DANDELION HAS BEEN USED TRADITIONALLY IN HERBAL MEDICINE: - AS AN ALTERATIVE TO HELP RELIEVE DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. - AS A DIURETIC AND A LAXATIVE (APERIENT). - TO HELP INCREASE BILE FLOW (CHOLAGOGUE AND CHOLERETIC). - TO HELP STIMULATE APPETITE. - TO HELP TREAT DIGESTIVE DISTURBANCES (DYSPEPSIA). CAUTION AND WARNING - IF YOU HAVE LIVER OR GALL BLADDER DISEASES, AND/OR INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION, CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE. - IF SYMPTOMS PERSIST OR WORSEN, CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER. CONTRAINDICATIONS - IF YOU HAVE HEART DISEASE, HIGH OR LOW BLOOD PRESSURE, KIDNEY OR LIVER DISORDER, DIABETES OR EDEMA (SWELLING OF HANDS, FACE AND FEET) OR ARE TAKING PRODUCTS CONTAINING DIURETICS, DO NOT USE THIS PRODUCT APHA 2002: BERARDI RR, DESIMONE EM, NEWTON GD, OSZKO MA, POPOVICH NG, ROLLINS CJ, SHIMP LA, TIETZE KJ, EDITORS. HANDBOOK OF NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS: AN INTERACTIVE APPROACH TO SELF-CARE. 13TH EDITION. WASHINGTON (DC): AMERICAN PHARMACEUTICAL ASSOCIATION; 2002. ARTZ SA, PAES IC, FALOON WW. HYPOKALEMIA-INDUCED HEPATIC COMA IN CIRRHOSIS. OCCURRENCE DESPITE NEOMYCIN THERAPY. GASTROENTEROLOGY 1966;51(6):1046-1053. BHP 1996: BRITISH HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA. BOURNEMOUTH (GB): THE BRITISH HERBAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION; 1996. BHP 1983: BRITISH HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA. COWLING (GB): BRITISH HERBAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; 1983. BLUMENTHAL M, EDITOR. THE COMPLETE GERMAN COMMISSION E MONOGRAPHS: THERAPEUTIC GUIDE TO HERBAL MEDICINES. AUSTIN (TX): AMERICAN BOTANICAL COUNCIL IN COOPERATION WITH INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS; 1998. BLUMENTHAL M, GOLDBERG A, BRINCKMANN J, EDITORS. HERBAL MEDICINE: EXPANDED COMMISSION E MONOGRAPHS. BOSTON (MA): INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS; 2000. BHC 1992: BRADLEY PR, EDITOR. BRITISH HERBAL COMPENDIUM: A HANDBOOK OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON WIDELY USED PLANT DRUGS, VOLUME 1. BOURNEMOUTH (GB): BRITISH HERBAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION; 1992. BRINKER F. HERB CONTRAINDICATIONS AND DRUG INTERACTIONS, 3RD EDITION. SANDY (OR): ECLECTIC MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS; 2001. CARLSEN JE, K�BER L, TORP-PEDERSEN C, JOHANSEN P. RELATION BETWEEN DOSE OF BENDROFLUAZIDE, ANTIHYPERTENSIVE EFFECT, AND ADVERSE BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1990;300(6730):975-978. CPHA 2002: CANADIAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION. PATIENT SELF-CARE. HELPING PATIENTS MAKE THERAPEUTIC CHOICES. OTTAWA (ON): CANADIAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION; 2002. ELLINGWOOD F. AMERICAN MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS AND PHARMACOGNOSY. SANDY (OR): ECLECTIC MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS; 1983 [REPRINT OF 1919 ORIGINAL]. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the medicinal ingredient.