Dandelion Greens

[Ko Johnson]

For a while now my brother has been collecting dandelion greens from outside and eating them. He told me they were healthy but I was a bit skeptical. After reading and researching I found that regular old dandelion greens are like a super food! It's so unexpected but here's some healthy benefits for eating dandelions:


Dandelion greens provide four times as much calcium, 1.5 times as much vitamin A and 7.5 times as much vitamin K as broccoli. This leafy green vegetable also contains twice as much iron and three times as much riboflavin as spinach, and, while spinach provides no vitamin E or carotenoids, dandelion greens boast 17 percent of the daily adult dose of vitamin E and 13,610 international units, or IUs, of lutein and zeaxanthin (anti-oxidant beneficial to the eyes.) per 3.5-ounce serving.


Diuretic properties of dandelion greens make them useful for promoting urine production and reducing symptoms of some liver, gallbladder and kidney conditions.
Studies show that dandelion greens can improve the immune system as well
Here is the nutritional chart for dandelion greens:
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/veg ... cts/2441/2


When I eat mine I sauté garlic and butter in a pan then I just add the greens and let them cook down a little, it tastes great and it gets rid of that bitter taste.
If you do choose to try them make sure you are getting them from a safe location free of herbicides and any contaminate.
Really the whole plant is edible from the flower to the root and as some of you may very well know it is used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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http://foodfacts.mercola.com/dandelion-greens.html


http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health- ... -4433.html


http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natu ... lion-leaf/




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[centralforce6661]

Dandelion is indeed a Chinese herb, the whole plant is used to reduce liver fire.

It is however also a very cold herb and can cause yang deficiency, particularly of the kidneys (all diuretic herbs do this to some degree).

Dandelion is so cold that some practitioners do not give it internally but simply use it externally fo heat papules, hot type eczema etc.

This herb is contraindicated in people who feel cold easily and have liver pathologies related to blood deficiency (excessive urination injures the fluids which injures blood).