Effect:
Stool-promoting, stomach-strengthening, laxative, bile-stimulating, anti-inflammatory
Areas of application:
Heartburn, to regulate stools, loss of appetite, stomach catarrh, intestinal catarrh, liver and spleen problems, gum inflammation, swollen tonsils, sore throat
Plant parts used:
Leaf stalks before flowering, rhizome
Collection time:
June and late autumn
To find:
Garden plant
Ingredients:
Tommin, gum, starch, sugar, pectin, fat, oxalic acid, essential oils, tannins, calcium, iron, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C, anthraquinones
Other:
☕ Tea: Mild laxative for constipation: Pour 1/4 liter of boiling water over 1 teaspoon of crushed root. Let it steep for 10 minutes, strain and drink.
☕ Tea: Mild constipative for diarrhea: pour 1/4 liter of boiling water over 1/2 teaspoon of crushed root. Let it steep for 10 minutes, strain and drink. 1 cup per day is sufficient.
In the kitchen, the rhubarb leaf stalks are used as a refreshing compote and as a good cake topping. You can make jams with strawberries and boil them down. You can also make sweet and sour chutney from the sticks.
Rheum rhubarbum is the garden rhubarb we know. Rheum palmatum is used medicinally. The roots can only be taken from plants that are at least 5 years old. It is peeled, cut into pieces and dried in the sun, in the stove or over an open fire. The root is used powdered.
🛑 Pregnant and breastfeeding women should avoid rhubarb as it can cause diarrhea in breastfed babies.