Slightly Toxic
Effect:
Vitamin-giving, blistering
Areas of application:
Scurvy, vitamin C deficiency, hemorrhoids, skin diseases
Plant parts used:
Leaflets before flowering
Collection time:
March-April
To find:
In moist deciduous forests, on the banks of waterholes and streams, on moist meadows.
Ingredients:
Protoanemonin, vitamins, minerals
Other:
In the kitchen you can use Lesser celandine as a salad or in soups. When collecting, it is important to make sure to do this before flowering!
Rose Lesser celandine is a great source of vitamin C.