Freshly poisonous
Effect:
Sputum-promoting, laxative, digestive
Areas of application:
poorly healing wounds, painful eczema in the anal area, gynecological problems, disturbed menstruation, bronchitis, rheumatism, gout, old age, bladder problems, indigestion, as a laxative, depression, rheumatic headaches with visual disturbances, vomiting, loss of appetite, climatic changes, mucus, gastrointestinal disorders , constipation, rheumatic bladder disease, dropsy
Plant parts used:
The whole herb
Collection time:
April to June
To find:
In deciduous and floodplain forests, on paths, in fields and on rubble heaps. Found in the Danube region.
Ingredients:
Saponins, essential oil, methylamine, trimethylamine, hermidine
Other:
☕ Tea: Add 1 teaspoon of dried herb to 1/4 liter of cold water, heat to boiling point and let cool again until drinking temperature is reached. Strain and drink no more than 2 cups per day. The fresh herb would be more effective, but the dosage would be more difficult. You should not consume more than two cups a day.
In magic, mercury was primarily a narcotic ingredient in witch ointments and incense recipes.
The fresh plant is poisonous, the perennial forest mercury (Mercurialis perennis) is slightly more poisonous than the rubble mercury (Merculialis annua). It is only used for homeopathic medicines.
The whole herb with alum dressing results in gray yellow. Because the plant turns blue when it dries, it was considered a substitute for the expensive indigo.
For smoking you can dry the plant including the root. Smoke either alone or as a mixture with, for example, hops or juniper berries. Mercury banishes the bad atmosphere that is sometimes spread by bad-tempered people, which often lingers in a room for days. It strengthens your own self-esteem.