Wear dandelion a yellow sarafan.

 A most of gardeners   removing dandelion, he is easy entering and hard removing He is disaster for your garden, but also and benefit , when a one day you will read about him much benefit, you will prepare his and  by ideas a special growing.

 As perennial herb with roots on 60 cm, and all parts of herb having white milky juice, in drying which leaving  dark spots. Blooming  in depending from a place and climate as from March-April and till May, and he was born on Meditterian, but today meeting in every parts of countries. Milky juice having monoterpentine glycosides are taraxacin and taraxacerin and rubber on 3 percents. Roots appreciating by a high containing polysaccharides inulin, which to autumn accumulating till 40 percents. Also in theirs having sugars 15 perc, protein 5 perc, fatty oil, choline, aspagin, sterins, saponins, organic acids, raisins substances, vitamins B 6, FERUM, CALIUM, MANGANESE , PHOSPHORUS.inflorescences , LEAFS ARE RICH WITH ORGANIC ACIDS, VITAMINS C TILL 50 PERC, CAROTENOIDS, VITAMINS PP, B2. For healing goals using roots, leafs, roots, for his clear flowers he is called vital elixir as helps awesome in fatigue, weakness, exhaustion. Oily tincture of dandelion is best cure skin burns and skin diseases.Remedies of dandelion are stimulating digestion, cholagogue, preventing growing stones in kidneys, decreasing blood cholesterol, increasing metabolism. As roots having much inulin, thus benefit in sugar diabetes using and anti-sclerotic remedy. Juice milk fight aches, swollen tissues in bites, preparations of dandelion prescribing in rheumatism, gout, furunculosis, hepatitis A, cholecystitis, gall stones, gastritis, cystitis, hard stool, meteorism.

In arthritis as 6 gr of chopped roots and herb add 200 ml. of water, cook for ten min on weak fire, infuse 30 min, ready infusion lead till 200 ml by boiled water. Use for 3 times/day one tbl.sp. before meal.

 In exudative diathesis use 1 tea.sp. of chopped roots, add in thermos, add glass of the hot water, infuse 2 hours, filter, use 1 glass before 30 min to meal, for 4 times/day.

Hard stool, lowering appetite. 2 tea.sp. of chopped roots add in 1 glass of the cold water boiled, infuse 8 hours, use 1/4 glass for 4 times/day before meal.

In cold.1 tea.sp. of dried herb add in thermos ,add 1 glass of hot water, infuse 30 min, use 1 tbl.sp. for 6 times/day in 1 hour   after meal.

 In forces weak.

 1 tbl.sp. of dried, chopped roots add in 1 glass of vodka, or spirit, in fuse 2 weeks, filter, use on 30 drops for 3 times/day before meal, for 3 weeks.

 In cholecystitis 3 tbl.sp. of chopped roots add in 400 ml. of water, boil 20 min, filter, use 1/2 glass for 2 times/day before meal.

In atherosclerosis use are by same proportions herb horsetail field, yarrow, leafs of  birch hanging, roots of dandelion, couch grass creepy,soapwort  officinalis,   aronia berries, corn stigmas .1 tbl.sp. mixture add in thermos, add 200 ml. of hot water, infuse 30 min, use 1/3 or 1/2 glass for 3 times/day before meal.

Herbal  tea having energy effect, saturating organism  vitamins, as 4 flowers of dandelion add 1 glass of water, infuse ten min ,filter. Add 1 tea.sp. of honey for better taste, and bitter taste from drink appetite lowering,and   good for slimming.

  Side effects  and contraindications.

 Avoiding using in diarrhoea , if you are allergy having from a bad enduring effects in herb containing, pregnancy, gastritis,  or ulcer stomach. And if gall ducts clogged, laxative, and causing diarrhoea with  spasms, aches  in bowel.

By A.Filin , candidat

e for biologic science, manager for Botanical garden in MGU Pharmacy garden.