Dandelions can be eaten after being dried to treat diseases

Dandelion is very common in daily life. It is also called motherwort. It tastes slightly bitter and is a cold food with high medicinal value. It can achieve the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diuresis and nourishing the stomach. Dandelion is easy to preserve after being dried. When eating, you can soak it in boiling water and drink it. It is very convenient and quick. It can also treat some physical diseases. It is especially suitable for drinking in summer. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat. It is very good for the body. Regular drinking of dried dandelion water can treat gastrointestinal diseases, remove fire and other effects, and can also prevent breast diseases.

How to eat dried dandelions

Among the ways to eat dried dandelions, soaking them in water is the most convenient. More and more people choose to soak a cup of dandelion water in the summer, which is simple and good for health.

How to drink dandelion water

Method 1: Take an appropriate amount of dried dandelion and brew it with boiling water.

Method 2: Take an appropriate amount of dried dandelion, crush it, then brew it with boiling water, and filter it before drinking.

Benefits of drinking dandelion water

Clearing away heat and detoxifying

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Dandelion can detoxify food, disperse stagnant qi, transform heat toxins, and eliminate malignant tumors and tuberculosis." Dandelion has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules. It has a therapeutic effect on some severe redness, swelling and pain caused by liver heat, as well as various wound infections or suppuration.

Anti-inflammatory and heat-removing

Dandelion is cold in nature and has therapeutic effects on sore throat, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, etc. Dandelion can also treat acne caused by damp heat, and even acne with redness and swelling.

Preventing breast hyperplasia

"Newly Revised Materia Medica" says: "For women with breast abscesses, boil the juice in water and drink it, then apply it on the affected area and the swelling will disappear immediately." "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It is specially used to treat carbuncles and furuncles, and is also a wonderful product for relieving stranguria." Dandelion also has a good effect on breast hyperplasia in women. The main cause of breast hyperplasia is liver depression. Eating some dandelions when the symptoms are mild can greatly relieve the hyperplasia.

Get rid of bad breath

Bitter taste in the mouth and bad breath are usually caused by damp heat in the liver and gallbladder. Dandelion can clear the liver meridian. At this time, making a cup of dandelion water can reduce liver fire and eliminate damp heat, which can effectively improve the problem of bitter taste in the mouth and bad breath.

Promotes bowel movement and urination

Dandelion is a natural diuretic. It contains taraxacin, taraxacin, choline, organic acid, inulin and other nutrients. It has diuretic, laxative, jaundice-relieving and choleretic effects.

Improve constipation

The taraxacin contained in dandelion can stimulate the digestive organs, promote the liver and gallbladder to secrete bile, thereby helping intestinal peristalsis, and is very useful for treating constipation and indigestion.

Preventing urethritis

Dandelion contains broad-spectrum antibacterial and anti-inflammatory ingredients, which have auxiliary therapeutic effects on various inflammations. Summer is the peak season for the urinary system. Soaking a cup of dandelion water can effectively prevent urethritis and urinary tract infection, and it also has a good effect on short urination caused by prostatitis.