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Sow Thistle

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Sonchus oleraceus NL: Melkdistel / F: Laiteron This plant has powerful medicinal properties, with some toxicity, but at the same time it is also highly nutritious. It contains, per 100g, around 30mg of vitamin C, 1500 mg of Calcium and 45 mg of Iron. The dried leaves contain up to 28g of protein per 100g - a great nutritional supplement. Use only young leaves as edibles, raw, in salads or cooked, as spinach. In the garden, they perform great function as a “sacrificial plants”, helping to control some fly, moths and aphids that attack some plants. This strong plant grabs every little chance to grow. Its applications in traditional folk medicine around the world are numerous: blood purifier, hepatic, sedative, febrifuge, tonic, pectoral, and there are even mentions of its use to treat cancer and to help people to quit opium addiction. Its white “milk” can be used to get rid of warts (like other milky plants). Here is a video to help you to properly identify Sow Thistle: Spiny-Leaved Sow ...
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Purple Deadnettle

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Lamium purpureum Lamium purpureum NL: Paarse Dovenetel / F: Lamier purpre These pretty flowering plants are to be found at their best shape everywhere at this time of the year. Its aerial parts are edible - raw or cooked.  It is rich in various antioxidants, particularly  flavonoids and vitamin C. Its flowers can be used to decorate salads or desserts and the entire aerial portion is very easy and palatable to be blended into smoothies, for instance with banana, mango or strawberries.  It has been used in traditional herbal medicine to reduce allergic reactions and as anti-inflammatory. Its antibacterial and anti-fungal properties have also been studied, in an attempt to explain its role in reducing allergies.   Its most known medicinal uses in traditional herbalism are as astringent, diuretic, diaphoretic and purgative. Its leaves can be used fresh, squeezed and applied on the skin to help stop bleeding and heal cuts and wounds. For anyone wanting to grow this plant...
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Hairy Bittercress

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NL: kleine veldkers / F: cardamine hérissée Cardamine hirsuta This cute plant from the family of the mustard remains green through the winter months.  As other plants from this family (Brassicacea), this one is also  loaded with vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, beta carotene, antioxidants and sulfur-containing compounds that boost immunity and help in cancer prevention.  You can find this plant in flower now in most places, particularly in shadowy corners. In this video you can learn to identify this cress: Wild Edible Bittercress
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