Dandelion — liver signature
yellow flower and bitter latex
The dandelion's yellow flower and bitter sap were associated in later herbal traditions with the liver and digestive processes. This coordinate marks the target-organ projection used by the classification, not an anatomical claim or a clinical recommendation.
Point 4 of 6 in Doctrine of Signatures
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
Paracelsus, Paragranum (primary)
Paragranum discusses the signatura as a way of reading the hidden virtue of natural things; see Book IV, the discussion of signatures and external signs.
Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (scholarly_modern)
Historical account of early-modern European medicine and Paracelsian natural philosophy; see the chapters on Renaissance medicine and Paracelsianism.