Effect:
Stomach-effective, calming, pain-relieving, urinary and sweat-inducing, appetite-promoting, menstruation-promoting, potency-enhancing, milk-promoting, skin-cleansing, anti-cancer, blood pressure-lowering, metabolism-stimulating
Areas of application:
Stomach problems, liver, bile, for infectious diseases, flu viruses, bacteria, plague and other epidemics, colds, catarrh, preventative for hay fever, improves the immune system, asthma, bronchitis, high blood pressure, stroke, fever, paralysis of the limbs, urinary retention, worms, high cholesterol level, age-related problems such as hearing loss, menopause, poisoning, bleeding gums, draws pus from wounds, ulcers, abscesses, when blood poisoning is imminent, swollen neck glands, inflammation of the mucous membranes
Plant parts used:
Leaves, roots
Collection time:
Leaves before flowering, roots in spring or autumn
To find:
At higher altitudes, on limestone and pebble soils, in damp places next to mountain streams. Masterwort is often protected and may not be collected everywhere.
Ingredients:
Terpenes, coumarin derivatives, fats, oils, essential oils, resins, tannins
Other:
☕ Tea: Pour 1/4 liter of water over 1 teaspoon of dried root, heat to the boil and let it steep a little. Strain and drink 3 cups daily. Carry out a 3-week treatment to heal the liver and gallbladder.
Masterwort is a component of witch powders for incense. "The root of all roots" Until the beginning of the 20th century, it was considered a panacea, especially for cancer.
In the kitchen you can use masterwort leaves as a spice, for example in meat soups, potato soups, salads, vegetable dishes and tomatoes.
Hildegard von Bingen: It is good for fever. Anyone who has a fever, whatever it may be, should take masterwort and crush it and pour half a cup of wine over it, up to the top pieces. So let him steep overnight and in the morning pour wine over it again and drink it on an empty stomach for three or five days and he will be healed.