Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice can affect some medicines. In most cases, it increases the level of the medicine in your blood. This can increase the risk of side effects or alter the effect that the medicine has.
Health Benefits and Therapeutic Uses of Buckthorn. 1  The plant helps clean toxins from the body. 2  It can be strongly purgative and it is therefore used in the treatment of constipation. In some cases, where a patient has had rectal surgery, this herb is given so that the patient has soft stools that do not aggravate the surgery area.
Further Health Benefits of Dandelion Root. In addition to its value in the fight against cancer, Dandelion Root offers many other health benefits. Studies have shown that Dandelion Root extract helps to promote healthy liver function, while protecting the liver from the damage caused by dangerous toxins.