Effect:
astringent, wound healing, diuretic
Areas of application:
Wounds, ulcers, poor wound healing, purulent wounds, eczema, persistent cough, diarrhea, rheumatism, bleeding, tuberculosis, lung diseases
Plant parts used:
whole plant
Collection time:
June to August
To find:
In damp bushes, wet meadows or ditches.
Ingredients:
Tannins, saponins, mucilage, silica, enzymes
Other:
☕ Tea: Pour 1/4 liter of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of herb and let it steep for 10 minutes. Drink 1 to 2 cups daily if necessary.
The moneywort is an evergreen, creeping, perennial plant and it only grows up to 5 cm high. Each plant has several stems. The prostrate, simple or sparsely branched, bare stems, which root at the lowest nodes, grow 10 to 50 centimeters long. The stem has broad wings that form longitudinal furrows on the sides of the stems. The oppositely arranged leaves are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The leaf stalk is relatively short. The simple, red, glandularly dotted leaf blade is circular to oval or elliptical with a blunt leaf tip. The flowers are found singly or in pairs in the middle leaf axils. The flower is radially symmetrical and usually has five petals with a double perianth. The five bare calyx lobes are heart-shaped at the base and have red, glandularly dotted. The five bright yellow, often red-dotted petals are only fused at their base and are ovate-lanceolate. The flowering period is from May to July (partly Wikipedia)
In the kitchen, the flowers are an edible decoration. The leaves can be eaten raw or cooked to enhance a wide variety of vegetable dishes.
It is often planted in gardens on the banks of ponds and used as ground cover.