Dandelion Root Extract

[mpbser]

Does anyone use it?

I just bought some for my husband after reading this:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5341965/

[GrouseMan]

I read through this paper you reference and to me the evidence though there is not compelling. Calculations suggest that the amount of extract for a typical Male patient would be about 2.8 grams per day. That's for the extract as prepared in that paper. Seems like a lot to me and could result in GI issues. This paper also suggests 3 particular molecules in the extract are responsible for its effect. But further research showed other tested extracts of dandelion also said to be effective where of completely different chemical class of compounds. So different extracts contain different materials. Also note - the particular preparation of the extract is important. Just using dried dandelion its likely you will never obtain the correct dosage as the extraction and concentration process from the paper used a large amount of dandelion root to produce the extracted components. They do not indicate the amount of starting root they used and how much extracted material they ended up with. This is important.

That said - you can use at your own risk, but personally unless you made your own extract following the procedure from the paper - I think you are wasting your money. There is no way to know what you purchased is anything at all like the extract used by these researchers or even contains significant amounts of the compounds they claim in the published paper.

Here are a couple of additional references I located this morning:
from MSK's web site: https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integ ... /dandelion
News report from someone doing the research: http://windsorcancerresearch.com/2017/1 ... ncologist/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dande ... ls-cancer/

Even if you want to continue to try this. I suggest you let your oncologist know, as there is the possibility of drug interactions and the extract has shown to interfere with metabolism of other drugs.

Regards,

GrouseMan

[CRguy]

GrouseMan,
Thank you once again for your great input and links.

You have unique experience to help us sort through a lot of the pseudo science and wishful thinking hype
which appears regularly in the popular press ... AND ... legitimate "wet chemistry level" / mouse experiments
which are not yet ready for real world, human .... prime time !

I personally welcome all of your comments and feedback.

Best wishes
CRguy

[Lee]

GrouseMan,
Thank you once again for your great input and links.

I personally welcome all of your comments and feedback.

Best wishes
CRguy

Ditto to what CRguy said, Thank you GrouseMan for all that you contribute here.

Lee

[AppleTree]

Just an interesting note about dandelion root... one of my sisters had crippling rheumatoid arthritis. She digs up her own dandelion roots and makes a tea. This tea really makes her inflammation go down. Often times it prevents a visit to her specialist. I am not recommending it to anyone, I am just saying that my sister has had very good results with her home brew (anything "dandelion " that she buys is usually not effective).

[GrouseMan]

No problem - you see I have an interest in medicinal uses of plants. Many drugs have come from the plant world and are effective treatments. So I don't discount the research out of hand. I have several books on the topic. Most indicate Dandelion root for Liver detox and as mention by another for Joint inflammation. It is a diuretic so be careful about dehydration.

Regards,

GrouseMan

[radnyc]

From a reputable producer or better if you pick it yourself, dandelions and other plants and herbs can be useful in our cancer journeys. To rely 100% solely on your doctors’ opinions could be denying yourself of safe, natural alternatives. For thousands of years we’ve been healing ourselves with the earth’s medicinal gifts. My take is you can do both and benefit, science + nature. Do some homework.