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I make dandelion tea in the summer I use both roots and the leaf in an infusion with a slice of fresh lemon it is invigorating, and has a slightly medicinal taste as though it should be doing some good even if it isn't
April 19, 2011
Dandelions: Eat your weeds
People who curse the dandelions dotting their manicured lawns this spring may not recognize a friend when they stomp on one.
A dandelion's tap root can penetrate and loosen hard-packed soil, pulling up nutrients from as deep as 15 feet, making essential minerals available to other lawn plants, including turf.
Brought to North America by European colonists, dent-de-lion (French for "lion's tooth," named for its fang-shaped leaf margins) has been harvested for use as food and medicine for thousands of years.
Less bitter if picked before the flowers appear, leaves are rich in iron, calcium, zinc, potassium and vitamins A, B complex, C and D. Used medicinally as an appetite stimulant and to support kidney function, leaves are a nutritive medicine, acting as a diuretic without depleting the body of potassium.
Torn apart and eaten raw in salads, the bittersweet yellow flowers contain antioxidants. They can also be fermented into dandelion wine.
Roots are boiled or sauteed for eating, or roasted to make a coffee substitute. Dandelion root may improve gastro- intestinal, liver and gallbladder function, but shouldn't be used with an irritable stomach or bowel.
Dandelion root may even help fight cancer. In a recent study on skin cancer cells grown in the laboratory, scientists from the University of Windsor in Canada demonstrated that an extract from the root causes malignant melanoma cells to die — without damaging healthy cells. Authors of the study suggest that the effect is produced not by a single chemical agent but by the combined effects of numerous compounds found in the root.
Making melanoma self-destruct
In vitro human melanoma cells suffered apoptosis, or programmed cell death, after exposure to dandelion root extract.
April 19, 2011
Dandelions: Eat your weeds
People who curse the dandelions dotting their manicured lawns this spring may not recognize a friend when they stomp on one.
A dandelion's tap root can penetrate and loosen hard-packed soil, pulling up nutrients from as deep as 15 feet, making essential minerals available to other lawn plants, including turf.
Brought to North America by European colonists, dent-de-lion (French for "lion's tooth," named for its fang-shaped leaf margins) has been harvested for use as food and medicine for thousands of years.
Less bitter if picked before the flowers appear, leaves are rich in iron, calcium, zinc, potassium and vitamins A, B complex, C and D. Used medicinally as an appetite stimulant and to support kidney function, leaves are a nutritive medicine, acting as a diuretic without depleting the body of potassium.
Torn apart and eaten raw in salads, the bittersweet yellow flowers contain antioxidants. They can also be fermented into dandelion wine.
Roots are boiled or sauteed for eating, or roasted to make a coffee substitute. Dandelion root may improve gastro- intestinal, liver and gallbladder function, but shouldn't be used with an irritable stomach or bowel.
Dandelion root may even help fight cancer. In a recent study on skin cancer cells grown in the laboratory, scientists from the University of Windsor in Canada demonstrated that an extract from the root causes malignant melanoma cells to die — without damaging healthy cells. Authors of the study suggest that the effect is produced not by a single chemical agent but by the combined effects of numerous compounds found in the root.
Making melanoma self-destruct
In vitro human melanoma cells suffered apoptosis, or programmed cell death, after exposure to dandelion root extract.
I have heard of horses eating fermented apples that turn into alcohol and not being able to walk straight
I can still have a splash of vinigar on the fish & chips though
Most of the people around here seem to prefer smoking their weed, rather than drinking it,
don;t know what it is exactly, but it has quite a pleasant aroma
I have never tried vinegar on fish and chips ,but as much as i like it i could probably get used to it.
LOL! Lost smoking their weeds seems to be a world wide preference these days:-]
Not bad at all:-]
Potted dandylions is next!!!!!!!
over here.
So where do I go to get some?? I am growing some tomatoes for breakfast so maybe I could plant some with them I'm led to to believe they like alot of sunshine and we are forecast for a great hot summer
a head
Seeking to capitalize on Arizona's newly enacted medical marijuana law, a California-based company on Wednesday opened a superstore-sized garden center in Phoenix catering to those who want to grow their own cannabis.
"We sell everything but the plant itself," said Dhar Mann, founder of weGrow, the company that began franchising its big-box stores with outlets in Oakland and Sacramento, California. "We sell the products and the services for people to safely and responsibly cultivate their medicine."
The 21,000-square-foot store offers some 2,000 products, including soil, grow lights and irrigation trays, specially designed for effective marijuana growing, Mann told Reuters
I can just picture Lost growing it with his tomatoes!
The judge ask him what he was going to do with it and he replied sell it to supplement his social security income. The judge gave him 6 months probation and told him not to grow anymore:-]
Do you remeber the first kid who got caught with a joint at Myrtle Beach.
The judge gave him 25 years and said we would not tolerate this kind of behavior.I often wonder what happened to him.