Why Eat Wild Herbs and Edible Plants?

The Benefits of Wild Edible Plants

For hundreds of years people took advantage of the medicine cabinet at their doorstep. Before the advent of processed foods and modern convenience stores, wild plants were a common dietary supplement. They were the ultimate natural multivitamin!

Often the plants we call weeds have therapeutic value. Our pharmaceutical industry bases many new medicines on the healing factors in herbs. 

Why eat wild herbs?

What if you live in the city?

Not everyone lives in the countryside these days, with healthy spray free wild herbs at their doorstep. How can you get the benefits of wild plants without turning into a forager?

If you do live rurally, how do you spot the good ones? 

People ask us, "how do you avoid the poisonous ones?” Good question! Ask around and learn one edible variety at a time. Often community gardens have people in the know. Gather this precious knowledge slowly. Read books. You will feel more connected to your local environment and

What to do with wild herbs and dark leafy greens?

 Wild herbs can be juiced (the forerunner to wheat grass juice!) with carrots and apples, made into dressings or pesto, and chopped finely into salads.

What are some of our favourite wild herbs?

Remember - the best way to identify these plants is with an excellent reference book, or better still, with someone who knows. Ask around. Consult herbalists and herbal books as to how to prepare these herbs.

The uses of the herbs written below are based on my own small and still growing knowledge. They all have many more valuable indications. 

Nettle - see the article on nettles -makes a nice quiche! 

Mallow - excellent for soothing the intestinal tract 

Dandelion - Ideal liver tonic... great to detox the body in springtime - good in salads

Cleaver - helpful for drawing excess mucus out of the body - lovely juiced with apples

Chickweed - One of my most beloved weeds. Soothing for the body both internally and externally. Cooling. Good for skin conditions and inflamed digestive system.  Mkae yummy pesto.

Lemon balm - gorgeous digestive tea

What are your favourites? Contact us and let us know... 

 

 

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