This product is the whole root plant of Dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum and. Mazz.), a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, and many of its congeners. Distributed throughout the country. Harvested in summer and autumn, washed and dried. Use fresh or raw.

[Property]

bitter and sweet, cold. act on liver and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and removing toxin, eliminating carbuncle and dissipating stagnation, draining dampness and relieving stranguria.

[Indications]

1. It is used for boil and sore carbuncle, acute mastitis and internal carbuncle. This product is bitter to purge and reduce toxin, and sweet to remove toxin. It is cold, can clear away heat and disperse stagnant qi. It is a good product for clearing heat and removing toxin, eliminating carbuncle and dissipating stagnation. It treats internal and external heat toxin, sores and carbuncle diseases. The medicine can stimulate menstruation and promote lactation. It is also a good medicine for treating acute mastitis. Used to treat carbuncle swollen poison, often used together with wild chrysanthemum flower, Tokyo Violet Herb, Lonicera, etc., such as Five-Ingredient Toxin-Eliminating Decoction; To treat acute mastitis swelling and pain, use this product alone to decoct it orally, or take it freshly as a juice, and apply the residue to the affected area. It can also be used with whole Trichosanthis Fruit, Lonicera, Great Burdock Achene and other medicines are used together to treat intratestinal abscess abdominal pain, often with Rhubarb Rhizoma, Peony Bark and Peach Kernel are used equally; used to treat lung abscess and pus, often combined with Heartleaf Houttuynia Herb and waxgourd seed , Reed Rhizome and the like; combined with medicinals such as Isatis Root and Scrophularia Root, it can also be used in the throat Swelling and pain; external application of the fresh product can also be used to treat poisonous snake bites.
2. For heat stranguria, dampness-heat jaundice. This product is bitter and cold, clearing heat and draining dampness, diuretic and treating stranguria, so it also has a good effect on stranguria, jaundice, etc. caused by dampness-heat. To treat heat stranguria astringency and pain, it is often used with lalang grass rhizome, Christina Loosestrife, Plantain Seed to enhance the effect of diuresis and treating stranguria. Effect; treatment of dampness-heat jaundice, often used with Virgate Wormwood, Gardenia, Rhubarb Rhizoma.
3. In addition, this product also has the effects of clearing heat and improving vision to treat red eye swelling and pain caused by up-flaming of liver fire. It can be used alone to take the juice and apply it on the eyes, or to decoct it and take it orally, such as Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu‧ Dandelion soup. It can also be used with compound formulas such as Chrysanthemum Flower, Prunella and Skullcap Root.

[Documentation]

1. Xinxiu Bencao: "Housewife acute mastitis swelling."
2. Bencao Yanyi Buyi: "Detoxifies food poison, disperses stagnant qi, and resolves heat toxin , eliminate malignant sores, subcutaneous node boil and sore swelling."
3. Bencao Beiyao: "Specialized in treating carbuncle swelling and toxins, and is also a wonderful product for treating stranguria."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 10~30g. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

Excessive dosage can cause diarrhea.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains Dandelion sterols, Dandelion pigments, Dandelion picrins, etc.

1. Dandelion has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococci; it has strong inhibitory effects on Diphtheria pneumonia, brain membrane inflammation cocci, diphtheria bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus, dysentery bacilli, disease caused by cold bacilli and catarrhalis, etc. have a certain inhibitory effect.
2. In addition, it has choleretic, hepatoprotective, diuretic, stomachic and laxative effects.
3. decoction also has the function of stimulating the body's immune function.