Health & Beauty Benefits of Dittany of Crete...
Dittany of Crete is one of the best herbs for health and beauty.
Ditakmo drunk as a Cretan tea it is said to be a miracle cure and is great as an anti ageing ingredient in natural beauty products.
Dittany of Crete with its rich herbal scent is perhaps one of the rarest herbs in the world. Yet it has been used by generations of Cretans as somewhat a panacea for all ailments. The Cretans drink it as a Cretan tea, infusion or tisane as part of their famous and extremely healthy, long life giving Cretan Diet.
Known locally as Δίκταμο Diktamo it is also used as an antiseptic disinfectant for healing wounds, chewed to heal mouth and throat ailments and steeped in Tsikoudia (Raki) alcohol to form a tonic or tincture.
Dittany of Crete is also said to be an aphrodisiac. The very word aphrodisiac comes from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty, love and sensual pleasure. She herself reputedly used Dittany of Crete for its healing and therapeutic properties.
And even today inspired by a centuries old Cretan beauty remedy a range of innovative beauty products have been developed here on the Greek Island of Crete.
The natural beauty range combines the therapeutic benefits of Dittany of Crete with the antioxidant rich pure organic extra virgin olive oil to create modern fresh collection. We stock an amazing range of these beauty remedies in our Cretan Village Shop
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