Wednesday 9 September 2020

Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), the Anti High Blood Cholesterol Herbal Medicine

By Kyle J. Norton


Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream. The syndrome is a member of the cluster conditions of metabolic syndrome, a leading cause of cardiovascular disease.

The condition is normally known as high blood cholesterol in the general population.


People with hyperlipidemia are asymptomatic. Over time, the fat collection in the arteries accompanied by calcium or other substances form plague, leading to narrowing arteries and reduced function of the arteries to transport oxygen-rich blood to the parts of the body.

According to the statistics provided by the CDC, in 2015–2016, more than 12% of adults age 20 and older had total cholesterol higher than 240 mg/dL, and more than 18% had high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or “good”) cholesterol levels less than 40 mg/dL.

Believe it or not, about half of the U.S. adults (55%, or 43 million) are currently taking medicine associated with lower blood cholesterol.

Hypolipidemic activity is the process that lowers the levels of blood cholesterol used for the treatment of hyperlipidemia.

Cholesterol, a waxy substance produced either by the liver or food intake plays a critical role in the production of vitamin D, steroid hormones and the building of the cell walls.

Overexpression cholesterol is a medical condition that causes plaque accumulated on the arterial wall, leading to narrowing the arteries in transport the oxygenated blood to the parts of the body.

In severe cases, it can cause blood flow blockage, leading to chronic ailments depending on the location of the blood clot.


Dandelion is a herbaceous perennial plant, genus Taraxacum, belongings to the family Asteraceae, native to temperate regions of the world. It has been used in traditional and herbal medicine to treat gout, eczema, acne, gall bladder, kidney, liver and urinary disorders, hypoglycemia, dyspepsia with constipation, edema, blood pressure, and heart weakness, chronic joint, skin diseases, etc.

On finding a natural ingredient for the treatment of high blood cholesterol, scientists examined the hypolipidemic effects of dandelion root and leaf in rabbits fed with a high-cholesterol diet.

28 male rabbits selected to the study were divided into four subgroups; a normal diet group, a high-cholesterol diet group, a high-cholesterol diet with a 1% (w/w) dandelion leaf group, and a high-cholesterol diet with 1% (w/w) dandelion root group.

Based on the results of the experiment, dandelion root and leaf groups showed a positively changed plasma antioxidant enzyme activity against lipid peroxidation and lipid profiles in cholesterol-fed rabbits.

Moreover, both dandelion root and leaf treatment groups demonstrated potentially hypolipidemic and antioxidant effects against lipid oxidation.

More importantly, dandelion root and leaf protected against oxidative stress-induced plagues formation that linked atherosclerosis and decreased the atherogenic index.

Taken altogether, dandelion may be considered a remedy for the treatment of high blood cholesterol, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Hypolipidemic and antioxidant effects of dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) root and leaf on cholesterol-fed rabbits by Choi UK1, Lee OH, Yim JH, Cho CW, Rhee YK, Lim SI, Kim YC. (PubMed)

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