Effect:
astringent, blood purifying, antispasmodic, expectorant, analgesic, metabolism stimulating, digestive stimulating, diuretic, hemostatic, wound healing
Areas of application:
Fever, gastrointestinal problems, respiratory tract, arthritis, rheumatism, constipation, liver, kidney and bladder problems, heavy and painful periods, cough, catarrh, gout, stomach pain, intestinal inflammation, hemoptysis, muscle fiber injuries, bruises, finger ulcers, Moles and other skin diseases, abrasions, bruises, sprains, muscle pain, poorly healing wounds, eczema, ulcers
Plant parts used:
flowers and leaves
Collection time:
March to September
To find:
Found practically everywhere, next to fields, on grassy areas, in the garden, on roadsides, on loamy soils, daisies withstand even the harshest frost and can be collected in sheltered places even during the winter.
Ingredients:
Saponins, essential oils, tannins, flavonoids, mucus, anthoxanthin
Miscellaneous:
☕ Tea: Pour 1/4 liter of boiling hot water over 2 teaspoons of flower heads and let steep for 10 minutes. 3 cups per day are sufficient.
The daisy is a perennial plant and can grow to a height of 4 to 15 centimeters. The short, upright rhizome has fibrous roots. The leaves, which are arranged in a dense rosette of leaves, are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The winged petiole is at least as long as the leaf blade. The simple leaf blade is spatulate to obovate. From (January) March to November, each rosette of leaves produces continuously ascending to upright, hairy, leafless, usually 3 to 20 centimeter long inflorescence stalks with solitary, broad flower heads. The thirteen bracts have a ciliate edge. More than a hundred flowers are arranged on the widened stem. The inflorescence base is conical and hollow. The white, zygomorphic, long ray flowers are arranged in two rows at the edge. In the center of the flower head there are between 75 and 125 yellow, hermaphrodite and funnel-shaped, radially symmetrical tubular flowers.
Daisy flowers are reliable weather indicators. In bad weather they are closed and in good weather the flowers are open. If they stay closed in the morning, there will hardly be any sun during the day, but there will certainly be rain.
The leaves are a valuable nutritional supplement in all salads, sauces, wild vegetable dishes and spring soups. You shouldn't use large quantities, but every early-year dish should contain a few daisies at least once a week. We mean small quantities that look pretty as decoration. The small daisy flowers look lovely and add value to any salad and dessert. For sweet dishes, discard the inner basket and only use the false flowers. You can also use those of the pink or red bryophyte. The flowers can also be used as buds in vinegar and oil.
Just as the daisy with its resilient rosette of leaves continually releases new energy and forms delicate and pure-looking flowers, it symbolizes the overcoming and healing of emotional and physical abuse. The flowers symbolize a childlike innocence and purity that must be regained after injuries in order to find one's original integrity - even if one has put oneself under too much strain.
Hildegard von Bingen: It is good for a healthy person to eat because it increases the good blood in him and prepares a clear mind. But it also restores strength to the sick. It clears his eyes.