Tasty, free and full of nutrients: four wild herbs profiled, how to use and safely gather them โ with a herb quiz.
Wild herbs are tasty, free and considered very healthy โ alkaline and full of vitamins, minerals and trace elements.
They often contain far more nutrients than cultivated vegetables. Enjoy as tea, in smoothies or with salads โ especially in spring.
Only gather plants you can identify for sure, and avoid busy roads, dog areas and sprayed fields.
Wild herbs donโt replace medical treatment.
Its leaves contain vitamin C, potassium and iron; its bitter compounds stimulate digestion and traditionally support liver and gall bladder.
Use: young leaves in salad, flowers as edible decoration, leaves and roots as tea.
It provides vitamin C, iron and calcium and is traditionally used for rheumatism, gout and flushing the urinary tract.
Tea: 1 tsp dried leaves, steep 5โ10 min. Vegetable: blanch briefly, use like spinach. Juice: fresh for a spring cure.
Unloved in the garden, a treasure in the kitchen: rich in vitamin C and minerals, tasting of parsley and carrot.
Use: raw in salad, in pesto (pesto ideas) or braised in soups.
Used for centuries; its mucilage makes it a classic for coughs and hoarseness.
Insect bites: rub a leaf and apply โ it cools and soothes. Also as tea or chopped in salad.
Put a teaspoon of dried nettle leaves in a cup.
Pour hot water over them.
Steep 5 to 10 minutes. More drinks: drinking.
Taste first: many are slightly bitter โ in small amounts they add a spicy note. Have fun โ itโs free!
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Dandelion, nettle, ground elder and ribwort, for example.
As tea, in smoothies, raw in salad, in pesto or in soups.
Only gather what you can identify; avoid roads, dog areas and sprayed fields.
Steep a teaspoon of dried leaves 5โ10 minutes.
No. Talk to your doctor.
Wild herbs bring flavour, nutrients and spring feelings โ and around the Zollhaus they grow along every path.
Further sources: Bundeszentrum fรผr Ernรคhrung (BZfE)
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