Dandelion Root

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by Jyll Renee

DANDELION ROOT

Botanical name:  Taraxzcum officinate

Common name:  Pee in the bed, lions teeth, telltime, priests-crown

Habitat:  Closely related to the chicory, dandelion is a common plant world wide and the bane of a perfect lawn

Info: The humble dandelion is one of nature’s great medicines.  The root is a mildly laxative bitter tonic, valuable in dyspepsia and constipation.  It stimulates the liver and gallbladder, substantially, increasing the flow of bile. It is useful in disease of the liver and gallbladder.

Personal info:  I use the dandelion root in a wonderful kidney cleanse formula.

Properties:  alterative, cholagogue, diuretic, stomachic, aperient, tonic

Ref:

www.naturalmedicine.com  Prock Deborahe, ND
The Way of Herbs, Michael Tierra, L.Ae, O.M.D pg 127-128
Magic and Medicine of Plants, Readers digest pg 159 

*one of my favorite herbs

Jyll Renee Master Herbologist
765.644.0312

Submitted by:  Jyll Renee, Master Herbologist (Click here to learn more about Jyll Renee.)

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