Anyone familiar with dandelion tea or drink it

[grace4us]

I've read this on Dr. Weil's site and have read about the benefits on many other sites regarding the liver.  Anyone elso drink it?

Liver Problems:
-Decrease protein to 10 percent or less of daily caloric intake.
-Limit dietary fat to 25 percent of daily caloric intake.
-Eat lots of starches, vegetables, and fruits.
-Avoid alcohol and tobacco.
-Drink plenty of water.
-Drink dandelion-root tea.
-Try taking extracts of the seeds of milk thistle (Silybum marianum). This herbal remedy is non-toxic, and European research shows that it stimulates regeneration of liver cells and protects them from toxic injury.

[tonymike]

what do you actually do to fresh dandelion leaves to make it into tea??

[Forseegood]

Hey! Don't knock it till you've tried it!! Usually works really great for when youre pulled over for speeding tickets (being a movie star helps for that one too), or getting some neighbor or whomever to move your couch....he he he, just kidding!!! We all love the HeMan you are Rocky!! How are you lately? Started taking the beet root powder you talked about, in place of the Betaine, see if it works as well...you be well too...

[friscosue13]

If he ever drank alcohol, also an acquired taste, he should be able to develop a taste for the tea.  The whole food is always better, anyway.  If you like, I can post a recipe or two when I get home that makes the leaf more palatable.

It's funny how people will develop a taste for the bad stuff, but when it comes to developing a taste for the good stuff ...  If you can get him to think of food as medicine and medicine as food (besides this tx), it might make it easier.  Good luck!

[Mister beagle bailey]

If anyone would know, it would be Rockerforlife, she's up on all that is healty.

Beagle

[jmjm530]

Rock: All jokes aside
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Rocker, why in the world would anyone make jokes about your diet? What you eat sounds perfectly reasonable for a health conscious rabbit :)

[grace4us]

Thanks, I have been drinking it for years myself.  It's a matter of getting the hubby to drink it.  This is all very new to him.

[new-sojourn]

Celestial Season's has a good tea-AM Detox-which is quite good and w/all the benefits of straight dandilions.  and none of the picking, grinding, straining etc.

[mremeet]

I make dandelion tea once in awhile. I get chopped dried root at the local hippy health store and grind it up in my little coffee grinder. Then boil it for a bit and strain out the leftovers. It's bitter and basically tastes like dirt. But after awhile you don't really mind it, as odd as that sounds. It's known to stimulate bile flow, which is good for those who might have a "stagnant" liver and/or gallstones. I have gallstones (via long term HCV infection) and once in a while I believe they inhibit the flow of bile which makes me feel sluggish and also experience indigestion (especially after eating fats). Bile is used to break down and "saponify" fats in your gut for proper digestion (same process that converts grease into soap, believe it or not). I've found that drinking this bitter-strong tea (along with honey and a little milk) seems to put things back in order in a few days - makes me feel better.

[52TELE]

"I grinded the roots up in a coffee grinder and i took a tea spoon everyday,"

"Then , I would climb on top of the house and sit and wait for the animals to start talking to me and dancing and we would all dance with all the beautiful colors all around us"

Rock , did you by any chance live in a commune in the 60's?

LOLOLOLOLOL

[Forseegood]

hi, sounds like youre a kindred spirit, I drink plenty of "dirt" tea myself, ha ha, anyway, nice to see you here, have a great weekend!

[friscosue13]

Before I started tx I drank it all the time.  Dandelion is bitter; consequently, so is the tea.  Bitters are traditionally known to be good for the liver, as are thistles such as milk thistle and artichokes [hearts].  In traditional medicine, Spring is the time the body cleanses itself -- through the liver -- and time agrarian people knew to eat the bitter greens that bloom at that time.  Nature knows what She's doing.

You can also use the raw leaf in salads, or slightly sauteed with a bit of olive oil and garlic.  Be warned though, that although the name comes from the French:  dent-de-lion, or tooth of the lion, because of the shape of the leaf, its nickname is "****-the-bed".  Dandelion has been used for centuries for its diuretic and cleansing properties.  All this to say:  you might want to try using this leaf early in the evening at home!

Anywho -- thanks for reminding me.  My appetite has been eratic for a while.  I ate much better and healthfully before tx.

Be well --

Carol