Laurel under the pillow: an ancient custom of our grandparents that deserves not to be forgotten.

Laurel is a plant used since ancient times, considered sacred by the Greeks and Romans, who used it to adorn the heads of poets and leaders, as a symbol of wisdom and glory. It’s no surprise that even today it’s used to encircle the heads of students who reach the coveted milestone of graduation.

Today we will list all the virtues of this wonderful plant, listing all the reasons why it is a good idea to sleep with a bay leaf under your bed.

Besides being extremely useful in cooking, bay leaves have always been used in traditional medicine for their many properties. They help improve digestion and relieve colic and bloating, but they also have expectorant properties useful against fevers and colds.