1. Medicinal and Aromatic Herbs in Romania Many herbs and spices are used in herbal medicine (phytotherapy) because of their chemical compounds and aromatic substances. These are some ways to use them: Tinctures Infusions Decoctions Macerates Vinegars Essential oils Balms, creams and lotions Powder Fresh juice Syrups Extracts Inhalations Some aromatic plants are used to season food.

2. Medicinal herbs It is good for: indigestion, cold symptoms, headaches, muscle pain, or when you feel sick. It helps: when you have upset stomach, gas and diarrhoea, when you cannot sleep or you feel afraid, to heal skin, to make your hair stronger or lighter in colour. Mentă - Peppermint Mentha piperita We use the leaves. Muşeţel - Chamomile Chamomilla recutita We use the flowers.

3. It is used to treat: liver problems, wounds, burns and frostbites, stomach ulcers, pains during menstruation. Sunătoare – Saint John’s wort Hypericum perforatum We use the flowers and the stems. Medicinal herbs Gălbenele – Pot marigold Calendula officinalis We use the flowers. It is used: for liver and gall problems, when you feel very sad for a long time.

4. Medicinal herbs It is used: when you have a cold, fever and you cough, for infections, for headaches, when you cannot sleep. It is good for: allergies, stomach problems, colds. Tei - Lime-tree Tilia sp. We use the flowers. Coada şoricelului - Yarrow Achillea millefolium We use the flowers and the stem.

5. Medicinal herbs Cătină – Common sea- buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides It is good: against parasitic worms, for stomachache and diarrhoea, to have an appetite, against malaria. Pelin – wormwood Artemisa absinthium We use the leaves and the flowers. We use the fruit: to have more energy, against colds, to treat liver problems, for vitamins, especially vitamin C and D.

6. Medicinal herbs Soc elder Sambucus nigra We use the flowers. Urzică nettle Urtica dioica We use the stem and the leaves. It is used: to make a refreshing drink during summer, against coughs, colds and the flu, for bladder and kidneys, to eliminate toxins. It is good to treat: hair loss and dandruff anemia obesity allergies diabetes skin problems.

7. Medicinal herbs It is used: for skin problems for kidneys for joint pains for good memory for good eyesight when you are tired or stressed. It is used for: headaches, stomachaches, sore eyes, wounds (with fresh leaves), acne. Cicoare chicory Cichorium intybus We use the stem and the root. Coada calului horsetail Equisetum arvense We use the stem and the leaves.

8. Aromatic herbs It is good: to stimulate appetite and digestion, to protect the liver and intestines form cancer, to eliminate toxins and kidney stones, against rheumatism. Lovage tea helps: heal wounds, stimulate digestion, reduce gas. Pătrunjel PARSLEY Petroselinum crispum We use the leaves in soups, salads and meat meals and the root as a vegetable. Leuştean LOVAGE Levisticum officinale The leaves are used in sour soups (borsch) for their flavor. The seeds are used as spice.

9. Aromatic herbs Mărar DILL Anethum graveolens We use the leaves to flavor many meals and pickles. Dill seed is used as a spice. Cimbru SAVORY Satureja hortensis It is used to flavor food, especially sarmale, a traditional meal in Romania. It is good: for stomach problems, against infections, to regulate menstruation, for women who breastfeed their babies. It is used: for stomach gas, for nervousness, to treat rheumatic pains.

10. Aromatic herbs Chimen CARAWAY Carum carvi We use the seeds to flavour food. Ţelină CELERY Apium graveolens We use the leaves in salads and in sour soups for flavouring and the root to make a dish and pickles. It is good: for treating stomach pains, especially for newborn babies, against parasitic worms, for coughs and colds. It is used: to make the body stronger(it is rich in vitamins), for high blood pressure, for stomach and bladder problems, for obesity.

11. Aromatic herbs Dafin LAUREL Laurus nobilis Its leaves are used to flavour food. They are removed from dishes before serving. It is used to treat: anorexia, the flu and cold, stomach problems, intestinal infections, rheumatism, alcoholism. It helps when you: cough, cannot sleep, have a sore throat, your eyes are swollen. Mac roşu RED POPPY Papaver rhoeas We use the seeds to season pastry.

12. Busuioc BASIL Ocimum basilicum It is used to flavour different types of meat dishes and sauces. It is used: to reduce high blood pressure, against stomach cancer, as a natural antibiotic, against warts, against asthma. Aromatic herbs It is used to help: stomach aches and ulcers, fever and the flu, headaches. Usturoi GARLIC Allium sativum It is used to season food.

15. Presentation made by pupils from “Mihai Eminescu” School Ploiesti for the “Comenius” Multilateral School Partnership TOGETHER FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT GREEN Robert Boldeanu (8B) Andreea Ionescu (8B) Cosmin Ş tefan (8B) Laura Gugu (8B) Andreea Ciortan (8B) Diana Moisuc (8A) C ă t ă lina Soare (6C) R ă zvan Brânzoi (6C) Teachers involved: Viorica Maftei (Geography) Sorina B ă rbuceanu (English) Hortensia Bogdan (primary-school teacher)