Plant Information

Common Name: WATERCRESS
Scientific Name: Nasturtium officinale syn. Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum

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Description

• Perennial
• Watercress is an aquatic evergreen perennial with floating, freely rooting stems and dark green leaves.
• It bears tiny white flowers througout summer followed by upward-pointing, narrow pods.
• Watercress needs shallow, flowing, slightly allkaline water in sun, at about 10°C.
• It may be grown in pots, using rich compost and standing the pots in a dish of water, changing the water regularly.
• Can be propagated by root cuttings in water during the growing season.

Culinary Uses

• Watercress has a hot, tangy and refreshing taste.
• It is delicious as a salad herb, in soups, blanched and sieved as a purée or chopped and salted with bread and butter.

Parts Used

• The leaves and shoots.

Medicinal Uses. It is said that

• Detoxifier.
• Vitamin A, B1, B2, C, E, and minerals (iodine,iron, phosphorus)
• Antibiotic and anti-tumor: must be in diet of cancer patients / or as cancer preventative
• Help under-active thyroid
• Remedy for chronic illnesses
• Indigestion, chronic bronchitis - excessive mucus production
• Cold and flu preventative - boost whole immune system
• Powerful diuretic, natural laxative.
• Gout - flush uric acid from the system
• Antiseptic cleanser - to help remove spots and blemishes, apply the juice of pulped leaves to the skin and leave for 15 minutes.

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