OLIVE LEAF

Olive trees have been cultivated in the Mediterranean since ancient times. They were revered as sacred plants. The ancient Greeks considered Olive trees the creation of the goddess of wisdom and justice Athena. Even now the olive tree is a symbol of holiness, abundance, peace, victory, wisdom, health, and a long, fruitful life.

Olive trees are exposed all year round to hot sunlight and the salubrious sea climate of the Mediterranean. This gives unique properties to the fruit, and to the olive leaves. Archaeological documents confirm that the beneficial properties of the olive leaf were known to people several thousand years ago.

The leaves contain organic acids, phytosterol, resins, flavonoids, lactone elenolide, bitter compounds, tannins, essential oil. The leaves also contain glycosides, organic acids, bitterness, flavonoids and tannins.