Chicory – Cichorium intybus

Category: Билки и лековити растенија - Herbs and medicinal plants - Βότανα και φαρμακευτικά φυτά

Chicory is an herb that has permanent and spindles root, rigid and erect stem and reaches up to 1.5 meters.

The leaves of the herb are long and lance-shaped; flowers are large, light blue and bloom through the summer season. It grows everywhere like weeds, mostly beside roads, in meadows and pastures, near the forests and other places. In the traditional medicine, this herb is known as a remedy for liver and bile, for strengthening immunity, anemia, and it also possesses great power to reduce the sugar in the blood. It is also used for purifying the blood and regulation of metabolism, i.e. it improves digestion, cleanses the kidneys, cure jaundice, while chicory tea is helpful against insomnia and depression.

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