Is it true that dandelion tea is a proven effective means of treating cancer?

A popular recipe for the treatment of cancer is popular on the Internet - it is argued that dandelion kills 98% of cancer in just 48 hours. We decided to check if there are scientific confirmations of such a healing action of this plant.

About treatment Cancer by using decoctions Dandelion write V Media and in Blogs. Some are simple They saythat the root of this plant Effective chemotherapy, others Checkthat 100 times. Third bring The following feature: "The root of the dandelion works even better than chemotherapy, since the latter kills all the cells, while the root of the dandelion kills only those that are carcinogenic." You can find such numbers: "The root of a dandelion can kill 98% of cancer cells in 48 hours." ABOUT Healing action Dandelion Against cancer write And Users social networksThey also divided own recipes preparations infusions.

According to statistics WHO, the cause of the death of every sixth deceased is oncological diseases. Almost 10 million people die from cancer per year. In 2020, more often other cancer pathologies detected breast cancer (2.26 million cases), lungs (2.21 million), colon and rectum (1.93 million), prostate gland (1.41 million), a non -lanium type of skin cancer (1.20 million) and cancer of the stomach (1.09 million). A cancer tumor arises as a result of the degeneration of healthy cells into cancer, its causes are a set of genetic factors, as well as physical (for example, ultraviolet radiation), chemical (tobacco smoke, asbestos) and biological (viruses, bacteria) carcinogens.

Humanity has long been looking for ways to effectively combat cancer. Today, medicine, in addition to surgical intervention, can offer Chemotherapy, as well as radiation, hormonal and targeted therapy. Researchers are constantly studying new methods of treatment, and doctors experience different combinations of long -known and only registered drugs.

At the heart of claims about the healing properties of dandelion - article 2012 on the website of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), which tells the story of 72-year-old John Dicarlo. Doctors diagnosed a man of leukemia - malignant systemic lesion of the bone marrow, during which healthy leukocytes in the blood are replaced by changed cells. After three years of treatment, the doctors recognized Dicarlo's disease incurable and sent him home to tidy up the affairs and spend the remaining time with his family. The man did not want to die and, on the advice of the oncological clinic not named in the article, decided to try tea from dandelions. Four months later, the patient returned to the hospital, and the doctors were surprised to find that he had gone to remission. The publication of CBC also mentions Dr. Caroline Hamm from Canadian University of Windzor. Commenting on this case, she says that dandelion tea is unlikely to help absolutely all patients, and some can even harm some. Moreover, Hamm warned that taking tea with dandelion extract could interfere with regular chemotherapy, and urged patients not to use this method without talking to the doctor first. CBC did not give any other data in its material.

Applications on the ability of dandelion to kill 98% of cancer cells in 48 hours appeared later, when in September 2016 the Health Eternally resource Published The news with the heading “Scientists have found a root that kills 98% of cancer cells in just 48 hours” (the article itself is now unavailable, however, it can be found with its reprint of 2018 friend site). In this material, the story of John Dicarlo was again told, Caroline Hamm was quoted, and it was also argued that “this powerful root stimulates blood and immune system - treats prostate cancer, lungs and other types of cancer than chemotherapy” and “within 48 hours after contact with extract, cancer cells begin to decay. The body joyfully replaces them with new healthy cells. ” In addition to the heading, clarification about 98% of cancer cells was not mentioned in the article. Also in the material there were at least some links to scientific experiments.

The 2016 HEALTH ETERNALLI news impressed many. A year later, Caroline Hamm even had to make a refutation, her statement again Published CBC. Hamm says that the whole story (probably even before Dikarlo) began with one elderly patient, whom the doctor diagnosed myelomonocytic leukemia. The woman was not upset, but told the doctor: "It's okay, dear, I myself will take care of myself." Three months later, her tests returned to normal, the patient herself attributed the merit of the dandelion tea. However, remission was short -lived - after another three months, a deterioration occurred again. Apparently, inspired by the example of a lifeless elderly lady, two more Hamm patients began to drink tea from dandelions and felt a little better. After this, the doctor was interested in the possible therapeutic effect of the roots of this plant from a research point of view, but it did not advise anyone such a remedy instead of the main treatment or in addition to it. “I am sad because people do this. And this is tragic for patients who believe in it, as it gives false hope. <...> Every week I receive emails from people around the world who write that they want to stop their standard treatment and start taking a dandelion decoction. They can simply die if they believe in its effectiveness, ”said Hamm.

At the same time, there are some studies on the effect of dandelion root on cancer cells. In August 2016 (a month before the appearance of the material that 98% of cancer cells die in 48 hours) Canadian-Mexican team of scientists Published An article on the effects of water extract of dandelion root on colorectal cancer cells. In 48 hours, 95% of cancer cells really died, but this did not happen in a living organism, but in vitro, that is, in a test tube or a Petri cup. Such results cannot be transferred to a person, since the body is much more complicated. In the commentary of USA Today, the Syears Panday, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and co -author of the study, Explains: “Indeed, most cancer cells died for 48 hours, but this does not mean that the patient who takes the dandelion root will be cured after 48 hours.” In vitro experiments are always only the first step in the studies of substances, and, unfortunately, many means are effective only in the test tube, but do not act on a living organism as we would like a scientist. In particular, pomegranate juice and chernival juice Killing up to 80% of pathogens COVID-19, and substances contained in olive bones, possess anti -inflammatory, antioxidant and analgesic effects. However, this happens only in a test tube on the culture of cells, in life the juice will not cure coronavirus, and swallowing the bones of olives supposedly to improve health is at least useless, and at the maximum - fraught with amputation of the stomach.

This is not the only study devoted to the influence of water extract of dandelion root on cancer cells and conducted on the basis of Windsor University. The doctors also treated the cells with this extract Melanoma, struck by pancreatic cancer glands And cellular Lines leukemia man. Dandelion in all cases effectively destroyed cancer cells and did not harm healthy. However, these studies were also exclusively in vitro.

In 2019 alone, employees of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the same University crossed To the study of the action of the dandelion root extract on the in vivo cancer cells, that is, on a living organism. For the experiment, scientists took mice - they were introduced by prostate cancer cells, and then, when the tumor began to grow, the animals were searched with either a water extract of dandelion, or simple water. In the group that received dandelion, the tumors really decreased, as showed the autopsy of the mice killed after eight weeks, but there was no speech about recovery and cure. Experiments in humans with aqueous solution of dandelion root have not yet been carried out, so it is not clear whether such treatment will help.

The memorial oncological center of Slown - Kettering reportsthat the dandelion root has some antitumor activity, however, clinical trials are required to determine the effectiveness and safety of treatment. The organization advises to consult with its attending physician before taking additives with a dandelion or the plant itself for medical purposes.

Thus, the water extract of the dandelion root demonstrated some antitumor activity, but almost all the experiments were conducted in vitro, so such data cannot be extrapolate for real use in the human body. To date, the only animals that have been treated with a dandelion are mice. But since the experimental conditions involved the murder and further study of the corpses of experimental animals, even for them it is impossible to say with accuracy that the treatment would lead to a complete recovery. Moreover, the use of traditional medicine instead of modern methods can adversely affect the development of the disease, so you should definitely not try to treat cancer with dandelion root.

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