Useful and medicinal properties of dandelion drug
Perennial herbaceous plant up to 30 cm tall. The root is thick, branched. The stem is shortened. Leaves oblong, collected in a rosette rosette, forked, porous, slightly cobwebby. The flowering arrow bears single baskets of yellow reed flowers. The wrap is made of numerous green leaves, the outer ones are bent downwards. Fruits - achenes with flying, gray or greenish-brown, ribbed, with a spout 2-3 times longer than the fruit. Blooms from April to late autumn.
Dandelion medicinal is widely distributed in all regions of Russia. It grows in meadows, gardens, roads, less often in the steppes.
It should not be mixed with autumn dandelion, which has hard, leathery, slightly emarginated leaves and white toothed pubescence. Blooms since July.
Medicinal raw materials are the roots excavated in autumn after withering leaves and in the spring before flowering. The raw material is dried after washing in cold water, usually in attics, stored in closed cans. Shelf life 7-8 years. The dried plant has no smell, the taste of the whole plant is bitter with a sensation of mucous.
Inflorescences and dandelion leaves contain taraxanthin;flavoxanthin;motein;triterpene alcohols - arnidol;vitamins C, A, B12;iron, calcium and phosphorus.
The roots of the dandelion contain: taraxasterol, pseudo-raksasterol, B-sitosterol, stigmasterol, taraxol, many inulin, rubber, fatty oil consisting of palmitic, oleic, linoleic, melissa and ce-rotin glycerides.
Bitter substances of the plant stimulate the appetite and improve the activity of the digestive tract, have choleretic, diuretic, antihelminthic and laxative properties.
In scientific medicine, only the roots of dandelion are used, and then only to arouse appetite, with constipation and as a cholagogue.
In folk medicine in the spring with a lack of vitamins, the roots and young leaves of the dandelion are used as a salad, but most often they use preparations from the roots. In addition, it is a good remedy( from the people's experience) with chronic constipation: use a decoction from the root inside.
In pulmonary diseases, dandelion preparations are used as a good expectorant;they also have a diuretic property.
The leaves and roots of dandelion are used in chronic liver disease as choleretic, as a means to reduce the amount of cholesterol in the blood, with gallbladder disease, gallstone, jaundice,
gastritis, colitis, constipation, hemorrhoids( it is better to use before flowering).
Tincture of roots on vodka is drunk with pains in the abdomen, venereal diseases, make lotions with eczema.
A water decoction of the whole plant is drunk to prevent habitual miscarriages, with pulmonary tuberculosis, fright;decoction of herbs, and even better than flowers drink with liver disease, jaundice;tincture of flowers on vodka is used for rheumatism;a decoction of flowers is drunk with high blood pressure, insomnia, hemorrhoids, one drop of milky juice is buried in the eyes of trachoma, dandelion preparations are used for eye disease. Decoctions of dry grass and root are used for diseases of the stomach, abdominal pain, the formation of stones in the bile or urinary tract, eczema, furunculosis, pigment spots.
It is recommended to take 50-100 g of juice of a plant a day, as it has a blood-purifying property, can be used as a tonic, diuretic with stomach weakness, jaundice, skin diseases and gout. It is believed that dandelion reduces the flow of blood to the liver and dissolves gallstones.
Apply dandelion from fever, consumption. Dandelion leaves in the early spring are used in the form of salads, especially if before using for 30 minutes, immerse them in saline so that they lose excess bitterness. In some countries they are even cooked for future use, fermenting like cabbage.
The flower buds of a dandelion are marinated and used instead of capers. The root is sometimes used instead of chicory, adding to coffee.
Application of
Potion: fresh roots - 100 g;alcohol 96 ° - 15 ml;glycerol - 15 g;water - 17 ml. Strain and take 1-2 tbsp.tablespoons per day. Or 3-4 stems of fresh dandelion boil in 1 liter of water, allow to stand in a dark place for 10 minutes and take 4 cups a day with chronic
liver disease as a means of reducing the amount of cholesterol in the blood.
Tincture 50%: 1 teaspoonful 2 times a day to increase appetite.
Infusion: 1 tbsp.a spoon of chopped herbs into a glass of boiling water, brew like tea. Take 1/2 cup for 30 minutes before meals to increase appetite.
Decoction: 20 g per 200 ml or as a tea;1 / 4-1 / 2 cup 3-4 times a day.
Powder: at the tip of the penknife 3 times a day.
Mixture of preparations from eczema: roots of dandelion and burdock - 1 st.spoon on 3 cups of water;insist during the night, boil 10 minutes in the morning and leave without fire for 20 minutes;use half a glass 5 times a day.
Ointment for eczema: honey mixed with dandelion flour. Wash off the ointment from the body with warm milk whey.