Everyone is unfamiliar with dandelion, but this thing is actually dandelion, which can be seen everywhere in life. Most people don’t know that such an ornamental plant is also a Chinese medicinal material. Dandelion has many medicinal values and can eliminate some swelling. It even has great therapeutic effects on some chronic diseases. If you are accidentally bitten by a poisonous snake, you can also use this medicine to detoxify and achieve the purpose of auxiliary treatment. Clears away heat, detoxifies, disperses blood stasis and reduces swelling. Used for appendicitis, nephritis, cholecystitis, enteritis, bacterial dysentery, hepatitis, peritonitis, upper respiratory tract infection, tonsillitis, laryngitis, amenorrhea, burns, snake bites, traumatic injuries, skin infections, infantile convulsions, malnutrition, etc. Bidens pilosa has the effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, so folk Chinese medicine often uses it alone or in combination to treat snake bites, traumatic injuries, appendicitis, hemorrhoids, chronic ulcers, frostbite, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other diseases. Soaking in water is fine, but it is best to boil it in water, 15-30g, double the amount for fresh products Medicinal value The fact that dandelion can cure diseases has been recorded in ancient books [3]. As Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "For women with breast abscesses, boil the water to sweat and drink it, and then seal it, and the swelling will disappear immediately. It can also detoxify food, disperse stagnant qi, transform heat toxins, eliminate malignant tumors, tuberculosis, and treat swelling... It can blacken hair and strengthen muscles and bones. White juice: apply it to malignant thorns and fox urine sores, and they will heal immediately." Modern medical research has also confirmed that dandelion has high medicinal value. The roots contain various triterpenoids such as taraxasterol, taraxerol, taraxein, caffeic acid, inulin, and pectin; the whole plant contains inositol, asparagine, bitter substances, saponins, resins, inulin, pectin, and choline; the flowers contain ranunculin, vitamin B2, etc. [3]. Dandelion has a certain bactericidal effect on drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic Streptococcus and Pneumococcus, meningococci, diphtheria bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus, Salmonella typhi, Shigella dysenteriae, etc. [4]. Efficacy and functions: Clears away heat and detoxifies; eliminates carbuncle and disperses nodules. It is used to treat breast abscess, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, mumps, carbuncle, red and swollen eyes, cold and fever, cough, sore throat, stomach fire, enteritis, dysentery, hepatitis, cholecystitis, urinary tract infection, and snake and insect bites. It is used for carbuncle, breast abscess, scrofula, red eyes, sore throat, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, damp-heat jaundice, and painful stranguria caused by heat. |
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