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Herbs useful for treating high cholesterol: Leek.

Herb name: leek, Allium porrum

Family: Liliaceae

Useful plant parts: The whole plant

Description: Leek is a cultivated plant with long and flat green leaves, which grow relatively close to each other. It can grow to about half a meter in height. It has a thick underground part that is white colored.

Collecting period and locations: Leek is usually gathered in the fall, when it has reached full maturity. Although it is mostly cultivated, it can be sometimes found growing in the wild as it has been cultivated for a long time in small households, and it spreaded to a certain amount thanks to that.

Medicinal properties and applications: Leek can help lower blood pressure, strengthen the cardiovascular and immune system, and it can also help reduce cholesterol. It is also known that the leek contains substances that act as natural antibiotics.

Active compounds: Essential oils, glycosides, various organic acids and vitamins.

Recipe: Leek can be taken in several different ways. It is enough if one increases the intake by adding it to meals that one prepares, by either using it raw or cooked, but one should have in mind that when cooked, it loses its medicinal properties to a certain degree. One can also eat it raw, chopped into smaller pieces. Leek prepared that way can be taken several times a day with a small spoon. It is also possible to drain the plant material and make leek juice that way. This drink can be consumed 2-3 times during the day.