What are the benefits and effects of dandelion? A detailed explanation in one article

Dandelion is a common plant that grows in a very wide range of regions. The dandelion seen everywhere has high medicinal value. Today I will introduce the effects and benefits of dandelion.

Introduction to dandelion:

Dandelion (Latin scientific name: Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family, genus Taraxacum. The root is conical, brown on the surface, wrinkled; the leaf margins sometimes have wavy teeth or pinnate deep lobes, and the base gradually narrows into a petiole; the petiole and main vein are often reddish-purple; the upper part of the flower scape is purplish-red and densely covered with arachnoid white long soft hairs; capitulum, involucre campanulate, achene dark brown, pappus white, flowering and fruiting period April to October

Dandelion is also known as Huanghua Diding, Popodding, Huahualang, etc. It is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Asteraceae family. It has a capitulum, and the seeds have a fluffy ball formed by white pappus. After the flowers bloom, they drift with the wind to new places to breed new life.

The benefits and effects of dandelion

1. The effect of clearing heat and detoxifying

Dandelion has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and can be used for heat-toxin syndromes. It is especially good at clearing liver heat and treating red, swollen, and painful eyes due to liver heat, as well as various infectious and purulent diseases.

2. Diuretic effect

Dandelion is also called bed-wetting grass, and it has a very good effect on diuresis, so eating dandelion can play a very good role in diuresis and detoxification.

3. Reducing abscesses and dissipating nodules

It treats carbuncles, swelling, and sores caused by heat toxin accumulating in the muscles, with persistent high fever. It has a good effect on breast abscesses, can detoxify, dissipate nodules, and promote lactation, and can be taken orally or applied externally, often used together with honeysuckle. In addition, it can also be combined with rhubarb and moutan bark to treat intestinal abscess.

4. Liver-protecting and bile-promoting effects

Gavage with dandelion decoction or injection with dandelion injection has a significant inhibitory effect on the elevation of alanine aminotransferase caused by carbon tetrachloride; it can significantly alleviate the histological changes caused by carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury. Dandelion has a cholagogic effect in animals. Gavage with dandelion liquid can contract the gallbladder and relax the sphincter of Oddi, which is conducive to bile being discharged into the intestine. Clinically, it is effective for chronic gallbladder spasm and gallstone disease.

5. Beauty effects

Dandelion leaves also have the effect of improving eczema and soothing dermatitis, while the root has an anti-inflammatory effect, and the flowers boiled into medicinal juice can remove freckles. Beauty-loving girls can eat more dandelion.

6. Antibacterial and antifungal effects

Dandelion has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi; a 50% whole-plant decoction using the plate trench method has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The water infusion using the test tube dilution method, 1:4, has an inhibitory effect on Microsporum audouinii, Trichophyton schoenleinii, Trichophyton rubrum, etc.

7. Anti-tumor effect

Dandelion hot-water extract 30-40 mg/kg by intraperitoneal injection has an anti-tumor effect on mice with Ehrlich ascites carcinoma when administered 11-20 days after subcutaneous inoculation, but is ineffective when administered 1-10 days after inoculation. Its anti-tumor effect is similar to lentinan and is achieved through immune mechanisms. In addition, this product also has effects such as anti-gastric ulcer, cholagogic, and liver-protecting effects.

8. Anti-gastric ulcer effect

Gavage with dandelion decoction in rats has a significant protective effect on stress ulcers, and also has a significant protective effect on rat gastric mucosal injury caused by absolute ethanol; it can also significantly counteract the formation of gastric ulcers in pylorus-ligated rats. When dandelion is combined with codonopsis and chuanxiong, there is a synergistic anti-gastric ulcer effect, and the compound formed by the three has a stronger anti-ulcer effect.

Taboos of drinking dandelion soaked in water

Dandelion has a very good heat-clearing and detoxifying effect, is very suitable for use by some postpartum women to promote lactation, and also has a certain effect on treating mastitis. In addition, regular consumption of dandelion can not only treat liver diseases, but also has diuretic, cholagogic, and therapeutic effects on indigestion and constipation, and is very good for some eczema and skin diseases.

First: unscientific dosage

In order to obtain better and faster effects, many people like to increase the dosage of dandelion on their own initiative, but this is actually very unscientific. If a large amount of dandelion is taken, it can easily lead to various gastrointestinal discomforts, such as nausea, wanting to vomit, abdominal discomfort, and diarrhea. This is mainly because after taking a large dose of dandelion, the renal tubules in the body narrow, and the liver cells and epithelial cells of the renal tubules show mild turbidity and swelling, which leads to various diseases in the body.

Second: allergic reactions

Dandelion is not suitable for everyone, because a small number of people will experience allergies after soaking dandelion in water and drinking it. For example, after taking dandelion water or dandelion wine, urticaria or generalized itching appears, and these are allergic reactions. In addition, some people experience paleness or cyanosis after intravenous drip with dandelion injection, and may even have chills. These are all allergies. Medication must be stopped immediately, and then go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment.

Third: yin-cold syndrome

Medicine not matching the syndrome is mainly reflected in the failure to distinguish cold and heat. Directly using dandelion without dialectical analysis of the body's disease will lead to various problems in the body. Most current infection cases belong to heat syndromes, so using dandelion for treatment will not produce adverse reactions or worsening of the condition. However, a small number of infection cases belong to yin-cold. At this time, there will be no fever in the body, the course of the disease is relatively long, and the patient's physical constitution is relatively poor. If a large dose of dandelion is used to treat the disease at this time, not only will it fail to improve the disease, but the patient may even experience decreased appetite, worsening health, fatigue, night sweats, and pale complexion, and the body will become worse and worse. Therefore, dandelion must be used cautiously in daily life. It must never be simply regarded as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medicinal material, otherwise the harm to the body is relatively great.

The above is an introduction to the benefits and effects of dandelion. I hope it is helpful to you.

They may even experience chills. These are all allergies. Medication must be stopped immediately, and then go to a regular hospital for examination and treatment.

Third: yin-cold syndrome

Medicine not matching the syndrome is mainly reflected in the failure to distinguish cold and heat. Directly using dandelion without dialectical analysis of the body's disease will lead to various problems in the body. Most current infection cases belong to heat syndromes, so using dandelion for treatment will not produce adverse reactions or worsening of the condition. However, a small number of infection cases belong to yin-cold. At this time, there will be no fever in the body, the course of the disease is relatively long, and the patient's physical constitution is relatively poor. If a large dose of dandelion is used to treat the disease at this time, not only will it fail to improve the disease, but the patient may even experience decreased appetite, worsening health, fatigue, night sweats, and pale complexion, and the body will become worse and worse. Therefore, dandelion must be used cautiously in daily life. It must never be simply regarded as an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory medicinal material, otherwise the harm to the body is relatively great.

The above is an introduction to the benefits and effects of dandelion. I hope it is helpful to you.