Spring brings nutrious chickweed

      One of my favorite spring beauties, the little chickweed that you will find popping up all over the planting beds and lawn. It is also called starwort, for it's little white flower that looks like a star.  It is loaded with nutrients, just imagine how beneficial this would be if we were still living off the land.  We would be vitamin deprived through the winter months, especially vitamins B complex, A, C, iron and calcium which chickweed is plentiful in.  It has a mild slightly sweet taste which makes it perfect to add in your salad.  It likes to grow at tree beds, where it will be sufficiently shaded.  Chickweed won't last, so get in your yard and find it now.  Pick it, wash it in a colander and add it to your salad green. 
     Tincture chickweed fresh. I will be adding a video on tincturing chickweed the folk method, so stay tuned. It works on the lung, large intestine, spleen, stomach and heart meridians.  It nourishes the blood and promotes tissue repair.  One of the most unique qualities this little herb is it's   refrigerant properties.  I use chickweed in poultices when a condition with heat presents.  Such as bruises, sprains, skin wounds, abrasions, itching and irritations.  Especially good for eczema, psoriasis and rheumatic conditions in washes or taken internally by tea or tincture.
     Now you know that this little weed that everyone was targeting as a lawn nuisance is one of Natures best healing and nutritious herbs.  I hope the next time you decide to weed and feed, you will realize what you might be loosing.