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Description

This striking plant with yellow-orange flowers, elongated sticky leaves, and a beautiful fragrance can be found in many of our gardens. Wild-growing specimens are rarely encountered, usually found at the edges of fields as stray pieces from removed compost. The most effective ones in herbalism are considered to be those with the most orange flowers. Calendula contains essential oils, saponins, bitters, carotenoids, flavonoids, and volatile oils. Due to its fantastic effects, it is one of the most commonly used herbs in cosmetics.

Blooming period: July - September.

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Greater burdock is a robust herb that usually grows on the edges of roads and fields, but you can also find it in the forest. Often, you may bring home the burdock's fruits, in the form of sticky balls with a purple center, caught on your pants during a walk. Its large leaves were used as protection against the sun or rain. The root is most commonly harvested and finds its use in cooking, healing, and cosmetics.

Blooming period: July and August.

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Silver birch is a distinctly recognizable tree with its characteristic black and white bark, growing almost everywhere. It is very undemanding and, above all, highly resilient, often even considered a weed. In reality, the leaves, bark, and buds of the birch have medicinal properties and have been used in folk medicine since ancient times, especially among Slavic nations. It contains betulin, bitter compounds, flavonoids, betulalbin, essential oils, resins, carotenoids, organic acids, minerals, tannins, saponins, oil, sugar, and also vitamin C.

Blooming period: April, May.

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The walnut tree is a massive tree that can reach up to 45 meters in height, and you are surely familiar with its fruits - walnuts. However, its leaves are also worth mentioning, as they are used in both healing and cosmetics. They contain tannins, flavonoids, essential oils, carbonic acids, quinones, vitamins (A, C, E, and B group), and trace elements (potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium).

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Common sage is a one-meter tall plant with purple flowers, oval, woolly leaves with a silver tint, and a strong calming scent. Even Saxana knew of its breathtaking effects when she was looking for "grandmother's ear," and our ancestors had gardens full of healing sage. The very name is derived from the Latin word "salvare," which means to save or heal. Its leaves are best harvested just before blooming on a sunny midday when they contain the highest amount of essential oils. The leaves contain essential oils with compounds such as thujone, salvial, and cineole, as well as tannins, oxyterpenic acids, saponins, bitters, resins, B vitamins, and mineral and hormonally active substances.

Blooming period: June, July. Leaf harvesting: just before flowering.

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Common thyme is an evergreen shrub with small gray-green leaves and white or light purple flowers. It is native to the Mediterranean and is most commonly found along roadsides, in meadows, or in private gardens. It thrives in sunlight and warmth, and when the leaves are crushed, they emit a pleasant aroma. It contains essential oils, flavonoids, flavonol glycosides, organic acids, resins, tannins, saponins, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, zinc, silicon, and vitamin A. In herbalism, both its stems and leaves are used.

Harvesting period: June - July.