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The Power of Herbs for Preppers Series “Dandelion”

Dandelion is also another amazing herb for preppers. Firstly it is a powerful blood purifier and will also detox the body of toxins and neurotoxins. It is also considered as a herbal bitter. This herb works great with licorice root because dandelion will purify and detox and then licorice root will begin the healing process.  Dandelion contains 28 parts of sodium, the natural  nutrient salts act as a purifying agent for the blood by also neutralizing the acids in the blood.

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Some Uses: as a blood purifier, to increase urine flow(diuretic), to help maintain a healthy liver and prevent skin diseases, scurvy, scrofula, and eczema. It is also good for kidney troubles, diabetes, dropsy or inflammation of the bowels and fever.

It is also good for the pancreas helping out with diabetic problems of the impurities within the pancreas thus aiding to maintain healthy insulin levels and production. it also increases the activity in the liver pancreas, and spleen overall, promoting bile production as another purifying agent for all the lower abdominal organs.

The Roasted roots of a fresh dandelion plant make a good substitute for coffee for Rheumatism and dyspepsia.

Dosing: adults take one capsule (500mg.) 3 times daily.

Preparations: Tea, Concoction, Tonic, Tincture, Syrup, Extract, juice

Dandelion Tea Instructions: take 1 tablespoon of dried dandelion Leaves in 8 ounces of boiling water, let steep for 4-5 minutes stain and drink no milk or sugar of any kind.

Precautions: none, however some herbalists say people with gallstones or biliary obstructions should take under a doctors supervision because the herb stimulates bile production; also a few hypersensitive people might notice some gastric upset or dermatitis.  do not eat dandelions that have been treated with herbicides.

Dandelion Juice Recipe:

1 handful of dandelion greens

½ handfull of chichory

2 red delicious apples

Instructions: Juice all greens then follow with apples seeds cores and skins drink 6 ounces 2 times a day.