Dandelion is quite common in our daily life and has great medicinal value. It is convenient and practical to make dandelion water. Let's take a look at its specific benefits!
The Benefits of Drinking Dandelion Water
1. Clears Heat and Detoxifies
Soaking dandelion leaves in hot water and consuming it can effectively relieve dryness in the mouth and throat.
In addition, it works well for treating various heat-related conditions and purulent diseases.
2. Beauty and Skin Care
Women can drink dandelion water regularly in their daily lives. Not only does it taste good, but it also has excellent beauty effects.
Regular consumption of dandelion water can improve skin conditions such as dermatitis or eczema.
In addition, women who often have freckles can drink more dandelion water because dandelion flowers have the effect of removing freckles.
3. Dissipates Abscesses and Dissolves Lumps
If you have a high fever that won't go away or swollen abscesses, drinking more dandelion water can help.
4. Antibacterial
Certain substances in dandelion leaves have a certain inhibitory effect on Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus.
So, drinking some dandelion water when you have spare time is very beneficial for your health.
Taboos for Eating Dandelions
People with yang deficiency and external cold, as well as those with weak spleen and stomach, should avoid consuming dandelions.
(1) Excessive dosage: After taking a regular dosage, occasional gastrointestinal reactions such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal discomfort, and mild diarrhea may occur.
When rabbits were given a large dose (30g/kg) of dandelion decoction for three days, mild swelling of liver cells and renal tubular epithelial cells and narrowing of renal tubules were observed, but no other significant changes were found.
In subacute toxicity tests on mice and rabbits, a small amount of renal tubule casts and swelling of renal tubular epithelial cells were found in urine.
(2) Allergic reactions: Some individuals may experience allergic reactions such as urticaria and generalized itching after taking dandelion decoction or dandelion wine extract.
Occasionally, after intravenous infusion of dandelion injection, there may be chills, pale complexion, cyanosis, or mental symptoms.
(3) Improper use: This mainly refers to using dandelions to treat various infections without distinguishing between cold and heat.
Most of the infections seen clinically are heat syndromes, and the use of dandelions generally does not cause adverse reactions.
However, a small number of infections belong to Yin and cold syndromes, without heat symptoms, and the course of the disease is often longer, with weak physical condition.
Some people use large doses of dandelions to treat Yin and cold syndromes, resulting in decreased appetite, fatigue, weakness, excessive sweating, and pale complexion in patients.
There is no improvement in the infected focus. If the heat-clearing and detoxifying effects of dandelions are simplistically regarded as having antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and are abused, adverse reactions may occur.
