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Weeds seem to be completely useless plants! It is only necessary to fight with them, to destroy, as they say, at the root, or rather, together with him. However, there are many weeds, wild plants, which our ancestors actively used for food and received benefits. Our tips site will tell you about them.
In one of the articles from the cycle on organic farming, the portal wrote about the benefits of weeds, how to tame them. Now let’s tell you what wild plants you can easily eat, and with health benefits.
Nettle
A storehouse of vitamins, in terms of carotene content, overtook both carrots and sea buckthorn. And in terms of the amount of ascorbic acid, it is the leader in comparison with lemon and currant. Fresh, the youngest nettle leaves can be added to salads and cabbage soup, making green smoothies that are now popular and surprisingly healthy. It is better to tear nettles with gloves or using a plastic bag so as not to burn yourself, and then pour boiling water over.
To dream
A very stubborn and stubborn weed that is difficult to control. Or maybe not? After all, from young shoots of dreaming, you can cook okroshka, soup, salad. Leaves can be dried and finely grated to make a seasoning. In addition, the petioles are pickled, and the leaves can be fermented for the winter like ordinary cabbage. There are many vitamins and trace elements in the young, lightest leaves of dream, it serves as a diuretic and is useful in cardiovascular diseases.
Dandelion
It grows everywhere, almost all parts of this plant can be eaten. Young leaves go to salads, roots – to make an analogue of chicory, flowers are eaten just like that, fresh or dried. Dandelion contains magnesium, so the leaves are bitter. To get rid of this bitterness, you just need to hold the flowers and leaves in salted cold water for at least half an hour. Dandelion is good for diabetics and those suffering from urolithiasis.
Quinoa
It is rightly called wild spinach for its huge amount of minerals and protein. From peeled quinoa seeds, you can make porridge that looks like buckwheat. In addition, mashed potatoes and casseroles are made from the seeds of this weed, and cakes are made. And young leaves and juicy tops are added to salads, dressings and cabbage soup. Quinoa helps fight vitamin deficiency, has a diuretic and choleretic effect. In addition, this plant is used to cleanse the entire body..
Plantain
It is capable not only of stopping blood, which many of us remember from childhood, but also serving as a component of salads and green cocktails. Use for food, as in all previous cases, you need only the youngest and most delicate plantain leaves.
Important! In any case, it is best to collect wild grasses and plants away from megacities, highways, industrial facilities and other sources of pollution. If dandelions and other listed edible weeds just grow in your garden or on a neighboring neglected plot – why not take advantage of it! Otherwise, for healthy greenery, you need to go or go to nature, for example, to the bank of a river or a forest glade.
Woodlouse, she is average star
A very succulent plant capable of extracting moisture, as the name implies, in any conditions. Flowers, leaves, and stems, that is, the entire aerial part, can be used for food. Woodlice is useful for anemia, loss of strength, can activate the production of hemoglobin, and also calm the nervous system.
Mother and stepmother
This famous medicinal plant is edible too! Young leaves of coltsfoot are reminiscent of spinach in their taste, you can also eat the roots and flowers of the plant. The benefits are great – from stabilizing pressure to treating inflammation.
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