Dandelions (was Re: horseradish for mold in sinuses?

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Here's a good overview of the medicinal value of dandelions:

http://www.alternative-healthzine.com/html/0201_2.html

I occasionally will use dandelions in my veggie juice (I buy organic

ones at Sprouts or Whole Foods), but I have picked them myself in the

spring from my front yard (we don't use chemicals) and used the roots

for tea and the greens in salad. Our yard was full one spring and I

thought they would be good (likely my body craving what it needed

since I was living in a toxic house at the time, but didn't know it).

According to that article they are definitely good for detoxifying

the liver.

B.

>

> Many years ago, a lot of midwest farmers would use Dandelions

in

> the early spring. It was said that being couped up in the house

for

> the winter months built up toxins in the body which Dandelions

would

> flush from the system.

>

> I used to make dandelion tea every spring and drink it, and

whether

> or not it actually worked or was psychosematic, I felt better after

> about a week of drinking one coffe cup per day. (I have also

suffered

> the least in our family from mold exposure) Some people would add

> Dandelion leaves to their salad, but it has to be early spring

> dandelions as the flavor which is already bitter becomes nasty

later in

> the spring and summer months. There is also a poisonous weed that

> looks similar to Dandelions, so if you are not seeing the actual

> dandelion and are sure it is, picking it could be dangerous,

therefore

> early spring is the best time for this reason also.

>

> Has anyone else heard of this or tried it?

>

> Dan & Carmella Dunkin

>