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(f; APA; BGB; KAP; KOM; PH2); Diabetes (1; CRC; JFM; KOM; MAD; PH2); Dropsy (1; BGB;
DEM; KAP; MAD); Dysentery (f; AKT); Dysmenorrhea (f; DEM); Dyspepsia (2; APA; KAP; KOM;
PH2; PIP); Eczema (f; CRC; HH2; KOM; PH2); Fever (1; AKT; CRC; KAP; MAD); Flu (f; AKT);
Gallstone (f; AKT; APA; CAN; PH2); Gas (2; APA; KOM; PH2); Gastrosis (f; APA; BGB; CRC);
Gout (f; CRC; KOM; PH2); Gravel (1; BGB; HH2); Heart (f; CRC); Heartburn (f; BGB; CRC; SKY);
Hemorrhoid (f; CRC; KOM; PH2); Hepatosis (2; JFM; KAP; HH3; KOM; PH2; SUW; WAM); High
Blood Pressure (1; CRC); Hyperglycemia (1; CAN; CRC); Hypochondria (f; MAD); Infection (f;
AKT; APA); Inflammation (1; CAN; PH2; SHT); Itch (f; CRC; LMP); Jaundice (1; CAN; CRC;
MAD; PH2); Kidney Stone (2; KOM; PH2; X7860196); Liver Spot (f; DEM); Mastosis (f; APA;
PH2); Mucososis (f; MAD); Nephrosis (1; BGB; DEM; PH2; SUW); Neurosis (f; DEM); Obesity
(f; APA; FAD); Oliguria (1; CAN); Osteoporosis (1; FNF); Pain (1; BGB; DEM; MAD); PMS (f;
APA); Pneumonia (2; AYL; LAF); Pulmonosis (f; DEM); Respirosis (2; APA; LAF); Rheumatism
(f; APA; BGB; CAN; PHR); Scrofula (f; CRC; LMP); Side Ache (f; MAD); Snakebite (f; CRC);
Sore (1; APA; CRC); Splenosis (f; AKT; BGB); Stomachache (f; DEM); Stone (2; PED; PHR; PH2;
SHT); Swelling (1; CAN; DEM); Toothache (f; DEM); Tuberculosis (1; MAD; PH2; WOI); Tumor
(1; CAN); Ulcer (f; CRC); UTI (2 KOM; PH2; SHT); Vomiting (f; AKT); Wart (f; CRC); Water
Retention (2; AKT; APA; HH3; KOM; SUW; WAM); Yeast (1; CRC; FAD).
Dosages (Dandelion) — 1–2 (for tea) to 3–4 (for decoction) tsp cut herb/150 ml water (PH2); 0.5 oz
dry leaf/cup water (APA); 4–10 g dry leaf as tea 3 ×/day (CAN); 4–10 ml liquid leaf extract (1:1 in
25% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 2–5 ml leaf tincture 3 ×/day (SKY); 1–2 tsp root/cup a.m. & p.m.; 0.5–1
g powdered root (KAP); 3–4 g powdered root (PIP); 1–3 tsp powdered root/cup water (APA); 0.25–0.5
cup fresh root (PED); 6–12 g dry root (PED); 9 g dry root:45 ml alcohol/45 mg water (PED); 3–5 g
dry root 3 ×/day (APA); 2–8 g dry root as tea 3 ×/day (CAN); 28–56 ml root decoction (KAP); 5–10
ml root tincture (1:5 in 45% alcohol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 10–15 drops root tincture (PIP); 1–2 tsp tincture
to 3 ×/day (APA); 1 tbsp dandelion juice morning and evening (APA); 4–10 ml dandelion juice (CAN;
PNC; SKY); 2–8 ml liquid extract (PNC); 3–4 g/day (SHT); 3 (510 mg) capsules 3 ×/day (NH).
Contraindications, Indications, and Side Effects (Dandelion) — Class 2d (AHP). “Health hazards
not known with proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). Commission E reports contraindications: biliary
obstruction, empyema of gallbladder, ileus; adverse effects: gastric complaints and ulcers (AEH;
CAN; SKY). Other contraindications reported: biliary inflammation (AEH). CAN cautions that the
sesquiterpene lactones are allergenic and may cause dermatosis. May interfere with diuretic and
hypoglycemic therapies (CAN). Herbs with diuretic properties, such as juniper and dandelion, can
cause elevations in blood levels of lithium (D’epiro, 1997). Not for use with acute gallbladder problems
(WAM). Use in cholelithiasis only under a doctor’s supervision (PIP). Blumenthal et al. (1998) caution
that, “As with all drugs containing bitter substances, discomfort due to gastric hyperacidity may occur”
(KOM). Do I need to write out this caveat for all the salubrious bitter herbs of the Bible; Warning:
may cause hyperacidity and gastric distress? Flavonoids antiinflammatory; increase urine flow. Inulin
and mucilage sooth digestive tract, absorb toxins, and regulate intestinal flora (help friendly flora
thrive and inhibit unfriendly bacteria according to Pedersen (I’d like to see the proof; it is part of the
prebiotic/probiotic story)), and relieve muscle spasm (PED). PH2 says the amaroids (bitter com-
pounds) in dandelion are cholagogue (agreed) and secretolytic (disagreed; I think they are secretagogue
rather than secretolytic; PH2 also says the drug is “secretion-stimulating”). Tillotson (AKT) notes
that clinically, the leaf is a more effective diuretic than the root and a safer alternative to Lasix™.
LD50 herb 28,800 ipr mouse (CAN); LD50 root 36,800 ipr mouse (CAN); Diuretic (herb>root).DARNEL (Lolium temulentum L.) XActivities (Darnel) — Analgesic (f; CRC); Depurative (f; CRC; MAD); Narcotic (1; CRC);
Nephrotoxic (1; PHR); Poison (1; CRC).