Common Wood Sorrel

Description

Common Wood Sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) has light green leaves and white flowers. Grows in deciduous and coniferous forests.

Tea

Common Wood Sorrel is only used fresh. As a tea it helps with: heartburn, liver and digestive disorders, hepatitis B, kidney inflammation, skin rash and worms.

In case of heartburn, liver and digestive disorders drink  2 cups of cooled tea a day.

In case of hepatitis B, kidney inflammation, skin rash and worms drink 2 cups of tea a day.

Making Common Wood Sorrel tea

Pour ½ l of boiled water on 1 tablespoon of fresh leaves, stir and cover. Strain after 30 seconds.

Fresh juice

Folk medicine recommends fresh  Common Wood Sorrel juice for early stages of stomach cancer, cancerous internal and external ulcers and swellings. Wash the leaves and squeeze them or put in a juicer.

Drink every hour 3-5 drops of fresh juice diluted in water or herbal tea. For cancerous external ulcers apply juice directly on ulcers.

Fresh juice also helps with Parkinson's disease, in that case drink every hour 3-5 drops of fresh juice diluted in yarrow tea (Achillea millefolium). For the exteral use massage the spine.

Follow the rules for dosages and dilutions strictly.