Moon wort (Botrychium lunaria)

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Effect:

contracting

Areas of application:

Strengthens and binds sagging tissue, wounds of all kinds, bruises, tears and breaks

Plant parts used:

Leaves

Collection time:

April to August

To find:

Is a protected species! Found in dry poor meadows, on pastures, in sparse forests in higher zones.

Ingredients:

Tannins, fruit acids, chlorophyll

Other:

It was believed that the plant had a mysterious connection to the moon.

In the kitchen, the soft, moon-shaped and fleshy leaves of this mini fern taste sweet.

The Moon wort only grows up to 2 cm high.