Content
- What exactly is greed?
- Giersch - weed, herb, food and weeds
- An underrated herb
- Greed as food
- A hard to control weed
- Tips
Giersch is a dreaded weed with often underestimated medicinal properties and amazingly delicious taste
What exactly is greed?
Giersch - have you ever heard of it? Gardeners are usually familiar with greed and can recognize it well. Maybe there are some wild plant lovers who like to collect the greed. But most other people, do not know what it is.
Giersch - weed, herb, food and weeds
Giersch is even a whole lot among other a herb, a food, a weed and a weed. It belongs to the plant family of Umbelliferae and is often found in this country, for example, in bushes, in deciduous forests and - to the chagrin of gardeners - in gardens.
This plant announces spring, it blooms in summer and likes to settle next to stinging nettles. Previously, it was valued as a medicinal plant and used among others in heart disease and gout. She was also a valuable food in times of famine.
An underrated herb
While one used to know about the power dormant in the greed, one runs blindly past it today and does not know about its healing effect. The Giersch (and in particular its leaves) has anti-inflammatory, invigorating, detoxifying, deacidifying, diuretic and cramps.
You can use the yaw - whether in fresh, dried or oiled form, as a tincture, as a bath additive or as an envelope - for example:
Greed as food
As a vegetable and as a seasoning, the yaw can be used in the kitchen.It is edible and reminiscent of raw parsley and boiled in spinach. You can not only eat the leaves, but also the flowers and the seeds. The seeds taste spicy and the flowers pleasantly sweet.
The leaves of the yaw can be prepared like spinach. They are also suitable for pestos, sauces, stews and smoothies. They are rich in vitamins and minerals. But admittedly: they are not to everyone's taste ... But if you want to do something good and like to land something wild from the outside on the table, try the Giersch!
A hard to control weed
But this wild plant also has a negative side, which is especially aware of those who value a well-kept, typical German garden. The greed, which is recognizable by serrated, tripartite leaves and a triangular stem, forms subterranean spurs.
With its foothills, the greed can colonize to masses (hemikryptophyte). Even if he is hacked, he survives and shoots again and again. Fighting him is therefore a tedious and often nerve-wracking affair.
Tips
The Giersch can also be called Zipperleinskraut, Geißfuß, Podagrakraut and (botanical) Aegopodium podagraria.