18.05.2024

Nutmeg – the medicinal plant that helps with sore throats, ears and joints.

By Lesia

Today we share recipes from a magical plant – geranium or pelargonium.

Nutmeg contains a large amount of useful substances:

tannins

salts

starch

organic acids

The plant also contains anthocyanins, flavonoids, calcium and many essential oils.

In addition, the composition includes a certain substance geranin,  the properties of which have not yet been fully studied.

Scientists have already found that nutmeg can fight many diseases.

By the way, nutmeg is very useful to put in the house, its smell drives away mosquitoes and flies.

Nutmeg tea 

Preparation:

We need 2 leaves of nutmeg

The leaves of the nutmeg are washed well, then dried by covering them with a napkin on both sides and pressing.

Chop the dried leaves into a glass and pour  200 ml of boiling water over them.

Leave to infuse for about 20 minutes.

We gargle with the tea we prepared.

It is useful for sore throats and colds, for laryngitis,  pharyngitis or inflammation of the tonsils of the throat.

A method that is good for joint pain.

For this purpose, you need 2 medium-sized leaves of nutmeg, which must be finely chopped.

Take 1 large nutmeg leaf

Place the finely chopped nutmeg leaf on top.

So you put it on the places where you feel pain, such as knee joints, wrap it well and leave it on all night.

We do this procedure every night and leave it until the morning.

You will see improvement very soon.

This method is good for earaches, tinnitus and colds.

For this we need small leaves of nutmeg.

Rinse them well.

Dry the washed mace leaves.

Take a nutmeg leaf and roll it into a tube.

Place the rolled leaf in your ear overnight.

It is enough to do this 3 or 4 times.

Muscat is a flower that is necessary in every home.

It has a calming effect and helps with insomnia.

Skin mask

The effect of this mask is very good.

Removes acne on the skin very quickly.

You need 3 well-rinsed geranium leaves.

Dry well.

Finely chop the leaves, adding them to a bowl with  1 tbsp of yogurt.

Mix very well until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.

Apply the mask to clean skin and leave for 30 minutes until it dries.

Then wash off the mask and apply a moisturizer.

The mask can be applied 3 times a week.

This mask is also a very strong antioxidant and regenerates skin cells.

Be sure to use this mask for teenage acne.

It also removes blackheads from the skin, suitable for all ages.

Use this mask for combination, oily and acne-prone skin.

We will also prepare a  nutmeg tonic

Pour 100 ml of boiling water into a glass with torn 2, 3 leaves of  the geranium

Wait 20 minutes for it to steam.

Strain through a strainer.

Apply this toner on your face and you will get rid of acne in no time.