The wonderful and very useful wildflower, the Dandelion, or to give it it's Latin name Taraxacum officinales.
Many people totally ignore this plant, dismissing it as a nuisance, a "weed" to be eradicated from the garden.
I personally have many uses for the humble dandelion plant. The root when roasted makes a tasty nutty coffee substitute.
The flowers infused make a delicious tea.
The leaves are tasty in salads instead of lettuce, a good source of iron, pottasium, magnesium, zinc and calcium. They also contain vitamins A C K and B.
Other uses for this excellent plant are for upset stomach, as a diuretic, joint and muscular pain, bruises, intestinal gas, and gallstones. It also balances blood sugar. It can be used as a laxative to help increase bowel movements when constipated. I have heard that it can be used as a skin toner and for eczema.
All in all, one of nature's many miracles. I certainly encourage dandelions to grow in my meadow.
There are many more uses and many recipes. I do recommend you try them.
Photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 and unedited.
