Did you know that dandelions have medicinal effects?

United States
December 28, 2010 11:06pm CST
They are very beneficial to the body, and include nutrients, potassium, iron, other minerals, and a high amount of vitamins? Well, I guess now you know. Never thought that the common weed would turn out to be more than just a weed, eh?
2 responses
• Estonia
30 Dec 10
Yes, I've heard about this. It actually made me wonder when I heard about that for the first time. There are like plenty of them growing everywhere, they're even kind of headache for a gardener, cause they spoil the surroundings and disturb the plants we grow in the garden. I think that my mother has even tried adding dandelion leaves to a salad.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Dec 10
hi starrwilihtamber I do now so years back when I was a kid my mom would go out when the dandelions first popped up on our lawns and pick them when really young., she cooked them as greens and squeezed lemnon juice on them. I learned to really like them and when we had them I never had a cold so knew that they were good for us but did not know the nutritional value of them.Also there is another weed called Lambs Quarter that is silvery under side ofthe leaves and makes a very mild and flavorful green. I do not know if it has any food value but I am going to look it up and find out.