The beneficial properties of laurel became known 25 centuries ago. The ancient Greeks cultivated and revered tree, laurel associating with wisdom and called him a symbol of peace and protection against otherworldly evil.
Later desert Sahrawis began laurel prepares coffee and laurel practice for medicinal purposes.
From the leaves of laurel made broths, and oils, as well as set fire to dry leaf laurel and fumigated it your home, using it as a means for washing flavored.
And only at the end of the I century BC bay leaf was used as a spice in cooking and desserts, and this spice came up to our times.
Of course we are not in ancient Greece and the 21st century, but that the beneficial properties of laurel is not squandered, and only further opened up the use of this plant.
Laurus useful in fresh or dry form, with a dry contains much more essential oils and burning it does not mask the odors and eliminates them.
Until a few decades ago, we were not even aware of the existence of deodorants and fragrances and our grandmothers, to eliminate the bad smell in the house, burned 1 - 3 leaf bay leaf.
The aroma of burnt laurel leaves purify the air in the house from foreign odors, including mold, coping with a headache is the key to a sound sleep.
