Ash - Its Past and Present Uses as Food and Medicine

Read the complete profile at:
https://www.eatweeds.co.uk/ash-fraxinus-excelsior

FOOD USES
Ash keys (the winged seeds) have been eaten as a pickle in Europe and Asia. The young shoots are edible and can be added raw to salads. The leaves have been used for tea. The tree sap can be tapped to make ash wine.

NUTRITIONAL PROFILE
Ash is not noted as having any particular nutritional benefits, although its astringency may explain some of its healing effects in folk medicine. The leaves may have a laxative effect.

HERBAL MEDICINE USES
Ash was once an ancient remedy for snake bites, and was believed to cure many other ailments from obesity to leprosy! Ash was used to treat jaundice, kidney and bladder stones, flatulence, warts, ringworm, and earache.

Видео Ash - Its Past and Present Uses as Food and Medicine канала Robin Harford