Dandelion Root, A Cancer Cell Killer, Has A Long History As Medicine
(NaturalNews
– D. Samuelson) The roots, leaves and flowers of the dandelion plant
are a potent and healthy herbal medicine, although folks might think
those yellow dots popping up in their landscape are just nuisance weeds.
Not so, as reported by Reset.me, who emphasizes that the botanical name
for dandelion – Taraxacum officinal – aptly describes its medicinal
potential. Taraxacum translates into an “inflammation curative."
Officinal means that the lowly dandelion is revered as a bona fide,
official medicinal plant. The use of the dandelion plant as a healing
agent “predates written records," but it is understood that the Greeks
and the Chinese used dandelion compounds to aid in digestion, and as a
liver tonic and diuretic.
Traditional
herbalists, both in the East and the West, have utilized the properties
of the dandelion for liver support and as a blood purifier. It is this
blood purifying action that intrigued Canadian researchers at the
University of Windsor to pursue whether dandelion roots could be
effective for individuals suffering from end stage blood cancer. The
team experimented by applying dandelion root extract into petri dishes
on “blood drawn from a leukemia patient and lab rats." They discovered
that the “dandelion root extract was effective in inducing apoptosis, or
cell suicide, in tumor cells, while leaving healthy cells alone.
Herbalists
who live in America are not allowed to treat cancer patients, says
author and internationally traveled herbalist Demetria Clark, who has
taught thousands through her Heart of Herbs Herbal School. Dandelion is
used enthusiastically by Clark as a “supportive therapy" with whatever
cancer protocol her client has chosen. If a client has chosen
chemotherapy, Clark says that dandelion will “support the liver and help
the body detoxify." She also says that dandelion leaves put into
smoothies can help with mouth sores and nausea. The dandelion can boost
one’s appetite and also “get the digestive juices flowing." Clark
believes that the available empirical evidence clearly shows that the
dandelion “can enhances the immune system and supports the liver and
kidneys with no toxicity and a high amount of nutrition." She encourages
children and pregnant women to use the benefits available from the
simple, but profound, dandelion.
Have
you ever wondered why are there so many dandelions? Perhaps nature is
trying to give all of us a gentle yellow immune boost.
I love Traditional Medicinals organic Roasted Dandelion Root tea, it is delicious!
