What Are the Different Uses of Dandelion?

Dandelion alias Gu Guding, mother-in-law, yellow flower seedlings, yellow flower diced, milkweed, etc., is a perennial herb of the genus Asteraceae. Dandelion tea uses shredded and dried roots or leaves, which are rich in vitamins and minerals. It has the effect of strengthening the liver and lowering cholesterol. Dandelion is sweet and slightly bitter. It has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuretic, slowing diarrhea, reducing jaundice, and choleretic.

Dandelion tea

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Method 1: Take 1 teaspoon of dried dandelion leaves or 3 teaspoons of fresh dandelion leaves and brew with 1 cup of boiling water.

Method 2: Take two teaspoons of dandelion leaves and root and mix with 1 cup of boiling water.

Method 3: Take 28 grams of dried dandelion root or 112 grams of fresh dandelion root, crush it first, then brew with 0.6 liters of boiling water, filter and drink.

[Dandelion rose tea] rose, dandelion root

Dandelion has a good anti-inflammatory effect, and it has been used to treat breast soreness since ancient times, which is what we call mastitis, and the rose is mild, which can reconcile the coolness of dandelion, relieve qi and relieve blood, and disperse blood. Stasis. Treatment of liver and stomach ache, Xinjiu Fengbi, hemoptysis and hemoptysis, irregular menstruation, red vaginal discharge, dysentery, dysentery, swelling and poisoning. The combination of the two is most suitable for women to prevent breast disease.

Mostly distributed in the northern hemisphere. Northeast China, North China, East China, Central China, Northwest China, and Southwest China are all distributed. Born near roads, grasslands, fields, river banks, wasteland, gardens, etc.

Flower: Love that can't stop.

Appearance: small umbrella characteristics Dandelion roots are conical, more curved, 3 ~ 7cm in length; the surface is tan, wrinkled; the head of the root has tan or yellow-white hairs, and some have fallen off. The leaves are basal, mostly shrunken, and the intact leaves are oblanceolate, green-brown or dark gray, apex pointed or obtuse, margins lobed or pinnately split, base tapering, downwardly stalk-like, and main veins on the lower surface obvious. 1 to several flower stems, each with terminal flower-like inflorescences, multiple bracts, long inner layer, corolla yellow-brown or pale yellow-white. Some can see most of the long oval achenes with white crests. Weiqi, slightly bitter taste. Rich in nutrition, it is a pollution-free vegetable, edible and medicinal, and has a good health effect. Use value

1. This product is safe and reliable without any pollution and added ingredients.

2. It has antiviral, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

3. It has liver-protecting and choleretic effects, which is beneficial for bile excretion into the intestine, and is clinically effective for chronic gallbladder spasm and calculi.

4, with anti-gastric ulcer effect.

5. Improve body immunity.

6, treatment of acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, acute conjunctivitis, fever and cold, acute pharyngitis, tonsillitis, acute upper respiratory infections bronchitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, urinary tract infections, etc.

Dandelion usage dosage

Oral administration: decoction, 0.3 l two (large agent 2 two); pound juice or into powder. Topical: apply.

Clinical application:

1. For burns and infections: smashed with fresh dandelion, add a little 75% alcohol to apply to the affected area. ("Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine" 1987; (5): 301) 2. Treatment of stomach pain: dandelion 20-30g,

Dandelion tea is not recommended for sugar.

Dandelion is cold and bitter, and it is a heat-clearing and detoxifying medicinal material. Brown sugar is mild, sweet, and non-toxic. If you put brown sugar in dandelion water, after drinking it, you should stop drinking immediately and drink plenty of water to eliminate toxins in the body.

Dandelion tea cannot be taken cold. Cold drinks can cause diarrhea.

Main ingredients of dandelion tea

Contains Taraxasterol, Choline, Inulin, Pectin; Taraxol, Stigmasterol, -Amyrin, - -Sitosterol, taraxerol, Taraxacerin, Taraxacin, and vitamins A, B, and C.

Pharmacological effects of dandelion tea

1. Anti-pathogenic microorganism effect Dandelion injection has a strong bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus aureus-resistant strains and hemolytic streptococci in test tubes, and it is effective against pneumococcus, meningococcus, diphtheria, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and deformities Bacillus, dysentery, typhoid, and catarrhalis also have a certain bactericidal effect. Dandelion extract (1: 400) can inhibit tuberculosis in a test tube. Dandelion decoction (1:80) can delay ECHO11 virus cytopathy. 31mg / kg of dandelion alcohol extract can kill Leptospira. Water extracts have an inhibitory effect on a variety of skin fungi. The decoction was orally administered to rats, and was well absorbed, and a certain antibacterial effect was maintained in urine.

2. Liver-protecting and choleretic effects animal experiments show that: dandelion decoction or dandelion injection can significantly inhibit the alanine aminotransferase elevation caused by carbon tetrachloride; it can significantly relieve the carbon tetrachloride Histological changes caused by liver injury. It has been reported that dandelion has a beneficial effect on animals. Gavage of dandelion solution can shrink the gallbladder and relax the sphincter of Odi, which is beneficial to the bile excretion into the intestine. Clinically effective for chronic gallbladder spasm and calculi.

3. Anti-gastric ulcer effect Dandelion decoction has a significant protective effect on rats with gastric ulcers; it also has a significant protective effect on gastric mucosal damage in rats caused by absolute ethanol; and it can obviously resist pyloric ligation in rat stomachs The formation of ulcers. When dandelion is compatible with Codonopsis sibiricum and Chuanxiong, it has a synergistic effect against gastric ulcer. It has been reported that the mechanism of this compound's anti-gastric ulcer and gastric mucosal damage may be related to the endogenous PGE2 content in the gastric tissue.

4. Effect on immune function Dandelion decoction can significantly improve the conversion rate of human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro. Dandelion polysaccharide can significantly enhance the late-type hypersensitivity of mouse foot pads caused by Alzheimer's cancer and MM46 tumor cell antigens, and has the characteristic of being more effective as the drug is administered later, that is, on the 11th to 20th days after antigen stimulation Dosing or 2 to 20 every other day has obvious effects. Intraperitoneal injection of dandelion polysaccharide can significantly enhance the cytotoxicity of mouse antibody-dependent macrophages.

5. Other effects It has been reported that dandelion has a diuretic effect, especially effective for portal edema, and its mechanism may be related to the large amount of potassium in plants. For isolated frog hearts, a small amount of excitement and a large amount of inhibitory effect. It is also useful for those whose roots and whole grasses are bitter stomach and laxatives. Oral infusion of leaves can cure snake bites. Also useful to promote women's milk secretion.