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Bot.: Oenothera biennis

Nachtkerze/Evening primrose

Healing power:
- for neurodermatitis,

- to lower the cholesterol level,

- for protection against heart attack.

How to use:
The roots and the young leaves can be eaten as a vegetable like spinach, the young shoots as salad.
The oil of the seeds relieves skin diseases (neurodermatitis), lowers the cholesterol level and protects against heart attack.

Description of the plant:
Evening primrose grows biennual, reaches a height of 1,00 m and gets yellow flowers from June till the end of Septembre.
The location should be sunny to halfshady.

Propagation:
Sow the seeds from June to July or when the danger of frost is over directly in rows in your garden.
Seperate the young plants in a distance of 40x40 cm.

Ingredients:
The seeds have got a very high amount of gammalinolenic acid (GLA), a precursor of prostaglandin E1.

Nachtkerze: Samen/ Evening primrose: seeds