carefully separate the small flowers from the stems, fill the jar with them.
Heat the vegetable oil to 40 degrees and pour it to the top of the flowers in the jar.
Close the container with a lid and let it brew for 2 days.
Strain the oil through cheesecloth, thoroughly squeezing out the lilac petals.
Reheat the oil and add a fresh portion of flowers, let them infuse.
Repeat the procedure until you get enough fragrant oil.
With this oil, you need to rub your forehead and temples with migraines, chills, massage sore joints with rheumatism and other diseases of the organs of movement. Try adding this remedy to cream, lotion, shampoo and conditioner — you will enrich cosmetics with the most charming aroma and valuable substances.
Today, modern herbalists still use lilac oil to treat rashes, sunburn, minor cuts and scratches and other skin diseases such as purulent pimples, acne, boils. If you add oil to cleaning products when
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