Three years of making dandelion salve from my own untreated yard. My friend stopped taking daily Tylenol. My husband stopped mowing the front lawn. Here is everything I know about the weed you have been killing — the flower, the leaves, and the root. Root Knowledge Series on rootednred.com.

Five failed batches, four recipes, and one friend worth figuring it out for. The real story of making a licorice root salve from scratch — and what finally worked.