MUSCARI COMOSUM BULBS

MUSCARI COMOSUM

It is a medicinal plant known since antiquity. Hippocrates recommended it against the cessation of milk and uterine bleeding.

He also believed that he was helping in the arrest. Dioskourides wrote that it is good for the stomach and sprains, gout and joint pain, in the form of a poultice.

He also wrote that the bulb, alone or in combination with other herbs is good for dandruff, skin spots, hemorrhoids, freckles etc.

The poet Theocritus praises it as food of the villagers.From ancient times the bulbs were believed to cause sexual desire and arousal.

This view has existed for thousands of years. The same thing was believed by the Byzantine doctors and loggers and the folk medicine of the 19th century.

The bulbs have been cultivated for centuries. Although endemic to Greece and the Middle East, they have been cultivated in England since 1576,

and have been cultivated since Greek and Roman times.The bulbs have been eaten by the Greeks since antiquity.

In fact, it is characteristic that Greek cuisine uses them in the same way, thousands of years now. Roasted and seasoned in vinegar,

exactly as Dioskouridis describes. In Crete, bulbs are a favorite food.

They were used for their diuretic properties and to help constipated people.

The bulb has been used therapeutically for its tonic properties and as a diuretic. It is also considered to help lower cholesterol. It acts as a tonic and appetizer.

They are beneficial for weakened organisms, give appetite to tuberculosis and rickets and treat inflammation of the liver.

In a patch they are used for external pains from swelling, rheumatism, abscesses and sprains.

The bulbs are boiled at least twice to stand out and served with oil and vinegar or become an amazing pickle for a meze!