Who does not know hazel? The hazel is appreciated mainly for its fruits, hazelnuts. But the hazel hides of the active substance also in the leaves and bark.
The common hazel, Corylus avellana, is a shrub that is very widespread. It is found along forest paths and forest edges and is very fond of growing in overgrown areas. The hazel grows up to 8 meters high and has a strong, branched canopy. It has female and male flowers. Male flowers, kittens, develop in summer and stay through winter and open in early spring. The female flowers are hidden in flower buds and bloom from February to April. Hazelnuts develop from the flowers. Hazelnuts are full of vitamins, but for healing purposes, we also use bark and leaves of hazel, as well as “kittens”. “Cats” cure flu and pneumonia, and also help promote sweating. We make them in the form of tea.
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Hazelnuts are some of my favorite nuts, but I didn’t know that other parts of the trees can be used too. Thank you for this informative post!
I didn’t know about the other healing effects either. I’m going to discover a lot new with this lock.
I saw this picture in the forests of my country. I like nuts very much like nuts.
I love nuts too. Many times I pick them up on my walk. 😊
i selected no i do not know the tree. I do know the tree, but did not know all the wonderful information you shared.
Thank you so much for that!
Thank you so much. I’m glad I said something new.
i am always curious about new information and love having the chance to learn. Thank you!!!!!
I love seeing those hanging from tree like this. In Latvia, there were different kinds of trees that also had those hanging from them
Thank you. These are the flowers of this tree.
I have eaten hazelnuts but never seen the tree. Quite rare looking – specially those yellow things. What are they?
These yellow “things” are flowers. From these flowers, a hazelnut develops later.
This is a new tree for me. I love hazelnuts. How interesting.
Thank you. We have a lot of these trees in our country.