Lemon Grass and its benefits

[glen]

I wanted to share this fine plant with the fórum.   I have 3 plants growing in the yard. It can be grown as an annual or perennial plant.  This herb is great in the kitchen.  It also is great for making tea and is very medicinal and quite tasty.  I make tea using the stalks of this plant.  Cut the stalks and wash, make a knot and Throw into some boiling wáter for 5 minutes.  Very good to drink cold or hot.  I mix this tea with bittermelon or moringa also.  To grow, use a cutting and just find a spot in the yard and plant it, keeping it moist until it roots.  They like wáter and fertilizer.  Grows like hell.  Here's a link to this plants uses and benefits.  I hope the link Works.

Lemongrass - The Medicinal Uses and Health Benefits of ...
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Lemongrass has been reported to have innumerable therapeutic and other health benefits. Widely used to alleviate certain respiratory conditions including ...

[glen]

I don't think I can post a functional link. Google lemon grass uses and benefits or something like that to get the info. This is another easy plant to grow that is extremely helpful to us human folk. I found this plant growing in someones yard and just pulled a few stalks and planted them in the yard. Now I have big bushy plants. Pests don't bother them. And, they grow back almost as fast as I can pull them up and use them.
I have started this plant from lemon grass I bought in the store also. The first time I tried this plant was many years ago when someone fixed me some Thai food. The Thai's use this herb to make a wonderful chicken soup. The flavor is unique and kind of earthy and lemony. The real practical use for this plant though is medicinal or in tea's and tonics. This plant also repel's mosquito's. Just plant this stuff in pots and post them on your outdoor patio. Kind of a multi purpose plant.

[macmex]

Yes! I completely agree! I have some lemon grass, here in Oklahoma. And, we came to know this plant when we lived out in the hills of rural Mexico, years ago. Little Mexican grandmothers usually had access to this plant for their "medicine chest" of home remedies. But the plant is worth it, just for the tea! Also, I remember one of my beekeeper friends using lemon grass to lure swarms to his empty hive equipment. The "lemon oil" from this plant almost exactly mimics the pheromone scent of a happy queen bee.

In our climate lemon grass must be overwintered indoors. It is very sensitive to freezing. But I keep some on the sun porch, which is quite cool (without freezing). It barely squeaks by through the winter. Then, after danger of frost, when I plant it out, it takes off. It is one of the few plants in my garden which is impervious to grasshoppers.


George

[amyinowasso]

I've grown it the last 2 years. I'm not sure if it has kept bugs off the patio, but I think it helped.

[glen]

Cut or pull out a stalk or 3 and wash it. Tie the thing in a big knot and throw it in some wáter and boil it. Mix some sugar in it or honey or anything you like. I let it cool and put it in the fridge. I also add it to bittermelon juice or I add moringa to it also. This concoction helps calm you down. It is great for your digestive system. If you have Iritable bowel síndrome this plant could be helpful. Cleanses your liver and your digestive system out. Great if you feel symptoms of depression or you feel nervous. Helps you sleep. Great if you have a cold also. Supposedly good for folks that have diabetes and several other problems. Great for people who experience migraines. And, if it doesn't help ya, it certainly won't hurt ya. The other day I made a pot of chicken soup. I thru a knot of lemon grass in the soup at the end or about 15 minutes before it was done. I used tongs and just grabbed the lemon grass out of the soup and tossed it. It gave the soup a wonderful earthy lemony flavor. Very useful plant.

[macmex]

Yes, it is very good as a seasoning in soups. I am very grateful for all the things we learned from our Mexican friends, when we lived down there.