The Val Trebbia flora gives us several spontaneous medicinal herbs. In ancient times they were object of commercial trade. This section is dedicated to common herbs you can find on meadows, in woods and along roads.

During the herb picking-up you are recommended to :

- Make sure about the herb identity and dropping it if not recognised.

- Knowing the period during which the herb keeps the highest concentration of active principles knowing the period during which the herb keeps the highest concentration of active principles  (balmy period).

- Knowing the picking-up age: the full development of annual herbs occurs after blooming, while for multi-years herbs, we recommend you choose the middle age ones.

You can get several different domestic medicines from the herbs, here are the easiest to get prepared:

MACERATED: soak the herb for 48 hours or more in a suitable liquid (water, white wine), shake it from time to time and filter it through a cloth.
INFUSION: pour hot water on the herb powder. Cover up the recipient and shake it till it cools down. Then filter it and add hot water to compensate evaporated water till you obtain the desired quantity.
DECOCTIONS: put small-sized herbs into the water and boil it for 15-20 minutes if they are flowers or small roots and 35-40 minutes if they are big roots or bark. Filter the liquid when it is still hot and add desired water. Decoctions are generally prepared at 5% that’s 5 gr of herb powder for 100 gr water.

HERB TEAS: these teas are more watery therefore they have got less active principles than the above mentioned drinks so that you can drink them as often as normal tea. Hereby in alphabetical order you will find the most common medicinal herbs, which part of them you can use, the way you can prepare them and their properties.