“This is very old knowledge, as old as humanity itself,” says Gudrun Walcher from the Christophorus pharmacy in Pasching. “The recipes have been tried and tested for centuries and have been passed on from generation to generation. In the past, you couldn’t just go to a pharmacy and buy a painkiller,” says Walcher.
Phytotherapy is also no hocus-pocus, but a recognized sub-area of conventional medicine. With the mostly local plant extracts that are found in teas, as capsules, juices, ointments or powder, pretty much all complaints can be treated, says the expert and reveals the best remedies for common ailments:
- Chamomile tea helps stomach pain or as a sitz bath skin problems.
- Hawthorn becomes supportive at heart trouble recommended.
- At the inclination to cystitis should you have goldenrod tea at home.
- colds can be prevented with echinacea, “because it increases the immune system,” says Walcher. If you are already feeling a little sick, lime blossom or elderberry tea is a good choice. “If you have a cough, plantain or ivy juice will help.”
- For the annoy she recommends lemon balm, valerian, and passionflower for one spring cure Dandelion, birch and nettle. “Or wild garlic, which will soon be growing everywhere again.” (had)
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