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Re: Dandelion -- Medicinal Herb and Coffee Substitute (OT)

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Hmmm, you can skip the Xmas X  (thanks anyway) <g>, but while dandelion may
be very good for you and if you feel that positive about it do it! (we all
need dandelion IMO, at least in the spring for a while), the herbal
*specific* for prostate problems is Saw Palmetto. So thoroughly
*scientifically researched* it's now available at your neighborhood grocery
store. Or if not, certainly your nearest drug store chain. 

Patricia

At 01:34 PM 2/11/00 -0800, you wrote:
>Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
>> I wrote:
>> >> The roots are a superb herb you can harvest and dry and use as an herb,
>or
>> >roast and use as a coffee substitute or extender.
>>
>> jallan977
>> >   Now that sounds interesting.  If not like chickory I would like to
>hear
>> >more about it.
>>
>> Sorry for the delay in responding. Needed to find both the time and
>> inclination to dig into my herbals a bit. I don't quite know what you mean
>> by "if not like chicory" -- ??
>>
>   Chicory, I believe, was used as a substitute for coffee in the old west
>and probably used by native Americans as well.  Chock Full of Nuts has
>chicory in it and is the one brand I would decline if someone offered me a
>free can. YUKKK!  But that is my opinion.  Obviously some people like it or
>it would not still be on the shelves.  If dandelion taste like that I would
>only try it once.
>
>> The following is from an herbal I have by John Lust. It's probably more
>> info than you're interested in, but I think it's useful to take a look at
>> the whole thing.
>>
>> DANDELION
>> Properties and Uses:
>> Aperient [a mild stimulant for the bowels, a gentle purgative],
>> cholagogue [increases the flow of bile into the intestines],
>> diuretic [increases the secretion and expulsion of urine],
>> stomachic [strengthens, stimulates or tones the stomach],
>> tonic [strenghens or invigorates organs or the entire organism].
>>
>   I am very much interested in the whole thing.  It sounds like just what I
>need.  Having the "old mans " disease, swollen prostate, I need to get up
>several times during the night.  It is sometimes very difficult to get back
>to sleep and I would love to go to bed with the chickens and not wake up
>till the cock crows.  If it works I will have to send you something by
>e-mail usually delivered under mistle toe at xmass :-)
>
>
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