Green Sorrel Seeds

Green Sorrel in simple words oftenly called as sorrel. Is also called as common sorrel or garden sorrel. Also famous as dock spinach in few countries.

Green sorrel is a perennial herb with small leaves. This edible green leafy vegetable is rich in nutrition and healthfulness. Apart from the taste, this has got much healthy stuff.

Sorrel has got abundant nutritional values.

1. It is rich in Vitamin A, B1, B2, B9 and C
2. Rich in Potassium, calcium, phosphorous, sodium and iron
3. Rich in flavonoids

There is much more health benefits consuming sorrel leaves.

• Improves Eyesight – Sorrel has got good amount of Vitamin A which helps in improving eyesight.
• Weight Loss – Sorrel is good option to consume if you are health conscious and want to loose little weight. It contain negligible amount of fat and less in calories that helps body in maintaining good shape.
• Detoxification of the body is much more needed to remove harmful toxins. The flavonoids and antioxidant available in sorrel helps in body detox. Detoxification of harmful elements helps in increasing immunity.
• Sorrel leaves contain oxalic acid which helps in preventing cancer and tumors. With lot of vitamins and minerals, sorrel helps in preventing breast cancer.
• Stress in modern lifestyle cause people undergo hypertension. Antioxidants available in sorrel reduce bad cholesterol in the body resulting in lowering blood pressure.
• Vitamin C rich sorrel leaves helps in fighting with skin diseases. Face pack made with sorrel leaves prevent wrinkles and aids in tightening of the skin.
• Sorrel is good for those suffering from hypertension. Hypertension causes less sleep which affects on overall health. To treat insomnia and hypertension, sorrel leaves is used to solve the problem.
• Sorrel is rich in vitamin A, B and C which helps in repairing damaged hair and aids in growing healthy hair.
• The anti-inflammatory properties of sorrel is useful in treating wounds, boils, swelling.
• Calcium rich sorrel leaves helps in strengthening of bones.
• Sorrel leaves regains the lost energy levels and act as energy booster.
• With rich dietary fiber enhances digestion and eliminates constipation, bloating and other digestive disorders.

Word of caution: The seeds of all vegetables come with an expiry date. Usually seeds have good germination power till about 9 months from the date of packing, hence any germination not happening for seeds sown after that period is bound to be dubious. Therefore it is advised to store seeds in a cool and dry environment to maintain their true germination value.