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 Early September more and do not want to call the fall, warm, sunny, sea of flowers and among them - one of the most majestic and colorful - gladiolus.
And who would have thought that around 300 BC, according to Theophrastus, gladioli were weeds growing among crops. Later they have been used, and doctors and beauticians, and cooks and aesthetes.
The ancient Romans named in honor of gladiolus gladiolus gladiators. It is also called - and gladiolus flower-sword for the shape of its leaves xiphoid. In Germany, it was called "King of victory." Dedicated to the winners of the knights and battles. The ancient Romans believed that the bulbs of gladiolus, worn with them, serves as a protective amulet from death and wounds and helps to defeat the enemy.
Gladiolus -
Gladiolus
- Herbaceous perennial tuber-bulbous plant of the family kasatikovyh. Gladiolus corms usually has a rounded shape and is renewed annually. Not erect branching stem reaches a height of 60 to 150cm. Long narrow leaves resemble swords or sharp sword.
 The flowers are a wide range of color gathered in long racemes colossi. Gladiolus blooms in late summer and early autumn. Fruit - blunt-three-edged box with lots of seeds.
Homeland gladiolus believe Cape Province of South Africa, Asia and Europe. In the wild gladiolus growing in the woods, marshy meadows and forest-steppe zones, including in Russia. And all over the world in our time gladioli bred in gardens as an ornamental plant. Although a long time gladioli grown in complete obscurity.
Only once in 1902 by an English engineer brought to England found near the Zambezi River cream flower, the world became interested in gladioli. The first hybrid gladioli were obtained by Englishman William Herbert in 1807 by crossing several wild species of South Africa. A Grandiflora varieties of gladioli first brought Herman Joseph Beddingauz and then Louis van Hutten. At the beginning of the XX century gladioli became one of the most popular colors.
But in medieval Europe gladiolus bulbs used
for the preparation of therapeutic and love potions
. For therapeutic purposes, use the leaves that are harvested before flowering and tubers, which are dug in autumn.
- In the XVII century gladiolus used to treat toothache.
- Gladiolus leaves contain high amounts of vitamin C and are used for the preparation of vitamin drinks, strengthens the immune system.
- Preparations of gladioli have antimicrobial, hemostatic, wound healing and blood-purifying properties.
- Decoctions and infusions from tubers treated as beriberi, scrofulous, allergies, rheumatism, and is used for kidney stones.
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Infusion
1 dessert spoon of crushed gladiolus corms pour 1, 5 cups of boiled water, in a thermos for 1 hour, drain, take 1st. spoon 3 times a day with kidney stones.
- With a lack of vitamin healers recommend to eat 2 times a day before meals for 1 st. Spoon the crushed leaves of gladiolus.
- Tubers gladioli eat, bake in a test, and the leaves are added to soups.
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Infusion to increase the amount of milk in nursing mothers
1 tbsp. spoon crushed corms pour 2 cups boiling water, to insist 2 hours, strain, take ¼ cup 3 times a day before meals.
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With a cold
2 teaspoons chopped corm pour 2 cups of boiled water, 1 hour, drain, take 1st. spoon 3 times a day before meals.
- Crushed bulbs of gladiolus is applied to wounds and ulcers for their speedy healing.
 In cosmetology
use fresh leaves and petals of gladioli.
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Mask vitamin
Grind the leaves of gladiolus, take 2st. tablespoons of the mix, add 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon of cream and apply on face for 10-15 minutes, rinse with a weak brew green tea.
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Rejuvenating mask
2 tbsp. spoons of crushed leaves mixed with 2 tbsp. tablespoons soft grated cheese through a sieve, add 1 teaspoon of olive oil, put on the face, neck, chest for 15 minutes, rinse with parsley broth or warm water first and then wash with cool.
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Mask for oily skin
Mix 1 teaspoon of juice from the leaves of gladiolus 1 egg white, apply a thin layer of the skin, after 10 minutes rinse with water at room temperature.
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Mask for irritated skin prone to redness
Take the petals of white gladioli, ground and 2nd Class. spoon to mix with the mass 1st. spoon crushed on a coffee grinder oat flakes and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. Apply on face for 10 minutes, remove with a cotton swab dipped in warm tea leaves of green tea. After 5 minutes, wash with water at room temperature.
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