A German university research group has shown that at least in petri dishes, substances obtained from dandelion leaves prevent spike proteins from harming human cells by binding to ACE2 receptors.
Grab the PDF while you can at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.19.435959v1.full.pdf
and see the abstract and authorship credits at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.19.435959v1.article-info
Anons who work with herbal medicines might be able to tell us if there is an effective way to get the goodies from dandelion leaves (some of which I have bolded below) at home - for example, can we just steep some dandelion leaves in hot water and drink the 'tea' it produces? Notably, these researchers did not use the flower or stems or roots of the plant -- just the leaves.
Summary from the article:
""Here we report on the efficacy of common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) to block protein- protein interaction of spike S1 to the human ACE2 cell surface receptor. This could be shown for the original spike D614, but also for its mutant forms (D614G, N501Y, and mix of K417N, E484K, N501Y) in human HEK293-hACE2 kidney and A549-hACE2-TMPRSS2 lung cells…
"The common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) belongs to the plant family Asteraceae, subfamily Cichorioideae with many varieties and microspecies. It is a perennial herb, native distributed in the warmer temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere inhabiting fields, roadsides and ruderal sites. T. officinale is consumed as vegetable food, but also employed in European phytotherapy to treat disorders from the liver, gallbladder, digestive tract or rheumatic diseases. Modern herbal monographs consider the plant usage as safe and have evaluated the empiric use of T. officinale with a positive outcome. Therapeutic indications for the use of T. officinale are listed in the German Commission E, the European Scientific Cooperative for Phytotherapy (ESCOP) monographs (11, 12) as well as in the British Herbal Medicine Association (13). The plant contains a wide array of phytochemicals including terpenes (sesquiterpene lactones such as taraxinic acid and triterpenes), phenolic compounds (phenolic acids, flavonoids, and coumarins) and also polysaccharides (14).
The predominant phenolic compound was found to be chicoric acid (dicaffeoyltartaric acid). The other were mono- and dicaffeoylquinic acids, **tartaric acid **derivatives, flavone and flavonol glycosides. The roots, in addition to these compound classes, contain high amounts of inulin (15). Dosage forms include aqueous decoction and infusion, expressed juice of fresh plant, hydroalcoholic tincture as well as coated tablets from dried extracts applied as monopreparations (16) but also integral components of pharmaceutical remedies. Our research was conducted using water-based extracts from plant leaves. We found that leaf extracts efficiently blocked spike protein or its mutant forms to the ACE2 receptor, used in either pre- or post-incubation, and that high molecular weight compounds account for this effect…"
“Wow it’s too bad that dandelions are extremely rare and hard to grow. We will have to keep depending on chemical pharmaceuticals I guess.”
-Corporate pharmaceutical spokesman.
"Dandelion's used recklessly also have extremely negative long-term health implications. Therefore all dandelions should be banned and substituted with these patented derivatives."
Soros is organizing Dandelion Extermination Teams as we speak.
Dandelion madness incoming
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You mean exactly what they did with cannabis?
You're not far off with your satire.
Also sassafras.
Ephedrine replaced with amphetamine salts.
"Its time to stop the scourge of dandelions! The most white supremacist of all flowers"
The Dandy Lions!
Ha!
I don't have a "lawn." I have a "yard." Here's a partial list of what grows in my yard: dandelions, clover, oxalis, wild lettuce, thistles, pokeweed, daisy flea bane, creeping Charlie, wild violets, honeysuckle, morning glories, Queen Anne's lace, wild onions, and wild strawberries. Many are edible, and many are medicinal.
My father would never mow the grass in the spring until after the wildflowers had bloomed. I wait too.
In the UK, a "yard" is usually a concrete area. Not much grows there (except dandelions around the edges).
If it's an area of mown grass then it's a "lawn" (often bordered with plants and/or bushes/trees).
Otherwise it's called a "garden".
In the past in the US, only the wealthy had lawns, because they could afford the upkeep. Poor people had yards, meaning whatever grew there was all there was. There was no lawn consisting of just one type of grass. It was grass, weeds, wildflowers, etc. In a lot yards, there was very little growing because of oak trees. Those people just had dirt with a weed here and there. The wife would sweep the yard with a yard broom to smooth the dirt and clean up the sticks and acorns. If there was a stray weed, she would pull it up.
My front yard isn't too far removed from a lawn, as it's mostly grass with some clover and a few other weeds. But my back yard is a wonderland of wild plants, some edible and some medicinal. I used to have a garden, but it's a lot of work, plowing rows, planting, weeding, etc.
So you don't have front yards in England that aren't pure mown grass? One would assume that someone like Onslow on "Keeping Up Appearances" would have a yard full of weeds, not a neatly mown lawn.
Same here. We also grow veggies, etc. What tics me off is that all of my neighbors spray their lawns to eradicate weeds. That crap is in the air and ends up in my yard but doesn't kill weeds. We had one year where the overspray was so bad that we couldn't eat any of the veggies that actually grew in one section of our yard because they all had a poisonous taste to them. I wish these people would get a clue...
That might be cause for legal action. Thankfully, no one around me is anal about weeds. They all just mow down whatever comes up in their yard. It may have to do with my location being out of town.
You can get it in powdered form from a herbalist or Ebay.
Or in salad mixes! Even the flowers are good...IIRC they are like heart repair medicine.
Flowers for Dandelion wine!
That actually sounds good - very hobbitey :D
Good, one of many things I already take for my health.
Could you share a bit more about your experience with dandelion? Are you taking it as a tea, in pill form, or something else? Any side effects we should know about?
I've never ingested dandelion products to my knowledge.
I take it in capsule form with my meals as it is a digestive aid. It helps prompt the liver to make the enzymes necessary for efficient digestion. My favorite is a combo of Milk Thistle, Dandelion & Yellow Dock in a capsule. If I had a yard and could harvest my own dandelions I'd try to dry the leaves and make tea. I know you can buy the dried leaves many places online.
Okay, I hate dandelion tea but it's nice to make and then throw into a veggie smoothie. I'm probably not a good indicator because i hate salad too, but handfuls of dandelion/salad mix thrown into a blender with ice and berries is fine because it's faster :P
If you walk by anyone's yard and see the white puffy dandelion seeds (the ones kids pick and blow into the wind), pick them and start an indoor garden. Nobody will mind you picking dandelion seeds from their yard. They grow very easily.
We save and dehydrate a few gallons a year and use it for tea during the winter.
Young dandelion leaves are used in salads all the time. More tender and less bitter than older plants
Does the age of the leaf matter for tea usage?
Most likely, the older the leaf the more aromatic compounds, which is the medicinal stuff. Like the terpenes. The young fresh leaves are tastier because those medicinal parts generally are bitter or rank.
You can boil the tannins out. Generally, you want to do three or four washings. After that, I hear they're not bad. My pioneer ancestors survived for a few years on dandelions and chicken eggs. I don't know if you'd be removing the properties that have medicinal qualities that way, though.
Did you ever try adding milk? It helps bind the tannins in regular black tea.
Haven't done it myself. My grandfather used to put dandelions in his salad, but I've never been much of a salad guy. I just know my family history.
good question! I'd like to know the answer to that too.
I thought it was interdasting that this study, although undertaken at a German university, was spearheaded by two Vietnamese doctors. Vietnam has a strong tradition of herbal medicine that goes back well over a thousand years.
I used to eat the all the time. The older ones can be used to just boil them to remove the bitterness. And the yellow flower buds can be deep fried like mushrooms. Roll em up in some flour etc .
Leaves can be juiced like you would juice wheatgrass. Take it like a bright green shot. Will cure just about anything, I'm sure.
Dandelion tea is good for constipation.
So a possible side effect is loose stools. But honestly, it’s not really a laxative effect, so you should be fine with a cup of tea a day.
i started eating dandelions since last year. they taste like bananas but the leaves and the rest thats not the flower are dry and somewhat bitter. my health has greatly improved as a result
Just don’t eat plants from other people’s yards. Especially weeds. It’s astounding how many people I see spraying the heck out of a couple small weeds with an herbicide instead of just picking them.
I've heard you can dip the flowers in batter and fry them. Haven't tried it.
My mother used to cook squash blossom petals that way. It was almost like fried fatback.
We stuff ours with a cream cheese mixture.
Great on pizza,bad as wine and doom to honey
Okay so we have:
Dandelion leaves
Pine needle tea
We need to have a running list of antidotes for the vax side effects
I am making a list (together with links to supporting academic studies) which I will post to the board within the next 24 hours.
Same, posting to look out for it. Ty
following this. appreciated.
Saving for later. Thanks for the hard work!
Posting to find later.
Thank you!
Looking forward to it
It would be nice if natural remedies and nutrition could have a stickie.
Amen to that. Stickies are trickies
NAC saved the lives of hamsters who were dying from the spike proteins. CDC are putting that on prescription only now, I hear.
They already took it off Amazon. It helps with general detox, especially from drug addictions.
Fuckers.
NAC, Ivermectiin,
yup, those are in there!
Star anise.
Good idea. Do we already have a flair for this or no? If not, maybe that would be a great way to tag these types of posts.
I have a friend that makes tea, wine and jam from dandelion. It's all delicious.
I forgot about dandelion wine. Brings back memories (well at least some).
It's not so popular anymore, when I was a kid in the 70s most of the old timers made it. I confess to laughing at the (at least some )memories comment.
if you remember everything after drinking the wine, then it wasn't good wine!
Haha, there is truth to that with the exception of just drinking a small amount to taste it.
I had never heard of dandelion wine until today.
Here is a recipe for it if anyone wants to try
https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-make-dandelion-wine-1327932
Thanks for sharing. I found the processing time hilarious: 17,547 hrs 15 mins
Hmmm raisins... I wonder why https://blog.homebrewing.org/why-does-a-wine-recipe-call-for-raisins/ Maybe other fruit works too? It’s about blackberry season.
If I remember correctly, the raisins are high in sugar, so they help the yeast do its thing, with very little effect on flavor. You see them used in lots of mead and non-traditional wine recipes.
Dandelion wine! Oh my golly! I remember many of my older relatives making this to pass around. I might have to make some - AND I can call it a health supplement. ;-)
Thank you for bringing up some great old memories.
Yes, you can and you're welcome.
Dandelion wine sounds cool. Gonna have to look up how to make that, ooo huffman posted a link already sweeet
https://draxe.com/nutrition/dandelion-tea/
High in Vitamin K Vitamin K is an essential fat-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in bone and heart health, and can you believe that dandelions contain over 500 percent of your daily value?
That makes dandelions excellent at preventing vitamin k deficiency.
Vitamin K is the main vitamin involved in bone mineralization and blood clotting — in fact, vitamin K builds bones better than calcium! And it helps maintain brain function and a healthy metabolism.
K2 quiets irregular heart beats, and is an even more powerful immune booster when combined with D3. Often found in the same pill.
The only misgivings I have about this study are that they used a human embryonic kidney as their source of ACE2 receptors for the experiment. Is there not a better way to do this kind of research without indirectly supporting the abortion industry?
Agreed :-(
my Italian grandfather used to walk around our back yard, when I was a child, looking for dandelions - he put the leaves right into salads
Sounds like my Mom and cousins, raw or wilted (with hard boiled egg and bacon crumbles) with oil and vinegar. Good stuff.
Be careful. If you take blood pressure or other medications that act by binding to the ACE2 receptors (Losartan Potassium for example), then the dandelion can prevent them from working. Plus those medications will already be providing some competitive inhibition against the spike protien.
Thank you for raising this really important point. It's important to discuss taking health supplements with any doctors who may be treating you for pre-existing conditions. Some herbalists point out that taking too many supplements at once can cause the supplements to fight against each (or 'cancel each other out') at a chemical level.
The Pennsylvania Dutch make dandelion salad. In fact, my Pennsylvania Dutch grandmother and her sisters had a small farm where they actually grew dandelions as a crop (the weed problem was grass lol). They make a special dressing for it. I was told it whitens your teeth.
Notice that the dandelion leaves not only worked against the "original Covid-19" type of spikes, but also against the spikes found on various Covid variants.
There are some products on market labelled as 'dandelion leaf and root tea' such as this one: https://www.azurestandard.com/shop/product/dandelion-leaf-root-tea-organic/21724
but those products aren't available everywhere, and it would be good to know of a safe way to make dandelion leaf tea at home.
Actually there was a message from St. Michael the Archangel from a site that I follow and he stated to use (Latin name) for the pestilence that is to come- I looked it up & it was a dandelion ✌? He never said how to prepare it but I would think steeped & drunk ?♀️
Wow! I've got no doubts that patriots are receiving angelic protection at this time. I'd love to read more if you have a link to that site.
This is the website- it was one of Michael’s previous messages- I could search for which on it exactly is but it would take me awhile. (https://www.revelacionesmarianas.com/english.htm)
Actually I’m wrong - it was a marigold - not a dandelion!
Marigolds are echinacea, another good medicine.
Dandelion leaf is primarily used as a diuretic. Dandelion root is an alterative and cholagogue. Both are heat-clearing with primary beneficial effect on the liver. The ground root was traditionally used as a coffee substitute. You can infuse both the leaves and the root or make or buy a tincture of the root. There are no known contraindications for using dandelion root and leaves although the flowers may contribute to allergies, but even that is debatable. Dandelion is often combined with motherwort as a heart tonic.
Do you know a lot about herbal teas & their benefits? I have different herbal teas including roasted dandelion tea. Camomile, turmeric, ginger, peppermint, peach detox, and recently bought ginger aid, nettle leaf & echinacea plus teas. Do you know of any that would be good to drink together? As in steeping them together to drink. I have Ménière’s and was wondering if any teas or other herbal supplements would help with it. I drink camomile tea every morning the last few months, I use to drink regular hot tea but trying to stay away from caffeine as much as possible.
With chamomile, try lemon balm. Both are for relaxation, and lemon balm also helps nerve issues. Some tinctures are very good for insomnia.
Peppermint will also help digestion, so it will be good with dandelion as well—dandelion is primarily used for digestion/constipation.
Turmeric and ginger will calm an upset stomach. Turmeric is good for inflammation, but you have to take it regularly— it won’t help every so often. Pair with black pepper to increase curcurmin absorption.
If you want to cheat with a little caffeine, green tea also contains theanine, which is great for mood stability and general wellness.
Thanks so much!
Munch baby dandelions, or make dandelion tea. Have good poops. Maybe don’t get covid.
Don’t pick from lawns—RoundUp bad.
They get bitter the larger they grow. The ones in the lawn are possibly safe, but make sure she doesn’t use any weed killer, pesticides, or fertilizes often.
Might be better to save seeds and start them in a pot to be safe
In the dirty 30s people used to make salads out of dandelion leaves because they couldn't afford anything else lol.
What's next? Sandspurs cure aids? Processed Cudzu tastes like chicken and can solve world hunger? What we really have to ask ourselves is how many cures are out there that these lunatics are repressing because they can't make money off it.
There’s a lot of evidence that Borax (a popular mineral used for laundry and cleaning) can cure numerous ailments, including osteoporosis and chronic infections.
Research “The Borax Conspiracy”.
The media will tell you it’s dangerous, but:
-boron used to be used as a food additive
-if you can do your math, you can actually look at the “lethal” dose they use, and realize borax is less toxic than table salt
-boron is an essential nutrient
Yeah, that seems to be a favorite trick of theirs. They overdose people on something like HCQ which kills them then they say see look its dangerous. You can overdose on almost anything even water.
10s of thousands.
You can buy a juicer and juice the leaveS. Bitter as heck. But a shot glass a day would be adequate, IMHO.
I feel a lot safer with dandelion tea than pine needle tea. I know dandelions aren't toxic or cam be confused with something toxic.
We have made wine amd tea out of them for years here in the south east. Great for immune support too.
There’s a Lebanese dish that is made up of cooked dandelion leaves, onion, olive oil, and salt. Wrap that shit up in a pita and you’re good to go. It’s insanely delicious!
The whole plant is edible. You can eat the leave like salad or use in tea. I make dandelion jelly and wine with the flowers. You can saute the leaves like greens
Just find some clean dandelions and eat the leaves, steamed, with butter! And maybe garlic.
Anything with garlic butter sounds good!
So you're saying that the dandelion wine that I had as a kid not only tasted great, but is good for me as well?
Nice find thanks!
This reminds me of an old YouTube video about Depression Era Cooking with someone’s Aunt Clara. She did a dandelion salad one time. Here: https://youtu.be/51VhG8MKxJY
All her videos are great. I loved the one where she made tomato sauce from scratch. The first step was to make tomato paste from scratch.
I read some old (like early 1900s) doctor saying dandelion sap being a good non addictive alternative to opium but I also see this talking about horses being addicted to dandelions
it seems that God has placed beneficial plants in strategic places such as coffee and coca growing in high elevation places where they can be used by the locals although abused by others. Perhaps the dandelion is a forgotten miracle cure.
Over 100 comments and nobody noticed (or at least nobody mentioned) that this was "Supported by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative" (see bottom of https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.03.19.435959v1.article-info )
good catch. From what I can tell, BioRxIv gets support from Chan Zuckerberg to fund their server
sauce: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/04/biorxiv-preprint-server-gets-funding-chan-zuckerberg-initiative
I don't think that Chan Zuckerberg funds each and every study that gets published on that server, though CZ comes up an awful lot in digs on Daszak, Gates, and the core group that developed SARS-CoV-2.
I am starting to think everything prevents spike protein damage.
Except masks.
I'd look into dandelion teas and tinctures if you want to go down this road. It's healthy for you either way.
This gives me an idea that maybe next year I'll leave the dandelions be and set up a sign that it's a u-pick dandelion farm! Wonder if I'd get any business? (mostly joking, though I might try to harvest some for myself!)
Two months ago, the MSM photographed Joe Biden stopping to pick a dandelion off the lawn to give to his wife.
Maybe Dementia Joe knows the value of dandelions in dealing with covid?
link: https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1387795035102584832
Great thread, great Comments (as usual). God (and nature obv) provides us with majority ofwhat we need to remain healthy. Our ancestors KNEW. Over generations the DS has whittled away at this knowledge making humanity subservient to this crap “get em sick we have the cure” merry go round. To Hell with them all. Re-learn that lost knowledge ???
Dandelion salad. In Europe they make salad out of it (the leaves).
Sounds super bitter
Anyone reccomend a quality Dandelion Leaf Extract supplement? There's a billion to choose from and I know many supplements can appear fine but the quality is often garbo.
Just eat the leaves in a salad. And garnish with the flower petals.
This is cool and all, but there already is a drug that blocks the ACE2 receptor. Seems to do wonders against covid, and should according to this also do wonders against vaccine spikes. Maybe we should send a tip to the CDC? Its called ivermectin
Keep in mind they've also discovered this about suramin, which is found in evergreen leaves (spruce, pine, fir, etc.). It's 20 times more effective than Remdesivir at the same process, at least in vitro.
Be careful with that. Many pines are inedible, can be toxic to some. Read your journals like ethnopharmacology. I’d even get guidance from a qualified herbalist/healthcare practitioner.