Blackthorn is a wild and impenetrable shrub, gnarled and thorny, but blackthorn has ...

... many healing powers. The blue-black berries of this bush, which are about the size of a hazelnut kernel, are called sloes. They are an ancient food and remedy. They are picked after the first frost, because only then they are able to eat. Sloes can help against rheumatic diseases.......Natural remedies influence the whole person in body, mind and soul-Brigitte Staffner-