dandelion

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Dandelion

 

 

A great liver tonic!

 

 

 

The fat we consume in our diets enters the gastrointestinal tract,

where the liver secretes a yellowish brown or green fluid

called " bile " that is then discharged into the " duodenum " where

emulsification begins Sometimes, though, if an undue amount of fat is

consumed or if the liver isn't performing quite as it should, then

NOT enough bile gets released to get the job done. The result can be

a bad case of indigestion.

 

 

 

However, the same bitter components in dandelion root which give

it a unique " coffee " flavor and smell also manage to activate the

liver into producing more bile. I recommend up to 4 capsules of

dandelion root powder if you are having a meal that includes meat or

fried food. A warm cup of dandelion root coffee or tea can work just

as well. Or try 20 drops of the fluid extract twice daily with meals.

It is also very valuable as a liver cleanser for alcoholics recovery.

 

 

 

" Lecithin " is a term used by scientists to denote phosphorus fatty

acids produces inside the body by the liver or found organically in

nature. Lecithin helps in the metabolism of fats, so that they don't

accumulate within the liver or heart, and it is also concentrated in

the " myelin sheaths " of our nerves, protecting them from stress and

infection.

 

 

 

Dr. James A. Duke, formerly with the USDA Agricultural Research

Service in Beltsville, MD, pointed out in the January 19th, 1991

issue of Science News magazine that dandelion flowers have a lecithin

concentration of 29,700 parts per million (ppm); soybeans, the

traditional source, came in with a count between 15,000-25,000 ppm.

 

One could just as well drink a glass of dandelion wine every day to

get one's supply of lecithin instead of taking lecithin liquid or

granules. I suggest about 2 tblsp every morning before breakfast.

 

 

 

Better Night Vision

 

 

 

The February 16th, 1951 edition of a German Medical Journal

entitled " Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift " featured an article

concerning a remarkable herbal treatment for night blindness. A

physician, Dr. S. Niedermeier, wrote about the value of dandelion

flowers to help correct this disorder. But the substances in the

flowers which does this, " helenin " , requires the presence of a

certain amount of Vitamin A. So Dr. Niedermeier devised a therapy

program which included the dandelion flowers and fish oil for

correcting this problem, as well as improving the condition of a

related disorder called " retinitis pigmentosa " .

 

It is recommended that fresh dandelion flowers be gathered from

an unsprayed field, rinsed in cold water, and then run through a

juicer with one or two carrots. Spring is the best time for picking

the flowers.

 

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it really depends on what is going on in the body and i adjust my formula's for this. Cleavers is a wonderful lymphatic tincture and red clover is also a wonderful lymphatic infusion.......... so I can't really answer.

 

Bonnie Rogers

 

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Thursday, April 22, 2004 7:47 PM

Herbal Remedies - Dandelion

Bonnie, the Dandelion oil sounds really nice...I make soap and I'm thinking I could make Dandelion soap with the oil and flowers mixed in. When you make your lymphatic tincture do you add any other herbs? Now I have to convince my dh not to kill my dandelions..that their a good herb and not a weed!!!lolHeatherFederal Law requires that we warn you of the following: 1. Natural methods can sometimes backfire. 2. If you are pregnant, consult your physician before using any natural remedy. 3. The Constitution guarantees you the right to be your own physician and toprescribe for your own health. We are not medical doctors although MDs are welcome to post here as long as they behave themselves. Any opinions put forth by the list members are exactly that, and any person following the advice of anyone posting here does so at their own risk. It is up to you to educate yourself. By accepting advice or products from list members, you are agreeing to be fully responsible for your own health, and hold the List Owner and members free of any liability. Dr. Ian ShillingtonDoctor of NaturopathyDr.IanShillington

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Dandelion

 

(Taraxacum afficinale)

 

While we usually think of the dandelion we see growing freely in fields as a weed, especially when it pops up on our lawns, this ubiquitous plant not only provides a tasty salad green but has a strong diuretic effect, which can be beneficial to liver function.

 

 

Plant Facts:

 

Dandelion is a member of the Composite family. The stems-which, like the leaves, yield a milky substance-can reach a length of 15 inches. The leaves taste bitter, while the roots are bittersweet. The whole plant exudes a faint buttery-sharp color

 

 

Components:

 

The plant contains bitters that stimulate digestive secretions. Dandelion also contains triterpenes, streols, phenolic acids, coumarins and in the leaves and blossoms, flavonoids as well. Its remarkably high potassium content-up to 4.5 percent-makes it an excellent diuretic, since it does not deplete the body of this essential mineral.

 

Indication:

 

Because of its well-balanced medicinal ingredients, the dandelion has played an important part as a healing supplement in traditional medicine. It is a mild stimulant for the gallbladder and liver, helping them get rid of waste products and increasing bile flow; its effect on the liver makes dandelion beneficial for treating gout, rheumatism and skin diseases. Dandelion is useful in treating acne, eczema and psoriasis, as it reduces the body’s efforts to eliminate toxins through the skin. In addition, dandelion relieves digestive complains, such as bloating and flatulence; as an aromatic bitter, it stimulates appetite and promotes digestion. As a diuretic, the dandelion leaf alleviates fluid retention.

 

 

Extra Tip:

 

Store dandelion root so that it is protected fro light and moisture. It will keep for about 3 years in the whole, dried form only. If it is ground or powdered, its shelf life is reduced to 1 year

 

 

 

 

 

 

Methods of Administration:

 

 

Decoction:

 

Prepare 1-2 tsp. of finely chopped or powdered root, with or without leaves, in 1 cup of cold water, and bring it to a boil. Simmer gently for about 10 min. Strain; Drink 1 cup of this tea up to 3 times daily.

 

 

Tincture:

 

Perpare 1/3 oz. of dandelion root with 3 oz/ of alcohol (brandy or vodka). Let it stand for 4-6 weeks; filter. Take 30 drops with a little water 3 times a day.

 

 

Root juice:

 

Simmer ½ oz. of chopped roots with 1 cup water for 15 min. and then filter. Drink 2 cups of the juice daily between meals.

 

 

Spring tonic:

 

The root juice and the tea decoction are suitable for a spring or fall tonic, especially as a remedy for liver or gallbladder dysfunction. Drink 1 cup of tea of 1 tbsp. of juice twice a day for 4-6 weeks.

 

 

Wine:

 

Let 1 ½ oz. of dried root step in white wine for about 10 days; then filter. Drink 4 oz. a day.

 

 

 

Before undertaking the advice contained here, you should consult with a health care professional, who can better assess your individual needs, symptoms and treatments.

~The Complete Guide to Natural Healing~

©MCMXCIX International Masters Publishing AB

Blessings

Ani

 

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Interesting

 

How George Cairns Cured himself of cancer with dandelion root

 

http://www.royalrife.com/dandelion.html

 

HOW THE LORD TOLD ME TO CURE CANCER

 

(This is a reprint of the ad by George Cairns in The Northwest Herald)

Please save this page as it won't be printed again by me. It may save

your life or the life of a love one or a friend.

 

Anyone may reprint this if they print it word for word.

 

Every week around 10,000 people die of cancer. Government figures show

the death rate for cancer deaths has not changed in the last 10 years.

Chemo and radiation only save around 10% of the people treated. So this

shows our doctors don't have much to work with. As this article goes on,

I will explain how to prepare this plant and how much to take. There is

nothing to buy. For some reason, the Lord has picked me to carry these

words to you. I am only the delivery boy, and none of this is my idea. I

do believe every word I write here, and I'm living proof it works. The

cost of printing is my thanks to God for giving me back my life and

health.

 

A little over three years ago I was about done in with cancer. One

morning as I was waking up and hoping the end would come soon, a voice

came to me and said. " You have to do something about your prostate

cancer. Take the root of the dandelion. Don't expect a miracle. It took

you a long time to get in this condition. " The voice was gone. I thought

the voice was kidding to use the dandelion. When this voice tells you to

do something, you do it. You must do it, like writing this article. It

is the last thing I ever expected to do. Then I thought he didn't tell

me how much to take or how to prepare it. As soon as you could blink an

eye. I knew how much to take, how to prepare it, and it would take 4 to

6 months to cure me. I also knew I wasn't to make a penny on it.

As soon as I got around that morning, I dug some roots and started to

prepare it. About a week later I started taking it. Three weeks later

the pain in my back and side was gone and my bowels had improved. Five

and one-half months later they could find no cancer problem in me at

all.

 

I, then wanted to find someone else to try it, and that was the biggest

problem yet. Nobody seems to want to help. When I told doctors, they

just smiled as if I was nuts. Finally, I was telling a friend about it

and he said he had a friend that was dying of lung cancer. He had it in

both lungs and was bed ridden. They were tapping his lungs. He had been

given 4 to 6 weeks to live. After he had been on this powder about six

weeks, he was up and around doing his chores and driving his car. He

went to his doctor's office, and the doctors could not believe it. They

took him to the hospital and gave him a CAT scan. They found no cancer

lesions in his lungs and said it was a miracle. I then put an ad in The

Northwest Herald offering it free, and four people said they would try

it. Slowly one person told another and it spread.

 

There was a fair amount of people taking it for different kinds of

cancer and several for other things. For instance, a man lost the use of

his immune system and was told he wouldn't be able to work again for

three years, in six months he is now working « days and feeling

better. I know this is not a cure-all. It won't help everyone or all

kinds of cancer. I know it is not a cure for skin cancer and it hasn't

had luck with brain tumors. There is a doctor in Boston, Massachusetts

that has developed a vaccine that is doing great things. This has been

successful with prostate, colon, breast, liver and best of all with lung

cancer. Five people have taken it for lung cancer and all five have been

cured once. The immune system controls the cancer cells in your body. As

long as the immune system is healthy, you don't usually have a cancer

problem.

 

When your immune system gets run down, it loses control of the cancer

cells, and they start eating live cells and this is what they call

cancer. This powder made from dandelion root has something in it that

builds up the blood and the immune system.

 

When the immune system is built up so far, it gets back control of

cancer cells, and they do an about face and start cleaning up the mess

they've made. This is why you must have a fair appetite because your

body must build itself up and be healthy if your immune system is going

to be strong. This will not work for people that have lost their

appetite or are on CHEMO. Doctors try to blast the cancer out of your

body with Chemo or radiation. By doing so, it destroys your immune

system and appetite. These are the most important things your body needs

to beat cancer. Operations also knock the immune system haywire. This is

why so many people that have operations for cancer find that a short

time later it has spread somewhere else.

 

Many of the worst diseases that have plagued the world have been cured

quite easily. When I was a boy, women dreaded the goiter more than

cancer. A little iodine in the diet cured that. For hundred of years the

most dreaded diseases was leprosy and lockjaw. A doctor found he could

produce penicillin from moldy bread and could cure them and many more

things. How long has moldy bread been around? I'm sure scientists will

find many uses for the powder made from the root of the dandelions

besides cancer. I have already found it builds up the blood so you heal

much faster.

 

To make the powder from the dandelion root you must follow my directions

to the letter. Any changes and it won't work. Dig a handful of dandelion

roots any time of the year - it doesn't matter. Cut the leaves off just

below the crown. DO NOT WASH. Then they must be dried around 100

degrees. I do it in an incubator with no water. You can also dry them

under a heat light bulb if you raise or lower it so it's 100 degrees.

You can also use the sun or put them in the attic if it's not too hot.

It takes about 5 or 6 days in the incubator. I have not done this all

the way under the heat light. When you break a root and it snaps it is

ready to powder. Take an old iron frying pan and a clean hammer. Take

one root at a time and place in the frying pan and start tapping. Don't

hit hard or it will fly all over the place. I put my hand around the

root to keep most of it in the pan. If it sticks to the hammer and pan,

and doesn't crumble in your fingers, it isn't dry enough. Keep it up

until you have enough to start. It takes about 20 minutes to « hour to

prepare enough for a week. When you get used to it you can go much

faster.

 

I have an old vessel that druggists used to pound pills, this goes much

faster. DO NOT USE AN ELECTRIC GRINDER, it won't work if you do. You

lose too much of the good part in dust. You must do it as I have said or

don't do it at all. I've tried shortcuts, but it seems someone was

looking over my shoulder, and I know when I made a mistake. I'm just an

old farmer and not a scientist, so I wouldn't know the correct amount to

take on my own. Now take a little over one- half teaspoon once a day at

any time and mix it with water, orange juice, etc. Do not use in soft

drinks, liquor, or anything hot. When mixed, use it all. Don't let it

stand around. Keep the power in a dry place.

 

After taking it three or four days, you will feel good, but nothing

else. That is because your blood is building up. When you blood is

happy, you're happy. In most cases, this will build your immune system

in from three days to three weeks to the point it takes back control of

cancer cells and thus the cancer stops spreading. In most cases it is

going to help. There is no body feeling as it works. You just feel a

little better each week. After three weeks most of the pain will be gone

in your back and you know it's working if you had pain there like I did.

If you have bone cancer in the spine, it will take three months to work.

This is not an overnight cure. It took a while to get in this condition

and it will take a while for your body to heal. The sooner you start,

the quicker you will be over cancer. Young people heal faster than old

people, but it will help at any age. I know because I'm 80 and have been

taking it for over three years. No cancer has come back and no side

effects except when my body has had enough, it lets me know by getting

heart burn. Then I back off some. Some people get stomach aches when

they need less. It also means your cancer is under control and you don't

need as much. You will also find you probably won't catch a cold while

you are taking it full-strength.

 

The biggest enemy for this root is Chemo. The stronger the Chemo, the

less chance the power has to help you as Chemo tears your immune system

and appetite down, two of the most important things you need to cure

cancer. There is only a ten percent chance Chemo will cure you. With no

chemo, your chances are 75 to 80% but you must take it every day. Don't

let your doctor give you that old treat if you turn him down that goes,

" If you want to throw your life away, I can't stop you. " Just remember

that 90% of the people that take his advice and take chemo are in the

cemetery. Don't blame the doctor, he is doing his best with what he has

to work with or you could ask for a written guarantee.

 

I have only mentioned cancers that I know people have had and used this

root. It should help pancreas cancer if taken before the appetite is

gone and most body cancer. This is food, not a drug. It shouldn't

interfere with medicine your doctor may be giving you. Only two doctors

have told patients to keep taking the power when they have made a

miracle recovery. The rest of the doctors have run the power down and

blasted the people even if the cancer has disappeared.

The medical world is not going to accept this easily.

 

Going back to not washing the roots and leaving a little soil on them,

it is for your own good. A good bit of immunity comes from the soil, it

starts as soon as you are born. Your fingers touch something, and you

put them in your mouth. A little dirt at first, and more as you grow

older and start crawling. Then everything you touch goes in the mouth.

When children go outside to play and when they come in, they are the

dirtiest around the mouth and hand. The hands go in their mouths no

matter how dirty they are. Many diseases and bacteria live in the

ground, but they don't seem to cause any trouble but it does build up

the immune system. Some animals can't live if they can't eat a certain

amount of soil. If you read this article over, you will see it all goes

back to common sense. I wish all of you people with cancer and other

problems the best.

This ad does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Northwest

Herald.

 

The dandelion root power you can buy at a Health Food Store is not made

the same way. It is not known to help cancer.

This is a reprint of the ad in The Northwest Herald.

Printing donated by Viking Lithographic, Elkhorn, WI 53121