Its officially winter time and all spring/summer/fall crops are dead and the majority of the land is brown. We do have special winter crops that we grow all winter long so as to always have fresh food, but this is a dried and dead Bounty Of The Land Harvest!
In this bonus winter time harvest special I share with you my 16th Episode of Bounties of the Land!
There is always abundance on the land and we cultivate and appreciate it here in The Garden of Eden.
Today I go out to harvest some dead and dry (though damp because of the rain) it is a most wonderful tea with many health and healing benefits.
Some of the general health benefits of lemongrass:
• Cough, cold & sore throats• Anxiety• High cholesterol• Type 2 diabetes• Colitis• Digestion• Rough, dry, skin• Acne• Constipation• Kidney detoxification• Relaxation & deep sleep.
Lemongrass has many health benefits and healing properties containing many compounds, oils, minerals and vitamins that are known to have anti-oxidant and disease preventing properties. This is of course true for many herbs yet the flavor and smell of lemongrass is presently special due to the primary chemical component in lemongrass citral, of which has strong anti-fungal & anti-microbial properties.
Lemongrass as many other herbs with these properties inhibits microbial and bacterial growth in the body internally and externally, helping to prevent and cure bacterial infections in the urinary tract, colon & stomach .
Lemongrass is high in folic acid and essential vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6) and thiamin (vitamin B-1). Lemongrass also contains many anti-oxidant minerals and vitamins such as vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium, zinc, calcium, iron, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Lemongrass tea can act as a diuretic thus is highly effective in flushing toxins and waste out of the body. This is great for the detox of many organs and helps improve their functioning. It is best to drink in the morning or during fasting.
As one of the mantra miracles of natures solutions. There are many studies online and in medical journals illustrating how lemongrass kills cancer cells without harming normal cells.
Lemon grass is one of many super-herbs that has been used for hundreds of years for both culinary and medicinal purposes.
Lemongrass is a green and or white, grass like plant with sharp blades of which can cut you if not handled properly.
It grows naturally in warm tropical climates. It is native to the southern part of India, but is also found in abundance in other South East Asian countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia.
Lemongrass has a wonderful a distinct lemon smell & flavor when cut or crushed due to a release of an essential oil called citral. The dried herb also releases this same flavor when steeped as a tea.
You can use it in many culinary dishes as an herb which tastes and smells delicious but is very healthy and even medicinal. My favorite way to use lemon grass is as a tea, because its such a nice smell/flavor, but also very easy to get all the healing properties from the tea.
Check out the video if you like though all the essential info was written out here. I hope you are inspired to support the many many benefits of what nature provides and help it help you!
You can watch last weeks Bounties of the Land Episode on the detoxing benefits of cilantro here.
You can find the recap post on mercury here and if you check @gardenofeden you can find the two most recent posts on the actual detox protocols. If you are not very well educated on these matters then it is a MUST read. Your and peoples health you care about are on the line and it is far more common than people know.
Stay tuned for the rest of my SPECIAL Bounties of the Land Episodes from Europe which I recorded during my SteemFest Adventures coming to a Steemit Post Near You!
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Again, a most excellent post, highly educational, empowering with its knowledge and healing properties while entertaining with its photos. Since I'm such a HUGE fan of lemongrass, it was a great pleasure to learn about about it than I already knew!
Thanks a lot for sharing, namaste :)
Thanks for the comment, I am super happy to educate especially on information that improves the world through sustainability, health, parenting etc.
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Ahhhh...winter in the @gardenofeden...and still there is abundance. The is another great post @quinneaker...sharing healthful, sustainable, natural and abundant solutions and upgrades. AWESOME!!
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Oh the bounties of our land!
Yes nurture nature and nature will provide great beauty for radiant health!
Mmmmm lovely yummy lemongrass!!! Tea sounds super nice on this gray day.
Yup got some hot water on the wood burning stove ready for a lemongrass brew!
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I recently wrote a post about lemon balm, it's interesting to see that lemon balm and lemongrass have many of the same healing affinities! Namely the citral, that awesome cancer cell killer :) Cool post!
Yes true, I wrote an article on lemon balm this summer. though lots of the medicinal herbs contain similar healing properties and they are quite easy and abundant to grow. SO sad humans are so ignorant and disconnected as to miss out on these easy and natural benefits of which make most of all western medicine unnecessary.
Totally. A big passion of mine and what I hope to bring to steemit is information on common,easy to find and easy to use plants that act as medicine forour bodies. I'm calling my articles my "Nova Scotian Materia Medica" and focusing on plants that grow on my homestead. And yes, so many plants possess the same and so many healing powers, it's like the WHOLE plant wants to heal your WHOLE body, haha. Truly amazing :)
Yes nature is here to provide and I have yet to find a problem nature does not provide a solution for. Humanity somehow finds ways to deny, forsake or forget them.
So you live in Nova Scotia? Very interesting. I will check out one of your posts one day!
Yeah it's crazy the mess of misinformation we've gotten ourselves into as a species. So misguided!
Yes, Nova Scotia, near Peggys Cove :) it's beautiful here. The ocean is very soothing to the soul and there are bountiful gardens in the summer :)
There is little more soothing and soulful than the ocean!
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Thank you, you as well <3
yes you are right.
i love lemon grass, i take it a lot when am down with malaria, and i take it because i love the lemon smell it gives off when boiled as tea
Yes its armor therapy as well as a healing medicinal. !
I've always loved the smell of lemon grass, I had no idea it has so many health benefits too! I do love some lemon grass tea, but I should really try it fresh some time :)
You can't really eat it fresh, it is very fibrous and also sharp. Tea is the best way but its common in a lot of cuisine from southern Asia.
Nice, I did not know the true power of the Lemon Grass! I'm guessing I'd appreciate it in tea form! I've had it mixed in soups and fish dishes atop of it before, always a pleasant flavour and aroma!
Yes its common in food from southern asaia and india.
my favorite is as a tea because it smells so good and its a way to get big doses of the medicinal compound quick and easy!
Its pretty cheap online if you can't find it local. Really good before bed as a sleep aid too.
I'm certain I can get it in Toronto. Probably at any grocery store & if not, we have no shortage of Multicultural shops and groceries that would carry it.
The winter sucks in Toronto, however the access to everything one would want to find from around the world is a perk !
Yes toronto is a city of diversity and opportunity of world class. The long cold winters make it not an option for me but in modern times its not so bad really.
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Very interesting! This looks very promising.
Yea why so?
So nice 😄 check my channel and see my food posts 🙏💘
Mmmmmm food!
Especially medicinal food!
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@originalworks
Thanks!
Wow.. the expression is amazing!
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Wow I wish I could find lemongrass in my country so I could start cultivating it. From what you mentioned it sound like it’s one of the best herbs that could improve health conditions. Thanks for sharing with us
Yes it is very healthy, I am sure you could find some if you tried hard enough, though basil, mint, rosemary, lavender, oregano are also very medicinal herbs with similar qualities.
One of my favourite things about lemon grass is how well it works as an earth retention crop.
Yes, the many benefits of the Bounties of the Land!
Apart from tea (lemongrass with ginger), we use lemongrass to repel mosquitos. Being a natural repellent, we also protect ourselves from the usual chemicals.
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Thats fantastic if it works!
I personally have no problem with mosquitoes without the use of anything, however the ones who do we have not yet found any plants that really do the trick.
We sure do have plenty of lemon grass though and it spells very nice regardless!
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thanks for sharing this
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At first glance, you look like a jack sparrow.
Yes though I looked like Jack Sparrow before "Jack Sparrow" existed.
Love this, thank you so much for sharing <3
Your welcome.
Thanks for the informative explanation about the benefits of this plant!
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I am honored that you feel this is of value....Well actually I KNOW it is and utilize it regularly however I am pleased you recognize!!!
This is powerful information and right on time! I actually just posted on Facebook how I was having issues sleeping and started using benadryl a few months ago because melatonin and valerian root don't work for me and I fell into a very deep depression a couple of months ago and didn't realize it was the benadryl causing it until I stopped taking it about a week ago and noticed my mood elevating more and more especially in the past few days. Thank you so freakin much for sharing this! I'm definitly using this from here on out, not just for better sleep but also for all of the other amazing benefits of lemon grass. Man I've really been slacking on keeping up with your posts! I need to make better use of my time on the internet, cut out the bs and focus more on what you post. And I totally need to make time to educate myself on all of the ins and outs of Steemit so I can begin utilizing this platform to the fullest potential.
YEs Lemongrass is awesome and FB is Shit.
In some ways yes it is, but I've met many beautiful, magical people because of it's existence, including you.
Yes, though this not thanks to FB its thanks to everyone who is on there interacting.
There are tens of thousands of people here on Steemit and could be everyone that is on FB except that people stilll keep using it instead.....Oh well I will stay here, no looking back for me.
Good to know! Thinking of making a lavender, coconut oil and lemongrass ointment to help me sleep. Or maybe a room spray! I'll let you know how it goes.