The Medicinal Benefits of Dandelion: Detoxification, Whitening, and More!

Dandelion is often seen in our lives. Although it looks like just a roadside weed, its medicinal value is high. Drinking water infused with dandelion can not only help detoxify the liver, but also have the effect of whitening and removing spots!

【Benefits and Actions of Dandelion】

1. Reducing swelling and dispersing masses

The human body can develop abscesses, which are caused by various bacterial infections in the hair follicles. The breasts of women are most prone to abscesses, and dandelion can effectively eliminate them. If female friends around you have toxin accumulation in their breasts, drinking dandelion water can help alleviate the condition.

2. Diuretic and anti-inflammatory

Drinking water, in general, promotes urination. Adding dandelion to the water enhances its diuretic effect, as dandelion can disperse nodules in the urinary tract and make urination smoother.

3. Clearing heat and detoxifying

In traditional Chinese medicine, dandelion is considered bitter, sweet, cool, and cold in nature. It is effective in treating internal heat and toxin accumulation in the body. Drinking dandelion water can help alleviate deep-seated internal heat caused by diet.

【Combination and Usage of Dandelion】

1. Combined with Summer Cypress

Both herbs can clear heat and enter the Jueyin Liver Meridian. Summer cypress is acrid, bitter, and cold, and is good at clearing heat and relieving stagnation. Dandelion is bitter, sweet, and cool, and can clear heat, detoxify, and disperse swelling. When used together, their ability to clear heat, relieve stagnation, detoxify, disperse swelling, and unblock masses is doubled, making it especially suitable for treating breast abscesses.

2. Combined with Diting

Both herbs are bitter and cold, and are excellent at clearing heat and detoxifying. They are commonly used for treating abscesses, boils, and toxic sores. As one enters the Qi aspect and the other enters the blood aspect, their combined effectiveness is greatly enhanced.

3. Combined with Honeysuckle

Both herbs can dissipate abscesses and transform ulcers. Dandelion is particularly effective in detoxification, while honeysuckle is good at clearing heat. When used together, they enhance the ability to clear heat and detoxify.

【People Who Should Avoid Dandelion】

1. Allergic individuals

Although drinking dandelion water has many benefits, it is not suitable for everyone. People who are allergic to dandelion should not consume it, as it may cause itching all over the body and the appearance of red rashes, which are allergic reactions.

2. Individuals with Yin and Cold patterns

Patients with Yin and Cold patterns do not experience fever in their bodies. Their conditions are chronic and their constitution is weak. Using cold-natured dandelion to treat them will not improve their condition and may even cause side effects, such as a decrease in appetite and worsening of physical constitution.

3. Individuals with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold

Individuals with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold should not drink dandelion water, as dandelion is cold in nature and not beneficial to their bodies. However, if a small amount of red dates or rose petals or ginger slices are added to the dandelion, it can help neutralize the cold nature of dandelion.