In spring, bright yellow dandelion flowers can be found everywhere - in cities and forests, on meadows, on river banks and along roads. Medicinal dandelion seems so ordinary that we do not even notice the beauty of this plant. Moreover, it is widely believed that dandelion is an unnecessary, useless weed! But this article will convince you of the opposite and talk about the wonderful healing power of the plant.
Dandelion is a plant used in both scientific and traditional medicine to heal a large number of various diseases. So let's talk about the properties and capabilities that this plant has.
The chemical composition of the plant
Rubber, inulin, sitosterol, triterpene compounds, fatty oil with acid glycerides (linoleic, palmitic, oleic, cerotinic and lemon balm) and other substances were found in the roots of dandelion .
Leaves and inflorescences contain many vitamins, nicotinic acid, carotenes, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, lutein, taraxanthin, triterpene alcohols - faradiol and arnidiol, etc.
For medicinal purposes, use all parts of the plant: leaves, grass, flowers, juice, dandelion root.
Properties and applications of dandelion
Since dandelion officinalis has many useful properties, its spectrum of action is diverse. The anti-tuberculosis, antiviral, anthelmintic, antidiabetic, anticarcinogenic properties of dandelion have been experimentally proven. In addition, it finds application as a choleretic, laxative, antipyretic, expectorant, antispasmodic and sedative.
With asthenia and anemia, dandelion acts restorative, tones and soothes our nervous system, helps to lower cholesterol in the blood, removes poison poisons from the body. Dandelion is used for neurosis, arthritis, atherosclerosis, insomnia and anemia.
It normalizes digestion and improves appetite, is used for chronic diseases of the intestine or stomach, especially combined with constipation, since it has a laxative effect. It also accelerates the breakdown of fats and promotes weight loss.
The grass and root act as a diuretic, choleretic, anti-inflammatory, and also normalize metabolism. It is used for diseases of the spleen and liver, cholelithiasis, jaundice, gastritis, cholecystitis.
In addition, dandelion is used in folk medicine for diseases of the pancreas, gout, rheumatism, radiculitis, diathesis, allergies, papillomas, acne, inflammation of the lymph nodes, kidney disease, hemorrhoids, fever, furunculosis, skin rashes, freckles, freckles, freckles burns and vitamin deficiencies.
In addition, the plant increases the excretion of milk in nursing mothers, helps to restore the condition of patients after a stroke.
This flower also acts as a mild stimulant and tonic, so the dandelion is used for chronic fatigue syndromes, fatigue , overwork or nerve stress.
Some recipes with dandelion
Medicinal dandelion is part of many popular recipes. Tinctures and infusions, coffee, tea, honey, wine, jam are prepared from it.
1. Dandelion from hemorrhoids:
two teaspoons of dandelion roots (chopped) are poured with 200 g of cold water, infused for 8 hours, and drunk three times a day for a quarter cup.
2. With jaundice:
pour a teaspoon of raw material (ground) with a glass of water, boil for 20 minutes, filter. Drink three times a day, 50 ml. This is a good choleretic agent.
3. From hepatitis:
a glass of cold water pour a teaspoon of crushed roots. They put on a small fire and soar for about an hour. Take three times a day on the table. spoon before eating.
4. With atherosclerosis:
with severe atherosclerosis, accompanied by memory loss, dry powder from dry roots is used to remove excess cholesterol and eliminate harmful substances from the body. Enough 5 grams of powder before each meal, and after 6 months there will be an improvement.
5. For arthritis:
6 grams of dry roots are poured with a glass of water, boiled for 10 minutes, insist for half an hour. Take three times a day on the table. spoon before eating.
6. From cirrhosis of the liver:
a) brew a teaspoon of dry roots in one and a half glasses of water, boil for 5 minutes and drink like tea.
b) a layer of dandelion flowers is covered with a layer of sugar, left under the press for 10 days, consumed instead of jam.
7. From flatulence:
A glass of boiled water is poured into two teaspoons of roots (crushed), insist for 8 hours. Drink a quarter cup before meals four times a day.
8. From a tumor in the chest:
rub fresh roots and apply to a sore chest. This remedy resolves tumors in the female breast, as well as hardening in the groin and under the armpits in women and men.
9. For gastritis with low acidity:
This disease is treated with juice from the leaves of medicinal dandelion. The leaves are washed, soaked for half an hour in strong salt water, then washed with cold water, scalded with boiling water, twisted through a meat grinder and filtered through a dense cloth. The juice is diluted with water (1: 1) and 2 minutes. boil. Take twice a day for a quarter cup before meals.
10. To increase lactation :
A teaspoon of leaves and roots of dandelion is brewed in a glass of boiling water, they are insisted for a quarter hour, they are drunk instead of tea.
11. For burns:
put any number of dandelion flowers in a glass jar and fill with sunflower oil to the level of flower coverage. The jar is put in a pot of water, with a cloth on the bottom, boiled for 40 minutes. And when it cools down, squeeze the obtained oil through a nylon stocking, use it to treat burns.
12. From corns:
You can remove the corn with a dandelion, for this corn is smeared with fresh plant juice.
13. For constipation:
on a sunny day, collect golden cups of flower with full milk stems, grind and fill them with a glass jar to half. Then pour unrefined vegetable oil. Tie the neck with gauze and expose to the sun. Three weeks later, the oil will be ready. Take before each meal a table. spoon.
14. From papillomas and acne:
a jar or other container is packed as densely as possible with yellow dandelion flowers and poured with triple cologne. Two weeks insist in a dark place, this tincture is lubricated with acne and papillomas until they disappear completely.
It is very important to remember that it is impossible to collect dandelion near motorways and roads!
This plant is good in that it has no contraindications.
Use the healing power of the plant on yourself and be healthy!