Dandelion, a Pest, or a Remedy? A Trends Analysis through Big Data

Abstract

Maslichah Mafruchati

Drugs can be used to treat the symptom of COVID-19, but still considered by medical experts due to their side effects. Dandelion can be used as an alternative medical treatment which has less hazardous side effect. This study has an objective to observe the trends and relevance point of information about dandelion in the United Kingdom (UK) and Sweden big data. This study is quantitative, using a data mining approach in collecting data. The samples are a topic about dandelion in UK and Sweden big data. Data is analyzed using Vosviewer software. The result shows that both the UK and Sweden show a significant popularity point of dandelion while COVID-19 cases were in a critical situation. Both the UK and Sweden consume dandelion along with other ingredients as the herb. It can be concluded that dandelion is not just a pest, but useful her for COVID-19 treatment.