Dandelion juice: useful properties and contraindications

Dandelion is an extremely vibrant and viable plant. It grows easily everywhere, even through asphalt. Dandelion juice is one of the most potent traditional medicines that can help with many health problems, even the most difficult ones.

Composition and value of dandelion leaf juice

Dandelion leaves and sap contains tremendous benefits due to its rich vitamin and mineral composition. This determines their therapeutic versatile action, equal to which is difficult to find in the plant kingdom.

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 subjecting it to heat treatment. Only in this case, the entire mineral and vitamin composition will be preserved and replenish the body.

Why dandelion juice is good for you

The flowering period of the dandelion is quite long - from early spring to late autumn. But the most beneficial is the juice obtained from plants harvested in late spring or early summer. Dandelion is a very valuable plant. This is true in terms of both nutritional and medicinal properties.

In many countries, the plant is grown on an industrial scale for the manufacture of medicines, rubber, and 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:

• stimulates appetite;
• breaks and removes kidney stones, gallstones, bladder;
• eliminates constipation;
• reduces the level of glycemia;
• normalizes blood composition (with furunculosis);
• cleans the respiratory system, relieves inflammation (with bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis);
• acts as an antitoxic agent for the 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 eye inflammation.

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. It finds a similar application in France, Germany and many other countries, where this plant is valued for its unique benefits for humans.

What dandelion juice helps with

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 of the liver;
• 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 during 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 harvested dandelion leaves, remove dust, insects and other debris. Then soak them overnight in cold, medium-salted water to reduce or completely remove the bitterness present in them. Then beat with a blender. When the green mass becomes homogeneous, squeeze it through a sieve, cheesecloth. The resulting green juice diluted with water should be drunk immediately, as it quickly loses its benefits.

Dandelion and Carrot Juice Blend

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 it and dry it with a towel. Pass through a juicer. Then add peeled carrots there. The result is an orange-green liquid that tastes good and has a rich vitamin and mineral content. 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 it is impossible to get it in its pure form in large quantities, therefore, when grinding grass in a juicer, it is additionally painted in the color of greenery. It turns out a drink containing the milky sap 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). Consume from one teaspoon to a tablespoon. They are used for a very wide range of diseases, ranging from dysbiosis and ending with tumor neoplasms.

How to store dandelion juice

Now let's take a closer look at how to prepare and preserve fresh dandelion juice. To do this, pass the entire plant, along with leaves, root and flowers through a meat grinder, squeeze out with gauze. For safety, add 100 ml of 96% alcohol or 200 ml of 40-degree vodka to 0.5 liters 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, bites of scorpions, snakes or bees, and reduced 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 purifier that normalizes metabolism. You can cook and use it as follows.

Rinse the leaves under running cold water, shake well to get rid of the remaining liquid. Then chop the greens with a knife, scald and twist in a meat grinder. Press through cotton fabric with a tight 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. The juice prepared in the same way can be successfully used for bronchitis. Drink 1 to 3 tbsp. l. three times a day on an empty stomach.

Dandelion juice is invaluable for 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 the juice of dandelion, 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.

Dandelion leaf drink effectively relieves pain, inflammation in pancreatitis. In this case, cooking 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, sore throat.

Application in cosmetology

In its pure form, the milky sap of the plant is externally used to remove corns, acne, freckles and age spots. Regular ingestion gives an improvement in complexion, a healthy glow on the entire cheek. The skin is gradually cleared, acne, acne, boils disappear without a trace.

For freckles and acne

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

From age spots, freckles

Mix together equal quantities of dandelion and parsley juice. 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

Care should be taken to treat dandelion juice in case of gastrointestinal disorders, with pronounced hypotension of the gallbladder, a tendency to allergic dermatitis. The drink can cause unpredictable body reactions in people prone to hypersensitivity. Therefore, the intake of juice should be started with small doses, at first a teaspoon, gradually increasing.

Contraindication to the intake of dandelion juice is individual sensitivity to individual components of the plant. It is very important to strictly adhere to 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 a great way to replenish your body with vitamins after a long winter period. It can be prepared for future use, for the whole year: canned with alcohol, in the usual way, or frozen. In a cold period, the juice of the plant will serve as an excellent fortifying, antiviral agent.

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