Rosskastanie

In der VOLKSMEDIZIN hat die "Rosskastanien-Tinktur" eine lange Tradition in der Behandlung von

Bindegewebsschwäche der Beinvenen

bei schweren, angeschwollenen Beinen

bei Couperose.

Auf die zu behandelnden Stellen wird die Tinktur

• entweder pur eingerieben und anschließend Ringelblumensalbe aufgetragen
• oder in Form eines Gels oder einer Creme aufgetragen.
  Für die Herstellung einer Creme eignet sich die Rezeptur der Pappelcreme. Man nimmt aber dazu statt des Wassers die Rosskastanien-Tinktur.

Wie macht man eine Rosskastanien-Tinktur?

Sie wird mit kleingeschnittenen, frischen Früchten der Rosskastanie angesetzt. Infos dazu stehen  h i e r !

 

Dr. Edward Bach hatte eine besondere, intuitive Beziehung zur Rosskastanie.

Gleich 3 seiner BACHBLÜTEN stammen von ihr:

• Chestnut Bud (Nr. 7)  -  Die Knospen der Rosskastanien ("Chestnut Bud") helfen als "Lernblüte", aus dem Karussell der immer gleichen Fehler auszusteigen und aus Erfahrungen zu lernen.
• Red Chestnut (Nr. 25) -  Die "Abnabelungsblüte" unterstützt die Wahrung und Abgrenzung der eigenen Persönlichkeit vor zu starker innerer Verbundenheit mit einer anderen Person. 
• White Chestnut (Nr. 35) -  Die "Gedankenblüte" stoppt das Gedankenkarussell und führt zu innerer Ruhe. 

Landscape Uses:Firewood, Pollard, Specimen, Street tree. Prefers a deep loamy well-drained soil but is not too fussy tolerating poorer drier soils. Tolerates exposed positions and atmospheric pollution. A very ornamental and fast-growing tree, it succeeds in most areas of Britain but grows best in eastern and south-eastern England. Trees are very hardy when dormant, but the young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts. The flowers have a delicate honey-like perfume. Trees are tolerant of drastic cutting back and can be severely lopped. They are prone to suddenly losing old heavy branches. The tree comes into bearing within 20 years from seed. Most members of this genus transplant easily, even when fairly large. Special Features: Attractive foliage, Not North American native, Naturalizing, Blooms are very showy.

Edible Parts: Seed Edible Uses: Coffee The roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute. Seed - cooked. It can be dried, ground into a powder and used as a gruel. The seed is quite large, about 3cm in diameter, and is easily harvested. It is usually produced in abundance in Britain. Unfortunately the seed is also rich in saponins, these must be removed before it can be used as a food and this process also removes many of the minerals and vitamins, leaving behind mainly starch. See also the notes above on toxicity. The seed contains up to 40% water, 8 - 11% protein and 8 - 26% toxic saponins. The following notes apply to A. californica, but are probably also relevant here:- The seed needs to be leached of toxins before it becomes safe to eat - the Indians would do this by slow-roasting the nuts (which would have rendered the saponins harmless) and then cutting them into thin slices, putting them into a cloth bag and rinsing them in a stream for 2 - 5 days.

Dye Soap Starch Tannin Wood Saponins in the seed are used as a soap substitute. The saponins can be easily obtained by chopping the seed into small pieces and infusing them in hot water. This water can then be used for washing the body, clothes etc. Its main drawback is a lingering odour of horse chestnuts[K]. The seed contains variable amounts of saponins, up to a maximum of 10%. A starch obtained from the seed is used in laundering. The bark and other parts of the plant contain tannin, but the quantities are not given. A yellow dye is obtained from the bark. The flowers contain the dyestuff quercetin. Wood - soft, light, not durable. Of little commercial value, it is used for furniture, boxes, charcoal.

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