Before and after the Qingming Festival, it is a good season to dig and eat wild vegetables. Some parents often use dandelions to boil water to relieve their children's fire.

25-year-old Xiaomei has been feeling a little angry recently, and her throat is dry and sore. The neighbor’s aunt heard her coughing, so she gave Xiaomei dandelion, saying that it is very effective in removing internal heat. Just soak it It's very simple to drink it, but it happened to be a weekend off, so Xiaomei drank it for two days in a row. After drinking it, she "felt good", her throat no longer hurt, and she no longer coughed. Unexpectedly, Xiaomei, who had been drinking for two days, started to suffer from diarrhea when she went to work on Monday. Her stomach hurt so much that she couldn't take time off and went to the hospital.

After asking the doctor, he learned that he had been drinking too much dandelion water recently. Dandelion does have a miraculous effect on removing internal heat and reducing inflammation. It is also very effective in treating problems such as internal heat and sore throat.

Nowadays, people are paying more and more attention to health preservation. “In special times, they can’t help but soak dandelions in a thermos cup.” I don’t know since when, putting something in the water cup has become a symbol of health care. Lycium barbarum, honeysuckle, dandelion, etc. are all popular among people. Many businesses have also seen business opportunities from them. Various health care teas have emerged in an endless stream. Taking dandelion What is the effect?

Pharmaceutical effects of dandelion

Dandelion is a herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. It is bitter and cold in nature. It is mostly used in traditional Chinese medicine to clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and dissipate knots, and relieve dampness and relieve stranguria. When I was a child, I had a sore throat. I went to the wild to pick some dandelions and stewed them in water to drink. The effect was very good. This is because dandelion has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. It also has special effects on mothers with mastitis and postpartum milk duct blockage. Dandelion can also exert diuretic and dehumidification effects. Therefore, as a traditional Chinese medicine, its medicinal value is beyond doubt.

Many women are particularly fond of dandelions because they can reduce the size of breast hyperplasia. It is said that 9 out of 10 women have breast hyperplasia. Especially during the liver-nourishing season in spring, we must take good care of our livers.

Treat cholecystitis and viral hepatitis

Dandelion has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation, diuresis and treating stranguria. For cholecystitis, jaundice and hepatitis, it can promote gallbladder, reduce jaundice, clear away heat and dampness and relieve the condition! Already verified.

Dandelion can reduce swelling and dissipate knots, diuretic and relieve stranguria, etc., and can reduce the size of indurated breast nodules.

In the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation, which is similar to the anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effects often mentioned in Western medicine. Therefore, dandelion is often used for acute mastitis, hepatitis, and gallbladder. inflammation, urinary tract infection and other diseases;

More wonderful uses are in acute upper respiratory tract infections, acute tonsillitis, especially in children. After more and more parents are aware of the side effects of antibiotics, they choose antibiotics. Chinese patent medicines such as dandelion, which originate from the same source of food, play a decisive role.

Upper respiratory tract infection, acute bronchitis, lobular pneumonia, viral pneumonia

Dandelion has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and diuresis, and is effective in treating respiratory tract infections, acute bronchitis, lobular pneumonia Pneumonia, viral pneumonia works well.

Acute tonsils and acute pharyngitis

Dandelion has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dissipating stagnation, diuresis and purging heat. It has a good effect on acute tonsils and acute pharyngitis!

Children's hand, foot, and mouth, herpetic pharyngitis and bucitis

Dandelion has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, diuresis and purging heat. It has a good effect on children's hand, foot, and mouth, and herpetic pharyngitis and bucitis!

Treatment of mumps:

Crush fresh dandelion and apply it externally on the swelling area for more than 12 hours a day for 5-7 days.

Conditioning excessive yellow eye droppings: 10 grams each of wild chrysanthemum and dandelion, boil for 3 minutes, water temperature close to body temperature, apply externally, 15-60 minutes each time, 1-3 times a day.

However, dandelion is cold in nature. Drinking too much at one time will cause diarrhea and stomachache. Doctors warn: long-term use of dandelion is not only not good for the body, but may also cause some harm.

As the old saying goes, "medicine is divided into three parts poison." After all, dandelion is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. If it is not taken for a long time, it will not only do no good to the body, but will also cause harm to the body. For example, the most direct one is to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and cause diarrhea. Over time, long-term accumulation of drugs in the body can cause damage to liver and kidney function. The efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine must be viewed correctly and cannot be equated with health preservation.

Introduced the functions of dandelion.

If you insist on taking dandelion, it will have a certain therapeutic effect on certain diseases of the human body, but it is not a panacea, let alone follow the trend. Drinking it no matter what your body is like will cause adverse reactions. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes "examining syndromes, seeking causes, differentiating syndromes and treating them, and prescribing prescriptions and medications." Taking dandelion should also vary from person to person and from disease to disease! If you take dandelion and feel stomach discomfort, vomiting, abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, etc., stop taking it immediately!

For traditional Chinese medicinal materials such as dandelion, honeysuckle, Panax notoginseng, and wolfberry, we must correctly view their medicinal effects and take them under the professional guidance of traditional Chinese medicine instead of taking them indiscriminately.

In fact, for most healthy people, the most healthy drink is a glass of boiled water. Doctors warn that although dandelion is very good, you must know three taboos.

1. People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not drink it alone

Dandelion is cold in nature. For people with spleen and stomach deficiency, if they still want the health-preserving effects of dandelion, it is not suitable to drink it alone. To drink dandelion, you can add mild things to neutralize it before drinking, such as adding some roses, red dates, ginger slices, etc., or choose compound dandelion tea to soak in water.

2. People with allergic reactions should not drink it

Dandelion is not suitable for all people, because a very small number of people will develop allergies after soaking dandelion in water and drinking it. For example, small bumps or itching symptoms appear on the body after taking dandelion water or dandelion wine. These are all allergies. Once allergies occur, you should not drink them.

3. Disabled for colds and colds!

Any plant with medicinal value, even if it is included in the catalog of medicines and foods, cannot be eaten as ordinary food without any scruples. For example, dandelion has cold medicinal properties and is good at treating heat. Therefore, those with yang deficiency and exogenous wind and cold should avoid eating dandelion as much as possible. Otherwise, not only will the purpose of preventing and treating diseases not be achieved, but it will be harmful to health.

4. The dosage must be scientific

In order to obtain better and faster effects, many people like to increase the dosage of dandelion on their own initiative. In fact, this is very unscientific. Taking large amounts of dandelion can easily lead to various gastrointestinal discomforts, such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, etc.

For people with relevant indications, in order to obtain good therapeutic effects, dandelions must not only be used in "enough" amounts, but also must be used in appropriate ways. However, in daily life, in order to operate Convenient, most people will choose to use hot water to brew, but the drug utilization rate of this method is the worst, most of the drug effect is wasted, and its therapeutic effect does not meet the patient's expectations;

So, if you want to take advantage of dandelion, it is best to boil it. It is recommended to boil 15 to 30 grams a day in a glass or clay pot. The filtered juice should be taken in two doses until the condition becomes obvious. It can be discontinued after relief.

In addition, dandelion is indeed a good medicine for purging stomach fire, but the premise is that there is real fire. Sometimes constipation, sore throat, aphtha and ulcers are not caused by real fire. It needs to be judged comprehensively, and even if there is fire, it must be treated properly. Stop the disease immediately to avoid harming the spleen and stomach. Especially adults and children with spleen and stomach deficiency should use it with caution.