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Aesculus hippocastanumHorse Chestnut

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Aesculus hippocastanum – further processing after collection

Aesculus hippocastanum – the shell is removed with a small knife

Aesculus hippocastanum – in the mortar grinder

Aesculus hippocastanum – daily hand-stirring of the macerate

Centaurium erythraeaCentaury

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Harvesting Centaurium erythraea – centaury

Centaurium erythraea – centaury being cut by hand

Mortar grinding of Centaurium erythraea – centaury with alcohol

Centaurium – harvest at the Ekkharthof

Crataegus laevigata / monogynaHawthorn

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Crataegus – wild harvesting

Crataegus – the red berries are harvested in autumn

Crataegus – sorting after the harvest

Crataegus – further processing in the mortar grinder

Crataegus – crushing and grinding in the mortar grinder

Echinacea purpureaConeflower

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Echinacea purpurea – coneflower in the field

Many freshly harvested pink coneflower blooms with brown centres in green containers. — Echinacea purpurea – coneflower after harvesting

Echinacea purpurea – coneflower being cut by hand

Mortar grinding of Echinacea purpurea – coneflower with alcohol

Hypericum perforatumSt John’s Wort

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Hypericum perforatum – harvesting by hand

Hypericum perforatum – harvest

Hypericum perforatum – cutting by hand

Hypericum perforatum – from yellow to red

Lavandula angustifoliaLavender

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Sunlit lavender field with three people standing at the edge of the field beside a large tree, wooded hills in the background. — Lavandula angustifolia – lavender field in Valais

Lavandula angustifolia – lavender being harvested by hand

Lavandula angustifolia – only the flowers are harvested

Lavandula angustifolia – the flowers are picked off by hand

Lavandula angustifolia – all staff lend a hand

Lavandula angustifolia – only flowers at the optimal stage are picked

Lavandula – harvest

Taraxacum officinaleDandelion

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Taraxacum officinale – dandelion being lifted from the soil

Taraxacum officinale – dandelion, freshly harvested

Taraxacum officinale – dandelion roots being cleaned

Taraxacum officinale – dandelion roots being washed

Taraxacum officinale – washed dandelion roots, before cutting

Taraxacum officinale – dandelion being cut by hand

Taraxacum officinale – dandelion during cutting, close-up