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- The gold nettle and its use
- The gold nettle as an ornamental plant
- Gold nettles in the kitchen
- Golden nettles as a medicinal plant
- Make herbal tea yourself
- Tips
The gold nettle is also used as a medicinal plant
The gold nettle and its use
The gold nettle is very similar to the white nettle and can be used just like this. The plant is very abundant in both the wild and in culture and prefers nutrient-rich, clayey soils.
Early article Golden nettle also has long flowering in the shadeThe gold nettle as an ornamental plant
The about 60 centimeters high becoming gold nettle forms very many foothills and spreads thanks to this extremely fast. For this reason, the perennial is particularly suitable as a ground cover under woody plants or at the edge, if it is not too dark. The golden nettle prefers partially shaded to shady locations. In addition, the silvery-lined leaves of the yellow nettle in winter provide some splashes of color, since the plant is evergreen.
Gold nettles in the kitchen
Furthermore, all parts of the golden nettle - from the abundant nectar honey-sweet tasting flowers to the roots - edible. The flowers are very suitable as a decoration of desserts, for example, while the young leaves and shoots taste raw in salads or steamed as wild spinach. The roots can be excavated in autumn and prepared as vegetables, similar to salsify. Basically, the plant is usable throughout the year, in winter, only the roots and leaves, but not the shoots should be harvested.
Golden nettles as a medicinal plant
But the golden nettle is known not only as a vegetable, but also as a medicinal plant especially for colds. Both the flowers and the leaves contain anti-inflammatory and antibacterial substances that are traditionally administered as tea. For example, in the spring you can collect the tender leaves of the golden nettle, gently dry them - careful! Never dry herbs in the sun, otherwise valuable ingredients will be lost! - and finally mix with other leaves and flowers of wild herbs. So you win a tasty, self-made herbal tea.
Make herbal tea yourself
Creating herbs for your own herbal tea mixture is actually a science in itself. If you are interested in it, then use as many as possible not more than seven different herbs per mixture, whereby three to four are usually sufficient. You can mix leaves and blossoms colorfully. Daisies, chamomile and linden flowers, coltsfoot flowers, ribwort leaves and raspberry leaves are especially suitable for golden nettles.
Tips
When collecting wild herbs, you should never take plants from fields or roadsides or roadsides. These often contain many pollutants, such as car exhaust or agricultural sprayed pesticides.