REDWOOD CHICORY
diente de leóntaraxacum officinale webe
REDWOOD CHICORY
diente de leóntaraxacum officinale webe
Other Names:
Bitter chicory
.
Used the leaves and roots. Two main actions of this plant: positive effect on the
liver
and
biliary
disorders
, by actions and colerética colagogas, as well as on the kidneys, because of its diuretic action, perhaps due to
a
stimulating effect on the enzyme
source
. It seems that it
has
a
stimulating action of
pancreatic
secretions. It is also eupéptico and slightly laxative. It
was
also
thought
to have
a
protective effect on the connective tissue justifying its effectiveness in
chronic
rheumatism. The leaves have demonstrated in vitro antiviral action. It is used in cases of insufficiency and hepatobiliary congestion, as
a
preventive of litasis bile, slow digestions, constipation. Oliguria, rheumatism, gout,
obesity
,
arteriosclerosis
. Skin
diseases
(
acne
, eczema, furunculosis,
herpes
)
It takes
a
salad of leaves, or juice of fresh plant, thus benefitting all its vitamins. The dried are taken at
a
rate of one tablespoon per cup of soup cooking, three times
a
day.
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