There is a belief that you should not store dried flowers at home. After all, this is a bad omen, according to which dried flowers will bring misfortune to the house and take away wealth and health. Should you believe in this mysticism? Everyone's business. You can recall the fact that previously in any village house one could find dried bunches of herbs and flowers, which served as a kind of decoration for the home. Also, bunches of herbs were stuck into the ceiling for insulation purposes. In the old days, people were confident that old flowers and herbs protected the house from misfortunes and epidemics.
However, there is a completely opposite point of view - a sign that has become famous today. According to her, dried, old flowers can attract misfortune. They are also harbingers of serious illness and even death. Feather grass is considered a harbinger of widowhood for women. There may be exceptions. This applies to special dried flowers for decorating homes. They can be found in specialized stores. A prudent person who really believes in various signs will not keep dried flowers at home, no matter how beautiful they are. So, from all that has been said, we can conclude that dried flowers can be brought into the house:
* Misfortune * Illness * Loss of loved ones * Death * Loss of wealth and family well-being.
Dried flowers in the house are for better or worse, is a bouquet of dried flowers dangerous!
Indeed, there is a sign that dried flowers in a house are not good. Fans of dried flowers think differently. But few people know that this sign refers to the flowers themselves, the buds (that is, they are the ones that can bring misfortune), but it has nothing to do with the stems and leaves of plants. For example, many healers dry special herbs for rituals and potions for the winter. To prevent dry bouquets of flowers that are in your house from bringing trouble, secretly sprinkle them with holy water while reciting the “Our Father” prayer.
A black woolen thread tied to the vase in which the bouquet stands also neutralizes the negative impact. The negativity will also disappear if, when bringing a bouquet into the apartment, you step over a cat or, oddly enough, over a leather belt.
Dried flowers in the interior!
In summer, each of us has a great opportunity to decorate our interior with flowers. How to take advantage of the gifts of nature, extend their life and enjoy their beauty for a long time? How to dry flowers and foliage, arrange interesting elements from dried flowers in the interior.
First of all, let's try to find out how to prolong the charm of flowers and enjoy them all year round.
There are many methods and methods for drying flowers: regular drying, drying in flour, in sand.
When choosing flowers to turn into dried flowers, give preference to “fresh”, new inflorescences that have only been in bloom for a few days. If a flower bloomed many days ago, then when dried, there is a possibility of losing its natural color. Inspect the plant for flaws, external damage and pest infestation.
To cut flowers, use sharp scissors or special garden scissors.
Also prepare thin wire and green floral tape.
The main task during drying is to remove up to fifty percent of the moisture from the plant.
The easiest way to dry your chosen plant is to dry it outdoors. To do this, hang it in a cool room with the inflorescences down and the stems up, removing unnecessary leaves, for up to three weeks. Cereal plants, if you plan to bleach them to white, are dried in the open air, under the rays of the sun.
The sand drying method is no less simple. The selected flower (mostly small inflorescences are dried using this method) is covered with sand and left for a period of one to four weeks. Flowers dried in this way will retain their attractiveness for a year.
A mixture of corn and borax, one to one, is the next common method. This method is suitable for drying any flowers.
The most popular recently is the method of drying in silica gel, a granular mixture that can quickly absorb moisture from the petals. The method is only suitable for inflorescences. In the future, the dried “heads” of flowers should be secured to a wire and decorated with floral tape.
To create flat works from dried flowers in the interior, it is convenient to use conventional pressing or pressing with a hot iron, as well as skeletonization.
It is recommended to store dried flowers that are ready, but not yet used in interior compositions, in cardboard boxes, lined with newspapers and tissue paper. If necessary, before storing in a box, dried flowers are tinted and varnished (florist stores provide a wide range of products for storing dried flowers).
The “basis” of bouquets of dried flowers, as a rule, “is” floral foam, dry porous sponge and polystyrene foam.
Place dried flowers in the interior away from any heating devices and away from direct sunlight.
Sometimes a bouquet given for a holiday retains its beauty even after drying, and it’s simply a pity to throw away such a masterpiece, not to mention the fact that flowers are often an infrequent guest in the house. But no matter how eager you are to leave the herbarium as a kind of decoration, folk signs do not recommend that you do this.
Why do superstitions prohibit dried flowers?
There are several reasons for this that explain the essence of the problem. One of them says that dried flowers take luck, money and health from the house. Whether you should trust such a sign is a purely personal matter for each of us, but if you have even the slightest doubt about this, it is better to play it safe and get rid of the “dead” flower.
Some superstitious individuals claim that a dried plant not only brings misfortune to the house, but can also give family members serious illnesses. And some cases can even be fatal. In addition, there is a belief that dried flowers bring betrayal from loved ones and separation from them.
How to scare away misfortunes?
Surprisingly, along with the sign that brings illness and failure, humanity has come up with a kind of antidote to this phenomenon. This miracle remedy allows you not only to disperse the gloomy clouds hanging over your family, but also to preserve the desired bouquet in the house.
Firstly, few people realize that the ancient superstition about dried flowers is not interpreted entirely correctly. Thus, it is not the entire plant that poses a threat to humans, but only a drooping bud. In the old days, many grandmothers, doing a similar thing, prepared dried flowers to ward off evil spirits and the evil eye. This phenomenon has survived to this day for use in mystical rituals, but you are unlikely to want to leave a huge bouquet of roses without buds at home. There is a magical solution for this too. Some claim that if you wrap a black wool thread around a vase, it will repel negative energy and protect your home. Others believe that the most effective solution would be holy water and the Lord's Prayer. It is enough to sprinkle dried flowers while reading a prayer to yourself. But the ritual must remain secret.
Another amazing way to ward off the misfortunes caused by dried flowers is to do something. To do this, you need to step across the threshold, entering the apartment, with a dried flower in your hands through a representative of the cat family, or throw a leather belt at your feet. Such a seemingly ridiculous decision, according to popular wisdom, will save the bouquet from the negative impact on you and your family.
1. Flowers in pots always reflect the state of their owners.
If you care about flowers, they will always tell you with their condition.
2. Tanned skins in the home (shop, office...) contribute to successful trade, increase capital, and also protect property. Only the skins need care and attention.
3. Dried flowers, placed in a vase and creating a unique bouquet, promote well-being, wealth, health and comfort. They neutralize negative energy. True, in Russia today there is a completely erroneous opinion that dried flowers cannot be stored in the house. Flowers and herbs hung in bunches in a certain place or in utility rooms further improve the energy of the house.
Remember, before in every village house, bunches of herbs were suspended from the ceiling or tucked behind the ceiling. Herbs and flowers kept in the house and allowed to dry naturally release health energy that protects the house during periods of epidemics.
4. Animal figurines (not grotesque ones) protect the house from misfortunes, and also store financial wealth. Dogs, bears, tigers, dragons protect you. Figures of soldiers, warriors, and nesting dolls, repeating each other and placed in a row, are an excellent cleanser. Elephants, following each other and decreasing in size from larger to smaller, are a universal cleaner. It is no coincidence that elephants used to stand on shelves in many homes.
5. Pillows are amulets of marital love. If the pillows are tapestry, with an embroidered pattern, bright, they protect against separation from your loved one and focus attention on your partner. If there are flowers on the pillows, this is a talisman of health; if images of people, animals - protect from dangers; if the image is of landscapes, buildings, it helps your endeavors to be successful.
WHAT NOT TO HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE?
Our apartments are full of a wide variety of objects and things - from purely functional to decorating the interior. But not everything is good to have in the house.
1. Old, worn slippers should not be kept in the house - they attract negative energy. If the slippers are torn, they must be removed from the apartment. 2. Also, you should not store torn, unusable clothes in the house. Always evaluate old shoes and clothes based on whether you will still wear them. If you don't, throw it away.
3. Dishes with cracks, chips, or defects resulting from use disrupt the energy of food, making it dangerous to human health. No matter how much you like the dishes, if they crack or a piece breaks off, such dishes need to be thrown away. The plate (bowl) symbolizes family. Flaws in the dishes indicate possible problems in the relationship.
4. Living plants whose stems cover the walls cannot be inside the house. Climbing plants attract various diseases. If the plant is located outside the house, on the outside, then this is only beneficial - your house is protected. But if such a plant is inside the house, then its growth should be organized in such a way that the climbing stems form a ball in the pot. You can install a wire frame. 5. Keeping reeds in the house is dangerous. Dried, they attract misfortune and portend illness and death. Feather grass will bring similar troubles if you decorate a room with it. It foreshadows widowhood.
6. At the same time, you can have other dried flowers in the house; most of them process negative radiation, protecting residents from diseases. 7. Flowers such as pansies should not be grown at home. They are traditionally planted near graves.
8. It is appropriate to place coniferous branches in a vase only during the New Year holidays. It is bad luck to keep these branches in your apartment during the rest of the year. 9. But begonia - a symbol of family well-being - will always help balance the situation. 10. Never bring a gifted palm tree into your home - this will lead to great grief.
Surely everyone knows that wealth is attracted by such indoor plants as crassula and geranium (pelargonium), especially if coins are buried in the ground in which they grow.
1. Crassula for wealth
On the full moon, before planting the plant, sprinkle the pot with holy water. Take a lit church candle in your right hand and pass it over the pot 3 times with the words: “Mother Earth, accept my tree, feed it with juices, give it your strength, reveal your riches to it! Father sun, warm my tree with your rays, give it warmth, light and life, so that its leaves fill up and bring prosperity to the house! Water-water, wash my tree with your streams, give it dew, give it gold and silver drops, let silver and gold remain in my house! Brother wind, fan my tree with your living breath, drive away misfortunes and illnesses from it, bring wealth and prosperity into my home! And may my wealth increase with every new leaf, with every new twig! Let it be so. Amen!"
Pour some soil, put three 50-kopeck coins and plant a sprout. Water it with the words: “Little fat sister, grow up, be a man, give me your monetary power: for trade, for income, for a tight bag, for full bins! Just as your foliage is growing every day, my money is not transferred!”
If you purchased a fat plant growing in a pot, you will not need the first spell, but repeat the second every time you water the plant. It would be nice to place the pot on a red napkin, under which there should be three bills.
2. Money geranium
While watering the geranium, repeat the following words many times: “Grow, flower, grow, curl. Come, money, accumulate, multiply.” Or say three times: “You grow, and I bloom in wealth.” This is my will. Let it be so!"
3. Wheat tree
To grow an original wheat tree that attracts the energy of wealth, you will need:
Six grains of wheat, preferably durum varieties (such varieties germinate best); a new light-colored ceramic flower pot with a capacity of a liter or more; soil from a wheat field, vegetable garden, or large, well-tended flower bed with white flowers (avoid soil from flower beds with red, burgundy, or purple flowers); yellow coins - 30 pieces (plus another 3-7 coins, which will be needed later for decoration); water that has been standing for 24 hours (the ideal option is rainwater mixed with morning dew: add a few drops of dew to a glass of water and you will get miraculous moisture; however, ordinary water is also quite suitable).
Plant each seed separately with your left hand. Planting depth is two to three centimeters. All grains should be located close to each other, almost in the same place, so that when they emerge, they merge into one massive trunk.
Water the soil immediately after sowing. In the future, watering should be done every three days. While growing wheat, talk to it - this is an important rule. Fill your magic tree with the energy of your desires. Love it so that it feels your care and warmth.
Place the pot on a windowsill on the sunny side (can be in the living room, kitchen or bedroom). The plant must be given the opportunity to bathe in sunlight. Protect the tree from prying eyes and under no circumstances allow strangers to touch it.
When the sprouts reach a length of approximately 10-15 centimeters, place six yellow coins at the bottom of the vessel where the irrigation water settles. Let the coins remain there until the entire growing process is completed. This water is an excellent fertilizer for a growing money tree.
When the wheat gains strength and ripens, very carefully remove it from the pot along with the rhizome. Tie the stems together with yellow (golden) thread or decorative thin rope and place in a vase without water. First place a few yellow coins at the bottom of the vase (the amount must be even). The first six grains that fall from the ears of wheat can be used to grow the next money tree.
4. Dollar Tree
The so-called dollar tree has powerful magical powers for enrichment, attracting good luck in the financial sphere and activating monetary energy. Its scientific name is Zamioculcas. This unpretentious exotic plant is sold in almost all flower shops. Unlike the wheat tree described above, it attracts only dollars to its owner. By the way, they say: the faster the tree grows, the sooner things will get better. By the way, it can reach a height of a whole meter!
It is better to choose a pot for zamioculcas that is wide and not too high, the soil is moisture-absorbing and breathable. It is not at all necessary to place the dollar tree in the southeast of the house (that is, in the Wealth sector). It will show its power in any part of the room. The plant does not like bright light, so it needs to be placed at some distance from the window, but in no case on the windowsill.
To activate the tree and charge it to work, you need to attach one dollar to the flowerpot, and it doesn’t really matter whether it is unfolded or rolled up into a tube (bow). But it is important that the pyramid depicted on the bill is visible. It is desirable that its tip is directed upward.
One cent should be placed under the pot or hidden in the ground. Such a coin will feed the flowerpot with energy, which it will give through its leaves to you and your home. This, in turn, will affect the enrichment of all residents of the house.
You need to water Zamioculcas not with plain water, but with money. It’s quite simple to prepare: put a few cents in plain water for 15-20 minutes. Water the plant immediately afterwards.
5. Bamboo prosperity
An excellent money tree is obtained from the “lucky bamboo” (Dracaena sanderiana). This plant attracts good luck in all areas of life, including material ones. Strengthens the movement of positive energy, harmonizes space. Place five zigzag stems in a tall vase and they will multiply your financial flow.
And if you attach Chinese coins on red strings or bells to the stems, there will be even more money. In addition, to enhance the magical properties, the stems are tied with golden-yellow ribbons. The main thing is to avoid direct sunlight on the dracaena, otherwise it will quickly turn yellow and wither. Helpful advice: change the water in the vase more often - every other day, or even every day.
6. Linden tree
On the young moon, go to the linden tree and ask it for permission to take three branches to improve your well-being. If the wind does not rise and the leaves do not rustle, this means the tree agrees to help you. Otherwise, find another linden tree. Pluck the branches, thank the linden tree for its help and leave some sweets (candy, cookies) on the ground as a gift. Bring the branches home and place them in water. Meditate on the linden tree in the first half of the day (before noon), whisper or mentally talk about your desire to get rich. After 10 days, the branches can be dried, stored for a year, then burned.
7. Money decor
In principle, you can make a money tree from almost any plant with green leaves growing in your home. According to Feng Shui, all plants are associated with the element of Wood. There are a great many ways, the main thing is the right attitude and faith that everything will work out for you. For example, on a waxing moon, roll three real or printed banknotes into a tube and simply stick them into the ground with the plant. Another option is to cover the pot with banknotes or their imitation. Third - throw a few coins on the ground in the pot.
If you are not a fan of indoor plants, take a photograph or image of a tree and stick or attach coins in any other way (for example, using plasticine) on its branches. Hang this picture in the left corner of the room farthest from the front door.
Dried flowers in many traditions have been associated with illness, wilting and death, but is it really dangerous to keep them at home? We propose to deal with this issue in today’s article.
Dried flowers, whatever one may say, lose their former aesthetics
unless the primary goal was to directly dry the buds for further
decorative crafts
. Dried flowers are often used to make tea: . There are also separate techniques for flower arrangements based on dried flowers. Our mothers often kept their fathers' first flowers between the pages of books in order to return to the romantic events of their youth years later. Remember, in the first grades of school we learned to create applications with dry sheets and flowers?
For many, dried flowers will remain simply dead plants, to which no one will pay attention in the house for a couple of days, for others - the basis for handicrafts, and for the rest - a terrible omen.
Physalis - use in folk medicine
Traditional medicine widely uses physalis fruits for hypertension, constipation and anemia. A decoction of the fruits of the plant is recommended for use for jaundice, bleeding, hemorrhoids and stomach colic. Ointment from the fruits of the plant is used externally in the presence of wounds, inflammations and as a pain reliever. It is advisable to regularly consume fresh physalis for people who have signs of dysentery, gonorrhea and dermatosis. In addition, physalis is a multivitamin product. Fresh physalis juice has a positive effect in the treatment of lichen.
You can take these multivitamin berries every day (taking into account contraindications) not only for treatment, but also for prevention - 10-15 pieces of small or 4-8 large fruits.
- As a painkiller, for kidney problems, for rheumatism: put 20 g of dried berries in 0.4 liters of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. Leave for 1 hour. Drink 50 ml up to 5 times a day. For toothache, dermatitis, and inflammation, this decoction is used for compresses.
- For rheumatism, for wound healing: pour 10 g of crushed berries into 40 g of olive oil, mix thoroughly. Let it brew for 3 weeks. Rub the ointment on sore spots.
- For influenza, laryngitis, mumps, testicular tumors: place 9-15 g of dried fruits in 0.2-0.3 liters of water, bring to a boil and strain. Use 2-3 times a day.
- For lung diseases, make the same infusion, only take 0.6 liters of water.
- For epilepsy, it is useful to eat 8-10 fruits of vegetable physalis daily.
- To eliminate inflammatory processes in the body, for gout, for the treatment of lichen: squeeze the juice from fresh berries, consume 10 ml three times a day. Deprive to lubricate.
Physalis decoction . Take 20 grams of dried physalis fruits and pour two glasses of boiling water. Place on the fire for a quarter of an hour. After removing from heat, leave to brew for 1 hour. After straining the finished decoction, take 50 ml no more than 5 times. This medicine is used for kidney diseases, rheumatism and as a painkiller.
Physalis ointment for rheumatism . Take the fruits of physalis and grind them. After 10 grams of the resulting raw material, pour 40 grams of olive oil, mix and leave to infuse for 3 weeks. Apply the product as needed for rubbing.
Compresses for inflammation, dermatitis . Prepare a decoction (described above) and make compresses from it. The same decoction is also suitable for eliminating toothache.
Physalis propagation
Physalis is propagated by seedlings. In spring, plant seeds are sown in moist soil. The seeds are covered with glass and kept in a warm room. When the seeds germinate, the glass is removed and the container with the seedlings is placed in a bright place. The plant must be watered regularly and moderately.
Seedlings need to be fed with fertilizers every 14 days. When the seedlings have 3 true leaves, they need to be planted in plastic cups. After some time, the seedlings should be transplanted into larger pots than cups. And only then the plants are planted in the ground.
Growing and caring for physalis
Physalis can grow and develop well in the sun, shade and partial shade. The soil for its cultivation must be fertile, prepared and fertilized. Physalis loves moist soil, but stagnant water is detrimental to it. Physalis, like any other plant, needs weeding, watering, regular care and loosening. Regular watering should be stopped from August, as it will slow down the ripening of fruits.
When growing physalis, you need to take into account crop rotation: this means that this plant will grow well after cabbage, cucumbers and root vegetables, but in the area where nightshade crops grew, it will not grow at all.
Signs about dry indoor flowers in the house
According to popular beliefs, dried flowers should not be kept at home, as they steal youth and strength.
It is believed that, just as health leaves the plants themselves, we also lose ours by leaving dry flowers in a vase. Firstly, water with dried flowers begins to rot, spreading an unpleasant odor. This moment alone can cause discomfort. Secondly, rot, which is actively forming.
If dried flowers are a magnet for misfortune and misfortune in the house, then why do villages still practice drying bunches hanging in the house? You can, of course, defend farmers by saying that they use exclusively medicinal herbs, which a priori should help people, but dried flowers remain dry flowers in any case. Listening to beliefs and following them is everyone’s business, but you need to approach understanding the legend wisely.
So, let's look at why you can't store dried flowers at home:
- They attract misfortune;
- Can cause death;
- Will lead to the loss of a loved one;
- You will lose money;
- Loss of family well-being;
- Disease;
Brighten up a negative impression and end on a positive note, forgetting about flower vampirism
you can remember how beautiful dried medicinal flowers are.
What flowers can be dried:
- Lavender;
- Chamomile;
- Mint;
- Tansy;
- Thyme;
- Sagebrush;
- Oregano;
Don’t forget that on church holidays we bring blessed flowers into the house and leave them for protection
, and what about herbariums of autumn leaves and dried flowers that we use for tea? The only thing you need to worry about is the dust that accumulates on dried flowers. We cannot wipe them without disturbing the structure, so we often leave them unattended. Dust particles cause allergies, make breathing difficult, and transmit bacteria.
Feng Shui to protect dried flowers
You can place dried flowers in the kitchen or bathroom
. According to Eastern legends, ikebana, collected on an important day for you, will be energetic protection. In country houses, it is better to keep such compositions on the second floor.
↓ Write your opinion in the comments about whether it is possible to keep dried flowers in the house?
They are very popular in offices, shops, and various salons, as they retain their original appearance and do not require maintenance.
There are many signs regarding the house and the things in it. People are interested in the favorable arrangement of mirrors, furniture, beliefs about icons, and food products. Also, one of the pressing questions is the following: “Is it possible to keep artificial flowers at home?”
What dried flowers are and how to properly store them in the house
It is not advisable to store dried flowers at home if they are painted with artificial dye, especially bright colors. It is worth giving preference to plants dyed with dyes of natural origin. You should find a permanent place for dried flowers so that the power of the compositions is not lost.
Dried flowers are most active when the Sun is in the constellations Aries, Capricorn, Libra and Cancer. It is during this period of time that dried flowers should be added to the interior design.
Dry bouquets should not be stored for a long time. When plants change color, it is better to throw them away. If they lose color, it means they are empty and have given up energy.
If you do not replace it with a new one, the flower will take away the positive energy it gave to the person. It is worth replacing once a year.
If a flower contains pleasant memories of a person, you should not throw it away. It is important to be able to release the plant after completing the mission. It is better to dry products on the balcony, in a book or box filled with sand.
Ikebana that has outlived its usefulness should be burned in a fire. It is possible to store dried flowers together with live ones. This will bring only positive energy. Previously, dried flowers and holy water were used to consecrate the room.
The bride's bouquet, according to the signs of the ancient Slavs, acted as a talisman for a future marriage. Dry roses preserved peace and harmony. To attract wealth, bunches of roses were hung throughout the house.
What is the power of belief?
Real flowers radiate warmth, give inspiration, help people, while artificial ones are just an appearance. Empty inside, they absorb all living things from the outside as nourishment.
When a person is admired by the beauty of a living plant, it responds to him with its warmth, reacts by opening its petals and lush growth. With its perfection, a manufactured flower will attract the eye every time and evoke a surge of positive emotions, but will not give anything in return. Establishing mutual exchange in this case is like raising the dead.
Any imitation at the energy level emphasizes the discrepancy with what is desired. Limited money forces people to buy fakes, which applies to any expensive things: jewelry, precious stones, fashion brands made to look natural. But false prosperity is unsatisfactory, it is poverty. And this is its negative energetic meaning: it triggers the attraction of everything unreal into life.
What to follow?
There are related forms of home decor that are not clearly colors. For example, fabric paintings with relief elements, as a fashionable design trend. And if you prefer such a finish, you need to decide for yourself whether it is possible to keep artificial flowers of this variety at home. Or it is necessary to compensate for the negative factor with living plants.
Is it possible to keep artificial flowers at home according to Feng Shui? Ancient Chinese teaching emphasizes the color rather than the life of the flower. A red or orange object must be present to activate the chi. According to the Eastern sages, an artificial flower is
On Christmastide, the temple is decorated with inanimate decorations. The question arises, why can’t you put artificial flowers at home if this is acceptable in church? The answer is simple: the image of inanimate decorations is associated with ritual ceremonies, so decorating home space with them is considered unfavorable.
What happens in a prosperous home?
In a family where joy radiates and love is present, artificial flowers for home interiors take on positive energy and become consumers of the kindness of the residents, leaving nothing in return.
If at first they were used in a bad house, and then got to another owner, then they can give off negativity and poison the home atmosphere. Thus, a source of “evil spirits” appears.
According to signs and superstitions, artificial flowers in the house do the most harm in the bedroom. For a couple relaxing in such a room, they foretell separation. For a lonely person, they increase the feeling of emptiness and disappointment, and his personal relationships will not take place.
"Bad" houses
How good or bad are artificial flowers in a house where scandals and quarrels are frequent? In fact, for a dysfunctional home with a gloomy atmosphere, absorbent and cleansing “funnels” are very useful.
Just don’t leave them for long so that the absorbed energy doesn’t start coming back. There comes a time when jewelry is unable to absorb more negativity. After a month they need to be removed from the house. But if you don’t want to part with the “beauty,” you should use energetic cleansing of objects so that you can keep them with you.
Physalis - a familiar stranger
Physalis belongs to the nightshade family, i.e. it is a close relative of tomatoes and eggplants. The Physalis genus includes about 90 species. Based on their consumer properties, there are two groups:
- physalis Strawberry, Berry or South American - its fruits weigh from 3 to 8 g, in a state of absolute ripeness they taste like pineapple;
- vegetable physalis or Peruvian gooseberry - the plant can form from 100 to 150 fruits on one bush. They are larger, reaching a mass of 150 g. It is better to eat them canned.
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There is also decorative physalis - it cannot be eaten as food. it contains toxic substances. But it can serve as an excellent decoration for the interior of the apartment.
Physalis was brought to Russia from an American expedition at the beginning of the 19th century, but did not immediately find wide distribution. In the 30s of the 20th century, its sown area was already almost 5000 hectares, most of which were in the Far East
The plant is characterized by dichotomous division. Those. the physalis branch is divided into two, each of which in turn bifurcates again. In the axils of such divisions, a fruit is set, which is located in a cap, reminiscent in its structure of a flashlight.
Emerald berry, Jewish cherry, sleepy stupor, moshna - these are the names the Russian people dubbed physalis, appreciating its beneficial properties.
Dangerous decorations
Types of popular artificial plants at home:
- A frequent preference of modern housewives is ivy or climbing plants along the walls. Such decorations are categorically not recommended in the living space: they attract illness to the owner of the house.
- Synthetic reed is the most unfavorable type of plant for the home, as it provokes serious diseases. Ivy has the same effect.
- Is it possible to keep artificial flowers made of wax at home? It is not advisable to store them in a residential area. It is believed that sooner or later even candles in the shape of flowers will lead to death.
According to popular belief, you should not accept artificial flowers for home decoration as gifts, especially from strangers, because through them negative energy can be transmitted and affect the owner’s condition. Such things have long been used by ill-wishers to convey the evil eye, slander, and get rid of illness.
Some useful tips
Do not forget that during heat treatment, physalis loses many beneficial properties. Therefore, it is better to consume it dried or fresh.
Ointment based on physalis
The fruits of the plant are dried and burned. The resulting ash is mixed with vegetable or butter. Rubbing this ointment into the joints can relieve symptoms of rheumatism.
Constipation remedy
By consuming 10 pieces of medium-sized physalis per day, you can significantly improve intestinal motility.
Tea made from leaves and caps of physalis
Pour boiling water over a small amount of caps and leaves and let it brew. Drink like tea between meals. The use of this infusion is useful for people suffering from hypertension.
Energy cleaning of flowers
You need to collect all the flowers and place them in a vase on an empty table. Light twelve candles around the vase, placing them at equal intervals. You need to prepare red thread, holy water and light candles. Moving clockwise, you should say words like these: “Flowers collect evil in a circle, do not return it back, destroy all evil with fire.”
The candles must burn out on their own, the flowers must be removed from the vase, tied with red thread, put back, and sprinkled with holy water. Such energy cleansing is enough once every six months.
Alternative
An acceptable option according to popular belief is dried flowers. But they should not be withered or dead, but must be carefully dried and presented in the form of a composition.
It is not for nothing that the custom of hanging dry wreaths and bouquets of field plants in the house was so widespread among peasants. They were successfully used as amulets. There were also undesirable types of flowers: feather grass, for example, took away the strength of the head of the family, for which it received the second name “widow’s grass.”
If, despite beliefs and signs, the choice nevertheless fell on artificial flowers, you should prefer shades that are close to natural: they look nobler than “acid” ones. It will be better if the flowers are made of silk or cotton rather than polyurethane or latex. And to prevent decorations from losing their bright color, you should not place them on windows in direct sunlight. You can carefully remove dust from the petals and stems with a stream of water, a brush or a hairdryer.
Physalis in cooking
Physalis berry is best consumed fresh, because... the body receives a greater supply of nutrients. It can also be used as a decoration for cakes or for making desserts: preserves, jams, marmalade.
Vegetable physalis is good as an additive to soups, salads, and vegetable stews. It is used in preservation: both as an independent product and as an additive to tomatoes and cucumbers.
On the surface of the physalis fruit there is a sticky substance - physalin. Before use, it must be washed off with warm water.
