North
American Indian's use their poorest, lowly, unassuming, WEED, especially, its
root to chewed on right before battle as it made them meaner than hell and ripe
for battle.
DANDELION: can prevent or cure liver diseases, such as
hepatitis or jaundice.
The reason it made the
warrior's mean and mad because it
dumped too many
toxin's all at once from their livers through out the blood to the
body. (...a lion of all herb.) I've grown to respect and love this simple herb.
Do not use from lawns that has been sprayed and
not when the leaves are pointed and milk is in the stems. Some use
the Dandelion in wine, jelly or roasted into coffee. Here's a new respect for
this abundant free herb. Many will need this weed in future emergencies. My
mother used the tender leaves in the spring as you would spinach, on salad
and/or in a bit in a green drink.
I mostly
do my blog works mostly for the poor. Frankly I don't give a dam about the
wealthy, (Please use your doctors etc. you deserve them.) The wealth has used
their power to take away medical means for their neighbors and produce GMO foods
at our expense. At least B. M. Obama trying to get the rich to pay the bulk of
the taxes, but most in America is for the poorer folks to pay them... (The
movement of Glenn Beck about his don't hurt the "rich," attacks but attracts the
poor programs and needs of America. Don't be fooled by his other good side of
his movement.) Next is mostly quoted, but not all.
"It acts as a
tonic and gentle diuretic to purify your blood, cleanse your system,
dissolve kidney stones, and otherwise improve gastric-intestinal health; assist
in weight reduction; cleanse your skin and eliminate acne; improve your bowel
function, working equally well to relieve both constipation and diarrhea;
prevent or lower high blood pressure; prevent or cure anemia; lower your serum
cholesterol by as much as half; eliminate or drastically reduce acid indigestion
and gas buildup by cutting the heaviness of fatty foods; prevent or cure various
forms of cancer; prevent or control diabetes mellitus; In
diabetes you need to keep the liver clear and kill its parasite and this does
both. The parasite (micro toxins) will need more herbal help
though.
This is
a natural miracle medicine, if not polluted
and if it is used religiously to solve the problem is and then used consistently
for preventative body maintenance.
All the above curative functions, and
more, have been attributed to one plant known to everyone, Taraxacum officinale,
which means the
"Official Remedy for Disorders." We
call it the common dandelion. It is so well respected, in fact, that
it appears in the U.S. National
Formulatory, and in the Pharmacopeias of Hungary, Poland, Switzerland, and the
Soviet Union. It is one of the top
6 herbs in the Chinese herbal
medicine chest.
According to the USDA Bulletin #8,
"Composition of Foods" (Haytowitz and Matthews 1984), dandelions rank in the
top 4 green vegetables in overall nutritional
value. Minnich, in "Gardening for Better Nutrition" ranks them, out
of all vegetables, including grains, seeds and greens, as tied for 9th best.
According to these data, dandelions are nature's richest green vegetable source
of
beta-carotene, from which Vitamin A is created, and the
third richest source of Vitamin A of all foods, after cod-liver oil and beef
liver! They also are particularly rich in
fiber, potassium, iron,
calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and the B vitamins, thiamine and riboflavin, and
are a good source of protein.These figures represent only those
published by the USDA. Studies in Russia and Eastern Europe by Gerasimova, Racz,
Vogel, and Marei (Hobbs 1985) indicate that dandelion is also rich in
micronutrients such as copper, cobalt, zinc, boron, and molybdenum, as
well as Vitamin D.Much of what dandelions purportedly do in
promoting good health could result from nutritional richness alone. Vogel
considers the sodium in dandelions important in reducing inflammations of the
liver. Gerasimova, the
Russian chemist who analyzed the
dandelion for, among other things, trace minerals, stated that "dandelion [is]
an example of a harmonious combination of trace elements, vitamins and other
biologically active substances in ratios optimal for a human organism" (Hobbs
1985).
Recent research, reported in the
Natural Healing and Nutritional Annual,
1989 (Bricklin and Ferguson 1989) on the value of vitamins and minerals
indicates that:
*
Vitamin A is important in fighting cancers
of epithelial tissue, including mouth and lung;
*
Potassium
rich foods, in adequate quantities, and particularly in balance with
magnesium, helps keep blood pressure down and reduces risks of strokes;
*
Fiber fights diabetes, lowers cholesterol, reduces cancer and heart disease
risks, and assists in weight loss. High fiber vegetables take up lots of room,
are low in calories, and slow down digestion so the food stays in the stomach
longer and you feel full longer;
*
Calcium in high
concentrations can build strong bones and can lower blood pressure;
* B
vitamins help reduce stress.
Throughout history, dandelions have had a
reputation as being effective in promoting weight loss and laboratory research
indicates that there is some support for this reputation. Controlled tests on
laboratory mice and rats by the same
Romanians indicated that a
loss of up to 30% of body weight in 30 days was possible when the animals were
fed dandelion extract with their food. Those on grass extract lost much less.
The control group on plain water actually gained weight.
Beyond nutritional
richness, however, are the active chemical constituents contained in dandelions
which may have specific therapeutic effects on the body. These include, as
reported by Hobbs (1985):
* Inulin, which converts to fructose in the
presence of cold or hydrochloric acid in the stomach. Fructose forms glycogen in
the liver without requiring insulin, resulting in a slower blood sugar rise,
which makes it good for diabetics and hypoglycemics;
* Tof-CFr, a glucose
polymer similar to lentinan, which
Japanese
researchers have found to act against
cancer cells in
laboratory mice; Lentinan is a yeast glucan (glucose polymer) that
increases resistance against protozoal and viral
infections.;
* Pectin, which is anti-diarrheal and also forms
ionic complexes with metal ions, which probably contributes to dandelion's
reputation as a blood and gastrointestinal detoxifying herb. Pectin is
prescribed regularly in
Russia to remove heavy metals and
radioactive elements from body tissues. Pectin can also lower
cholesterol and, combined with Vitamin C, can lower it even more. Dandelion is a
good source of both
Pectin and Vitamin C;
* Coumestrol, an
estrogen mimic which possibly is responsible, at least in part,
for
stimulating milk flow and altering hormones;
* Apigenin
and Luteolin, two flavonoid glycosides which have been demonstrated to have
diuretic, anti-spasmodic, anti-oxidant and
liver protecting actions and properties, and also to strengthen the heart and
blood vessels. They also have
anti-bacterial and
anti-hypoglycemic properties, and, as estrogen mimics, may also stimulate
milk production and alter hormones;
* Gallic Acid, which is
anti-diarrheal and anti-bacterial;
* Linoleic
and Linolenic Acid, which are essential fatty acids required by the body to
produce prostaglandin which regulate blood pressure and such body processes as
immune responses which
suppress
inflammation. These fatty acids can lower
chronic inflammation, such as
proliferative arthritis, regulate blood pressure and the
menstrual cycle, and prevent platelet aggregation;* Choline, which
has been shown to help
improve
memory;
*Several Sesquiterpene compounds which are what make
dandelions bitter. These may partly account for
dandelions tonic effects on digestion, liver,
spleen and gall bladder, and are highly anti-fungal;*
Several Triterpenes, which may contribute to
bile
or liver stimulation;
*
Taraxasterol, which may
contribute to liver and gall bladder health or to hormone altering.
These
chemicals, individually, are not unique to dandelions, but the combination of
them all in one plant, along with high levels of vitamins, minerals,
carbohydrates, proteins and fiber account for the many claims made regarding the
plant.
These claims include the following results of clinical and laboratory
research, again as reported in Hobbs (1985):
* A doubling of bile output with
leaf extracts, and a quadrupling of bile output with root extract. Bile assists
with the emulsification, digestion and
absorption
of fats, in
alkalizing the intestines
and in the
prevention of putrefaction. This
could explain the effectiveness of dandelion in reducing the effects of fatty
foods (
heartburn and acid indigestion);
* A reduction in
serum cholesterol and urine
bilirubin levels by as much as half in humans with severe liver imbalances has
been demonstrated by Italian researchers;
*
Diuretic effects
with a strength approaching that of the potent diuretics Furosemide and Lasix,
used for
congestive heart failure and
cirrhosis of the
liver, with none of the serious side effects, were found by
Romanian scientists. They found that
water extract of dandelion leaves, administered orally, because of its high
potassium content, replaced serum potassium electrolytes lost in the urine,
eliminating such side effects common with the synthetics as severe potassium
depletion, hepatic coma in liver patients, circulatory collapse, and
transmission through mothers' milk;* In
1979 a Japanese
patent was filed for a freeze-dried warm water extract of dandelion
root for
anti-tumor use. It
was found that administration of the extract markedly inhibited growth of
particular carcinoma cells within one week after treatment;
* Dental
researchers at
Indiana University in 1982 used dandelion
extracts in
antiplaque preparations;
* In studies from 1941
to 1952, the
French scientist Henri Leclerc demonstrated the
effectiveness of dandelion on chronic liver problems related to
bile
stones. He found that
roots gathered in late summer to
fall, when they are rich in
bitter, white milky latex,
should be used for all liver treatments; (This is strong medicine!)
* In
1956, Chauvin demonstrated the antibacterial effects of
dandelion pollen, which may validate the centuries old use of dandelion flowers
in
Korean folk medicine to prevent furuncles (
boils,
skin infections), tuberculosis, and edema and promote blood
circulation.Also,
Witt (1983) recommends
dandelion tea to alleviate the water buildup in PMS
(pre-menstrual syndrome).
There are many testimonials from those who have
benefited from the use of dandelions in the treatment of what ailed
them.
Robert Stickle, an internationally famous architect, was diagnosed as
having a malignant melanoma 21 years ago, and was given, after radical surgery
had not halted its spread, less than 2 years to live. He said, in a letter to
Jeff Zullo, president of the Society for the Promotion of Dandelions, (June 23,
1986):
Cancer is primarily a liver
failure manifestation. {Italians are very concerned about
problems of the 'fegato']. [I discovered that] the cancer rate in native
Italians is very low among the farming population (paesanos). When they get
affluent and move to the city, its the same as the rest of civilized man.
Paesanos eat dandelions, make brew from the roots, and are healthy, often
living to over 100 years."He states that he began eating
dandelion salad every day, and his improvement confounded the doctors. When he
wrote the letter in 1986, 18 years had passed and there had been no recurrence
of the melanoma.
A benefit which comes from writing articles for national
media is that you hear from people who have interesting stories to tell. I
recently received a call from Peter Gruchawka, a 70 year old gentleman from
Manorville, NY, who reported that he had been diagnosed with diabetes melitis 3
months before and was put on 5 grams of Micronase. At the time, he had a 5+
sugar spillover in his urine. He took Micronase for about a month before he
learned, from his wife who is a nurse, that Micronase can do damage to the
liver. He had read in "Herbal Medicine" by Diane Buchanan and "Back to Eden" by
Jethro Kloss about the effectiveness of dandelions in controlling diabetes.
Without saying anything to his doctors, he stopped taking Micronase and began
drinking dandelion coffee each day. During the first week, his urinary sugar,
measured night and morning, was erratic and unstable, but after a week, his
sugar stabilized and when he called, he had been getting negative urine sugar
readings for over a month. The doctors are amazed and can't explain it. An
interesting side benefit to replacing Micronase with dandelion coffee is that,
while Micronase damages the liver as a side effect, dandelions are particularly
known for
strengthening the liver.
According to Mr.
Gruchawka, he changed nothing but the medication. He had cut out pastries and
other sugars when he was diagnosed and started on Micronase, and has continued
to do without those things while taking
dandelion coffee.
In
reporting these claims, add these three qualifiers:
First, unfortunately,
neither herbs nor synthetic remedies work for everyone in the same way.
Different bodies respond differently to medicines, and what works incredibly
well for one person may not work at all, or work less well, for someone
else.
Second, good health results from a combination of healthy diet and
enough exercise to keep the body toned. Bob Stickle, for all his insistence that
dandelions cured him, changed, according to a mutual friend, his entire
lifestyle. He didn't just add dandelion salad to what he was already
doing.
People with health problems need to
seek the advice and care of a competent physician, with whom this information
can be shared. It is important to reemphasize that it is presented as
information only. I am not a medical doctor, and neither advocate nor prescribe
dandelions or dandelion products for use by anyone or for any ailment. Only your
doctor can do that. I'm sure you doctor knows and has a herbal degree and know
about this herb. LOLBecause there are so many variables, it is
hard to attribute Mr. Stickle's cure to any one of them directly. Likewise,
Italian farmers live a lifestyle which combines a healthy diet, lots of work and
clean air. They heat and cook with wood, which they have to cut and split. They
haul water for household use. When they move to the city, diet, exercise, and
environmental conditions change. Stress and sedentary habits increase.
While
dandelions, given all these variables, may never be proved to cure any specific
ill, they are an extremely healthy green which cannot in any way hurt you.
Research on how much you would have to eat to cause harm indicates that eating
grass is more dangerous than eating dandelions (Hobbs 1985). Therefore, with
everything going for dandelions, it is highly probable that everyone can derive
at least some nutritional benefit from them by eating or drinking them
regularly.
The medical and pharmacological establishment is generally
critical of claims regarding the use of herbs on disease, and their concerns
need to be put in perspective. Many herbs cut into their profits, however they
are going into the natural end of herbs etc. You can buy them over the counter,
however how pure are they?
Herbal medicines have been used very effectively
far longer than synthetics, and many current pharmaceutical products have been
derived from research on plants used as medicine by many cultures. The problem
with plants, however, is that they are available to anyone. (not if they drug
co. could help it, they want the monopoly's.)However, it's impossible to patent
a plant,exception GMO... and thereby gain proprietary rights to it. As a
consequence, pharmaceutical companies attempt to isolate the active properties
from medicinal plants and synthesize them so that they can patent them. Many of
the synthetics have serious side-effects which were not present in the natural
plant product, often because other chemicals in the plant offset them (i.e. the
large quantities of potassium in dandelions which allows for potassium
replenishment when dandelion is used as a diuretic).
USDA botanist Dr. James
Duke (1989) suggests that a proper and appropriate
"herbal
soup", filled with "vitamins, minerals, fibers and a whole host of
bioactive compounds," from which the body can selectively strain the compounds
it needs to restore itself to health, will be more effective than synthetic
medicines containing a "very select and specialized compound or two plus filler,
usually non-nutritive." This is especially true if the "herbal soup", in the
form of a potent potherb like dandelion, is a regular part of the diet so that
the appropriate bioactive substances are present in the right amounts when the
body needs them.
YES, "poor," ADAM AND
EVE WAS KICK OUT OF THE plentiful GARDEN, BUT Father in Heaven BLESSED THEM When
they tilled the grounds with blessed WEEDS, BIERS, THORNS, TO CURE THEIR
DISEASES. HE'S LOVE US ALL.These blog pages are just for information and to be used
for educational purposes only and has been based solely on the traditional and
historic use of a given herb, or on clinical trials that are generally not
recognized by any US government agency or medical organization. This information
has not been evaluated by the US Food and Drug Administration, nor has it gone
through the rigorous double-blind studies required before a particular product
can be deemed truly beneficial or potentially dangerous and prescribed in the
treatment of any condition or http://shermsorganicrecipes.blogspot.com/2010/09/proof-of-no-meat-eating.html ? here blog name changed?
How to remove pesticides/chemicals (Five worst
offenders) Pesticides were made for war to kill our enemy. Then these were
deluded down to kill bugs...but too many pesticides chemicals can kill us
eventually or harm you defense mechanism in your body and cause
diseases.
Home Cures (You may have
these house whole items in your cupboard.)
Organically Grown Grape Seeds: If the seeds are
from the red grapes it’s the best. The
seeds are good for the diabetic glucose levels rather than adding drugs causing
heart problems. Grape seeds renewals cells, cancer, kills yeast
and has antibiotic properties all because it’s an ant fungal. (Grapes are
mention 260 in the bible…and the seeds thereof…Bible as a History) The Harvard
University refers to it as the “Thinnest Gene” and it’s supposes to prolong
life.
I'm using this post to introduce news of a new
discovered on the Internet that was of interest. The new site to me was from my
friend told me about it. Do you have
diarrhea? Try some Archway's coconut
cookies: Also, add coconut oil to your hair scalp when you know
your going to wash it the next day. It only prover's my point coconut has many
anti fungal properties that is needed for cures. I have a post on many more in
Earths Organic News.
The art of "Clay Healing's" is ancient: John 9: 6, 11,
14-15
New Food stamp cuts to fund Michelle Obama POLITICAL
programs while many are without jobs? This loss ed money from the poorer
programs will fund her programs... ("Child Nutrition bill or her "LETS MOVE,"
incentive.")
