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Marguerite - application, healing power, recipes
- The native meadow marguerite is a typical pioneer plant on nutrient-poor grasslands. It has a healing effect against cough, cramps and minor skin injuries.
- Daisies spread in the garden, are easy to care for and can be used in many ways in the kitchen.
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- ingredients
- effect
- application
- The plant
- Leaves and flowers
- Many daisies
- Daisies in the garden
- Daisies in the kitchen
ingredients
Meadow marguerite possesses like also related kinds over essential oils, Pyrethrin, Cinerin and Jasmolin, Tannine as well as resins.
We value daisies as ornamental plants on the balcony or in the garden. It has been forgotten as a remedy for coughing and convulsions. (Image: SusaZoom / fotolia.com) effect
Marguerite helps against intestinal colic, as it releases cramps. It is an old remedy for menstrual pain, regulates blood flow and has a sedative effect. The flowers relieve cough and asthma. In addition, they have a slight astringent effect and reduce inflammation of the gums, throat and mouth. In addition, daisy blossoms are effective against mild burns and serve as a cure for impure skin and pimples.
application
We prepare a tea from the flower heads. For this we can dry the flowers or use fresh, let them steep in hot water and drain after ten minutes. As a rule of thumb: 12 flowers for a quarter of a liter of water. For internal complaints such as menstrual pain or bowel problems, we drink the tea.
For pimples, blackheads and impure skin, we put a cloth in the tea and the damp cloth on the appropriate place - as well as burns. To smooth impure facial skin and combat pimples, we boil a pot of water, put in one or two handfuls of daisy flowers, cover our head with a towel and let the steam act on the skin.
The plant
The marguerite (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) is a daisy family and a typical pioneer plant, which thrives on scree, fallow land, meadows and semi-arid soil. It prefers nitrogen-poor soil and sun to partial shade.
It always grows in groups and its white flowers are easy to find. Daisies spread quickly when they have discovered suitable terrain and bloom from May to fall. All parts of the plant are edible, but can trigger a contact allergy in sensitive people.
Leaves and flowers
The leaves are spatulate and alternate as well as toothed. The flowers measure up to six inches and are terminal on the stems, their bracts have the shape of lancets and blackish edges. The inflorescence forms a basket, and the white tongue flowers are show organs, fertile are only the yellow tubular flowers.
Daisy flowers measure up to six centimeters, their bracts are in the shape of lancets. The white tongue flowers are show organs, only the yellow tubular flowers are fertile. (Image: UJac / fotolia.com) Many daisies
Our Meadow Marguerite is only one of 42 species of the genus Leucanthemum that is widespread in Europe and has long been inhabited by other continents such as North America. Although leucos means white, some species do not have white, but pink or yellow petals.
Daisies in the garden
As a medicinal herb almost unknown today, however, daisies are still part of the fixed repertoire of nurseries. First, the white-yellow flowers that cover up in areas look good, and secondly, they are easy to care for. They like a bright location, can cope with penumbra as well as with direct sunlight, but their water needs are high. They tolerate no waterlogging, at the same time the root ball must never dry out. In midsummer we should water daisies in the evening and in the morning. They show us when they need water - then they leave leaves and flowers hanging.
Do you want flowers? Then fertilize with garden compost from spring to August and cut withered flowers as well as dead shoots. Some gardeners recommend that the daisies be brought into the house from October for the winter. The meadow marguerite, however, is a native plant and copes well with frost.
To plant daisies you can sow seeds in autumn or spring. It is even easier if they divide rhizomes in April or end of September and plant them in other locations. In summer, you can also cut cuttings and put them in the ground.
To cut
For hardy daisies in the garden, a pruning in September is announced before the first frost. They prune the stems about a hand's breadth above the ground. The plant is doing well again in the spring. Even with daisies in pots you can easily cut back to half.
Hibernate or not?
Daisies in pots or boxes should be brought into the house, even if they are winter hardy. In the house, the plant should then stand by a bright window and get regular fresh air.
If the marguerite stays outdoors, put the flower close to the house in September, where it will protect you from wind, snow and wet. Temperatures between 5 and 15 degrees are ideal for daisies in winter.
What does the meadow marguerite suit??
The meadow marguerite divides firstly the biotope and harmonizes secondly optically with larkspur and lupins, cornflowers and poppy seeds.
The meadow marguerite harmonizes well with lupins, larkspur, cornflowers and poppy. (Image: Jutta Adam / fotolia.com) Tip - do nothing
If you already have some daisies in the garden and want to enjoy bigger flowers - nothing is easier. Just leave the meadow and do not mow for a summer. You'll be surprised how a barren lawn soon turns into a white sea of flowers.
Related types
A native relative of Meadow Marguerite is the Greater Meadow Marguerite. It looks very similar, but gets a bit higher. Differences are mainly in the ecological preferences. The fat-meadow marguerite loves nutrient-rich and moist soil, in contrast to the meadow marguerite, which prefers lean grasslands. It sows itself on rich meadows and soon covers entire garden areas.
The garden marguerite has a darker foliage than the meadow marguerites, their claims are similar. It does not bloom until mid-July.
Daisies in the kitchen
The leaf rosettes of the marguerite are not only edible, but delicious. They fit in quark, yogurt, smoothies, salads, dips and spreads. Flower buds and the yellow tubular flowers can be put in vinegar or oil and served as appetizers. Our ancestors were inserted Margeritenknöpfe caper replacement. You can fry the shoots as vegetables, cook or bake the roots. The aroma of the leaves is reminiscent of the green shells of zucchini, the tongue-like tubular flowers taste fragrant-sweet. The best are the young shoots and buds, slightly sweet and fresh. You can use these to edibly decorate soups and salads.
An old recipe is pickled daisy buds. We need a handful of it, plus a quarter liter of balsamic, as much water, 50 grams of salt, 50 grams of sugar and some pepper and mustard seeds. We cook everything together, except for the buds. The layers we put in a jar and pour the hot brew over it. We close the glass, let it pull for two weeks and then: Bon Appétit.
The leaf rosettes of the marguerite are not only edible, but delicious. They fit in smoothies as well as quark, yoghurt, salads and dips. (Image: J.Mühlbauer exclus./fotolia.com) Daisies punch
A daisy-flowered punch is perfect for hot summer days. Wash a handful of daisy flowers carefully. Then pour them into ice cube molds, fill with mineral water and freeze everything in the freezer. Mix one quarter liter of orange and apple juice with water and add the ice cubes.
Tip: You can also use daisies and poppies together with the daisy flowers.
Roasted daisy flowers
They take a handful of young daisy flowers, wash them carefully, drain them and turn them first in flour, then in egg and then in crumbs (breadcrumbs). They heat sunflower oil in a pan and fry the flowers in golden brown, drain the oil on kitchen paper and add salt and lemon at the end. (Dr. Utz Anhalt)