What are the medicinal properties of dandelion?

When we were young, we all learned a text about dandelions. In the text, dandelions were like a tool that could take our wishes to other places. Especially dandelion seeds, which can drift to far places under the action of wind, and they have very strong vitality. So, people still like dandelions. So, what are the medicinal properties of dandelion?

[Effects and functions of dandelion]:

Clears away heat and detoxifies; eliminates carbuncle and relieves 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.

① "Tang Materia Medica": Mainly used to treat breast abscesses in women.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can be applied to sores, and also treat malignant thorns and fox urine thorns.

③ "Bencao Yanyi Buyi": It can transform heat toxins, eliminate tumors and tuberculosis, resolve food toxicity, and disperse stagnant qi.

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan": Applied to various sores, swellings, scabies, ringworms and sores; dispels wind, eliminates various sores and toxins, disperses scrofula and tuberculosis; stops blood in urine, treats five types of stranguria and urinary retention, and benefits the bladder.

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Blackens hair and strengthens muscles and bones.

⑥ "Medical Collection": Nourishes the spleen and stomach, purges fire, promotes lactation, and treats dysphagia.

⑦ "Compendium of Materia Medica Supplement": Treats all poisonous insect and snake bites.

⑧ "Sui Xi Ju Diet": Clears the lungs, relieves cough and resolves phlegm, disperses stagnation and eliminates carbuncle, nourishes yin and cools blood, relaxes muscles and strengthens teeth, promotes lactation and benefits essence.

⑨ "Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan": Roast until crisp and retain its nature, take with wine, to treat stomach pain.

⑩ "Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine": It is a detoxifying, anti-inflammatory and heat-clearing medicine. Treat jaundice, red eyes, difficulty urinating, and constipation.

⑾Guangzhou Army "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines": clears away heat and detoxifies, cools blood and promotes diuresis, and promotes lactation. Treat boils, skin ulcers, swollen and painful eyes, indigestion, constipation, snake and insect bites, and urinary tract infections.

⑿ "Common Chinese Herbal Medicines in Shanghai": Clears away heat and detoxifies, has diuretic and laxative effects. Treat colds and fever, tonsillitis, acute pharyngitis, acute bronchitis, rheumatism, lymphadenitis, wind-fire red eyes, gastritis, hepatitis, and osteomyelitis.

In traditional Chinese medicine, dandelion is a very good medicinal material. It can not only treat some acute diseases, but also help people relieve the pain caused by the disease. For example, if the wound is infected and has become festered, using dandelion to treat it can have a very good therapeutic effect. Dandelion is also a very good treatment for patients with chronic gastritis.