The herbs of Florina

From the most ancient times people have sought the herbal kingdom for the relief of pains or for healing. So, for thousands of years, varieties of herbs have been used by humans for therapeutic purposes. As centuries of experience has proven, many plants, roots, leaves and many seeds possess active healing properties.
In the mountains of Verno, Varnounta and Vora, the vegetation is rich in volume and variety, mainly due to the morphology, water and climatic conditions. A feast of colours and aromas is revealed to the visitor by the hundreds of species of wild flowers and medicinal herbs that grow in the area. Some of them are of rare beauty. Nettle, tea, chamomile, oregano, thyme… modest and humble plants of nature, yet full of power to cure a whole host of ailments.
The inhabitants of the region have always known the beneficial properties of the mountain herbs, they used them as a treatment, with special care, because of the toxicity of many. But we must be very careful in collecting them and not be greedy because we don’t want to spoil their root system and contribute to their extinction. We must bear in mind that it is considered illegal to collect large quantities of herbs.

TEXT: Christos Tegos