Knossos Herbs and Spices for a Healthy Life.

The use of herbs in medicine is still used today in Crete, you to can try these old remedies for your ailments. See below.

Traditional Greek Recipes for your own use FREE

Discover the health benefits of Aromatic Greek Herbs and Spices.

Medicinal Herbs & Spices

DITTANY: (Diktamo) (Origanum distamnus)

Diktamo as a warm drink with its aromatic healing properties can be used for anti convulsive, menstrual and tonic. Externally as a poultice on wounds and bruises. Strengthens the heart muscles and arteries. Growing only in Crete Island Greece. The locals called it also "eronda" which means love for its aphrodisiac properties. Popular in Minoan Crete and Ancient Greece, it was considered highly therapeutic plant. Hippocrates recommended it for stomach and digestive system diseases, rheumatism, arthritis and used it to regulate menses, to tone and heal. It was named after the mountain Dikty (Lassithiotika) where it grows.

Ancient Greek Herb Remedies

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Appetite, Arthritis, Circulation, Colic, Cold, Constipation, Dermatitis, Diarrhoea, Ears, Gallbladder, Gastritis, Hair, Head, Heart, Intestines, Kidneys, Liver, Lungs, Memory, Menstrual, Nerves, Peptic, Perpiration, Rheumatism, Sexual, Stimulant, Stomach, Throat, Tonic, Toothache

Buy Online Herbs & Spices

Visit our online shop for your own taste of Greece where you can order Knossos Aromatic Dried Herbs and Spices delivered straight to your door.

Supplied by post in sealed cellophane bags ready to refill your existing spice and herb jars. We have for instance: Oregano, Marjoram, Sage, Rosemary, Thyme, Camomile, Basil, Mint (two types) and also Cretan specialist herbs like Oregano Dictamus which only grows on Crete..