The young leaves are delicious in green salads, but as the season wears on, it would be best to boil the leaves to remove the bitter taste. As a flower essence, it helps people who are tense from over organizing and overextending themselves. The flower essence also relaxes the solar plexus and helps to bring down a hiatal hernia. Many also consider the dandelion to be a great herb for the stomach and for stabilizing blood sugar levels. It has also been used for anemia.
Typical dosage is two or three capsules with meals two or three times daily.
Magic and Medicine of Plants , by The Reader's Digest, 1990. It may be copied and distributed provided It is not altered in any way.