Nasturtium - Dried is harvested with love from our Homestead and Victory Garden, where all the ingredients are grown and foraged organically and watered exclusively by collected rainwater. With no unnatural or impure ingredients added, you can be sure this product is of the highest quality.
Sun dried, ready to make your own personal Pesto, Tincture or Tea. We use in stir-fry's, salads and baked sourdough bread and Pesto. Fresh in salads and sandwiches. If you want to try some nasturtium medicinal uses, I have hand picked & harvested our organic Nasturtium at the peak time of the day. Dried and packaged it for you, to begin your own healing journey.
Nasturtiums are a herbaceous annual flowering plant best known for their peppery taste, stronger than watercress, but most have no idea about nasturtium medicinal uses. What you may not know is that they’re not just edible, nasturtiums medicinal too!
These flowers have a long history as medicinal plants, and since they’re so easy to grow, it’s the perfect medicinal flower for new gardeners. Nasturtiums grow in poor, dry soils in both the sun and semi-shade. They grow vertically, trail down containers, or spread across your garden beds.
If you want to add nasturtiums to your medicine cabinet, you’ll be pleased to know it offers many properties to help treat various ailments.
NASTURTIUM MEDICINAL USES
All parts of the nasturtium plants are edible, and they’re an excellent source of vitamin C to add to your diet. Vitamin C is an essential part of preventing colds and the flu, while helping your immune system overcome these illnesses. Try adding fresh nasturtiums to your diet more often for a much-needed natural boost of vitamin C. But, that's just the tip of the iceberg for this powerhouse of a medicinal plant.
It's also known to be:
- Antibacterial
- Antifungal
- Antiseptic
- Disinfectant
- Expectorant
- Wound Healer
- Antimicrobial
- Natural Antibiotic
That’s a long list of properties for this edible flower, and the ways you can use nasturtiums are even longer. It’s such a versatile medicinal flower. I have been growing, harvesting and using this amazing plant for over 20 years. If you would like to try it for yourself you can purchase a package here on my website.
Be aware, I’m not a doctor, and I don’t claim to have any certifications that would qualify me to advise you on your health. Always check with a doctor before trying any new remedy, herbal or otherwise. Please do your own research on this plant and make your own conclusions about its health benefits. Here are a few articles I found helpful.
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6055023/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27161402/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21815727/
TREATS INFECTIONS
Several studies indicate that the leaves have natural antibiotic properties. This helps treat infections like respiratory infections, congestion, bronchitis, kidney infections, and other acute infections. Part of the reason that nasturtiums have such strong antibacterial properties is due to the presence of volatile oils, like limonene, which is one of the main components in the stems, seeds, and leaves. This compound, along with several others, has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties that help your body fight off infections. Nasturtiums are particularly helpful as an antibiotic agent because they contain tromalyt, a natural antibiotic. It doesn’t interfere with intestinal flora, and it’s effective against microorganisms that have resistance to standard antibiotic drugs.
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