Dandelion, a weed? Not so sure...

The dandelion. Badly considered, many people pull it up like a weed in an alley. However, this wild plant can be precious to you. Reputed to stimulate the hepato-biliary activity, the dandelion is a real alicament. Eaten fresh in a salad, dried as an infusion or as a mother tincture, it will relieve you of many ailments. Make a wish!

Dandelion, taraxacum officinalis, dent-de-lion... a sunshine in the spring herbs

Le pissenlit Dandelion is a perennial plant of the Asteraceae family that is commonly found in meadows and gardens. Its bushy rosette leaves are divided into acute lobes and are vaguely serrated. Its golden yellow flower heads bloom at the end of a hollow stem. Its fruits with aigrettes fly away with the least blow of wind.


Quels sont les principaux constituants du pissenlit ?

La racine est riche en inuline, en fructose et en potassium. L'amertume du pissenlit est due aux lactones sesquiterpéniques dont le germacranolide. Elle renferme également des alcools triterpéniques. Les feuilles, quant à elles, sont riches en flavonoïdes, en provitamine A et en vitamine , en sels minéraux notamment en calcium et en protéines complètes. 


Comment utiliser le pissenlit ?

Autrefois, le suc de pissenlit In the past, the juice of the dandelion was used to supposedly cure visual disorders. Taraxacum comes from the grac taraxis which means "sight disorder". la racine de pissenlit est reconnue pour stimuler les fonctions hépatiques notamment lors des congestions du foie. Lorsque l'on sait que certains troubles de la vue sont directement liés à un foie surchargé, il est logique que les Anciens aient reconnu les effets du pissenlit sur l'amélioration de la qualité de la vue. 


Quelles sont les actions du pissenlit sur la bile et la vésicule biliaire ?

Le pissenlit a la capacité d'augmenter le volume de bile excrétée : une décoction de feuilles fraîches double le volume de bile, une décoction de racines fraîches le quadruple ! Parallèlement, le pissenlit agit sur la contractilité de la vésicule biliaire. Ainsi, meilleure sera la digestion notamment des graisses. 


The effects of dandelion on digestion

Le pissenlit est un stimulant hépato-biliaire. Il est donc tout indiqué pour améliorer le confort digestif de la digestion à la régulation du transit. 

The hepatic insufficiencies, the painful hepatic crises, the ictères but also the constipation will be relieved thanks to decoctions of dandelion. 

At the same time, this wild plant makes it possible to fight against the cellulitis and various dermatoses which are for the majority of the consequences of a blocked liver. 


Dandelion's bitter edge

The bitterness of the dandelion can discourage many people. However, one should not forget that it is precisely its bitter principles which confer its effectiveness to him. The dandelion is thus aperitif, tonic and stimulates the secretion of the digestive juices.  


Le pissenlit, un remède multifonctions

Le pissenlit a plus d'un tour dans son sac ! Il est également diurétique. Cela signifie qu'il augmente la diurèse et donc l'élimination des toxines par les voies urinaires. Ainsi seront soulagés les dermatites, les eczémas secs, les rhumatismes. 


Dandelion, a health food

What is a health food? An alicament is a food that can also be a medicine. Dandelion is edible like any other salad, except that it has interesting properties for your health. Its targeted action on the hepatic and renal spheres is such that dandelion can be recommended as a natural remedy. 


How to eat dandelion

  • Fresh: The freshly harvested leaves can be eaten in salads. The more adventurous may venture to eat the roots. The buds and young flowers are also edible. 

  • In decoction: 30 to 60g of root and fresh sheets by liter of water. Boil 30 min and let infuse 4 hours. Take 2 glasses per day between meals. 

  • In maceration: oily macerate of dandelion buttons. Dry your flower buds for a few days before covering them with sunflower or rapeseed oil. Let macerate for 21 days, making sure not to close the lid. Filter, you have a fragrant oil for your seasonings! Store in a dark place.

  • Dandelion bud pickles

  • Mother tincture

Source:

Petit Larousse des Plantes qui guérissent, ed 2007. p 689-692

Delaporte Marine 22 February, 2021
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