Geranium is also called pelargonium. This is an unpretentious houseplant with a specific smell of leaves, it is especially pronounced when rubbed with your fingers.
Geranium is considered a real home healer, it not only decorates the house with its flowering, but is also useful in everyday life, and also has healing properties. Read further than the flower is useful and what harm can bring. How to care for a plant at home.
The chemical composition of the flower
In the elevated part of it a lot:
- carbohydrates;
- fructose;
- glucose;
- saponins;
- alkaloids;
Also contains:
- flavonoids;
- anthocyanins;
- tannins;
- tannins;
- gum;
- pectin;
- vitamins C, E and K;
- minerals:
- manganese;
- nickel;
- zinc;
- iron.
The leaves found a unique tannin geranin, whose properties are still little studied.
There are many geranium roots:
- carbohydrates;
- starch;
- tannins;
- saponins;
- phenol carboxylic acids;
- flavonoids;
- catechins;
- vitamin C;
- carotene.
Human benefits
What is useful in the house?
- Its sharp smell can not stand flies, mosquitoes, moths and other insects. If you put not one geranium in the house, but several, ideally on each window sill, but there will be much less mosquitoes in the open window. It repels large insects even better.
- Geranium leaves can be rubbed with domestic animals if they have fleas.
The sheet crushed by fingers, enclosed in an ear to a cat or a dog, will relieve it from ear ticks.
- Geranium in the house cleans the air from harmful impurities and refreshes it.
- This plant absorbs excess moisture from the air.
- Some housewives use leaves to flavor dishes.
- Its smell strengthens the nervous system, it is useful for people suffering from depression, as it raises the mood.
- If a tooth suddenly hurts, geranium will help, you need to pick a leaf, mash it and attach it to the aching tooth, the pain will soon subside. Also, a rumpled geranium leaf, embedded in the ear, will ease otitis.
- A compress made from several geranium leaves can help with radiculitis.
Essential oil
- With it, you can arrange a real aromatherapy at home or simply refresh the air in the room. It is important not to overdo it, a maximum of 4 drops on the aroma lamp, and 2 drops is enough for a small room.
- This is one of the main oils used to change the emotional state of a person for the better. For those suffering from depression, nervous disorders, it is necessary to regularly carry out aromatherapy with the help of geranium oil. It increases physical activity, relieves the symptoms of stress, eliminates apathy.
It is used in cosmetology, both in industrial and in the creation of natural homemade cosmetics. It is a universal oil that is suitable for both teenagers and mature, normal and problematic skin. It adapts to the skin type, quickly reduces inflammation, eliminates desquamation. Geranium essential oil rejuvenates the epidermis and stimulates its regeneration.- Due to its anti-inflammatory properties, it is incorporated into the composition for treating burns, cuts, and frostbite.
- Helps to fight cellulite, is part of the special tools.
- Will save from mosquitoes in nature. It is necessary to pour water into a spray bottle and drop 5-6 drops of geranium essential oil there, shake well. Spray open areas of the body, hair, clothes. It is absolutely harmless to the skin and even useful, but the mosquitoes will scare the smell.
The only negative is that such a natural remedy does not last long, you need to re-spray about every 20 minutes, not necessarily abundant, just update the smell of geranium. But this is a safe mosquito repellent without chemicals.
- It is also used for inhalation (maximum 2 drops) and compresses.
- It can help with a headache, for this, in a small amount of base oil (sunflower, olive, flaxseed, apricot seeds, wheat germ) add 1 drop of essential oil of geranium and gently rub it into whiskey.
It is used in cosmetology, both in industrial and in the creation of natural homemade cosmetics. It is a universal oil that is suitable for both teenagers and mature, normal and problematic skin. It adapts to the skin type, quickly reduces inflammation, eliminates desquamation. Geranium essential oil rejuvenates the epidermis and stimulates its regeneration.Important! Geranium essential oil has a strong effect on hormones. Its use in any form is contraindicated for pregnant women, as well as while taking contraceptives. It is also prohibited for children under 6 years old.
From the video you will learn about the use of geranium essential oil:
Properties of the extract for health
- It is also called 1,3-dimethylamine, or DMMA, this dietary supplement is most often used by athletes and bodybuilders before training.
In 2014, he was banned by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency. The drug causes a strong surge of energy and many times increases concentration.
It is great for weight loss, but in combination with increased physical exertion and special exercises, as it is an excellent natural fat burner.- In non-professional sports, it can be applied 1-1.5 hours before strength training, in order to narrow blood vessels, increase pressure and stimulate the muscles.
- Improves blood supply to the brain.
- Enhances mood and improves memory.
It is great for weight loss, but in combination with increased physical exertion and special exercises, as it is an excellent natural fat burner.DMMA geranium extract cannot be combined with alcohol, it will lead to a stroke or a heart attack.
Watch the DMMA video:
The juice
In the early stages, it can cure cataracts. It is buried in the eyes several times a day. It perfectly removes redness, eliminates blurred vision. A mixture of juice and honey water will help with inflammation of the eyelids.
Infusion
This is a real salvation in indigestion. You need to take 2 teaspoons of leaves and pour two cups of boiled warm water (not hot). Insist at least 8 hours. For acute attacks of gastritis or intestinal upset, drink up to a tablespoon every 2 hours.
Harm and can I keep in the apartment?
- Because of the strong smell, this plant is an allergen. In case of individual intolerance, it cannot be kept in the house, otherwise the consequences can be up to Quincke's edema.
- Also, you can not keep geraniums in the house if there is no allergy to it, but one of the residents does not tolerate the smell of its leaves. There are rare cases when it is disgusting to people right up to the onset of nausea.
- Tinctures, decoctions of geranium leaves thicken the blood, they can not be applied to patients with thrombophlebitis.
- You can not use the essential oil of geranium while taking medicines that thicken the blood, otherwise the effect will increase many times.
- Reception of infusions inside is forbidden to patients with intestinal atony.
Care for indoor plants
In summer, in extreme heat, the plant must be removed from the hot sill. In winter, it can be kept in a cool room and on a windowsill, but a temperature of +12 degrees is critical; if it drops, the geranium will die.- It tolerates drought better than over-watering, because it is watered little by little, but 2-3 times a week. Complete drying of the soil can not be allowed.
- Feed in spring and summer once every 2 weeks with high phosphorus fertilizers, make them together with irrigation.Note! Feeding with a high nitrogen concentration cannot be used.
Also fertilized with iodine water (1 drop of iodine per 1 liter of filtered water).
- Several times a month it is necessary to loosen the top layer of soil in order for oxygen to penetrate to the roots.
- Geranium transplanted every 2-3 years. Plastic pots do not fit, geranium will grow well in ceramic or clay.
In summer, in extreme heat, the plant must be removed from the hot sill. In winter, it can be kept in a cool room and on a windowsill, but a temperature of +12 degrees is critical; if it drops, the geranium will die.Breeding methods
Cuttings
- Cut the stalk length of 5-7 cm with 2-3 leaves.
- Stiffen during the day.
- Place the cut sprinkled with crushed coal and planted in the ground for geranium or light soil mixed with sand.
- After the roots appear, they are transplanted into a permanent pot.
Watch the video on how to propagate geranium cuttings:
Seeds
- Sow in a wet mixture of peat, sod land and sand (1: 1: 2).
- Top sprinkled with a layer of soil with a thickness of 2 cm.
- Pour slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate.
- Cover with glass or film, ventilated once every 3-4 days.
- Seeds will germinate at a room temperature of + 18 °.
- After 1.5-2 months, when there are 2-3 true leaves, they are planted in pots.
- When there are 5-6 leaves, pinch the top to develop a lush bush.
From the video you will learn how to sow geranium:
Where and how can I purchase?
This plant can be bought in flower shops in any city. It does not apply to rare and almost always on sale.
There are many online stores that sell adult indoor plants, packing them securely and ensuring safe shipment. But in this case, you need to use fast delivery services and order in the nearest city, so that the plant rode in the parcel no more than a day. Also Geranium seeds can be ordered online.
Often, young and even already blooming geraniums can be purchased from grandmothers selling potted plants and bouquets from their garden.
