Weeds, our best medicinal herb
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'Weeds' along road edges and on wastelands appear to be our most valuable medicinal herbs. They are full of nutritional value and precious secondary metabolites. That certainly sounds good. They can therefore replace the most expensive nutritional supplements without any problems.
The top ten list of master weeds
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1. Nettle - Urtica dioica
2. Yarrow - Achillea millefolium
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The flower tops are being picked. The bitter tea or tincture is good for the digestion of our food. Furthermore, the plant is also styptic, to be used for painful menstruation and for varicose veins and hemorrhoids. A jack of all trades.
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11 minMain dishpeanut oil, tofu stir-fry cubes finely seasoned, stir fry sauce sweet and sour, thick noodles, carrot julienne, beetroot julienne, yellow bell pepper, watercress,rainbow salad with tofu -
45 minMain dishRed cabbage, mild olive oil, quinoa plus, forest outing, lemon, sesame oil, soy sauce less salt, Bio Today tahini white in pot, tap water,grilled red cabbage with quinoa salad -
30 minDessertBrie, Roquefort, port salut, gruyere, Camembert, walnut, garlic, thyme, honey, grape, baguette, Red onion, red grape, raisins, Red wine, Red wine vinegar, Brown sugar,generous cheese plate with onion marmalade -
30 minDessertFull Milk, whipped cream, macaroon, custard powder, vanilla sugar, sugar, protein, amaretto, almond liqueur, basic recipe cooking pears,macaroon pastry with casserole
3. Shepherd's purse - Capsela bursa-pastoris
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We use the entire flowering plant, it is styptic but also very good for menstrual complaints, especially with excessive bleeding and uterine bleeding.
4. Ground ivy - Glechoma hederacea
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Used to be widely used for the respiratory tract, can be used in a mixed herbal tea, use no longer than 3 weeks, the plant contains pyrrolyzidine alkaloids that can damage liver cells. The fresh leaves rubbed on the skin soothes itching and irritation from, among others, nettle.
5. Dandelion - Taraxacum species
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Bitter substance plant that is good for liver, bile and digestion, even diabetics benefit from it. Root, leaf and flower can be used. Is, together with nettle and birch, the very best purifying spring tea.
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5 minDrink without alcoholbananas, cool fresh apple-pear raspberry juice, Soy drink vanilla,soy fruit shake -
20 minMain dishsauerkraut, sticking potato, liquid baking product, half-to-half minced, Spice meatballs, pineapple, olive oil, liquid baking product,gratin sauerkraut dish with minced meat -
40 minMain dishlemongrass, fresh ginger, Red peppers, onions, tomato cubes, fresh cod fillet, coriander, oil, ground turmeric (koenjit), coconut milk, salt,fish in creamy coconut sauce -
15 minSide dishsweet potato, soft goat cheese, egg, spring / forest onion,stuffed sweet potato with egg
6. Celandine - Chelidonium majus
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The striking yellow sap from the stem or root does indeed remove warts, touch it externally. Good antispasmodic liver plant, use internally only as a diluted tincture.
7. Narrow Plantain - Plantago lanceolata
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I had my first experience with plants with plantain, the fresh leaves have a good anti-itching effect, this mucilage plant is soothing for the skin and respiratory tract, a first aid par excellence. So with a cold, cough, sore throat and hay fever.
8. Horsetail - Equisetum arvensis
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Growing rhizome plant, the green sterile stems are easy to harvest and dry in June. Especially as a tea to be used internally and externally for chronic complaints: recurring cystitis, joint wear (arthrosis) and arteriosclerosis. But also effective as an astringent.
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20 minMain dishTasty vine tomato, (olive oil, fresh basil, onion, garlic, Parmigiano Reggiano, zucchini spaghetti, pumpkin spaghetti, mini buffalo mozzarella,lukewarm pumpkin and zucchini spaghetti -
15 minSide dishtraditional olive oil, curry powder, wheat flour, coconut milk, sambal oelek, chicken broth tablet, water, fresh mango,curry sauce with mango -
30 minMain dishtraditional olive oil, lean ground beef, frozen Mexican wok vegetables, salsa sauce mild, taco shell, grated young cheese, creme fraiche,Mexican vegetable in tacos -
95 minMain dishmaize chicken, lemon, coarse sea salt, pepper, extra virgin olive oil, garlic, thyme, zucchini, tomatoes (small to), black olives without pit,provençal chicken with zucchini and tomatoes
9. Blackberry - Rubus fructicosis
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The young leaf is dried, a tasty herbal tea with a slightly stopping effect, so it can be used for diarrhea.
10. Bastard Swallow - Epilobium angustifolium
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A new asterisk in the herbal firmament with one clear indication: prostate disease. We pick the whole flowering plant, make a tea or tincture.