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Vodopija or chicory is a medicinal plant of Latin names Cichoriae herb. Well-known national names are andivija, chicory, chicory, wild chicory, tickles, konjogriz, horse grass, bruises, blue chicory, plavocvijet, radicchio, chicory, Vodoplav, tarragon, ženetrga, Schoolgirl and žudnica.It is a medicinal plant, from which the medicinal purposes is used by all its parts. Chicory root digging in late autumn or early spring, a flowering plant, we read at the beginning of the summer. We use them fresh or dried, in air and in the shade.
Vodopija is one of najljekovitijih plants, and as is common in our area order is that it more closely acquainted.
Chicory treated a number of diseases, so we know that it successfully cleans the stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys and stimulates the secretion of urine, kidney stones ejected, ejects the accumulated bile, untreated jaundice and infectious jaundice, soothes the attacks, stops bleeding , purifies the blood and stimulates restoring them.
Chicory also cures the flu, pleurisy, appendicitis and cold in the lower abdomen. A good natural remedy for the treatment of hypochondriasis, or depression due to the imagination of the disease, and has been shown to successfully ejected intestinal parasites.
As we have already written, all the parts chicory healing, especially against liver disease, jaundice indigestion, stomach pains, against the return of fever, bladder disease, and diabetes. Young leaf of the plant is good food in our household.
From the cultivated chicory gets chicory, known as a delicious addition to coffee. Because substance called inulin, a polysaccharide similar to starch, chicory is very useful for diabetics.
All known alternatives doctors of Paracelsus to Kneipp are unanimous that the drinker a very valuable medicinal plant. That we need to thank the many included substances which the plant is abundant, and first of all the various types of sugar, some of which are in relatively large quantities of inulin.
Inulin in the fresh root, we find even Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 18%. If we know what an important role in the diet of sugar inulin patients, and besides, even Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday healing, then we recognize the importance of this plant. The content of inulin increases drying the roots of plants, and its presence in the dried root and over 50% of the total contained substances.
From this it can be seen that during the drying process occurring more and biochemical changes in the plant and therefore drying and storing herbs must tackle! This applies to all medicinal plants.
With a considerable amount of iron contained in the flowers of the bitter substance cikoriin, the stem and leaves of bitter substance laktoin and finally at the root of bitter substance intibin with protein substances, tannic acid, fatty oils and some other elements.
Already mentioned inulin comes in other plants such as dandelion and burdock, instead of starch, sugar and it very well tolerated by patients. For inulin is shown in particular in the intake of fresh juice from leaves istiještenog, it contributes to decrease in blood sugar.
In all the tests it was not possible to determine the toxic effect of inulin in the blood or any other harmful side effects.
How to prepare tea from chicory? Take two teaspoons of chicory and cover them with 2 dl of boiling water. Let it rest covered for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, then strain and drink.
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