Scientific name: Taraxacum mongolicum, Family: Asteraceae

Ecological characteristics:

A perennial herb with spoon-shaped or narrow obovate leaves, like rosettes, rich in white milk. Flower stems are drawn in late winter and early spring, with terminal flower heads and yellow flowers. They belong to the Asteraceae family. When the pappus fruit matures, it looks like a white pom-pom, which is both a fruit and a flower.

Alias: Huanghuamiao, Huanghuadiding, Mother-in-law Ding, etc. It is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Dandelion in the Asteraceae family.

Dandelion benefits:

1． It can be used for heat-toxic syndrome, especially for clearing liver heat, treating liver heat, redness, swelling and pain in the eyes, as well as various infections and purulent diseases. 2. Eliminate carbuncle and dissipate stagnation: Treat carbuncle, swollen and sore caused by heat poison blocking the muscles, high fever that does not go away. It has a good effect on mastitis and can detoxify, dissipate knots and clear the breasts. It can be taken orally or applied externally. It is often used with honeysuckle. In addition, it can be used with rhubarb and paeonol to treat intestinal carbuncle.

Dandelion uses:

1, clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation: mainly treating sores and carbuncles due to heat poisoning. a. Excess fire and heat poison attack upward, resulting in red eyes, swollen throat, and sores on the mouth and tongue. b. Heat poisonous sores, swelling and pain of mastitis, internal attack of boil poison. c. Lung abscess, cough and vomit pus and blood, intestinal abscess, abdominal pain and fever. 2. Diuresis: It can cure hot stranguria, astringent pain, and damp-heat yellowing.

Dandelion treats:

Treat acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, scrofula, boils, acute conjunctivitis, cold and fever, acute tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, and urinary tract infection.

Dandelion usage and dosage:

Oral administration: decoction, 0.3 to 1 tael (large dose 2 taels); puree into juice or powder. External use: pound and apply.

Dandelion is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. It is also called mother-in-law, yellow flower seedling, yellow flower field flower, milkweed, yellow flower notoginseng, yellow flower moss... This plant is tolerant to severe cold, drought and waterlogging, and is free from diseases and insect pests throughout the growth period.

In recent years, wild vegetable consumption has gradually emerged in Japan, Western Europe, North America and other countries. Dandelion is known as "natural game" and "healthy food", and its demand is increasing day by day. In China, many wild plants such as shepherd's purse, wormwood, bracken, etc. have gradually entered the family dining table and restaurant banquets, becoming a delicacy in food. As for dandelion, it also has broad development prospects due to its rich resources, wide distribution and rich nutrition.

According to analysis, more than 80% of the dandelion is edible, and the whole plant is rich in protein, dandelion steroids, legume sterols, choline and multiple vitamins. Dandelion fresh grass contains 4.8 grams of protein per 100 grams, 1.1 grams of fat, and carbon

5 grams of water compounds, 2.1 grams of crude fiber, 3.1 grams of ash, 216 mg of calcium, 39 mg of phosphorus, 10.2 mg of iron, 1.9 mg of niacin, and 4.7 mg of vitamin C. In addition, it also contains carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, amino acids, glutamine, etc.

Dandelion also has very important medicinal value. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, strengthening the stomach, diuresis, and dispersing stagnation. It can treat women's breast pain and edema, pharyngitis, acute tonsillitis and other heat-toxin diseases. for colds,

It has a good effect on gonorrhea, jaundice and skin diseases caused by liver dysfunction. Its decoction has a strong bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococci. Therefore, dandelion is often praised by the traditional Chinese medicine community as having the ability to clear away heat and relieve pain.

Poison, one of the "Eight Diamonds" with anti-infective effects, it can replace antibiotics to a certain extent and has the effect of broad-spectrum antibiotics. In terms of clinical application, dandelion has a wide range of applications, and it has been used to develop injections,

Different dosage forms such as tablets and syrups are widely used to treat more than 40 types of inflammatory and infectious diseases.

Amid the craze for developing nutritional and health foods, American researchers have conducted in-depth research on the edible value of dandelion, confirming that its vitamin C content is 50% higher than that of tomatoes, its protein content is twice that of eggplant, and its iron content is almost the same as that of pineapple. In Japan, a stomach-nourishing and stomach-tonifying functional drink was developed using dandelion, which is very popular. It has a coffee flavor, is light and delicious, and is very suitable for the elderly, children and pregnant women to drink.