Infusion of dandelions

Nature is always ready to take care of our beauty and health. Sometimes, in order to prepare a "natural elixir" does not necessarily have to have any special knowledge. Look around! We are surrounded by plants rich in vitamins and minerals, capable of creating miracles for our health and transforming us beyond recognition in the good sense of the word.

Useful properties of dandelion

One of these folk healers is a dandelion . It turns out that the little yellow healer, the weed with which we fight in our gardens, contains almost half of the elements of Mendeleev's table. In the central zone of Russia it grows everywhere, and in France it is even grown on plantations. Dandelion can be used to make fresh salads, to cook the most wonderful aromatic jam and marmalade, the dandelion buds are marinated and salted, using then instead of capers, a coffee drink, juice and wine are made from dandelions. From dandelions even cook cakes!

What is the use of a dandelion?

1. This plant has anti-inflammatory and analgesic, choleretic, diaphoretic and diuretic action.
2. Dandelion tones, cleanses the blood, increases the level of hemoglobin , it is used as a hypnotic and sedative.
3. A large amount of phosphorus makes it the best friend of teeth.
4. Dandelion has a beneficial effect on the skin - it cleanses it, removes furuncles and other skin troubles, makes it fresh, tightened, improves the complexion.

How to insist dandelions?

Roots, leaves, flowers - all the components of this plant have medicinal properties. What kind of recipes are not invented by folk medicine with the participation of a dandelion. Make infusion of dandelion flowers, rub it with sugar, eat flowers raw, mix with honey, butter, insist on alcohol. Since you can insist dandelions in different ways, then the medicines are obtained in a variety of ways and from various diseases and misfortunes.

How to prepare an infusion of dandelions, probably everyone knows. You need to take a couple of tablespoons of dandelion flowers, pour boiling water and insist 20-30 minutes. Such infusion will help to strengthen immunity and nervous system if you drink it a glass before bed. This infusion can also be used to wipe your face to give it freshness. If the dandelions boil a little, then the broth is used to lighten the freckles and reduce the pigment spots.

If the roots of dandelion pour boiling water, insist and strain, then the broth can be used for atherosclerosis, gastritis, gout. To treat tuberculosis, the roots of the dandelion are mixed with the roots of burdock, filled with boiling water, insisted, then boiled and taken half a glass three times a day.

Infusion of dandelions for problem skin

About how to make an infusion of dandelions for problem skin, it says and written a lot, but for some reason we still go to shop for saving bottles with tonics, washings, lotions and masks. And our grandmothers, for example, used such a mask for problem skin: a few leaves and flowers were poured with a tablespoon of warm milk, insisted, for the dry skin added yolk, for fatty - protein. All this was applied to the skin and was taught a fresh face, saturated with vitamins.

That's what a useful dandelion grows next to us and helps us fight with ailments. Dandelion flowers are recommended to be harvested in May, other parts of the plant can be harvested from May to October. It is best to do this in the morning and try to collect clean ecologically clean areas located far from factories and highways.