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Dandelion - Taraxacum Officinale

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Dandelion - Taraxacum Officinale The leaf of the Dandelion is used for salads, soups and stir frys, as well as in herbal teas. Is considered a high nutrient food and is primarily used to stimulate the digestion.

The root is used for medicinal purposes and Dandelion coffee is a well known substitute for caffiene-rich coffee.

Dandelion acts as a tonic to the whole system and destroys acids in the blood. it is recognised as a great blood builder and Purifier.

Containing organic sodium it is very good for Anemia caused by a nutritive salts deficiency. It is also effective as a Liver Cleanser.

Vitamins

Dandelion contains vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, C and E.

Minerals

Calcium, Chromium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Selenium, Silicon and Zinc.

Constituents

Essential oil, insulin,levulin, choline, taraxacin, mucin, saponins, resin, fatty acids, sugars, pectin, gum, protein (16.5%)

Actions

Diuretic, laxative, choloretic, tonic, stomachic, antioxidant, hepatic, alterative, aperient, anti-inflammatory, cholagogue.

Uses

Dandelion is very high in Calcium and other nutrients.
It is used for children and babies in a tea as a gentle laxative.

These conditions respond excellently with Dandelion:
  • Anemia
  • Blood Pressure (Low)
  • Blood Purifier
  • Gall Bladder
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Kidneys
  • Skin Problems
  • Water Retention
These other Conditions also respond well to Dandelion:

  • Acne
  • Age Spots
  • Appetite (Improve)
  • Bladder
  • Boils
  • Bronchitis
  • Cancer
  • Cleansing
  • Constipation
  • Cramps
  • Diabetes
    		•
    • Digestive Disorders
    • Eczema
    • Endurance
    • Energy
    • fatigue
    • Fever
    • Flue
    • Fractures
    • Gall Stones
    • Gout
    • Heartburn
    • Hemorrhage
    • Insomnia
    • Jaundice
    • Liver
    • Pancreas
    • Psoriasis
    • Senility
    • Spleen
    • Tonsilitis
    • Vitality
    • Wounds

    from the Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism:
    Although the Dandelion is generally considered to be a ubiquitous weed, it is in fact one of the most useful of European herbs and all parts of the plant can be employed. It is an extremely effective medicinal plant, being possibly the safest and most-active plant diuretic and one of the best herbs known to treat liver complaints. Both the leaves and root have long been eaten as salad material, and in the last century cultivated forms with large leaves have been developed as an autumn and spring vegetable; these usually being blanched in the same way as Endive.

    Dandelion roots provide (when dried, chopped and roasted) the best-known coffee substitute, and all parts have been employed in fermented and unfermented beers,wines and tonic drinks. Surprisingly the herb is rarely men- tioned by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and it is generally considered that the Arabs promoted its use in the eleventh century.

    By the sixteenth century it was well established as an official drug of the apothecaries, who knew it as Herba Taraxacon or Herba Urinaria - the latter term emphasizing its diuretic effect. It was also called Denta Leonis (lion's teeth), after the leaf shape, and from which term the common name is derived via the French dents de lion.

    It is still retained in the national pharmacopoeias of Hungary, Poland, the Soviet Union and Switzerland. The Russian Dandelion (T. kok-saghyz Rodin.) was extensively cultivated during the Second World War as a source of rubber, which was extracted from the latex of the roots. Small quantities of a similar latex are found in T. officinale.

    Description Variable perennial on taproot, to 30 cm tall. Leaves spatulate, oblong or oblanceolate, entire to runcinate-pinnatifid. Flowers yellow, on hollow scapes, appearing late spring to mid-summer.

    Distribution Native to Europe and Asia; introduced elsewhere. On nitrogen-rich soils in any situation to 2000 m altitude.

    Cultivation Wild. Propagated from seed sown in spring for use as an autumn salad herb. Blanch by earthing up or placing an inverted flower pot over the plant. Grow as an annual to prevent bitterness developing in the plant.

    Constituents Taraxacin, a bitter principle; taraxerin, an acrid resin; taraxerol; taraxasterol; 3:4 dioxycinnamic acid; flavoxanthin; inulin; citric acid; phenyloxyacctic acid; riboflavin; sitosterol; sitosterin; stigmasterol; coumestrol; vitamins B, C and provitamin A.

    Uses (fresh or dried roots, leaves and flowers) Diuretic; cholagogue; choleretic; laxative; bitter tonic; stomachic.

    An excellent bitter tonic in atonic dyspepsia; a mild laxative in chronic constipation; a cholagogue and choleretic in liver disease (especially jaundice, cholecystitis and the primary stages of cirrhosis), Considered of benefit as an anti-rheumatic. As a bitter it promotes appetite and aids digestion. A very effective diuretic.

    Leaf and root used as a salad; root is a coffee substitute. Flowers used in Dandelion wine, and leaves in Dandelion beer and tonic drinks. The plant is safe to use in large amounts.




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