EN--Dandelion-Taraxacum officinale or T.
dens leonis - the tooth of the lion.Pissenlit and Dandelion) CLK.Composites (Compositae) Commonly: Dandelion and Agriomaroulo.
Plant well known (a bit like bitter chicory) common in Greece, where we meet in the streets even in uncultivated places, in meadows.THE dandelion plant is excellent.
It is a plant which lives many years, low stalk with leaves circular slit at the base, lobed and somewhat curly.But like plant, which presented various types, may have intact leaves, different in size and length from the basic formula.The flowers are yellow heads solitary.Often used for salad, but it has an incredible array of healing properties.Decoction is used with g-30-60dried plant in a liter of water (2-3 glasses a day).This wonderful plant is: diuretic, laxative,ascorbic, stomachic, tonic, blood purifier, laxative (50-60 g juiceday).And yet: against inflammations of the chest and cough (decoction, 50 gm.in a liter of water, leaf or root boiled with milk sweetened - preferably is with "Candice" - a glass of morning and evening).
It also: against chronic skin diseases and anti sikotiou and swollen spleen from malaria and very important: lowers blood cholesterol.He even stomach tonic, beneficial in the bile, the arthritic, and chlorosis and, gallstones and chronic sikotiou.The root of the plant baked and ground coffee gives a payload, which is beneficial to digestion.The healthy coffee that gives the same results and the tea just as the plant.The "milk" taken off when the cut is healing in different grains.This thick milk everything that comes out of them, parts of the plant are quite bitter, but with taste rather pleasant.More recent studies found that he has a large amount of vitamin A, four times more than the lettuce.And more iron than spinach, which is a plant-ferrous.Still, it is rich in potassium, and contains other beneficial minerals including phosphorus and manganese."Whatever Gamier recommends the following therapeutic based drink dandelion: Juice fresh root of this plant, 100 gAlcohol 90 degrees 18 g15 g glycerinewater 17 gDandelion roots is also against rheumatism (30 g.root in 700 gwater, boil 20 minutes - from a wine glass twice a day).The milk of this plant cures and Moles, THE speirakia and good and even the skin swelling.And further: decoction of leaves or flowers of the plant is and for diabetes, anti-obesity and anti lymfatismou against dropsy.THE legendary dandelion is also: adjustment coefficients in the system of glands in bettering the function.And the range of therapeutic properties does not end here.It helps to maintain normal body weight and the end is beneficial to the mental state © The full effect of noting that when epitychainei trogontai of the tender leaves as salad - especially in the spring - likewise the spring is too effective a mixture of dandelion, nettle , AND AGAINST THE Achillaia fatigue as refreshing and clean.Its use is also recommended in the following way: 3-4 fresh plants, to boil in one liter of water.Then to stay in the pot for another ten minutes (after cooking).From this preparation, 4 cups a day during the hours of eating with the other mixed drinks.