OLIVE TREE
For millennia, the prime tree of the
Mediterranean area.The olive tree coexists with Mediterranean peoples,
connected with the daily life and habits and, having overcome the limits of the
landscape, has left its traces in all cultures developed on the coast of.
The olive as a native tree - wild olive tree - first appeared in the eastern
Mediterranean that is where there developed some of the most ancient
civilizations.
Recent archaeological research in the Cyclades, the heart of the Aegean,
brought to light fossilized olive leaves, which according to modern dating
methods seem to be aged 50-60.000 years.
We all know that from the fruit of the olive tree take the olive oil.
This is
the most famous product of olives is an essential component of our daily diet.
But there are other olive products is not so well known.
Did you know that green soap produced from olive pits?
Formerly the oil had great importance in everyday life. It was used for
conservation of food, as a medicine and as a lubricant to machines. Even as fuel
in oil lamps
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, believed in the healing properties of
olive oil. He referred to it as the "ideal therapy".
The ancient Greeks used olive oil healers to heal wounds, to treat insomnia,
nausea, cholera.
Also used to soak and soften their skin or put in their hair to be healthy and
shiny.
The modern setting scientists believe helps the brain functions of our internal
organs, especially the heart, since anticipate and take the place of the
harmful animal fats, which are responsible for the accumulation of fat in the
heart and lead to heart attack.
