Can dandelion take a bath?
Dandelion can take a bath.
Chinese medicine believes that dandelion tastes sweet, bitter and cold, and enters the liver and stomach. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating carbuncle and resolving hard mass. Pharmacological experiments show that dandelion decoction has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and pathogenic dermatophytes. Therefore, for some people with inflammation of the skin, you can take a bath with dandelion water appropriately, which can diminish inflammation and sterilize.
The benefits of dandelion bathing
1, clearing away heat and toxic materials
Dandelion has the effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be used for heat toxicity, especially for clearing liver heat. It has good curative effect on liver heat, red eyes, swelling and pain, and can also be used for various infections and suppurative diseases. Dandelion can induce diuresis, and can cure heat stranguria, astringent pain, damp-heat yellowing.
2, anti-inflammatory and analgesic
Dandelion contains choline, dandelion sterol, inulin and other effective components, and has the effects of diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Washing your face with dandelion water can eliminate acne, and bathing with dandelion water has a certain effect on acne and local redness caused by excessive internal heat.
3. Eliminating carbuncle and dissipating stagnation
Dandelion is a kind of heat-clearing medicinal material, which can eliminate carbuncle and dissipate stagnation, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Dandelion soaked in water can treat carbuncle, swelling and sore caused by heat toxin. Dandelion has a good curative effect on breast abscess, which can detoxify and dissipate stagnation and promote lactation. It can be taken orally or externally. It is often used with honeysuckle.
4, antibacterial and antipruritic
Modern pharmacological research dandelion contains asparagine, saponin, inulin, choline and other components. Dandelion decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, dandelion has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, and has antipruritic effect. Dandelion soaking in water can improve the symptoms of itchy skin.
When is the best time to eat dandelion?
Dandelion bloom is delicious in spring, just sprouting in spring before flowering; When in full bloom, the flowers and leaves are a little old and not delicious.
Raw dandelion is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium, and also contains iron, calcium, vitamin B2, vitamin B 1, magnesium, vitamin B6, folic acid and copper. The content of specific elements is mainly water. Every 60g dandelion leaf contains 86% water, protein 1.6g, carbohydrate 5.3g, and the heat is about108.8kj. ..