Can Be Grown At Home, 5 Types Of Flowers That Can Be Used As Tea

Illustration of types of flowers that can be used as tea (Unsplash/Ornella Binni)

JAKARTA – Several types of flowers have benefits when brewed and drunk known as tisane. These types of flowers can also decorate your home. Well, the benefits are very diverse, ranging from relaxation to helping improve the digestive system.

What types of flower plants can be planted at home as well as useful if brewed? Here's a list and its benefits.

1. Rose

In addition to emitting a fragrant aroma, roses can also be brewed to help boost immunity, especially against flu attacks. Reported by Organic Facts, Thursday, October 14, roses also help maintain the respiratory system because it can expel phlegm and mucus.

If you want to plant it, you can choose good rose seeds. In order to continue to flower, rose plants need to be watered regularly, exposed to enough sunlight, and given fertilizer every three months.

2. Lavender

Lavender is known as a mosquito repellent plant. If brewed as a tisane, lavender can help relax and treat headaches or migraines. Lavender flowers contain volatile compounds. These compounds can neutralize free radicals.

3. Dandelions

Flowers with a white and yellowish crown can be brewed to treat constipation. In fact, this flower can also help overcome acne. Even more amazing, dandelion flowers help the liver produce bile.

Dandelion flower seeds can be purchased easily. The seeds are in the form of seeds that need to be sown first. After starting to sprout, it can be transferred to the right planting medium, namely a mixture of soil with a fine texture, fertilizer, and a little sand.

Dandelion flowers like direct sunlight. That is, this flower will not be fertile if placed in the house.

4. Chrysanthemum

The benefits of drinking chrysanthemum brewed water are numerous, including relieving flu symptoms, sinusitis, lowering blood pressure, and anti-inflammatory. Plus, chrysanthemum tisane can help stay focused and improve concentration.

How to grow chrysanthemums is not difficult. You can buy the best seeds of chrysanthemum plants and give them fertilizer to add micro and macro nutrients so that they bloom a lot.

5. Shoe flower

Hibiscus flowers or also known as hibiscus contain antioxidants and flavonoids that are useful for increasing immunity and fighting colds. Want to plant it in your yard? Hibiscus flowers can be planted in pots or directly in the ground.

Uniquely, hibiscus plants can grow and flower up to the age of half a century. So, in order to remain fertile, it is enough to be watered regularly, given a mealybug exterminator, fertilized, and pruned regularly.