Plant profile · Europe
Dandelion
The lawn plant people pay to kill and herbalists pay to harvest. Leaf as a bitter green, root as a roasted digestive, flower as a short spring sun.
This prototype offers educational plant guidance only and does not replace medical care. Check with a qualified professional before using herbs or supplements, especially if you take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have a chronic condition, or are choosing something for a child or pet.
Benefits and traditional uses
- Bitter leaf for digestion
- Traditional root for liver and spring sluggishness
- Everywhere, if you let it be
European folk practice ate the young leaf, roasted the root, and made wine from the flower. A diuretic reputation is part of the old name piss-a-bed.
Precautions
- Aster family allergy.
- Diuretic effect is real for some people. Ask a clinician if you take medicines that affect fluid or potassium.
Prepare
Young leaf in salad or tea. Root dried and decocted or roasted. Harvest from clean ground, not a sprayed lawn.
Dosage
Dosage is not provided in this prototype. A later sourced record can sit here. Do not treat any number on this site as a prescription.
Grow
It will grow whether you invite it or not. Deep taproot. Leave some for bees.
Taproot · Bee plant · Do not harvest sprayed lawns
Cultural context
Character-led stories and cultural notes will live here once Maria’s research pass is in. Region on this card: Europe.
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