Meum athamanticum
Bärwurz ( Meum athamanticum )
Bärwurz ( Meum athamanticum ) is the only plant species in the monotypic genus Meum within the carrot family ( Apiaceae ).
Features
Bärwurz is up to 60 cm high and up to 30 cm wide, expectant, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial plant with fächerndem foliage and white flowers in umbels bloom from May to June.
Dissemination
It is native to western and central Europe.
As the site pasture grass, scree slopes, rocky bodies with curved wood are preferred in the montane to subalpine altitudinal zone.
To protect the native flora the Bärwurz is now cultivated by specialized farmers. They cultivate the plant under high environmental standards and requirements for the distilleries in the Bavarian Forest, and for other purposes, such as herbal medicine, or herbal liqueurs.
Bärwurz in the kitchen
The doldenblütige herb is often used in the Scottish Highlands. The fine dill -like leaves and the roots have a strong, hearty flavor that fits well, for example with chives in herb quark. In some areas, the Bärwurz for the production of green cheese, used in the Ore Mountains to prepare the " Köpper nickel - soup ".
In the southern Black Forest, a herbal salt with sea salt and dried Bärwurz is made. For this purpose, the herb is collected before flowering, dried in the shade and then made small and mixed Unters salt - to taste ratio.
The in Bavaria, especially in the Bavarian Forest, known and in cylindrical, brown earthenware bottles sold " Bärwurz " brandy is predominantly made from lovage ( Ligusticum mutellina ) were prepared.
Bärwurz in herbal medicine
According Tabernaemontanus the healing powers of Bärwurzes are numerous:
" Beerwurtzwasser getruncken / opened the verstopffung the liver / kidney / Harngäng / and the bubbles / drives away the Geelsucht / dropsy / the hurt so the Därm and the mother / leadeth auss the stone / driveth the / distributes the Harnwinde / and the tröpfflingen urinate. "
" Comforting is the fact that that cattle jsset dz herb of the Beerwurtz almost like / and get the cows plenty of milk which / darauss treffentliche good Käss in the Black Forest unnd be made andersswo. "
In modern herbal medicine Bärwurz is used in Hildegard medicine. The so-called Bärwurzbirnenhonig contains herbs as main ingredient dried and chopped Bärwurzel among other herbs.