Curative properties
- Acne and wrinkles: wash face with boiled leaves.
- Bile affections: boil anddrink the brew of 10 to 30g from roots and leaves per liter of water. If not, boil and drink the brew from leaves, 2 to 3 times a day or 1 cup of wine during dinner.
- Hepatic affections: boil and drink the brew of 10 to 30g from roots and leaves per liter of water. If not, drink the brew from the leaves, 2 to 3 times a day or 1 cup of wine during dinner.
- Allergies: boil and drink the brew from the leaves, three times a day.
- Anemia: eat the leaves with salads.
- Increase appetite: boil anddrink the brew. As wine, drink one cup with meals or drink the extract of the whole plant, taking one spoonful before lunch. You can also eat raw leaves.
- Bile, secretion and evacuation: boil anddrink the brew of 10 to 15g from crushed and dried roots per liter of water, boiled during 5 minutes. Take while fasting, 2 to 3 times a week. As a whole plant extract, take one spoonful before lunch.
- Scars: apply compresses from the whole plant extract. Also, clean the wound with the brew of two spoonfuls in one liter of water, boiled for 5 minutes.
- Diabetes: drink plenty of brew in which the plant has been cooked in or you can eat it raw.
- Digestive: take the infusion after meals. As brew, drink 3 times a day.
- Diuretic: as an infusion, take one cup fasting and another one at night, 2 to 3 times per week. As a plant extract, take one spoonful before lunch.
- Expectorant: as brew, drink 3 times a day. As extract, take one spoonful before lunch.
- Lack of vitamin C: eat in salads.
- Laxative: specially for children, soft but effective. Take 2 to 3 spoonfuls of syrup a day, fasting.
- Cleanliness of blood: boil and drink the brew. Mix it in low temperature during 5 minutes, equal parts of dandelion roots and chicory, in proportion to one spoonful per cup of water. Drink before meals. If not, drink a cup of chicory wine or one spoonful of extract of the whole plant before lunch.
- Worms and parasites: drink in infusion or leave extract with honey.
- Sudorific: Take a spoonful of the whole plant extract before lunch. As brew, drink 3 times a day. Also apply the brew as compresses.
- Warts and furuncle: drink the whole plant brew, three times a day. Also, apply compresses of the brew over the affected area.
Preparation
- Brew: boil in low temperature 40g from roots and leaves in one liter of water during 5 minutes. Turn it off, let stand for a few minutes and then strain. Drink 3 to 4 cups a day.
- Compresses: immerse a clean fabric of any natural porous fiber in the plant brew and place it over the affected area.
- Infusion: boil one liter of water. Once boiled, withdraw from heat and add 10g of roots and leaves. Cover the recipient and let it rest between 5 to 10 minutes. Strain and serve.
- Syrup: cook in low temperature one cup of fresh chicory juice and 200g of brown sugar for 10 minutes. Take 2 to 3 spoonfuls a day fasting.
- Fresh juice of the whole plant; grate the root and squeeze the juice into a recipient. From the leaves: crush plant with a few drops of water in a mortar. Place it in gauze, squeeze and strain the loose juice. Take it in spoonfuls diluted with water.
- Wine: macerate 50g from roots in one liter of white wine, 15 to 20 days. Strain and bottle it.
Precaution
In case of pregnancy or nursing, do not use without medical supervision. In case of bile gallstones, use only after consulting with a doctor.
Desserts Recipes Medicinal Herbs Chicory in Medicinal Herbs Annatto in Medicinal Herbs Anisette in Medicinal Herbs Pulmonaria in Medicinal Herbs Boldo in Medicinal Herbs Borage in Medicinal Herbs Goldbloom in Medicinal Herbs Lemon Verbana in Medicinal Herbs Coca Shrub in Medicinal Herbs Horsetail in Medicinal Herbs Congona in Medicinal Herbs Coling in Medicinal Herbs Cuti-cuti in Medicinal Herbs Shatter Stone in Medicinal Herbs Chuchuhuasi in Medicinal Herbs Dandelion in Medicinal Herbs Escorzonera in Medicinal Herbs Blue Gum Tree in Medicinal Herbs Alum Root in Medicinal Herbs Indian Doab in Medicinal Herbs Hercampuri in Medicinal Herbs Spearmint in Medicinal Herbs Fever Grass in Medicinal Herbs Hierba Santa in Medicinal Herbs Fenkel in Medicinal Herbs Huamanpinta in Medicinal Herbs Huamanripa in Medicinal Herbs Linseed in Medicinal Herbs Plantain in Medicinal Herbs Common Mallow in Medicinal Herbs Beggar-lice in Medicinal Herbs Chamomile in Medicinal Herbs Large Indian Cress in Medicinal Herbs Matico in Medicinal Herbs Sweet Marjoram in Medicinal Herbs Peppermint in Medicinal Herbs Pepper Tree in Medicinal Herbs Mullaca in Medicinal Herbs Muna muna in Medicinal Herbs Nettle in Medicinal Herbs Wormseed Jerusalem Oak in Medicinal Herbs Pinco pinco in Medicinal Herbs Spanish Broom in Medicinal Herbs Rosemary in Medicinal Herbs Rue in Medicinal Herbs Sabila - Aloe Vera in Medicinal Herbs Sage in Medicinal Herbs Dragon’s Blood in Medicinal Herbs White Willow in Medicinal Herbs Tara in Medicinal Herbs Lime Flowers in Medicinal Herbs Lemon Balm in Medicinal Herbs Cat’s Claw in Medicinal Herbs Valerian in Medicinal Herbs
