As a child, you likely got a thrill out of picking its many fluffy seed heads from the yard and gently blowing them into the wind. As an adult, perhaps you’ve tried to eradicate it entirely to maintain the “perfect” lawn. Whatever your perception of the ubiquitous dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), science is revealing that this curious flowering plant (which many consider a weed) is actually a potent cancer fighting medicine that grows almost everywhere.
Believe it or not, dandelions are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and other healing nutrients that typically take a back seat to the plant’s reputation as a pesky weed. Dandelions have long held a top spot in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a remedy for digestive upset, inflammation, and kidney disease, boiling nicely into a healing tea.
Why Dandelion is a Cancer Fighting Medicine
Anecdotal reports of folks plucking dandelion from their yard, drying it, and grinding it up into an edible powder suggest that the root extract of this medicinal plant helps significantly boost immunity, which combined with its appetite stimulation properties is exactly what the body needs to prevent cancer development.
More recently, dandelion root has been a focus of study for its ability to improve liver and gallbladder function, as well as stimulate appetite. And right now, human clinical trials are taking place to evaluate how dandelion root extract might help in treating blood-related cancers, including lymphoma and leukemia.
Dandelion Root Extract Tested on 30 End-Stage Cancer Patients
Researchers from Windsor Regional Cancer Centre in Canada are confident in dandelion’s anti-cancer potential. Dr. Siyaram Pandey, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, announced in February 2015 that they had received approval and funding for human clinical trials. The team is testing a potent form of dandelion root extract on a group of 30 patients with end-stage, blood-related cancers.
The University of Maryland Medical Center also acknowledges dandelion’s immune-boosting capacity. The Center noted that the flower in particular possesses strong antioxidant properties, which is helpful in averting cancer. The root is likewise beneficial, as previously mentioned, in helping to detoxify the liver and gallbladder, as well as improve kidney function.
Earlier research by Dr. Pandey from the University of Windsor further illustrates the anti-cancer potential of dandelion. In otherwise untreatable pancreatic cancer (which is said to have close to a 100% mortality rate), dandelion root extract was found to induce programmed cell death, also known as apoptosis, in pancreatic cancer cells. It also killed leukemia and melanoma cancer cells in lab mice. Dandelion root extract similarly induced autophagy, a process by which the body maintains homeostasis through the proper elimination of damaged or malignant cells.
“We demonstrate that DRE (dandelion root extract) has the potential to induce apoptosis and autophagy in human pancreatic cells with no significant effect on noncancerous cells,” wrote the study’s authors in a 2012 report. “This will provide a basis on which further research in cancer treatment through DRE can be executed.”
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Article Summary
Science is revealing that the dandelion (which many consider a weed) is actually a potent cancer fighting medicine.
Dandelions have long held a top spot in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a remedy for digestive upset, inflammation, and kidney disease, boiling nicely into a healing tea.
More recently, dandelion root has been a focus of study for its ability to improve liver and gallbladder function, as well as stimulate appetite.
Researchers at the University of Windsor in Canada proved that a potent form of dandelion root extract killed leukemia, melanoma, and pancreatic cancer cells in lab mice.
Human clinical trials are now taking place to evaluate how the dandelion root extract might help in treating blood-related cancers, including lymphoma and leukemia.
Thanks for all the information.keep up the good work it’s really helpfull.I throughly enjoy reading all ur articles.
what has been proven to lower men psa naturally? Is the psa test for men a reliable test?
A friend of the family 22 years old has been diagnosed with breast cancer , where can I direct her for alternative care. She lives in Florida.
Thank you in advance ,
Leigh Frayn
Hi Leigh, I would suggest sending her the link to our experts list. We interviewed these doctors and experts during our Global Quest. Here is there information: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
This is amazing! I always thought dandelions were so pretty & wondered why we were taught to kill them! So, my question is what exactly do we do with them? Pluck them from the root, dry out the whole thing, root & flower? And how do we use them?
I know you can put the leaves in salads. You can make tea with the flowers, but there most be many more things you can do with it. This is all I know…
I love your research and natural approach to healing that God created for our benefit. I also am on a worldwide quest to help improve mental health resulting in the healing of mental illness. The mental “drug” industry is an epidemic with dangerous side effects.
Scott and Tammy Malone
Thank you Ty, you are doing a wonderful job. God bless you. Giovanni
Thank you!
Hi Ty,
My Dad always sent us out in early spring to gather Dandelion Greens. My Mom made a great wilted salad with them. We all took turns gathering them, as there were a lot of us eating! There were 15 of us kids and my Mom and Dad made 17 They are best first thing in spring.
The longer they grow the tougher they get! It’s been some time since I gathered Dandelion greens. Thanks for the reminder.
Margaret
Margaret, Thank you, for the info on best time to gather Dandelion greens. Now of course, you have to watch water runoff from neighbors yards, of they use chemicals on their lawns. I am blessed now to live in the country and found out after a, Weed Walk with a naturalist, my yard is a loaded with many beneficial plants, who knew!
Blessings!
I LOVE dandelions! I purposely spread the seeds each year so that I’ll always have an abundant supply. I use this beautiful little flower for food, skin care, and good health. Thank you, Ty, for spreading the news about the goodness of DANDELIONS!!!
I drink dandelion tea because I love the taste. I knew it was supposed to help with detox, but I didn’t know about the malignant cell apoptosis. This is good news for me. I have been a cancer journeyer for about six years, using natural methods for healing. I finally had a mastectomy surgery two weeks ago (as an out-patient! I was so pleased!). All went well, and I am continuing my other efforts, currently using Protocel and am detoxing with organic coffee enemas, eating an organic diet.
going to Germany to cancer klinic
Hi ty . Thank you for the article and all the research you do. Great turning people back to nature to look for immune support. Wanted to leave a little info about recirculatory hemoperfusion which I don’t think you have researched yet? If so disregard. Essentially it’s a procedure that takes all the blood out of your body, ozonates it outside the body and then puts it back in all while the patient is relaxed and not sedaed. The blood going back in has been detoxified, ozonated, oxygnated, and essentially supercharged. Great cancer treatment protocol. There are three. Machines world wide, one in mexico, one in malaysia, and one in great britain. It’s used to cure people of cancer, aids, and other overwhelming viral invaders. The MD that is currently using the one in Ciudad Juarez Mexico is DR Alberto Martinez-Palafox. He also has an office in El Paso Texas. Would love to see you interview him!
Thanks again ty. Seth Watson
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALWAYS LOVE PASSING ON THE TRUTH.
Well Done Ty.
You ARE Getting the World behind You.
Well Done. Keep going & We keep following & Doing what we can.
Thanks John & Sharon Butterworth.
i know
All solutions to our health ills is literally most times sitting right before our feet. In the continual irony of health and wellbeing, that which we perceive as headaches and inconveniences such as dandelions in our yard are magic elixirs to combat the prevalence of chemicals, pesticides, and other harmful additives. Thank you for the constant awareness about what nature and alternative means affords us in our journey to health and wellbeing.
I would love to have information on how to prepare each part of the plant.
Hi Ty, I’m Dr. Angie, Stage 4 Cancer Survivor and Chiropractor. I was hoping to connect and meet in person at Cal Jam this week. I just launched my story at HealingAgents.org and would love to interview you. I am creating a network of doctors that will work together to “Help Others Heal”. Thank you for all you are doing!
God Bless,
Dr. Angie Welikala
Extremely interesting. Have what I think to be them growing in the yard but a little afraid to ingest them. Do they sell the extract at health food stores ???? Love you articles. Thanks – Bettye
Dandelions are potent liver herbs. If you want to use the herbal medicine you should have a consultation with a trained herbalist and avoid ‘pharmaceutical extracts’ which contain fewer constituents which, in the whole herb, protect from avoidable side-effects. Just see a herbalist! Get the right medicine, not a fake.
Good Day, thank you for sending, wow so much interesting articles and information re: Cancer fighting medicine, May God Bless you and guide you on the straight path.
Thanks for the interesting article. Here in Switzerland dandelion leaf salad is a great favourite at this time of the year – early spring when the new leaves are growing and is on most restaurants’ menus. I use the leaves and flowers in salads and flowers in tea. It a diuretic.
Thanks for your info Tye. I am a christian, age 65 and working in a hob I which has been my total focus : helping children with learning difficulties. My work has been turned upside down in the last 2 weeks with the detection of an aggressive brain tumour. I an awaiting urgent brain surgery this Thurday in which a top neuro surgeon here in a hospital in Sydney Australia will remove up to 90 % of the lesion. I will not accept the folllow up chemo radiation which offers no cure. I am instead seeking any natural health paths believing my body is created to self heal. I openly give praise to the Lord.
Appreciate any further direction you may have info on.
PS. I have purchsed 2 of your deries but not made time to eatch them in entirity.
Thank you for all you are doing.
Blessings,
Lyn
Hi Lyn, I would suggest speaking with one of the experts that we interviewed in our Global Quest Series. Here is a link to their information: https://thetruthaboutcancer.com/experts-info-sheet/
A wonderful thing o know, this much maligned little flower, sharing this with friends and family thank you
This certainly sounds promising, but it makes me sad at the same time. When my husband and I purchased our home over 16 years ago, there were a lot of dandelions in the backyard. We applied a product to get rid of dandelions and other weeds the former owners had left in the basement. Wouldn’t you know, the dandelions disappeared completely and have never returned in all that time? My husband and I have worried at the potential damage we may have caused to our yard and to the local wildlife. Now to find out that dandelions may actually fight cancer! This is wonderful news yet i can’t help but wonder how many homeowners there are out there who have destroyed the dandelions in their yards.
Thanks for the information I’m going to pass it on to my family ,friends ,relatives ,colleagues and church members .
I would LOVE to print out this article – can’t find an icon to do that. Please, help!
Hi Anita, I would suggest using the CTRL P or Command P function. This will allow you to print the article for your further enjoying!
Has anyone ever thought to themselves that we need to form some kind of “insurance” for the many, many alternative forms of treatment that can be too expensive when someone needs many sessions of different forms. I know that I have wanted and been recommended IV treatments but have not been able to do them because conventional insurance does not cover them.
I have subsccribed to your site under the name Aglaia. Actually I have two names Aglaia and Glory.
Unbelievable! When my doctor advised me not to drink coffee, because the acidity could promote the return of my cancer, I turned to “Dandy Blend,” an instant herbal coffee-like beverage with DANDELION. My doctor said it was fine for me to drink this coffee substitute. Little did I know that I might actually be promoting health. Thanks, Ty! (PS I am not affiliated with the makers of Dandy Blend. I’m just a cancer survivor who loves coffee.)
That is interesting I always enjoyed the bitter taste of raw dandelion. I used to boil it as well with nettles and sticky bobs (Greater Burdock). I recall my aunt coming to visit saw me in the garden with big boiling pot over fire she never laughed so much in all her life as I was black from smoke she said I looked like little witch boiling potion in a cauldron.
I’m wondering who is funding this research…. Especially the human clinical trials
Details of funding can be found online at the website for Windsor University Canada. The parents of a young man who had died from cancer have made a large contribution.
Great article! Do you still get the same benefits from juicing or boiling organic dandelion greens? I remember my grandmother and grandfather picking them from the yard and cooking them and then drinking the cooking liquid. Both died of natural causes — He was 100 and she was 90 when they died. No cancer in my family thus far.
Hello Ty, I enjoy your daily emails on defeating cancer. I was diagnosed 13 years ago this May with stage 4 malignant melanoma in the lymph system. I was given less than 1 year to live if I did not immediately begin a heavy regime of interferon alpha 2 a. With that, my survivability was stretched out to 2 years but with terrible side effects, suicidal tendencies was my favorite..
Well with much prayer and investigation I learned how to eat correctly, detoxify, live a stress free life as much as possible, eat all organic food, with vegetable juicing. I will be 64 years old this July and am in better shape now than I was before cancer. Thanks for your DVD series on cancer and your books and emails. I share them with a cancer support group I attend. Everyone else does the chemo, surgery and radiation and are all constantly checking for re-occurance.I take a pregnancy test every year and that is it.
thanks f\or all you do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dennis mcMichael
Would you mind sharing how you ate? There”s so much conflicting sentiments over rhis and detoxification regiment you did? Thanks
I really enjoy your videos and articles on Health and Well-being
I have watched all most all of the ‘TRUTH ABOUT CANCER’ VIDEOS and have passed them on to many.
However, I am disappointed and concerned, that in Video 5 where the Lymphatic System is spoken about, with what ‘we’ all can do to strengthen it etc…..that Manual Lymphatic Drainage and its BENEFITS to the entire Body is not mentioned.
Maybe in other articles this can be addressed.
Kind Regards, Anna.
THANK YOU
Well, like everybody else I too have a load of those yellow weeds in my yard. Actually I’ve collected a good ounce of seed and am ready to plant
in a 2 foot deep wood chip bed to make harvesting the roots awesomely easy.
My question is what are they considering an “extract”??
I’ve made my share of tinctures and am wanting to know if the “extract” they refer to in this article is a simple tincture or if it is some laboratory frankenstonian special process.
Any Ideas on this??
Thanks Ty!
dandelion root has long been used in WESTERN herbal medicine for liver and digestive complaints too! ( the leaf is more suited to kidney issues )
why do people always seem to focus on TCM whilst ignoring the traditions of herbs in the western world ?!
( speaking as a western herbalist !!)
Thanks Ty. I have accidently found dandelion leaves to be really helpful in reducing arthritic pain in my hip and knee. I started eating them in salads and smoothies thinking they might be helpful against getting cancer.
Hi Ti and thank you for all your help.My hubby and I are 7th Day Adventist. We are so curious if you are too.
Thank You, for the information on Dandelions.
I am wondering if anybody has an opinion on the healing qualities of the dandy blend. It is made of water-soluble extracts of roasted roots of dandelion, chicory and beets, and the grains of barley and rye. It is advertised as a substitution for coffee, but I am wondering if the process to produce the blend preserves the healing qualities of chicory and dandelion. Any thoughts?.
Thank you for your kind information. You save a lot of people, from the knive.
thank you so much Ty, i love this article and am sharing it to my friends and familes. If possible could you kindly, direct me to any natural remedy for healing piles?… please…
Truly appreciate this, Ty and all that you are doing in this area!
My father, born & raised in Italy, would be out in early spring cutting the dandelions out of the ground. He would just cut off the smallest end of the root, wash the rest & make a salad with Olive Oil & vinegar. All of his children would have some. It is definitely an Italian Tradition and years later I read how healthy they are…….nice that they are helping to fight Cancer, too……very tasty!!!
I remember eating a dandelion salad prior to hiking up to the ‘Seven Sacred Pools’ on Maui, back in the late ’70’s. Who knew? Keep up the good work Ty. As Winston Churchill so famously said many years ago: “Never, ever, ever, give up”!
Try switching over to a more vegetable and fruit based diet, some intermittent fasting, lots of water, and exercise more — if only walking a block a day to begin with. You’re probably sitting to much, with not enough roughage in your diet. Meat and potatoes are not roughage! Neither is fast food, or a high fat, sugar and salt diet.
More simple and cheaper is not possible
Have you produced any articles on drinking bicarbonate of soda for a period as an extreme form of making the body metabolism really alkaline and thus ‘kill’ cancer cells? I did it for 3 week earlier this year and got my pH up to 8.5/9 during that time. I’ve had prostate cancer for 10 years (in my bones) so can expect hormone treatment to stop working any-time soon
My husband has the same as you , we went to theGerson clinic in Tijuana for treatment organic diet lots of juicing and lots of supplements
We have been doing it for six month still have a year and a half to go but after the miracles I saw at the clinic I feel 100 percent certain of success
How you prepare this tea?
If you go to gnc they have it already prepared in tea bags. It’s about 6.00 a box.
Thank you so much Ty, this is so informative, God bless you on your journey to help people stay well or overcome sickness
Ty is a really decent Human Being, hes not a ripp off merchant or only in it for the money like INH, I have fought cancer now for well over a year now, and god willing, will beat this invasive life changing awful disease, its guy,s like Ty and women like Felicity that gives us great hope in this life and death struggle
keep fighting for nature,s cure and giving this life changing advise freely
god bless you , and keep you healthy
Francis From Donegal
Great stuff, seen your Global Quest series. It got me even more motivated to try and help my son (16 Years old with stage 4 Burkitts lymphoma) instead of just sitting back and letting the doctors do their thing. He relapsed after a few weeks or so. He has had mega therapy but got pneumonia, he has something on his lung but not 100% sure it is fungal. He has a bone marrow transplant in about 6 weeks, if he gets rid of this thing on his lung. We had him on a few things before the first protocol started but the Dr wasn’t that forthcoming with us using them so we stopped. This second time he was diagnosed I did a lot of research, if I only knew then what I know now maybe we would not be in this position, who knows. Your series really enlightened me. My son is now on vitamin D supplements, he is taking Black cumin seed oil, turmeric paste, frankincense oil and myrrh rubbed on the soles of his feet. My sister does reiki on him. He has an Himalayan salt lamp in his room, also a small aloe vera plant for mold absorption. An essential oils diffuser too. I am doing my best to keep him off sugar as well. I am trying out Essiac tea on myself but trying to get it into a teenager would be hard. Recently i purchased organic Dandelion root extract, capsules and already had the tea. I have yet to decide whether to try and administer this in him but it seems like it might be worth a go. Thank God I am in a country where the medical needs are mostly covered by medicare otherwise being a single parent I would not be able to pay for his treatment. The Dr’s do know I have been doing these things with my son but are still not forthcoming with any of it only reiki. Anyway after all this writing I am thankful that i came across you and your quest which gave me the power to research for myself and not just sit back and not ask questions.. 🙂
So sorry to hear about your sons struggles. I hope he is feeling well! Your such a great parent doing all of the research and making sure he has all he needs to fight this terrible disease. I am a Reiki Master and know if the miraculous gifts of it.
Please consider homeopathic remedies. Many of the brands carry a remedy for this problem. Also the cell salts or tissue salts are most useful, specifically cell salt #1. Wanda
Hi, I looked the research up at the University of Windsor and their FB, but nothing has been posted or reported on since Dec 2014. It is all very well to report on these possibilities but there is not concrete evidence to support dandelion roots efficacy in treating cancer. The project began with lots of positive hopes, before The Truth about Caner reports on these I think there needs to be more solid evidence.
I am 75 year old and have CLL since I was 62. My numbers are climbing and I have started to drink Dandelion root tea from Dandy. I would love to know where I can purchase the dandelion extract because I am not sure if this tea is helping me or not. I live in Georgia and like others have said going to a natural doctor gets VERY expensive so that option seems to be out. Can you give me some direction as to where to go and if the extract would interfere with any medicine I am taking. Keep up and good work and God Bless You Jud
Hi, Patt and Richard Chase,
i am from Vanuatu and am thing the same…. i am guessing Ty is an adventist…. i am 7th day adventist too….
thanks Ty, for the health infomations…
Interesting also to hear about studies on the efficacy of this plant in liver/gallbladder and kidney detox. Dandelion root has of course been used for centuries here in Europe for the latter. Indeed its French folk name ‘Pis-en-Lit’ (work it out!) belies its use as a diuretic…!
what would you say about anti cancer properties of Chaga? birch mushroom chaga? and dihydroquercetin ? (taxifolin)
Thank you for all your helpful articles. Help please, in Hamilton, Ontario cancer patients are receiving sheets telling them that curcumin should not be taken while you are infused with chemo because of an enzyme cytochrome 3A4 (CYP3A4) that metabolizes the chemo given is altered by curcumin. Information given is from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre. They also give you a sheet telling you not to take CoQ10 or ALA during treatments plus other antioxidants not to take. I wanted to throw these sheets at this person but did not. Please please let me know any truth to this crap or is Big Pharma just raining on our efforts to protect our healthy cells from all this poison.
The cancer big pharma cartel are one of the biggest corrupt organizations of all time ,when will people WAKE UP and stop giving to CANCER RESEARCH and STOP raising funds for them ,while you do so they WILL keep you on the money go round ,there are many natural and holistic cures …yes cures …like PROTON BEAM for brain tumors and many other cancers..BIO RESONANCE. GeMAF is a proven cure and has no side effects it is a major threat to the CORRUPT CANCER INDUSTRY,there are many other cures get the TRUE FACTS ..NOT what big pharma is telling you they do not what any cures ,once you are cured you are off the money go round , get THE TRUE and proven cures from Ty Bollinger and many whistle blowing cancer TRUE Doctors ..from the website THE TRUTH ABOUT CANCER … you will see the TRUE COVER UP of natural cancer cures that are systematically SUPPRESSED by ANY means including MURDERING HOLISTIC DOCTORS…MANY MURDERED IN AMERICA AND COVERED UP… BY SO CALLED ACCIDENTS the corruption within the cancer industries in the USA/UK for profit is far wide reaching …so when you wake up and realize giving and raising funds for cancer research will NEVER results in CURES ,the cancer industry makes billions from you by keeping cancer going, if you get cancer in the UK the GOVERNMENT AGENCY and the person responsible to make sure the Big corrupt pharma revenue is never threatened by finding CURES FOR CANCER is the DIRECTOR of MHRA MEDICINES & HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS REGULATORY AGENCY and the person in charge is GERALD HEDDELL the DIRECTOR of MHRA.
It is even worse in the USA there it is the FDA/AMA/USDA/CDC/.
And the money go round is not just for Cancer…Oh no they want it ALL.. like DIABETES/HEART/ALZHEIMERS/MENTAL HEALTH.. and one that is now COMING OUT BIG TIME THAT MIMICS YES MIMICS!! ALL THE above is LYME DISEASE that causes PARASITES in the BRAIN WITH MANY CO INFECTIONS and of course big pharmas snake oil drugs…… Totally WRONG TREATMENT also many PSYCHIATRIST prescribing drugs like amiTRIPyline for metal problems when in fact it is LYME….LOOK IT UP ALL FACT INFORMATION……. See how long this is on FB for that will prove it!
Hello, this is great info about the root and flower which I didnt know about. but why didnt you mention the leaves? We’ve been eating the leaves in my country, specially of a young dandelion, extremely healthy, blood purifying etc. 🙂
dear Leigh! read about dihydroquercetin (taxifolin)……. for cancer treatment
TY your articles are great and elevating .Keep it up.Thank you
Check out Frankincense oil (only use pure top quality one) which was mentioned in one of the Truth About Cancer videos. Was used for brain cancer with great success by putting drops on the roof of the mouth and back of neck every hour. Doing raw organic diet (juice, salads, nuts, etc.) also essential but MUST also eliminate toxic foods from your diet. The Arthur F. Coca’s pulse test can indicate which foods are toxic as food testing in Australia is not as comprehensive as in USA. Also have to eliminate toxic emotions and get back to walking barefoot (earthing) and avoiding EMFs and utilizing sunlight positively. Truth About Cancer videos are absolutely brilliant! Wishing you good health and a journey towards happiness from Albury, NSW.
Ty!!! You have done it again,ive learnt so much from your articles,and I’ve put so many of them into practice,every time I get an email notifying me of another article I get goose bumps because I know I’m in for a treat!!!! More wonderful info:keep up the good work the man in the street needs your determination to find answers to hidden questions!!!!!!!
Again thank you Ty
God bless you Ty keep up this good work. It was very interesting reading on the humble dandelion. It is not just for rabbits then. Sue Ryan
Hi
Are there persone that treate her / his cancer with dandelion?
I think it is not realy
Thank you Ty, very informative, God bless.
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Hi Seth
I am in great britain!
Please can you tell me the name of the machine and if you know where it is in the UK please?
Thankyou
Joan
We still gather and eat the wilted salad, love it
My father oral cancer and he use dandilion root but not recovery some tissue and advance stage and dr. Say after 3 month no more any suggestion ?
Hellow Dr. I have been struggling with galbladder disorders & also kindney when it comes to urinate or if i pro-long to urinate which causes abdominal pain. Kindly what is the cost of that Dandelion & how can i get it please. Esther from Kenya.