The southern citizen innovates ways to live in light of the difficult living and economic situation, so he resorts to harvesting hyssop from the wild as a source of income for individuals and families, where one kilo is sold for one million pounds, mixed with horse roses and other flowers.
This aromatic plant usually grows near rivers and in hills and valleys, and it is used for winter in the home, for boiling and drinking to avoid colds and colds, as it gives warmth to the body during the winter season, while clay, which spreads abundantly in valleys, hills and wilderness, is used in Arab medicine to “cauterize” the wound and bandage it, and a kilo is sold at a price of 200 thousand pounds.
In this context, the agricultural expert and member of the municipality of Yahmor and the official of the “Jihad al-Binaa” Association in the town, Nasser Aliq, said in an interview with “Al-Nashra” that before the scientific and medical development, municipal, rural and folk medicine used to rely on the “hyssop” plant, which is used in the drink instead of tea, and it is very useful for many diseases and calms the nerves and adjusts pressure. TR, as it is heavily cultivated in the fields.
Alleeq explains that it helps to get rid of asthma, protect the digestive and respiratory systems, and remove them from waste. It also regulates the heartbeat and protects the urinary tract. He adds: “We dry it and mix it with a group of flowers (horse rose, dandelion flower, hawthorn, and almond), so that it becomes drinkable after boiling it on fire.”
For his part, a member of the municipality of Yohmur Wasef Ali Jaber explained, in an interview with Al-Nashra, that after the end of the school year, where he works as a driver for a bus transporting students, he began working to collect hyssop and olives from the outskirts of the town near the Litani River. He points out that “we return daily with sustenance that does not cover our livelihood,” but he asks: “What do we do at a time when all the doors are closed in front of us?”
In turn, Ali Ballout, who is the head of a family of 5 children, indicates that he and his children pick the aforementioned flowers near the Litani River, while his wife takes care of drying and mixing with the rest of the flowers, then sells a kilo for one million pounds, and a bundle with a diameter of 15 centimeters for 400,000.
While Hosnia Harb points out that she collects and sells hyssop, as the price per kilo is 500,000, and indicates that “life is difficult and bitter, and living requires sources of income, and we have no choice but to search for the ‘hyssop’ plant to provide for our livelihood.”
2023-07-21 23:00:54
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