Effect:
anti-inflammatory, astringent, calming, strengthening, antiviral, antibacterial, eye healing
Areas of application:
Swollen lymph nodes, lung or intestinal tuberculosis, hernias, eye ulcers, snake bites, diarrhea, skin inflammation, bruises
Parts of the plant used:
Leaves, flowers
Collection time:
April to October
Can be found:
In fields, on roadsides, ruderal areas and in bushes.
Ingredients:
Tanning agents, flavonoids
Other:
☕ Tea: The herb is poured over with boiling water, left to stand for 10 minutes and then strained.
The field forget-me-not is usually an annual plant, sometimes also as a winter annual or biennial plant. Its height is 10 to 40 cm, rarely even up to 60 cm. The ascending to upright stems are often heavily branched from the base. In the leafy area, the stems are protruding plus or minus grey hairy, in the leafless area they are pressed hairy and the trichomes are not hooked. The leaves are arranged in basal rosettes and alternately distributed on the stem. The leaf blade of the basal leaves is oblanceolate, lanceolate or ovate, gradually narrowing into the petiole. The stem leaves are sessile, lanceolate to ovate and covered with straight trichomes. In the inflorescence, the flowers are densely arranged. It has no leaves at the base and the lower flowers have no bracts either. The flower has five petals with a double perianth. The five sepals are fused to about two-thirds of their length and are hairy with protruding, hooked trichomes. The sepal lobes bend together and close the calyx. The light blue crown is open and funnel-shaped. It blooms from April to October.
Used as a lotion, it is an excellent remedy for many eye diseases.
When a man gives a woman a bouquet of forget-me-nots, it is a poetic declaration of love.