May help with

• Cholagogue, choleretic
• Diuretic, depurative
• antioxidant
• Hypoglycémiant [2]
• Hypocholestérolémiant [3]
• Gastric protector, anti-ulcer (protects against experimental ulcer)
• Kaempferol from chicory has pseudo- oestrogenic properties and inhibits bone loss in ovariectomized rats
• Absorbed orally, inulin acts as a prebiotic on the intestinal flora, it reaches the colon without being degraded or absorbed.
• Improvement of dental plaque [4]

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plant name

Wild chicory, chicory

International Latin denomination

Cichorium intybus L.

botanical family

Asteraceae

Description and habitat

• Herbaceous plant common along roadsides and waste places
• Terminal and axillary flower heads of blue ligulate flowers

History and tradition

• Formerly called "heliotrope" by virtue of its flower's "divine" ability to open at sunrise and close at sunset
• It has always been associated with liver disease, and considered by Platearius as "cold and humid in the second degree" [1]

Parts used

• Root (and leaves) harvested in the fall

Dosage forms available

• Mother tincture of Cichorium intybus underground part

Usual dosages

Composition

Main components of the plant

• Inulin (50 - 60% of the dry drug)
• Lactones sesquiterpéniques : lactucopicrine, lactucine
• Flavonoids  : kaempferol
• Phenolic compounds

Main components of buds or young shoots

Main components of essential oil

Properties

Plant properties

• Cholagogue, choleretic
• Diuretic, depurative
• antioxidant
• Hypoglycémiant [2]
• Hypocholestérolémiant [3]
• Gastric protector, anti-ulcer (protects against experimental ulcer)
• Kaempferol from chicory has pseudo- oestrogenic properties and inhibits bone loss in ovariectomized rats
• Absorbed orally, inulin acts as a prebiotic on the intestinal flora, it reaches the colon without being degraded or absorbed.
• Improvement of dental plaque [4]

Bud properties

Properties of essential oil

Indications

Indications of the whole plant (phytotherapy)

• Digestive and hepatobiliary disorders
• Colopathies ( probiotic effect )
• Gastric ulcer

Indications of the bud (gemmotherapy)

Specific indications of essential oil (aromatherapy)

Known or suspected mode of action

• Sesquiterpene lactones were formerly called “bitter principles”, they are often used in drainage
• Inulin is a fructan - like polysaccharide , a polymer of fructose, found especially in Asteraceae and Boraginaceae , another fructan is phlein found in Poaceae

Usual formulations

Regulations

• French Pharmacopoeia list A (leaf, root)

Possible side effects and precautions for use

• No known adverse effects
• Avoid absorption in case of fructose ( inulin ) intolerance

Bibliographic references

1. Go↑ Platearius Mattheus. The Book of Simple Medicines according to the French manuscript 12322 of the National Library of Paris. Ghislaine Malandin and Pierre Lieutaghi, Paris, Ozalid and Cardinal Texts, 1986, 361 p. 2nd ed. 1990
2. Go↑ Khaksari M, Sajadi M A, Bahremand F, & Vefa M R. Effect of kidney bean and chicory diets on control of blood sugar in diabetic rats. KOWSAR MEDICAL JOURNAL, Spring 2001, Volume 6, Number part 1; Page(s) 1 To 8.
3. Go↑ Johari H., Kargar Jahromi H. "The effects of hydroalcoholic extract of Chicoree on atherosclerosis plaque formation of cardiovascular diseases in rabbit." Advances in Environmental Biology, 2015, p. 319+. Gale Academic Onefile, Accessed 20 Aug. 2019. [1]
4. Go↑ Signoretto C, Marchi A, Bertoncelli A, Burlacchini G, Milli A, Tessarolo F, Caola I, Papetti A, Pruzzo C, Zaura E, Lingström P, Ofek I, Spratt DA, Pratten J, Wilson M, Canepari P. Effects of mushroom and chicory extracts on the shape, physiology and proteome of the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 13:117 (29 May 2013) Abstract Provisional PDF

• Rammal H, Younos C, Bouayed J, Chakou A, Bedouhene S, Soulimani R. Ethnobotanical and phytopharmacological overview on Cichorium intybus L. Revue Phytothérapie. Volume 6, Number 3 / June 2008. Pages 184-186
• Kisiel W, Zielińska K. Guaianolides from Cichorium intybus and structure revision of Cichorium sesquiterpene lactones. Phytochemistry. 2001 Jun;57(4):523-7. PMID 11394851

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