{"id":3795,"date":"2018-06-25T11:11:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T08:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/botanologio.com\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2018-06-21T11:51:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T08:51:29","slug":"a-few-words-about-the-artichoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/botanologio.com\/en\/a-few-words-about-the-artichoke\/","title":{"rendered":"A few words about the artichoke!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artichoke<\/strong> is a plant with nutritional value and curative properties that herbs<\/strong> would envy! This is a unique plant, all of which, from root to flower is therapeutic, with the sole exception of raw leaves that the milk inside has a toxicity that causes skin and digestive irritations.<\/p>\n

The nutritional value of the artichoke is due to the many vitamins, minerals and trace elements such as iron<\/strong>, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorous, enzymes, tannin, protein substances, while it’s a food poor in carbohydrates, which makes it a food ideal for diabetics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is a perennial edible plant, belonging to the Asteraceae family, reaching about 1.5 meters hight and is a particular bush. Depending on the variety of artichoke if it is late or early, you will find it all year round except July, August and September.<\/p>\n

The wild artichoke, a vegetable with the same properties as artichoke but with greater therapeutic and nutritional value, did not take long to be known for its healing action in Greece since antiquity.<\/p>\n

The forms you can consume are many as you can infuse leaves, make a decoction or tincture of the root and hard shoots, and of course a delicious meal from the artichoke’s heads.<\/p>\n

Characteristic is the shape of the foliage of the artichoke with open greenish leaves large and fluffy, while the fruit is heart-shaped and the flower of the artichoke has an impressive purple color. The root is hard and deep and the stem is resistant.<\/p>\n

The medicinal properties of the artichoke are particularly sensitive to temperature, which means that the infusion and preparation of cold tincture are the best forms of use for therapeutic purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artichoke is a plant with nutritional value and curative properties that herbs would envy! This is a unique plant, all of which, from root to flower is therapeutic, with the sole exception of raw leaves that the milk inside has a toxicity that causes skin and digestive irritations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1275],"tags":[3463,1794,1307,3404],"class_list":["post-3795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-herbs-collection","tag-artichoke","tag-herbs","tag-herbs-collection-2","tag-herbs-nutritional-value"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t