Italian Mustard

MUSTARD FLOWERS, ITALY (Sinapsis alba) Rather "HOT" for an Italian wildflower!! From May to July Italian wildflower meadows are ablaze with a plant that possesses the colour of the brightest sunny day, yet, provides the Italian cuisine with one of the hottest flavours on the menu mustard!! The ancient great Greek physician, Hippocrates, was busy documenting the healing properties of this plant in 400A.D he recommended that the crushed seeds of this plant should beinfused in vinegar and used as a poultice for skin irritations. Sinapsis alba is a very common wild flower that displays its stunning yellow flowers from early spring-to mid-summer. This Italian wildflower transforms the dull, wintry Italian countryside into a sea of the brightest yellow, reflecting the bright Italian spring sunshine splendidly. Sinopsis offers the gardener and garden designer a way to anticipate and provide a taste of the hot summer to come. Although Sinopsis is extremely common in Europe it's properties are far from common and have been noted across the centuries by physicians and chefs alike. You may find it hard to believe If I were to tell you that the yellow mustard plant provides a natural pesticide, a medicine and that you could even run your car on the volatile oil derived from its seeds. However, such is the case, making it an eco flower in every sense. one which also provides the garden designer with a fantastic flower colour, attracting droves of honeybees and large quantities of eco manure, when cut and collected. This can then be composted and applied as an eco soil improver and mulch to retain water loss and keep down weeds. Italian mustard flowers at the same time as one of Italys other superstars, the poppy, providing a stunning yellow backdrop which propels the bright red of Italy's most famous wildflower into the eye of any passing human. . Producing masses of seed, which are around 2.5mm long and stored in pea-pod like capsules, sinapsis is able to colonise vast swathes of countryside and is almost always present in fields and wasteland throughout Italy. Along with the poppy, is one of the first plants to germinate using the ecologica wild flower system. Mustard seed can be used for... - Minor irritations of the skin, as it stimulates the circulation of the treated area. - Can be used to ease gout pain, rheumatism and lumbago, various internal inflammations, skeletal and muscular pain, sciatica and also neuralgia when diffused in alcohol. Upon it's application to the skin it is absorbed within the body and is expelled through the lungs- inducing an antibacterial action even there. - Mustard seed oil, in a diluted form, can be ingested and can increase appetite by stimulating the production of digestive liquids in the intestine. - When taken as a tea or even just sprinkled in a bath the seeds can aid colds, fever and flu Pour boiling water into a cup with 1 tablespoon of crushed mustard seed and leave for 5 mins. Can be drunk 3 times per day. CONTACT ECOLOGICA HERE TO INSTALL A NATURAL ITALIAN GARDEN