10 Interesting Details About Nature’s Painkiller: Wild Lettuce
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There are many different kinds of lettuce in the wild. Some are used for store-bought salad ingredients, but those often lack the essential parts, the stems, where the calming substance gathers.
The lactucin and lactucopicrin, which generate the medical sensations, are found most abundantly in wild lettuce.
It has more of these natural components than any other lettuce species and more than any wild plant. Dandelion, a close relative, and chicory root have some but aren’t as easily edible as lettuce.
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