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 I remember: autumn,
The cold was selected,
Sheet chilled
Fly away with aspens,
Only the wind still swaying,
I do not give up
Red Dahlia.
(M. Palievsky)
Actually dahlias in bloom central Russia in August. But they, indeed, until late autumn decorate flower beds, parks and gardens.
With these lush colors associated weight legends. One of them tells that once were royal dahlia flowers and grew only in the gardens of the powerful. Make them outside the Palace is strictly forbidden. But one gardener named George was so in love with his bride that sat in her flower garden. The enraged king ordered to throw the gardener to prison, where he ended his days. But the beautiful flower gardens have settled in ordinary people, and they named it in honor of George Gardener, dahlias.
Currently, dahlias grow in almost all countries of the world. Now there are more than 15,000 varieties of this flower, and they are cultivated almost everywhere.
Dahlia, or scientifically Dahlia -
Dahlia
- A perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. In dahlias tuberiform thickened roots that are dug in autumn and store in a cool place until spring. The hollow, branching, annual moribund stem rises in height depending on the variety of 30 to 200 cm.
 The leaves of most varieties tripinnate. Pipe and reed flowers dahlias collected in inflorescence - a basket. The inflorescence of dahlias can be the most diverse color from white, lemon, yellow, pink to orange, scarlet, burgundy and ink. Dahlias come in terry, semi-double and simple.
Homeland dahlias Mexico, where the natives used the dahlia tubers, as well as potato tubers. Dahlias in some countries estetoterapii used for different diseases.
Dahlia tubers and roots contain vitamins, minerals, proteins, organic acids and
inulin
. In the US and Europe just because dahlia tubers and receive inulin, which is used pharmacology. Inulin is a very valuable natural polysaccharide derived from tubers and roots. In turn, the produced fructose from inulin. It displays the body of harmful cholesterol, toxins and heavy metals. In addition, inulin promotes better assimilation by the body of vitamins and minerals. Normalizes metabolism, improves the vascular cardiac system, strengthens the immune system. Official medicine uses it as a substitute for sugar and starch in diabetes.
ethnoscience
It uses dahlia leaves, which are collected throughout the summer, and then dried and soaked in the water year-round use for burns, festering wounds. Leaves are changed every 1-2 hours. Washed in boiled water the leaves is applied to boils and blisters. A top dressing of gauze or a bandage. Boils ripen for one - two days, pus comes out. If you attach a sheet with the dahlia barley, the pain subsides and stops the spread of the inflammatory process.
In cosmetics
Dahlia leaves are used in the inflamed skin that is prone to acne.
- Leaves are maintained for 10-15 minutes in water and superposed on the face. If the leaves of dahlias to keep the face more than 1 hour, then smoothed fine wrinkles.
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Mask of the tuber, rejuvenating
Tuber crushed, add sour cream to get a paste and apply on face for 10 minutes, rinse with warm, then cold water wash.
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To strengthen the hair
2 tbsp. tablespoons minced tuber mixed with 1 chicken egg yolk, 1st. spoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. All stir and rub into the hair roots, after 20-30 minutes wash the head with shampoo.
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