If you think that this plant with small yellow flowers - a weed, you are deeply mistaken. In fact, the juice of dandelion has found application in folk and traditional medicine. And they use it quite actively. All thanks to an impressive number of healing properties.
Indications and contraindications to the use of juice from the leaves and roots of dandelion
This plant contains a lot of useful substances. Thanks to the latest dandelion:
- improves kidney and liver function;
- normalizes metabolic processes;
- affects the connective tissues;
- cures diabetes;
- cleanses the body of toxins and various harmful trace elements;
- calms the nervous system;
- fights with constipation ;
- stimulates the production of milk from nursing mothers.
Apply juice from the leaves or roots of dandelion recommended for preventive purposes. The drug effectively prevents the formation of kidney stones. True, against already formed concrements it is powerless.
Dandelion juice has also found application in cosmetology. It is used to remove freckles and pigment spots . And the addition of medicinal liquid in shampoos and balms will help to strengthen the hair and make them more docile.
How to make juice from dandelion - recipes
This tool is so popular that it can easily be bought at a pharmacy. But it is much more pleasant to cook it yourself. Moreover, it is not so difficult to do this:
- The easiest way to make juice from the root of dandelions is to take the base of the drink, wash it, pass it through a meat grinder and squeeze it through the cheesecloth. To keep the product longer, it is desirable to add 100 g of alcohol to it.
- This recipe is prepared according to a similar previous principle, but preliminarily the basis for the juice should be kept for half an hour in
saline solution. Instead of alcohol at the end, boiled water (in a 1: 1 ratio) is added to the medicine and it will be stored in the refrigerator. - Another tip on how to make juice from a dandelion, is suitable for those who have free time. You will need flowers. Fresh they need to be put in a glass three-liter jar and pour sugar. If desired, add a little water. Tightly compact the layers until the juice begins to appear. The liquid must fill the jar. It does not look very attractive - brown, unclear. But the taste of the juice is pretty good, although slightly bitter.