Dandelion - Your Questions Answered
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2023
- Today I am straining out my Dandelion tincture and the Dandelion flower oil and I will answer the various questions that came up from the last Dandelion video.
Herbal medicine is simple and effective and is the people's medicine. If you would like to learn more about it have a look at the website at the courses I offer - www.danusirishherbgarden.com. One course, an Introduction to Herbal Medicine is a digital course so anyone can take this regardless of where they live.
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Thanks to Lol for the editing and the music. You can find Lol here on UA-cam / @lolhardiman5247 and also here
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With regard to making tinctures, here is a link to my other tincture making video - • Stocking Up For Winter
And here is another video taking things one step further • Making A Herbal Formula
I use the same method for every plant I tincture. If you intend to make any tincture and you cannot tolerate alcohol, use an organic Apple Cider Vinegar instead and make it in exactly the same way. You can also pick up some glycerin and make a glycerite by putting the plant in a jar and adding 50% water and 50% glycerin.
Alcohol is traditionally used because it draws out the plant constituents for healing. The dose is a tiny amount - we do not drink the tincture as if it were a beverage or a cocktail - we take a few drops to half a teaspoon to a teaspoon depending on age and size. For a child, use as little as 3 drops up to 30 drops as they get older. For elderly people dose is less than for an adult, half a tsp and an adult can use 1 tsp and take the medicine two to three times per day. Obviously every person and situation is different so use common sense.
Here is a link to the video making salves. It is the exact same recipe for any plant material. • Soothing Salves for St...
Thank you for watching and have a great week! xx
It is so sad how much "common sense" is lost today. Most folks today didn't grow up as we did - in nature, with parents and grandparents who followed the old ways. I am glad to see so much interest last few years for this information. That is why channels like yours are so important. Many blessings and have a great week.
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I think there is a growing interest in all things natural, a yearning even, which is very heartening. xx
I recently had my yearly physical and my Dr. wanted an ultrasound on my kidney and bladder. I have had PERFECT physicals for years! So I gave myself 1 month of healing time BEFORE the test. Dandelions paved the way to a perfect test! (Fresh greens, tinctures,and tea). Thank you Terri and Lol for the Basic Herbal Course!!
Great to hear you are 100% and great to hear Dandelion did you so much good xx
There does seem to be an obsession with washing absolutely everything. I wash very little that I harvest for my own use. I too choose plants that are already clean and in good condition. One thing that I don't think was mentioned, though it may have been and I missed it, is that washing flowers in particular will wash away the pollen and all of its medicinal properties. I think people just assume that everything outside is dirty, and it's not.
You are absolutely right xx
I was a volunteer at a co-op- it was a permaculture farm. (I was informed by a friend that they were using traditional techniques there that she had used on her family farm growing up in Vermont). I asked a question about the dirt and I was gently corrected that it is soil, not dirt. This distinction was noteworthy because the two words and their meanings have been used interchangeably giving the wrong impression. Thanks for your contribution to our education.
It's amazing to me how ppl pick out in videos what doesn't matter. There is so much common sense left out of society. Thank you for all the teachings I so appreciate you.
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching xx
Hi Terri, I have only recently stumbled across you and I just wanted to say how grateful I am for your generosity in sharing these videos. You are inspirational and portray how nature has always provided for us as well as understanding that our bodies are designed to heal supported by self-care and awareness of what we need. Thank you so much. xxx
You are very welcome Shelley - glad you are enjoying the videos and so glad you find them inspirational. xx
People don't listen...I swear you answered these questions in your first video!! You're amazing. Great video!! Thank you!!
Thanks for sharing your wisdom. I've been eating large dandelion salads daily since watching your other video about them a few weeks back. I made vinegar tincture with the root that is used in my vinaigrette. I'm supporting my liver and kidneys to detox as I rebuild my adrenal and thyroid glands which got very fatigued and sluggish during covid. I am enjoying the increased feeling of well being.
Using the Dandelions in so many ways is brilliant and no wonder you are feeling increased well being. xx
I had a lovely weedy lawn, and right after rain stopped was the perfect time to run out and pick violet leaves, plantain, dandelions, etc.
Oh Terri, she's my top favourite ! Because I live in the city, I could never find' clean ' dandelions. After planting seeds for 3 yrs I finally have them growing in my yard. The infused flower oil works wonders on the occasional back ache. The leaves are cooked like any other greens. I haven't tried the whole plant recipe but that's next !
You are amazing in what you do for us . Green blessings and love to you, Lol, and the fur babies 💜🐾🐾🍃🌱
Hurray! Great to hear you have your own Dandelions now xx power of perseverance. xx
I made your lovely dandelion balm, Terri. It's fantastic. I've been using on my shoulders and knee where I have arthritis. On Thursday I twisted my ankle quite badly and the balm has taken most of the swelling down and is healing it really well. I tell everyone about magic dandelions now!
Wonderful to hear that. Good old Dandelions! xx
I love this video Danu. Isn't it odd and sad that most people think Nature/Natural Remedies are inherently dirty or bad or untrustworthy? I offered a woman a magnificent fresh tomato from my greenhouse, and she insisted that I wash it, scrub it, and that was the last time she was allowed to set foot on my property. She did the same with chicken eggs which over here, were in very short supply and hugely expensive. Apparently, she'd never realized that eggs come from the rear-end of a chicken! I have a big crop of huge dandelions this Spring, and I will make your tincture and thank you for teaching us! I love the cat on the roof & dogs.
It is incredibly odd and sad, how do people get that way?? I feel so sorry for them . Enjoy your tincture making xx
Thank you for sharing, I just planted my herbs in my table looks so wonderful, Basil, Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme, Lavendar and Sage, growing potatoes for the first time.
That's brilliant Cheryl - good for you. you will never go back to shop bought xx
I don’t wash my garden herbs unless they have visible dirt or bugs. There’s no reason to.
Same here....
Exactly and you don't want to lose the water soluble constituents xx
We really have been indoctrinated in these modern times to think nature is “dirty” and will make us sick. The truth is the exact opposite. I remember people saying things like”eat dirt and die” when they were angry at someone. But I think we might benefit greatly if we eat a bit more dirt 😂 and LIVE! Thank your for your videos. I’m learning so much. Love Lol’s music 🎶 too.
Very well stated 👍 💖
I believe you are right - indoctrination . So glad you are enjoying the music. xx
Where I came from it wasn't "dirt", lol!
I love your dogs! I look forward to seeing them in your videos. I lost my big girl recently, but still have my little dog. Dogs are just the best! Your videos are so wonderful, informative & just a lovely little bit of calm to start my Sundays with. Thank you for sharing your world with us! Have a wonderful day!
Aww, sorry to hear of your loss. it is sad parting with a faithful companion xx
I strained my liquid gold last week & made 2 salves that are flipping amazing on my painful aching(post cancer treatment)joints.I just love it! also added a few drops of chamomile e.oil to 1 tin too,which smells lush.I've really connected with dandelion this year & very thankful for its healing properties 💛🌼looking to make another batch soon😅🌼
Best of luck with your healing journey. xx
I wondered a little about rinsing (dirt) but didn’t find anything alarming about your method. 🌱 Your explanation makes perfect sense. We are very like minded. Thank you for your videos. I’m using them to teach my homeschooling sons. ❤
I am delighted to hear that. thanks so much!! xx
Was watching a video on homemade dog food recipes and the Vet mentioned adding some dandelion greens. The next video up was yours.😊
Oh wow! That sort of thing happens 😅
Another beautiful film! Thank you. Dandelions are amazing plants that heal the earth, the animals, and us. I cannot imagine a world without dandelions, so I propogate them near and far to heal us all. Peace be with you friend. 🌻💖
Peace to you John; and Peace to the Dandelions, such wonderful beings xx
I am just starting my herbalism journey, making a dandelion tincture as I write this. These videos are great to clarify the finer details of herb preparation.
Glad to hear that xx
I totally agree the Hawthorne I have never before seen so lush and bright - down the lanes it looks like a tunnel of snow, so very beautiful. 🙏🏻🕊️xx
Yes exactly like that xx
I was given a hawthorn sapling last July, not the best time to transplant and in a drought. I was unwell, watering much less than I wanted, as well. That darling little tree is thriving now and I am excited and thankful to utilize its healing properties in a few years. I use glycerine often, my favorite being with the vanilla bean to make extract. Thanks for emboldening us with these herbs!
I love my hawthorn tree..just planted last year...budding nicely now. Lovely, sturdy little tree.....👍💟
Such a great video; thanks for sharing! Beautiful gardens, puppies, kitty & explanation! Blessings to all 🤗💜🇨🇦
❤ Your channel is so close toy heart. Thank you.🌷❤️🦋
So glad to hear that. xx
Sorry about spell check, I meant close to my heart.
Daru-Terri
Your lifestyle is just like mine- simple living high thinking! The original life of the spirit soul in communion with Nature-God intended humans to live this way but Lust Anger Greed is running our world now. I live in Northern California on 5 acres growing Organic food and happy 79!! Herbal medicine is the only cure for modern ailments created by corrupt food and drug corporations. Life goes on & Bless your work!
Bless your work too @nrg - you must be doing something right if you are still gardening at 79! Hope to be the same at that age. xx
If I would have started/completed the British Naturopathic course, or that of John Christoper of Utah Naturopathic course, I would have had my thesis on the dandelion. The properties of dandelions are immense. They are signals of soil condition, the 2+ species of wooly or smooth leafed dandelions are more than just blood cleansers, detoxers, immunity factors, nervine, enzymatic processes, and other such organ, glands, and endocrines functions are worked by dandelion compounds.
You are right x
Bright part of my Sunday.
Thanks Bonnie! xx
Instead of the alcohol-method of tincture extraction - there is always the process of cutting up, blendering, and then fully steaming the plant and root materials, breaking open the cell structures (just like Asian steam cooking). This save all calories and nutrition - vs cooking, baking, etc destroying up to half or more of the natural properties of the eaten food or herbal mixtures. Just like using a steamer or steam-juicer with Pacific Northwest berries for berry juice or berry jam, all of the cellular plasma and ingredients are extracted from the plant material, then filtered and pressed for maximum product. Then use this, air-dried, even freeze-dried, for a gooey liquid tar tincture, fruit leather-like product. Otherwise, one could use slow-and-low dehydration in indirect sunlight (no direct sunlight X rays, UV A and B or other radioactive rays on the product and destroying it) and air flow dry out the juice into a concentrated tincture. This tincture oil can also then be processed and diluted with any apple cider vinegar, olive oil, (or wine) bases.
Apple cider vinegar is also great (do not use white distilled vinegar as it is too chemically harsh and acidic). Apple cider vinegar (ph 2-3) is a natural product while white distilled vinegar (ph 2.5) is considered an anti-bacterial household cleaning product (!).
Also a red wine or white wine base has different properties with the dandelion tincture. Red wine and tannins intensify the deep herbal compounds and oak barrel flavors - while white wine accentuates the high herbal compound and barrel-maturint flavors.
If one really was to do some slow and low heated-processing of dandelion spagyrics (plant alchemy), then a properly prepared dandelion spagyric would be turned back into its constituent primal base of chemical salts, sugars, and alcohols, for an extreme tincture and homeopathic compound.
I received my post today! Thank you! Your weed books are wonderfully chock full of valuable information! Keep on keeping on!
We had a strong wind that blew all of our frosted hawthorn blossoms away right after they bloomed. Luckily I was able to salvage just enough to make a hawthorn blossom and rose petal tincture. It’s so true this is the perfect season to check in with our hearts.
Thanks for another wonderful video! 🤍
It really is - the blossom keeps reminding us xx
Thank you again Terri and Lol. I'm now inspired to pick my favourite flower (dandelion) and dry the heads for ACV infusion. Bless you and yours. 🌞
Blessings to you Karen xx
Thank You.
this is first time on your channel. I love learning about plants and herbs.
Welcome! I hope you enjoy the channel xx
I made a nice toner with lilac, it's 1/3 cup Lilac flowers, 1/3 cup Distilled water, 1/3 cup witch hazel, make as much or little in a glass quart jar shake each day for 2 weeks strain and used on your skin for a cooling toner good on Acne too.
That is the same brand of apple cider vinegar as I use in Canada . I put it on my breakfast. Fried vegetables and poached eggs and bacon.
Bill Gates bought that brand of vinegar. I am now looking for a new one.
U R WONDERFUL!
Thank you so much...😊❤
Thanks for watching xx
Excellent advice about the heart medicine, the hawthorn is in such abundance this year! I must gather some dandelion heads for my salve making, thank you for the reminder 🙂
No problem xx
I live in north Devon and i noticed there was a lot more blossom on the trees and bushes this spring 2024
Your videos are always such a wealth of information and an abundance of inspiration. Thank you, and Lol, for everything you do and taking the time to share your knowledge and talents. So much I want to say!! Blessings to you both!! (I chuckled when Lol cut to the dogs playing. Pets, always stealing the show! Ha!) Joanne, USA
Well they are the real stars!😂 So glad you are enjoying the videos xx
I agree! ❤
I noticed there is much more hawthorn blossom this year and flowers in general also
Here the Hawthorn flower is profuse - even on bushes that I have never seen in flower before; and the Plantain is everywhere!!
I adore the intros to your videos ❤
So glad!
Thank you Terri ,good old common sense goes a long way.
Hi Terri 🦋 You give so much valuable information about everything from the earth. Dandelion tea, me like. I eat Rowan - berries. Super healthy,right? Gonna try doing Dandelion in olive oil . I hope that the blueberries here in N.Sweden forest, are plenty this year. We need more of you,you're such treasure. Thanks for giving this to us .🌱🐝🌻🦋
Delighted and glad to hear of you doing similar work in Sweden. xx
Thanks for this helpful info.
You're welcome! xx
Thanks Terri have a great week Love to you xxx
I did thanks - bit late with this reply. Love to you too xx
Thank you, dear medicine woman.
You are most welcome xx
@DanusIrishHerbGarden you are an inspiration. I follow you closely from a far.
😘almost 1300 views no comments 🤔 thank you Terri & Lol
Love your kitchen Terri. Another helpful, informative video. Thank you! I’ve made the dandelion salve and vinegar. Need to make the tincture when get the next lot of dandelions “delivered” in my garden.
Beautiful hair Terri!😉❤️
nature is beautiful everywhere
You are most definitely right William - real beauty xx
Good morning Terri & Lol. Another lovely little film, thank you. Is there now a donkey in your marvellous menagerie at Danu? Lots of love from the Southern Hemisphere. Love lil. xo
Good evening Lili - the donkey is in a neighbouring field but is very vocal😂 - he is not ours. xx
Thank you, God Bless 🕊️🙂
This is a bit off subject but my 2yr old corgi will walk around the yard and eat the dandelion flower. Once the flower heads are gone he eats the levels. Has done since we first brought him home. He is a very healthy dog. Thankfully I have never put any chemicals, ever, in my yard.
I think animals know better than us, what heals and helps xx
I'm very glad to say i learn something new from you each day thank you
Glad to hear that xx
Just love your video, thank you for sharing . Nature is so generous and you teach us how it can be benefit for us….💕🙏
It is a win-win situation - when we know that we take care of Nature xx
Thank you. This is very helpful.
Thank you dear one from South Africa.
You're welcome xx
Terri 💚🍀 thank you for sharing
I only gather from my own garden & yard . because like you say you know what your getting
Plus I don't have to worry about pesticide or any cimical.until next time
Exactly! xx
Perfect, Excellent instruction, thank you.
Just wanted a catch up about the Dandelions .
I just put it in oil /heads and didnt turn it into a salve but have a friend who has painful knees so gave her a small pot of it .
She used it ..applied it to her knee as it was and she said it took the pain away directly.
She said it lasted for a few hours / relief no pain
I just wanted to pass this on if others may find it helpful
Thanks for sharing - good old Dandelion xx
The Hawthorn blossom is abundant here too, in Derbyshire, UK. It's so beautiful!
Isn't it - just glorious! xx
Good Morning (here) Terri! Thank you again for sharing your garden, kitchen, and wisdom with us. Lovely to see blue Galway skies. Ive read and heard a number of times, that there are probiotics and other nutrients on plants, so to keep washing at a minimum. If you don't have your own garden, I think it's fair to ask someone who does to share. I'd be happy to, so assume others would too. We all know there are thankfully more than enough dandelions to go around! Happy Sunday!
I agree - that is a good idea. Lots of people are coming together nowadays, in community, sharing all sorts of things xx
Exploring nature is wonderful. Cleanse your body by removing all packaged processed supermarket foods from your diet. It takes time to change bad habits but little by little you can do it.
What i gem of a teacher you are .
I just found your wonderful channel today 🎉.
Very excited .
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us ❤
You are welcome xx
Great information here. I'm going to try the dandelion recipes you provided. Thanks Danu!💖
Thanks for another informative video. Blessings xx
Blessings to you Jamie xx
Thank you for the reminder - I made dandelion oil for myself and the jar slipped back behind other herb jars on a high shelf. I need to get that down to use in my jars of body butter.
I have some too to use xx
I love starting my Sundays off with your new films. Such a lovely way to kickstart my time in the garden. I think I’ll go out and pick some dandelion for a tincture and oil since there’s an abundance of it throughout my lawn.
How lucky you are! xx
Good morning Terri☀️
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and understanding! Beautiful Hawthorn!🌿🐝
Hello Barbara - you are welcome as always. Hope you are enjoying the Hawthorn there too xx
Thank you for this video! Dandelions are in full bloom now, here on the South Shore of Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦. I’ll definitely be making my first tincture and oil with dandelions. Just last week, I made what was suppose to be a Yellow Bell (Forsythia) & Dandelion jelly. Unfortunately it didn’t set, but it tastes sooooo good!!
Well that is the main thing😀 - good taste xx
Here in Eastern Canada. Really enjoy your teaching videos. Had my first dandelion tea this week. I really enjoyed it. Plan to pick some more and freeze the flowers petals for later teas. Hope this won't destroy the medicinal properties. I have turned my double city lot here in New Brunswick into a forest garden over time. I have planted over 200-300 trees, shrubs, flowers, raised bed and this year a small greenhouse. I am so grateful for this plot of land to play in. Also, because the main "lawn" of my back yard is very acidic, moss has gradually encroached throughout and I love it. There are different mosses so you get a camouflage look to it. I also dug a 8x 12 ft pond with a rubber liner,, pond plants, rocks and goldfish. The fish have over wintered time and time again in our harsh -35 F temperatures. I dug the pond down 3-4 ft with a shelf all around. The fish seem to go dormant over the winter. Its amazing. Again, love your channel and teaching. Thank you.
That sounds incredible Margaret - fair play to you for creating such abundance xx
Thank you so much 💓 have a wonderful week 😊
Lovely new floor. Great healthy info as always. You are the best
I love my new floor Tacy.😂 Stay well xx
You are an excellent teacher,Terri! Your New Grange ring is lovely!😀
Thank you - appreciate that xx
You are a wonderful person ❤️ Thank you
You are so kind, thanks! xx
I take turmeric for my gout it works some of my friends use it and they agree Ebay tablets
Thanks for all that dandy information - have made the tincture, and have enjoyed lots of juice/tea from fresh flowers so far. Next, I'll have to give the oil a go. Love the look of that wooden bench outside your door - a Lol creation??
You're welcome. Glad to hear you have been so productive. The bench at the front of the house is a Lol creation and the one at the back is an old church pew, only just repainted and is now in the kitchen. xx
Your kitchen reno looks fantastic, congrats!!! Thank you!
I am very happy with the new kitchen xx
Thank you for sharing this information. I wasn't aware that the apple cider vinegar infusions would last for up to a year (obviously using good quality organic vinegar) and to use it in salad dressings also! Have a wonderful week.
Thank you Terri. I'll be harvesting my dandelions this week.
July of Canada 🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing ✌️🙏🤟
I watched your video 45 minutes after you put it up on sunday. You had 465viewd. 6 hrs later you had 2.8k views WOW. When people ask questions if you've washed and Herb washing would only make mold if you were to use wet herbs but they don't know that. Always it's just better to check it like you say for bugs or no pesticides know where you're getting your source from and brush the dandelion. Flowers clean with a dry brush.. So you have a lot of followers and I love your island that you live on. Although it's rocky according to your soil content you do very well and as simplistic as your life. Is you live a healthy life and you do? What. You? Can do with what you have to work with and that's amazing. I hope that young people will watch your show and take your course is to learn about self healing preservation in our Earth because they expect everything to be ready made. And available and as our grandmother's had life hard. It was wholesome as yours is now and I appreciate your teachings
Thank you so much Gypsygirl - i appreciate you watching and leaving comments xxx
Wonderful 🌼🔆
The light there looks amazing 🌳
Thank you for sharing terri. Blessings to you x
Thank you so much!! I will go out in the morning and collect dandelions from my front yard. There are a good amount there. Have a great week!
Thanks - hope you did too xx
This is gold thanks so much ❤
Thank you for this video answering the questions asked from your previous video, much appreciated.
Thank you so much for this follow-up video! I"m so grateful that I stumbled upon you. You're a wealth of knowledge and your videos are so pleasant to watch. Great photography and energy in it all.
Such Fantastic Information, I love learning from the phenomenal Terry Conroy. You inspire me❤
Thank you Keitha - you can do any of this too xx
Beautiful lady ❤❤❤
Like yourself xx
Great video! Thank you. I would just say if you are using glycerin and water, use a good water. If you live in a city, buy a spring water, not tap water.
Most definitely! Isn't it sad that we have come to this xx
Thanks!
Thank u for sharing 💓
You're welcome! xx
Love your channel Terri thank you!
Thank you very much dookboot xx
Thank you x
Glad to help xx
Thank you Danu most helpful ❤
Halfway through your video wisdom….thank you for your common sense approach. So much fear of Everything these days.
Thank you!
I do like common sense😀 and I am sick of the fear drive. We just have to live - it's not that risky xx
wonderful information with all the treasures of nature. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Such an amazing video, thank you so much. Youre so inspiring 🥰 love all your videos.
I have learned so much from you Terri. Love your videos. Myra from Tennessee USA ❤😊
Thanks Myra, glad you are enjoying and learning xx
Hello terri, thankyou, happy Sunday, xxxx😊