olive oil collection

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The olive cultivation is considered to be quite easy. The olive tree does not demand special care and the most difficult process is the collection of the olives. The tree is very resiliant and it multiplies itself easily. The hardest thing for its cultivation is the cutting of the branches. In this way the offspring are renewed and the production augments.

In Creta the elderly people did not cut the branches annually. Year to year though they noticed that the trees that had broken branches due to snowfall had greater production that the others. From that time and afterwards they started to cut the branches every year.

Effective essences

The most important ingredient of olive leaves is Oleuropein, which belongs in the team of the secondary herbal components. The olive tree produces this substance to protect itself from the invasion of microorganisms and insects. Oleuropein is a very effective antioxidant and it has anti-inflammatory qualities.

The great quantity of chlorophyll protects people from arteriosclerosis. Moreover, it has been proved that it has ephidrotical action.

Olive leaves provide with energy and fend for a general amendment of the health. More precisely they increase the resistance of the organization and they soften chronic annoyances such as aches in the articulations.