Double Layered Hibiscus

The flowers only last for one day, but what a feast of beauty!

 

HIBISCUS HAS SUCH VARIED USES!

·Herbal tea and jams

·Food coloring

·Paper-making

·Philippines: A children’s bubble-blowing apparatus

·In India as an offering to goddess Kali and Lord Ganesha in Hindu worship.

·In Tahiti, the red hibiscus is traditionally worn by women – a single flower is tucked behind the ear to indicate the wearer’s available for marriage

 

MEDICINAL USES:

**Mexico - in medicines as a diuretic

 

**India - in traditional medicine (Ayurveda), hibiscus roots are used to cure coughs. The flowers are boiled in oil along with other spices to make a medicated hair oil to prevent greying and hair loss. The leaves and flowers are ground into a fine paste with a little water and the resulting lathery paste is used as a shampoo plus conditioner.

 

**A 2008 USDA study shows consuming hibiscus tea lowers blood pressure. 3 cups of tea daily resulted in an average drop of 8.1 point in their systolic blood pressure, compared to a 1.3 point drop in the volunteers who drank the placebo beverage. Study participants with higher blood pressure readings (129 or above) had a greater response to hibiscus tea: their systolic blood pressure went down by 13.2 points. These data support the idea that drinking hibiscus tea in an amount readily incorporated into the diet may play a role in controlling blood pressure, although more research is required

 

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