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Medicinal Properties of Dandelions

All about Dandelions -written by Hunter Cubitt-Cooke The Latin name is Taraxacum officinalis. Common names include: lions tooth, white endive, wild endive, swine snout, canker wart and puffball. Actions: Traditionally Dandelion has been used as a powerful diuretic, bitter, pancreatic regulator, galactogogue (stimulates flow of breast milk), cholagogue (stimulates bile),…

Rooibos Tea: Aspalathus linearia

Rooibos Tea: Aspalathus linearia Rooibos, is pronounced “roy-boss (the latin name is Aspalathus linearis), a South African flowering shrub. Rooibos contains numerous polyphenol anti-oxidants and trace amounts of the minerals: copper, iron and potassium, calcium, fluoride, zinc, manganese and magnesium. – this tea contains almost no oxalic acid, making it…