Dandelion is a very common wild vegetable in the field, and it is also a Chinese herbal medicine blindly. Don't underestimate it just because it is ordinary. The evaluation of dandelion in the new edition of Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty is pertinent: "Dandelion is extremely humble and has great achievements, but it is a pity that the world does not know how to use it." Although dandelion is common, its medicinal effects are varied. In many cases, it can play a good role in treating diseases alone or in combination with other medicinal materials.

Dandelion, as a good medicine with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass, is now used by many people for drinking and health care. But in fact, although dandelion has many medicinal effects, it is not without contraindications, and it is symptomatic. Drinking dandelion in water will play a certain role in conditioning health, but if it is not symptomatic, it will be harmful to health. Today we will talk about the pharmacological effects of dandelion and its taboos.

The earliest application of dandelion began in the Tang Dynasty. It is mainly used to treat female breast abscess, which is what we usually call acute mastitis. It is more common in acute inflammatory reaction caused by breast blockage during postpartum lactation. In the treatment of breast abscess, dandelion plays its role in clearing away heat and toxic materials and diminishing inflammation. Besides breast abscess, dandelion has a good effect on other furuncles.

Regarding the therapeutic effect of dandelion on boils, let's share a set of clinical data in the literature:

43 cases of acute mastitis were treated with dandelion combined with rhubarb, frankincense and hibiscus mutabilis, among which 39 cases were effective and the effective rate was 90.7%. 57 cases of gynecological vulvar furuncle were treated by external application of fresh dandelion juice plus dried alum and borneol, 32 cases were cured and effective 19 cases, with a total effective rate of 89.5%. Dandelion and honeysuckle were used to treat 120 cases (125 eyes). 96 cases were cured, 20 cases were effective and 4 cases were ineffective. The total effective rate was 96.7%. Dandelion also has anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects. In fact, this is also the pharmacological application of dandelion in clearing away heat and toxic materials and treating acute heat syndrome. Dandelion is one of the main medicinal components of Pudilan oral liquid, a commonly used Chinese patent medicine for tonsillitis. Modern research has found that dandelion has the strongest bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococcus, and also has certain bactericidal effect on pneumococcus, meningococcus, diphtheria bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus, Shigella dysenteriae and typhoid bacillus.

Clinical data sharing:

258 cases of chronic pelvic inflammatory disease were treated with dandelion and honeysuckle. 243 cases were effective and the total effective rate was 94.65438 09%. Dandelion combined with Sheng Jun mirabilite decoction is used to treat acute simple appendicitis 1000 cases, 1dose/d, taken in four times. Results 856 cases were cured, with improvement 144 cases, and the total effective rate 100%. 300 cases of acute tonsillitis were treated with compound dandelion soup (dandelion with Folium Isatidis, Radix Isatidis, Scutellariae Radix, etc.). Results: 286 cases were cured, improved 1 1 case, and 3 cases were ineffective. The total effective rate is 99%. Dandelion enters the stomach meridian and also has the effect of clearing stomach fire. Chen Shiduo, a physician in Qing Dynasty, said: Dandelion is better than white tiger soup. Dandelion can clear stomach heat without hurting stomach qi, and long-term use is a good medicine for clearing stomach heat blindly. Dandelion is also a very commonly used Chinese herbal medicine to treat chronic gastritis and digestive tract ulcer caused by stomach heat.

Clinical data sharing: dandelion treated peptic ulcer 9 1 case, 5 1 case was cured, 35 cases were improved, 5 cases were ineffective, and the total effective rate was 94.5%.

Dandelion also has the function of clearing liver and improving eyesight. For liver fire, red eyes, swelling and pain, dandelion can be decocted, smoked, washed, or decocted and taken orally, and can be used in the liver to treat hepatobiliary diseases. Zhang Xichun, a modern medical scientist, pointed out in The Enthusiasm of Western Medicine that dandelion can be decocted blindly (dandelion soup blindly), or it can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, Chrysanthemum and Prunella vulgaris.