dandelion 🦁 bright yellow jupiter talisman of resilience and joy, taking up space in the sidewalk, "what, you think pavement could stop me?" liver tonic, kidney supporter, fluid mover, exhilarant. cools the emotions while rooting you into yourself. dandelion, we love you 🧵
i can't list everything dandelion offers. like its planetary ruler, it is generous as hell. it offers so much not just to us, but to bees, birds, so many creatures. as for humans, there are way too many qualities & conditions dandelion can aid us w/ so i will stick to just a few.
nicole rose, one of my favorite plant people, writes beautifully about how she works w/ dandelion tincture w/ folks experiencing burnout & righteous rage at a deeply unjust world solidarityapothecary.org/dandelion-plan… 
pls note rose's paraphrase of indigenous scholar valerie goodness. so-called western herbalists may say dandelion originated in eurasia & arrived via colonization but folks indigenous to the contiguous united states have a sacred history w/ this bloom that predates colonization
w/ dandelion, we can work w/ the entire plant. the taproots are bitter & help move digestion while supporting the liver. the roots contain a prebiotic called inulin that is food for your friendly gut flora. feed them & they will aid & protect you where you are vulnerable: the gut
the leaves are diuretic, wringing out stagnant fluid that can cause unhelpful inflammation. rich in mineral content, they offer resources to the kidneys to do their job well. i love that dandelion doesn't yell at the kidneys but rather is like, "here you go, lemme help."
you can work with the blossoms in tincture, elixir, or wine as an exhilarant, lifting the spirits. i haven't tried this yet but my teachers at @CommWealthHerbs recommend it & i plan to make an elixir this spring.
sometimes plant correspondences don't make sense to me but this one does. we associate jup w/ the liver, dandelion is such a generous, hopeful, resilient plant & as sajah popham points out its airborne seeds are “lightweight and expansive like jupiter"
elisabeth brooke describes dandelion as connected not only to jupiter but hecate, especially for samhain rituals. if anyone knows more about this, let me know! both brooke and popham describe dandelion as a plant that helps us with change, translating anger into movement.
okay that's it for now! for my own joy, adding another dandelion to close out.
p.s. here's valerie goodness in her own words: indiancountrytoday.com/archive/how-fa…
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