Dandelion
| Common Name | Dandelion |
| Latin Name | Taraxacum officinale |
| Folk Name | Blowball, Lion's Tooth, Piss-a-bed |
| Medical Uses | Root: used for liver cleansing, abscesses, Fluid retention,
Hepatitis, Leaves: Diuretic, Bladder and Kidney Infections therapy: chronic jaundice, auto-intoxication, rheumatism, blood disorders, chronic skin eruptions, catarrhal gastritis, aphthous ulcerations (Ellingwood p. 326); cholecystitis; gall stones; jaundice; atonic dyspepsia with constipation; muscular rheumatism; oliguria (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 208); edema; urinary tract infection in pregnancy; high blood pressure; water retention due to heart problems; inflammation of liver and gall bladder; constipation; premenstrual syndrome; menarche; menopause; benign prostatic hypertrophy (Anderson Geller) |