Gladioluses are flowers not only for a celebration

And who could think that about 300 years B.C., according to Teofrast, gladioluses were the weeds growing among grain crops. And later both physicians, and cosmetologists, and culinary specialists, and esthetes found for them application.

Ancient Romans called a gladiolus a gladiolus in honor of gladiators. It was called also – a shpazhnik and a flower sword for a form of its xiphoidal leaves. Germany called him "The king of a victory". Devoted to knights and winners of fights. Ancient Romans believed that the gladiolus bulb, wearable at itself, serves as a protective amulet from death and wounds and helps to win a victory over the opponent.

Gladiolus – Gladiolus - long-term grassy a tuber - a bulbous plant from family of an iris family. The bulbous tuber of a gladiolus has usually rounded shape and renews annually. The upright not branchy stalk reaches height from 60 to 150 cm. Long narrow leaves remind swords or sharp swords.

Flowers of the most various coloring are collected in long inflorescences colossuses. The gladiolus at the end of summer and in an early autumn blossoms. A fruit - a stupid and trihedral box, with a large number of seeds.

The homeland of a gladiolus consider the Cape Province of South Africa, Asia and Europe. In the wild nature gladioluses grow in forests, marshy meadows and in forest-steppe zones including in Russia. And worldwide presently gladioluses get divorced in gardens as an ornamental plant. Though long time gladioluses grew in full uncertainty.

Only after in 1902 one English engineer brought the cream flower found near the Zambezi River to England, the world became interested in gladioluses. The first hybrid gladioluses were received by Englishman William Herbert in 1807 by crossing of several wild-growing South African types. And krupnotsvetny grades of gladioluses were removed at first by Herman Joseph Beddingauz, and then Louis van Huth. At the beginning of the 20th century gladioluses became one of the most popular flowers.

But already in Medieval Europe bulbs of gladioluses were used for preparation of medical and love potions. For the medical purposes use leaves which collect before blossoming and tubers which dig out in the fall.

- In the 17th century gladioluses were applied to treatment of a toothache.

- Leaves of gladioluses contain a large amount of vitamin C and are used for preparation of the vitamin drinks strengthening immunity.

- Medicines from gladioluses have antimicrobial, styptic, krovoochistitelny and wound healing properties.

- Broths and infusions from tubers also treat avitaminosis, a scrofula, an allergy, rheumatism and apply at stones in kidneys.

- Infusion
1 dessertspoon of the crushed bulbous tubers of a gladiolus to fill in 1.5 glasses of boiled water, to insist in a thermos 1 hour, to filter, accept on 1 tablespoon 3 times a day at stones in kidneys.

- At a lack of vitamins folk healers recommend to eat 2 times a day before food on 1 tablespoon of the crushed gladiolus leaves.

- Tubers of gladioluses are eaten, baking in pastry, and leaves add to soups.

- Infusion for increase in amount of milk at the feeding mothers
To fill in 1 tablespoon of the crushed bulbous tubers with 2 glasses of boiled water, to insist 2 hours, to filter, accept ¼ glasses 3 times a day to food.

- At cold
To fill in 2 teaspoons of the crushed bulbous tubers with 2 glasses of boiled water, to insist 1 hour, to filter, accept on 1 tablespoon 3 times a day to food.

- The crushed bulbs of a gladiolus put to wounds and ulcers for their fastest healing.

In cosmetology use fresh leaves and petals of gladioluses.

- Vitamin mask
To crush gladiolus leaves, to take 2 tablespoons of the received weight, to add 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 teaspoon of cream, to put on a face for 10-15 minutes, to wash away weak tea leaves of green tea.

- The mask rejuvenating
To mix 2 tablespoons of the crushed leaves with 2 tablespoons of the soft cottage cheese wiped through a sieve, to add 1 teaspoon of olive oil, to put on a face, a neck, a decollete for 15 minutes, to wash away broth of parsley or at first warm water, and then to wash cool.

- A mask for oily skin
To mix 1 teaspoon of juice from gladiolus leaves with 1 egg white, to apply to skin a thin layer, in 10 minutes to wash away water of room temperature.

- A mask for the angry skin inclined to reddening
To take petals of white gladioluses, to crush and to mix 2 tablespoons of weight with 1 tablespoon of the oat flakes crushed on the coffee grinder and 1 teaspoon of olive oil. To put on a face for 10 minutes, to remove the wadded tampon moistened in warm tea leaves of green tea. In 5 minutes to wash water of room temperature.