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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:28 am
The roots are good dug up in autumn when they are fat and roasted or they can be used as a coffee substitute
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herbwormwood wrote:parts of them have diuretic properties in herbal lore but it is either the root or the leaf, I think the leaf. You can buy a tincture of dandelion at most good herbalists. Or make it yourself obviously.Millymollymandy wrote:They are called Pissenlit in French which literally translates as 'piss in bed'.
The leaves and roots have a lot of medicinal properties too numerous to list here.
They are always listed in a herbal guide.
They can be boiled as a decoction or infusion. Young leaves can be used in salads. They have a slightly bitter taste but its worth it to get all the vitamins. They can also be cooked as a spring green.
Once the plant flowers, the leaves lose some of their medicinal value and become more bitter. In fact now we are into May their most useful period has passed.
