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Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Bed: "Other organs"
Toxicity:
Longevity: unknown

History

Not mentioned in the medical books of antiquity, but, beginning around 1100, used by Arabic doctors for eye diseases, and European medical books later mention it as a help for digestion, a diuretic, as a medication to promote menstruation, and a depurant.

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