Big Woman loves to make any kind of herbal capsules and I lovingly refer to her as my "en-capsulator". I like to make capsules for any herbs I don't particularly like the taste of (such as dandelion root) and for ease of use. Taking dandelion root before any meal will help aid digestion, prevent kidney and gallstones, and keep the urinary tract running smooth. You can also take these capsules if you want to utilize any of the healing properties of dandelion that we talked about here.
What You'll Need
Dandelion Root Powder
The Capsule Machine (I use the large 00 size)
Gelatin Capsules (again I use the 00 size)
The "en-capsulator" and a few friends today
The Capsule Machine (I use the large 00 size)
Gelatin Capsules (again I use the 00 size)
The "en-capsulator" and a few friends today
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Big woman doesn't like anything to get in the way of her making herbal concoctions with Mom so when some friends came over to play she just put them to work. They decided to make an assembly line where Little Woman separated the gel capsules and handed them to Big Woman, she placed the long side in her part of the capsule machine and handed the small side to her friend who placed it in her part of the capsule machine and then her little sister pressed the capsule the rest of the way in.
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She then took a spoonful or two of the dandelion powder then sprinkled and pressed it into the bottom part of the capsules. Once full, she pressed the top part on and popped those babies out into a bowl. In my opinion this is the simplest, quickest and most convenient way to take your herbs and I can even get hubby to take his herbs when in this form! Here are more detailed instructions on how to make herbal capsules if you'd like to give it a try yourself.
Where To Get the Supplies to Make This Project
I purchased my capsule machine with a 1000 pack of gelatin capsules on Amazon. I have seen it at my local health food store so you can check there also. You can harvest, dry and try to powder your own dandelion root but for ease of convenience and a very fine powder (you can never achieve that in your kitchen) I just purchase mine from Mountain Rose Herbs.
