The uses of healthy weeds

How Giersch affects the body

There are numerous positive ingredients in Giersch. Above all, the content of vitamin C, iron and potassium stand out. Giersch works with these nutrients, but also with other minerals, trace elements and secondary plant substances:

• digestive
• antispasmodic
• antibacterial
• pain reliever
• deacidifying
• detoxifying
• anti-inflammatory

If you prefer to rely on naturopathy rather than conventional medicine, you can use the ground elder, for example, for diseases that are caused by inflammation. Among other things, the herb helps against rheumatism, gout and arthritis. Constipation and urinary tract infections can also be relieved with groundweed.

Ingest the active ingredients while eating

It is convenient to collect the ground elder and eat it in order to absorb its active ingredients. These weeds are edible and even tasty. Giersch tastes spicy and aromatic both raw and cooked. Usually his leaves preferred to the flowers and fruits for eating.

Whether you prepare a salad with the ground elder, eat it steamed as spinach with potatoes, add it to smoothies or use it in any other way - it's up to your taste! However, keep in mind that the vitamin C content will decrease rapidly when heated above 40 ° C.

Giersch tea - this is how you make it!

• it is best to use the young leaves
• dried or fresh
• 2 teaspoons of the dried herb or a handful of the fresh herb in a cup
• Let it steep for 10 minutes
• Drink 2 to 3 cups a day to feel the effects

Other uses: envelopes, pads, ointments

Anyone who wants to relieve gouty wounds, insect bites, tension, gout and rheumatism should apply the plant externally, for example as a poultice or ointment. In the case of insect bites, it has proven useful to crush the fresh herb and rub it on the sting.