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Out of service? What your Christmas tree is still good for now

Throw away? There's more: herbal expert Elisabeth Teufner shows us useful up-cycling ideas.(Bild: sabine katzenberger)

It was beautiful to look at, but it is slowly becoming obsolete: the Christmas tree. At least as an ornament in the house, because the little tree is still very suitable for other purposes, as herbalist Elisabeth Teufner knows. She shows us the best upcycling ideas for fir trees and the like!

Please don't just throw the Christmas tree away: "You can still do a lot with it after Christmas," says herbal expert Elisabeth Teufner, "it would be a shame not to use its valuable ingredients. It's a real medicinal tree." Provided that fir, spruce, pine and co. are unsprayed and organic, they can still be of good use for health, cooking and bathing. Conventional trees from the trade, on the other hand, can often be contaminated with pesticides.