Łódź, Bałuty

The very specific bug is Coreus marginatus - invasive pest! Native to Europe and Western Asia. Edible plant - leaves raw or cooked, they can also be dried for later use, leaves can be added to salads, cooked as a potherb or added to soups; stems raw or cooked, they are best peeled and the inner portion eaten; seeds raw or cooked, it can be used as a piñole or can be ground into a powder and used as a flour for making pancakes; the roasted seeds can be used as a coffee substitute. Herbal plant - roots are alterative, antiscorbutic, astringent, cholagogue, depurative, laxative and mildly tonic, can be used as a tonic and laxative; roots have been used with positive effect to restrain the inroads made by cancer, being used as an alterative and tonic; seeds are used in the treatment of diarrhoea. Useful plant - yellow, dark green to brown and dark grey dyes can be obtained from the roots, they do not need a mordant.