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
Powder
Infusions
Fresh juice
Decoctions
Syrups
Macerates
Extracts
Vinegars
Inhalations
Essential oils
Balms, creams and lotions
Some aromatic plants are
used to season food.
Medicinal herbs
Mentă - Peppermint
Mentha piperita
We use the leaves.
Muşeţel - Chamomile
Chamomilla recutita
We use the flowers.
Medicinal herbs
Gălbenele – Pot marigold
Calendula officinalis
We use the flowers.
Sunătoare– Saint John’s wort
Hypericum perforatum
We use the flowers
and the stems.
Medicinal herbs
Tei - Lime-tree
Tilia sp.
We use the flowers.
Coada şoricelului Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
We use the flowers and
the stem.
Medicinal herbs
Cătină – Common seabuckthorn
Hippophae rhamnoides
Pelin – wormwood
Artemisa absinthium
We use the leaves and the
flowers.
Medicinal herbs
Soc elder
Sambucus nigra
We use the
flowers.
Urzică nettle
Urtica dioica
We use the stem and
the leaves.
Medicinal herbs
Coada calului horsetail
Equisetum arvense
We use the stem and the leaves.
Cicoare chicory
Cichorium intybus
We use the stem and the root.
Aromatic herbs
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.
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.
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.
Aromatic herbs
Dafin LAUREL
Laurus nobilis
Its leaves are used to flavour
food. They are removed from
dishes before serving.
Mac roşu RED POPPY
Papaver rhoeas
We use the seeds to season
pastry.
Aromatic herbs
Busuioc BASIL
Ocimum basilicum
It is used to flavour different types of meat dishes and sauces.
Usturoi GARLIC
Allium sativum
It is used to season food.
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 Ciortan (8B)
Andreea Ionescu (8B)
Diana Moisuc (8A)
Cosmin Ştefan (8B)
Cătălina Soare (6C)
Laura Gugu (8B)
Răzvan Brânzoi (6C)
Teachers involved:
Viorica Maftei (Geography)
Sorina Bărbuceanu (English)
Hortensia Bogdan (primary-school teacher)