What are the medicinal values and effects of dandelion?

In today's fast-paced lifestyle, more and more people are paying attention to health maintenance. But when it comes to health maintenance, many people still have little experience. So what exactly should be done to achieve good health maintenance? No need to worry, let us now recommend an excellent health product for everyone - dandelion.

I. Medicinal value of dandelion

Dandelion is neutral in nature, sweet in taste and slightly bitter. It can clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and dissipate nodules. It has a significant milk-promoting effect and is very effective in treating mastitis. Whether taken orally as a decoction or applied externally as a pounded paste, it is effective. In addition, dandelion also has diuretic, mild laxative, jaundice-clearing, cholagogic, digestion-promoting, appetite-increasing effects, treats gastric and duodenal ulcers, and can also help prevent and treat cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and various tumors.

It has a very good effect on diuresis. It is rich in vitamin A and C and minerals, and has an improving effect on indigestion and constipation. In addition, the leaves also have a blood-purifying effect that improves eczema, soothes dermatitis and joint discomfort, while the root has anti-inflammatory effects and can treat gallstones and rheumatism, though it is still best not to use it without the guidance of a professional physician. The flowers can be decocted into a medicinal juice to remove freckles, so it can be said to be a very useful aromatic herb.

II. Benefits of drinking dandelion soaked in water

1. Dissipating carbuncles and nodules

If the body has persistent high fever or swollen sores and toxins, you can take more dandelion water. In addition, dandelion water has a very good effect on treating breast carbuncles, and women after childbirth can take more of it to promote lactation. In addition, dandelion can not only be taken internally, but external use is also very good, and it is often used together with honeysuckle. If you want a better treatment for intestinal carbuncles, you can mix dandelion with rhubarb and moutan bark together, and the body will soon be able to recover to health.

2. Preventing and treating tumors

Modern research has found that dandelion leaves have a strong effect on preventing and treating tumors. Brew fresh dandelion leaves or dried dandelion with boiling water, then take it instead of tea. It has a very good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying as well as resisting tumors, and at the same time can better improve the body's immunity.

3. Antibacterial

Certain substances contained in dandelion leaves have a certain inhibitory effect on Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus. Therefore, drinking some dandelion soaked in water when you have nothing else to do is very good for the body.

III. Dandelion cultivation techniques

1. Site selection and land preparation. Dandelion is highly adaptable and can survive in most soils, but artificial cultivation should choose sunny, fertile, irrigable sandy loam land. Deeply plow the land 25-30 cm, apply 30000-40000 kg of organic fertilizer per 10000 sq m, break up the soil finely and level it, and make beds ready for sowing.

2. Sowing and seedling raising. Dandelion can be sown from April to September. The seeds have no dormancy characteristic, and their viability declines rather quickly after harvest, so it is best to sow freshly harvested new seeds in late May. It can be direct-sown or raised as seedlings for transplanting. Direct sowing generally uses drilling; after watering thoroughly, open shallow furrows at a row spacing of 25-30 cm, use 500 g of seed per mu, and after sowing rake the ground level. For seedling raising, a dedicated seedling bed is needed, broadcasting 5 g of seed per sq m, covering with soil less than 0.5 cm, and seedlings emerge within 7-15 days. Remove weeds early.

3. Planting out. When the seedlings in the seedling bed reach more than 10 cm in height and have more than 4 true leaves, they can be planted out. Use different plant and row spacings according to different cultivation purposes. For medicinal and edible cultivation, the plant and row spacing is generally 25 cm x 25 cm, and for better plots the density can also be reduced. For ornamental use, they can be planted in deeper flower pots, or the density can be appropriately adjusted according to the shape of the green belt when planting out. After planting out, water for planting and for seedling recovery, then carry out intertillage and weeding.

So dandelion actually has this many effects and functions, now everyone knows, right. Do not think anymore that dandelion is only for ornamental use; it also has many dietary and medicinal uses. If you have free time in the future, you can also try making dishes containing dandelion, which is very helpful for cultivating body and mind.