CHIVES (Allium schoenoprasum Linn)

Chives are widely used in salads and dressings and is the smallest, though the finest flavored of the onion tribe.  It belongs to the plant family Liliaceae.  It is both cultivated, and grown wild.  The leaves are hollow, cylindrical and closed at the top.  The bulbs grow very close together in dense clusters.  The seeds are black and two or three-seeded.

Medicinal use

·         Used as an appetizer and digestive.

·         Used against anaemia.

·         Reduces body pain.

·         Helps fight tumours and bleeding piles.

·         Other therapeutic properties as in onion, Allium cepa.

How to use

The whole plant is eaten when fresh to take care of the ailments listed under Medicinal use

Parts used

The whole plant

Dose

As recommended above