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- Prepare and apply a juice of sorrel
- An old means of folk medicine
- Making sorrel juice
- Attention: not too much of a good thing!
- Examples of use of sour cream juice
- Tips
Sour clover juice is an ancient remedy for numerous ailments
Prepare and apply a juice of sorrel
Weeds are found in nature and in the garden for free - for example, the sorrel. Like other weeds, it is edible and curative. A juice from its leaves has an enormously high active ingredient content ...
An old means of folk medicine
This herb, which is now considered by many gardeners as weeds, has been known for many centuries as a cure. Already around 150 v. Chr. It was used in Greece.
In the Middle Ages, the sorrel was popular for preparing soups and salads and was also used as a substitute for spinach. Nowadays, folk medicine knows it as a means of choice for stomach problems.
Making sorrel juice
To make you need fresh sorrel. It grows in the spring. The best collection time is in the growth phase, just before and during the flowering season. This is usually the case between March and May. Often, the sorrel grows in this country even in winter. Collect the individual leaves and stems!
At home you can wash the leaves if they are dirty. Then they should be drained. Then the leaves are juiced. These are suitable for manual juice juicers and electric juicers. If you do not have a juicer, you can put the leaves into a blender together with water, mix and pour the mix through a sieve. Then you win a diluted juice.
Attention: not too much of a good thing!
Remember: Sour clover contains oxalic acid and is toxic in large quantities! The juice should therefore not be drunk, but only diluted with water or tea (three times the amount of water / tea).
Alternatively, you can drink it drop by drop (3 to 5 drops per hour). Anyone who suffers from osteoporosis or calcium deficiency, should not take sauerkleesaft generally! He is a calcium robber.
Examples of use of sour cream juice
Sour clover has anti-inflammatory, diuretic, antipyretic, cholagogue, refreshing, metabolism-stimulating and hematopoietic. It can be applied internally or externally at:
Tips
If you do not grow a sorrel, ask your garden neighbor or go to the forest in spring to collect.