Translated from Bulgarian
Dandelion Surprises with
its Beneficial Properties
its Beneficial Properties
The
news has been viewed 464 times (19 May 2015)
Date:
05/07/2015 12:44
Issue Number
306
Tea made of the plant kills
cancer cells,
restores prowess and
purifies the blood
cancer cells,
restores prowess and
purifies the blood
Dandelion is a perennial herbaceous plant. It grows
everywhere and is easy to detect in its flowering period thanks to its bright
yellow colors. In springtime, when the human body has exhausted its vitamin stocks,
it provides a wonderful opportunity to replenish them.
It has a shortened stem and a well-developed root. Its
leaves are pinnately carved in the shape of a rosette. Growing out of the middle
is a bare and hollow stem, high between 5 to 30 cm. It ends with a flower [colored], golden yellow basket. Flowers
are tongue-shaped and the seeds are spindle-shaped, fitted with small kites [propeller-type].
Used for therapeutic purposes are both the leaves (cold
extract) and the flower baskets (infusion), and the roots (cold extracts,
infusions).
The above-ground parts of the plant are harvested at its flowering
in spring, and the roots are collected in August — September, when the flower
begins to fade, or [else]
in springtime – April and May – (for thyroid gland treatment). The autumn roots
are much richer in nutrients.
The foliage with the flowers are dried outdoors in the
shade, by spreading a thin layer and turning them often. Well dried, they have
a green color, with a slight purple hue.
The roots are to be carefully removed from the ground,
without disturbing their integrity, to be cleaned from dust and from the root
collar, to be washed with cold water and dried in the shade or else at a temperatures
up to 50 degrees Celsius. The dried roots no longer emit the typical dandelion white
juice and are light to dark brown, odorless, with a slightly bitter taste.
The plant is rich in vitamins, as well as in other
beneficial substances for man – taraxacin, ceril alcohol, lactocerol (in the
milky sap), rubber, inositol, choline, mannitol, tannins, saponins, organic
acids, resinous compounds, mucilage, triterpenes (taraxerol, taraxasterol and
pseudotaraxasterol), sterines, fats (4-9%) (glycerides of oleic, palmitic,
linoleic, cerotic and the like acids), proteins (12-15%).