Due to the fact that dandelion roots are useful, its use is quite popular not only among healers, but also among professional doctors and pharmacists. This plant is 5-50 cm tall (perennial). The root is usually vertical and thick. Its castings are grouped into a socket and reach 25 cm in length. Despite the fact that they differ significantly in different plants, as a rule, they are cirrus or cirrus with serrated lobes at the edges directed towards the ground. Inflorescences are baskets. They have a wrapper of many lanceolate dark green leaves. The basket is located on hollow receptacles.
The most famous, of course, are not the roots of dandelion, the use of which has long found its niche in medicine, and its fruits are seeds well-carried by the wind with tufted parachutes. Due to its healing properties in ancient times, this flower had the name "grass-lobster".
Thanks to substances that contain dandelion roots, their use is recommended for many ailments. In particular, the plant has carbohydrate inulin, various proteins. In addition, it contains tannins and mucous substances, fatty oil, sterols, potassium and calcium salts, organic acids, resins, sugars, glycosides, flavonoids. The leaves of the plant are rich in iron, vitamin C and phosphorus.
What is useful dandelion root, is known to all doctors and traditional healers. In particular, it is used to treat gastritis with secretory insufficiency, diabetes mellitus, chronic and atonic constipation, with diseases of the gall bladder, spleen and kidneys. It is useful in the case of cholecystitis, cholangitis, hepatitis. Found the roots of dandelion and the use of gallstone disease, to improve the condition in case of sclerosis. They are used as a sedative and sleeping pill for disorders of the nervous system, they also help to improve metabolism, with breast ailments (mastopathy, tumors).
It shows the dandelion root healing properties and as part of various medicinal preparations. It is added to the composition of the choleretic collection used during pregnancy. A mixture with chicory helps with fatty liver. Combining the root with yarrow and calendula, you can get a drug that enhances the work of this body. It is also useful for the prevention of hair loss. A decoction from the root is used for eczema and rashes, and an oil extract from it is used for burns and radiation injuries of the skin.
There are contraindications for drugs from it. It is impossible to carry out treatment with the help of dandelion roots in case of a tendency to diarrhea, with peptic ulcer of the duodenum and stomach, gastritis, acute conditions with obstruction of the biliary tract, individual non-perception. In addition, in large doses, it is better not to use it during pregnancy and lactation.
Harvesting dandelion root is made in September-October. According to studies, it is during this period that it contains the maximum amount of inulin. Drying of the raw materials is carried out in two stages: first it is dried in the air until the milk juice is complete, then in the oven or in the attic until the roots become brittle.