Herbal expert from Lower Austria

Edible medicinal plants: What nature offers us

When it comes to plants and herbs, Elisabeth Teufner knows all about them.(Bild: ANDREAS_KIRSCHBAUM)

With the beautiful weather, it's time to get out into nature again! But let's not just be in nature, let's also eat from it. What is growing now, which plant helps against what, at what time of day is it best to collect where and how many herbs do people actually need? We have asked for you!

Goutweed, stinging nettle, ground ivy, chickweed, daisies & co.: Yes, we are in full spring phenologically. "We are on the verge of early summer, everything is sprouting and there is a lot of green," says herbal expert Elisabeth Teufner, founder of the wild.wuchs.Natur-Akademie in Atzenbrugg (Lower Austria).