Do you have lavender in the garden? Use it to make a healing liqueur that will relieve you…
It looks beautiful, it smells beautiful, but also has a special magic power. At least the medieval healers, who used the herb as an amulet against evil. Its name lavender (lavare – myth) comes from old Rome, when it was used as herb for body cleansing. Over the centuries, however, humanity has discovered the incredible qualities of this herb and began to use it for various purposes. “Lavender is an antiseptic, anti -inflammatory and sedative herb with thousands of use. For example, lavender tea suppresses stress, anxiety, insomnia, but also digestive problems. Lavender oil releases muscles and can alleviate back pain or menstrual cramps.”
In our video you will find out when the best time is to harvest lavender:
Beware of woody stems
In order to be the healing force of lavender as much as possible, you should harvest at the moment when flowers are developed, but not completely blooming. At such a stage, the herb has the most essential oils, but at the same time does not fall unnecessarily. Folk healers recommend choosing one of the dry and warm summer days for harvesting. “I recommend to take a collection in the morning after Rosa has fallen. You simply chip individual flowers with garden scissors and it is… the only thing you should be careful about are the woody stems of herbs. Never cut them – it would hurt them,” says Marta from Brno.
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Lavender liqueur like a panacea
You can handle the harvested lavender as you need. If you want, you can tie it into the dreams and naturally dry it in a dark and well -ventilated place. Dried flowers will serve you as a basis for creating fragrant bags in laundry. You will make them tea, but also dried spices, for example, into cakes, which will thus obtain a gentle sweet taste and aroma of lavender. But Mrs. Marta recommends using fresh lavender flowers for the production of liqueur. “We use it as a panacea for digestive problems – for example, after a heavy meal – but also with insomnia, headaches or stress,” he says, adding that thanks to anti -inflammatory and antibacterial properties of lavender, liqueur can be used as first aid in colds and respiratory diseases.
Raw materials on the table…
For lavender syrup you need this basis: 10 stems (approximately 150 g flowers) lavender, 50 g cane sugar, bark of 1 organic lemon and 1 liter quality vodka. Do you have?
Leaching and dosing
Pour lavender, lemon peel and sugar into a larger jar. Stir the mixture thoroughly and pour over the vodka. Then close it with the lid and let it infuse – with occasional shaking or mixing – for about a month in a bright and quiet place. Stipe the finished liqueur through a sieve and swear into bottles. To make the drink look nice, you can add a sprig of lavender, or a piece of lemon bark. Liqueur looks beautiful and if you make it in larger quantities, you can also donate it as a nice gift.
