Dandelion juice: useful properties and contraindications

Dandelion is an extremely vibrant and vibrant plant. It easily germinates everywhere, even through asphalt. Dandelion juice is one of the most powerful herbs in folk medicine and can help with many health problems, even the most complex ones.

Composition and value of dandelion leaf juice

The leaves and juice obtained from dandelion greens contain great benefits due to the rich vitamin and mineral composition. This determines their therapeutic versatile action, the equal of which is difficult to find in the plant world.

In order for the juice from dandelion leaves to give all its benefits, it must be drunk fresh, preferably within 10 minutes after preparation, without being subjected to heat treatment. Only in this case, the entire mineral and vitamin composition will be preserved and replenish the body.

Benefits of dandelion juice

The flowering period of dandelion is quite long – from early spring to late autumn. But most of all, the juice obtained from plants collected in late spring or early summer benefits. Dandelion is a very valuable plant. This is true from the point of view of both nutritional and medicinal properties.

In many countries, the plant is grown on an industrial scale for the manufacture of medicines, rubber, food. For example, in China you will not find a dandelion growing just like that on the street. In this country, it is food, therefore it is grown as a garden crop.

Dandelion drink has the same benefits as the leaves of the plant from which it is obtained. Here are just a few of them:

• whets the appetite;
• breaks and removes stones in the kidneys, gall bladder, bladder;
• eliminates constipation;
• reduces the level of glycemia;
• normalizes blood composition (with furunculosis);
• cleanses the respiratory system, relieves inflammation (with bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis);
• acts as an antitoxic agent for bites of poisonous insects, snakes (together with sour milk);
• eliminates some diseases of the thyroid gland;
• helps with scabies, purulent wounds;
• improves the condition of patients with atherosclerosis;
• relieves inflammation of the eyes.

Dandelion juice is known and used in folk medicine in many countries. For example, in Bulgaria it is used to treat anemia, skin diseases, vascular system, jaundice, hemorrhoids, inflammatory processes of the gastrointestinal tract. A similar application is found in France, Germany and many other countries where this plant is valued for its unique benefits to humans.

What helps dandelion juice

The range of effects and benefits of dandelion drink is quite extensive. Dandelion juice, first of all, is beneficial for such diseases:

• pre-cirrhosis and cirrhosis;
• diabetes;
• intestinal atony;
• gastritis;
• colitis;
• allergy;
• atherosclerotic processes;
• any arthritis;
• lack of milk in a nursing woman;
• anemia;
• hypovitaminosis.

Divide a glass of freshly squeezed drink into 4 parts and drink throughout the day. If it seems too bitter, you can mix it with compote or other sweetener.

How to make dandelion leaf juice at home

Rinse freshly picked dandelion leaves, clean from dust, insects and other debris. Next, soak them overnight in cold, medium-salt water to reduce or completely remove the bitterness present in them. After that, beat with a blender. When the green mass becomes homogeneous, squeeze it through a sieve, gauze. The resulting green juice, diluted with water, drink immediately, as it quickly loses its benefits.

Mixture of dandelion and carrot juices

Dandelion leaves can be combined with other medicinal plants to obtain a medicinal drink. Remove the flower from the ground along with the roots, wash it thoroughly, soak and dry with a towel. Pass through a juicer. Then add peeled carrots there. The result is an orange-green liquid that is pleasant to the taste and rich in vitamins and minerals. You need to drink it on an empty stomach. It will be absorbed very quickly, literally in 10 or 15 minutes.

What color should dandelion juice be?

All parts of the plant contain milky juice containing bitterness. But in its pure form it is impossible to obtain it in large quantities, therefore, when chopping grass in a juicer, it is additionally painted in green color. It turns out a drink containing the milky juice of the plant + water + chlorophyll contained in the leaves.

Preserve for the winter with either vodka (1:1) or alcohol (1:3 or 1:4). Use from one teaspoon to a tablespoon. Apply from a very wide range of diseases, ranging from dysbacteriosis and ending with tumor neoplasms.

How to store dandelion juice

And now more about how to prepare and store the juice of fresh dandelions. To do this, pass the whole plant, along with leaves, roots and flowers, through a meat grinder, squeeze through gauze. For preservation, add 0,5 ml of 100% alcohol or 96 ml of 200-degree vodka to 40 l of the resulting liquid and pour into sterile jars. So all the benefits of the drink will be preserved all year round.

The use of dandelion juice in traditional medicine

Avicenna also knew about the benefits of dandelion juice and treated them with heart and kidney edema, stings of scorpions, snakes or bees, and reduced an eyesore. Traditional healers of all times and peoples have noticed that when it is used, the work of the digestive glands, biliary system, kidneys, and liver improves. The juice of the leaves in folk medicine is also used as a blood cleanser that normalizes metabolism. You can prepare and use it as follows.

Rinse the leaves under running cold water, shake well to get rid of any remaining liquid. Then chop the greens with a knife, scald and twist in a meat grinder. Squeeze through cotton fabric of dense weave. Dilute with water 1:1, bring to a boil and keep on low heat for 2-3 minutes. Drink 0,25-1 glass every day. Store in the refrigerator for no more than 3 days. In the same way, prepared juice can be successfully used for bronchitis. Drink 1 to 3 tbsp. l. three times a day on an empty stomach.

Dandelion juice has invaluable benefits in eye diseases. It helps relieve eye fatigue, improve vision, remove swelling and stop inflammation. It can serve as an effective prevention of cataracts, glaucoma. Mix dandelion juice, onion and honey in a ratio of 3:2:4, set aside in a dark place for several hours to infuse. Apply the resulting ointment twice a day behind the eyelid.

A drink made from dandelion leaves effectively relieves pain, inflammation in pancreatitis. In this case, the preparation has its own characteristics. It is recommended to dilute the juice in half with rice water. It will also help with diseases of the oral cavity, for example, gingivitis, stomatitis, periodontal disease, caries, glossitis, tonsillitis.

Used in cosmetics

In its pure form, the milky juice of the plant is used externally to remove corns, acne, freckles and age spots. Regular use inside gives an improvement in complexion, a healthy blush on the whole cheek. The skin is gradually cleansed, acne, pimples, boils disappear without a trace.

From freckles and acne

Squeeze juice from leaves, dandelion flowers. Dilute with the same amount of water, wipe the skin at the beginning and end of the day, rinse with serum or sour milk after 15 minutes.

From age spots, freckles

Mix together the juice of dandelion and parsley in equal quantities. Wipe problem areas with lotion three times a day until they fade and disappear. To remove warts, lubricate up to 5 times a day.

Limitations and contraindications

With caution, you need to treat dandelion juice with gastrointestinal disorders, with pronounced hypotension of the gallbladder, a tendency to allergic dermatitis. The drink can cause an unpredictable reaction of the body in people prone to hypersensitivity. Therefore, the intake of juice should be started with small doses, at first by a teaspoon, gradually increasing.

A contraindication to taking dandelion juice is individual sensitivity to individual components of the plant. It is very important to strictly follow the therapeutic doses indicated by the doctor or in the prescriptions. Even in a healthy person, an excessive amount of juice can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and other complications.

Conclusion

Dandelion juice is an excellent way to replenish the body with vitamins after a long winter period. It can be prepared for the future, for the whole year: canned with alcohol, in the usual way or frozen. During the cold period, the juice of the plant will serve as an excellent tonic, antiviral agent.