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@PauletteSteeves For the curious, an 'illuminated manuscript' on the medicinal ecology of dandelion, from 2005. "...Dandelion is one of the most reliable alteratives in the materia medica of the world's temperate zones - an alterative is a plant or procedure..." .pdf here: bit.ly/1zJmFWs

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Quoted byRT @nick_routledge: @JillianHazel @Plough Beautiful. The plant over-harvested, there were 'Save Our Dandelions' societies in the UK in the 50's. Notable, as such, that dandelion's status as America's most reviled plant, is entirely a constructed phantasm - a demon of the commoditized imagination. ?s=20Quoted by@JillianHazel @Plough Beautiful. The plant over-harvested, there were 'Save Our Dandelions' societies in the UK in the 50's. Notable, as such, that dandelion's status as America's most reviled plant, is entirely a constructed phantasm - a demon of the commoditized imagination. ?s=20