Immune booster

Strengthen the body’s defenses: Nature is a pharmacy

Sieglinde Salbrechter preparing the master tonic - it strengthens the immune system. We have the recipe for you.

(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

When the trees throw colorful confetti, the cold season comes knocking again. Many remedies for fevers, coughs and colds grow on your doorstep - but what helps best? The "Krone" asked around and reveals a recipe!

Stuffy noses and coughing necks can be seen on every corner at the moment. But before you reach for chemical products, you should take a look at nature. "If you stroll through the woods and meadows now, you can still discover some medicinal plants that prepare us for the cold season - chickweed and ribwort, both expectorant and cough-relieving, can still be found at this time of year," says herbal expert Sieglinde Salbrechter.

The busy mother of three children and a stepdaughter and grandmother of nine grandchildren has been interested in herbalism from an early age - she knows a thing or two about power herbs and the like: "There are several ways to strengthen your own defenses."