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•   Dandelion.
• Common Name:  common dandelion.
• Botanical description: The common dandelion is a perennial, herbaceous plant with long, lance-shaped leaves that are deeply toothed. ...
• The dandelion has a thick, highly branched taproot. ...
• What’s in a name:  The genus name of the dandelion comes from the Greek word taraxos, which means disorder, and akos, which means remedy. ...  Other sources claim the word dandelion comes from the old French word Dent-de-lion or from the Latin dens leonis, both also meaning lion’s tooth or teeth. ...
• All in the family: The common dandelion is a member of the Composite family, with relatives including Ecinachea (purple coneflower), chicory and other daisy-like flowers.
•  The first use of the dandelion as a medicine was by Arabian physicians in the 10th and 11th centuries.  References to the use of dandelion as a medicine was also found writings of physicians in Wales in the 13th century.
• Today, dandelions are still used as food; many enjoy the dandelion leaves boiled like spinach or mixed in salads.   Baby dandelion leaves are often found in haute cuisine. ...  But it is as a medicine that dandelion continues to shine.   Dandelion leaves are used as a diuretic, but an unconventional one.   While most diuretic preparations leach potassium from the body, dandelion leaves provide an abundant source of potassium. ...   Dandelion root has been shown to stimulate bile production by the liver and is used to cleanse the liver. ...   Parts of the dandelion may be consumed in a tea, a wine, an extract or tincture, or in combination with other medicinal herbs and flavorings in a reduced broth.

• Dandelion - Taraxacum Officinale:.
• Dandelion Root - Taraxacum Officinale has many similar properties to Milk Thistle Silybum Marianum. ... Dandelion has even been known to help dissolve and eliminate gallbladder and kidney stones. ...
• Dandelion Root - Taraxacum Officinale's blood cleansing ability treats rashes, psoriasis, eczema, chicken pox, measles, infections, inflammations, boils, intestinal and breast abscesses, red, swollen painful joints, eyes, and skin, as well as fever.
• Dandelion Root has a noteworthy action on the digestive system. ...
• For the breasts, Dandelion root Taraxacum Officinale reduces sores, growths, swollen lymph, cysts, nodules, and possibly even acts as a preventative medicine for breast cancer. ...
• Dandelion leaves are high in iron, vitamins, minerals, (especially vitamin A and potassium) and are useful for treating anemia according to western herbal tradition. The potassium present in the Dandelion also helps to lower sodium, which is typically present in high levels in the western diet. Sodium is known to be a source of high blood pressure in our culture, and dandelion is powerful medicine for combating this type of imbalance.
• DANDELION.
• Archives:January 2004 29: Dandelion Root Information. ... 21: Dandelion - From PDRhealth. ...
• Dandelion.

• The Dandelion Trust is a registered charity that supports the arts, helps people in traumatic situations and conserves green spaces and beautiful buildings .
• The Dandelion Trust. ...

• Dandelion Three Print.
• 30-day Return Policy and 100% Satisfaction Guarantee on Dandelion Three Poster (high-quality Art Print)! .
• Note: my database indicates Dandelion Three may be out of stock, or discontinued. ...

• The Dandelion Conspiracy.
• The following article was created as a flyer and circulated by Kathy Mar at Chicon and other conventions, along with the dandelion stickers and buttons. ...
• In an attempt to find a way to communicate our views to others more effectively, I have decided to form what I call the Dandelion Conspiracy. ... In taking the dandelion as the filker's symbol, I hope to convey, as gently as the flower-power movement did, that filk is almost impossible to root out. ...
• In order to make them aware of our increasing numbers and to make sure they recognize not only the better known singers, but all those who just love to listen, I will have available dandelion stickers and dandelion buttons at this convention and any others I attend. ... Anyone is welcome to copy the dandelion and distribute it on their own. ...

• COMMON DANDELION (Taraxacum officinale) .
• Dandelion Flower.
• Dandelion Leaf.
• Dandelion Seed.
• Dandelion Taproot.
• The dandelion is a perennial, herbaceous plant with long, lance-shaped leaves. ...
• Dandelion Seed Head.
• Dandelion Basal Rosette.
• Dandelion leaves are at their best when they've just emerged.
• The dandelion’s well-known yellow, composite flowers are 1-2" wide. ...
• Dandelion Flower.
• Dandelion Seed Head.
• If you break off more pieces than you unearth, the dandelion wins. "What's a dandelion digger for?" a dandelion asked.
• "It’s a human invention to help us reproduce," another dandelion replied.
• Collect dandelion leaves in early spring, when they're the tastiest, before the flowers appear. ...

• DANDELION.
• Dandelion comes from French dent de lion, or "tooth of the lion". ...
• Dandelion wine, (which is actually more like a mead), can be made from the flower heads.
• Dandelion .
• Dandelion seedhead .

• Welcome to Dandelion Digital's Linux Home Page.
• This site is a minimally-modified mirror of the materials which Leonard had made available at: http://dandelion. com/Linux (the rest of the text on tis page is as it was on Leonard's Digital Dandelion site. ...
• Dandelion Digital .
• (ED: formerly at) lnz@dandelion. ...

• The Dandelion Celebration: A Guide to Unexpected Cuisine.
• Originally published as On the Trail of the Yellow-Flowered Earth Nail: A Dandelion Sampler, you will find this book full of fascinating information and history about the dandelion. ...
• All parts of the dandelion are useable. ...
• Dandelions, Defenders of Dandelions, Dandelion Products, Dandelion Doings Newsletter, .
• The National Dandelion Cookoff, or to order a copy of this book,.

• Dandelion Dark.
• This is a sweeter and more robust Dandelion wine than the usual sort because of the Demerara sugar and the raisins.
• 5 pints (3 litres) of Dandelion petals (avoid the green bits as they make the wine bitter) .

• Common Dandelion .
• Dandelion.
• The Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale, Weber, T. ...
• It is this somewhat fanciful resemblance to the canine teeth of a lion that (it is generally assumed) gives the plant its most familiar name of Dandelion, which is a corruption of the French Dent de Lion, an equivalent of this name being found not only in its former specific Latin name Dens leonis and in the Greek name for the genus to which Linnaeus assigned it, Leontodon, but also in nearly all the languages of Europe. ... ' There are many varieties of Dandelion leaves; some are deeply cut into segments, in others the segments or lobes form a much less conspicuous feature, and are sometimes almost entire. ...
• The Dandelion takes an important place among honey-producing plants, as it furnishes considerable quantities of both pollen and nectar in the early spring, when the bees' harvest from fruit trees is nearly over. ...
• Many little flies also are to be found visiting the Dandelion to drink the lavishly-supplied nectar. ...
• Small birds are very fond of the seeds of the Dandelion and pigs devour the whole plant greedily. ...
• The young leaves of the Dandelion make an agreeable and wholesome addition to spring salads and are often eaten on the Continent, especially in France. ...
• Young Dandelion leaves make delicious sandwiches, the tender leaves being laid between slices of bread and butter and sprinkled with salt. ...
• ' In Wales, they grate or chop up Dandelion roots, two years old, and mix them with the leaves in salad. The seed of a special broad-leaved variety of Dandelion is sold by seedsmen for cultivation for salad purposes. Dandelion can be blanched in the same way as endive, and is then very delicate in flavour. ... Cultivated thus, Dandelion is only pleasantly bitter, and if eaten while the leaves are quite young, the centre rib of the leaf is not at all unpleasant to the taste. ...
• If considered a little too bitter, use half spinach, but the Dandelion must be partly cooked first in this case, as it takes longer than spinach. ...
• The dried Dandelion leaves are also employed as an ingredient in many digestive or diet drinks and herb beers. Dandelion Beer is a rustic fermented drink common in many parts of the country and made also in Canada. Workmen in the furnaces and potteries of the industrial towns of the Midlands have frequent resource to many of the tonic Herb Beers, finding them cheaper and less intoxicating than ordinary beer, and Dandelion stout ranks as a favourite. ...

• Dandelion Taraxacum officinale Chad Bradshaw .
• Dandelion is known worldwide by a variety of names including lion's tooth, fairy clock, priest's crown, swine's snout, blowball, milk gowan, wild endive, wet-a-bed, white endive, cankerwort, puffball, and Irish daisy. ...
• In addition to medicinal uses, dandelion can be used as a nutritious food and beverage. ...
• Therapeutic actions of dandelion are believed to be due to taraxacin, various terpenoids, inulin, and its excellent nutritional profile. Dandelion is a rich source of vitamins and minerals. ... Dandelion also contains high levels of choline, an important hepatic nutrient. ...
• Throughout history, dandelion has often been regarded as an unwanted weed. However in Europe, dandelion was used for the treatment of fevers, boils, eye problems, diarrhea, fluid retention, liver congestion, heartburn, and various skin problems. Historically, the Chinese used dandelion to treat breast problems (cancer, inflammation, lack of milk flow), liver diseases, appendicitis, and digestive ailments. Other areas of the world such as India and Russia have also used dandelion in much the same way. ...
• Dandelion does this, as well as stimulates the release of bile by the liver and gallbladder. ...
• Dandelion root enhances bile flow, thus improving conditions such as liver congestion, bile duct inflammation, hepatitis, gallstones, and jaundice. Dandelion increases bile flow by 1) affecting the liver directly to cause an increase in bile production and flow to the gallbladder, and 2) exerting a direct effect on the gallbladder by causing a contraction and release of stored bile. Dandelion's hepatic tonic effect may be attributable to the high choline content. The ability of the plant to improve liver function most plausibly explains many of dandelion's historical uses. ...
• Dandelion leaves have confirmed diuretic activity. One study in mice showed that dandelion exerted a diuretic activity comparable to furosemide (a loop diuretic). Dandelion, however, retains potassium through diuresis, whereas furosemide does not. ...

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