Dandelion, as a common weed in life, seems inconspicuous, but has strong health value and has strong medicinal value. It is also known as the "herb queen".
Dandelion is an ingredient with "medicinal and food". Whether it is dandelion root or dandelion leaf, it is worthy of recognition for the health care of the human body, and it can make the physical fitness stronger and stronger.
In daily life, drinking some dandelions in water can help clear heat, detoxify, nourish the liver and improve the eyesight. It also has anti-inflammatory, sterilization, diuretics and other effects, which are of great benefit to physical health.
What are the effects and functions of dandelions?
. Remove fire and detoxify
Dandelion tea can be used to treat heat toxin , respiratory tract inflammation, influenza , skin infection, acute conjunctivitis and other diseases in the body. It is a good Chinese herbal medicine to clear heat and detoxify. In addition, dandelions contain a large amount of protein , fat and various trace elements , which can help us improve skin quality and reduce the occurrence of adverse symptoms such as eczema , dermatitis , etc.
. Prevention and treatment of tumors
Modern research has found that the leaves of dandelion have a very good effect of preventing and treating tumors. Fresh dandelion leaves or dried dandelions are brewed with boiling water, and then taken instead of tea. It has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying and resisting tumors, and can also better improve the body's immunity.
. Promote liver health
dandelion root has long been considered a "liver-tonifying medicine" in folk medicine. Preliminary studies have shown that this is to a certain extent due to its ability to increase bile flow.
This means that dandelion root tea can help detoxify the liver, help skin and eye problems, and relieve liver disease symptoms. A 2017 study showed that polysaccharides in dandelions may indeed benefit liver function.
. Improve body immunity
dandelion can effectively clear heat and detoxify, and at the same time, it also has a certain effect on resisting tumors, and greatly improves the body's immunity.
The "golden partner" of dandelion may be revealed. If you insist on drinking it in water, your liver will become rosy and your sleep will be better.
. Dandelion + Chicory Root
Chicory Root is also a health care ingredient with very high nutritional value. Many people may know that it has a very good effect on lowering uric acid. In fact, chicory root cannot be underestimated in nourishing the liver and protecting the liver.
Studies have shown that chicory root has a strong effect of clearing the liver and improving the gallbladder, especially the extracts in it, which can effectively help accelerate the repair of liver cells and improve the liver's detoxification and metabolic functions. If dandelion and chrysanthemum root are eaten together, the liver will be cleaner and healthier.
. Dandelion + Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle is a food for clearing heat and detoxifying. It can be used as medicine and tea in normal times. If you drink it with dandelion in water, you can use other ingredients contained in dandelion as well as vitamins and chlorogenic acid contained in honeysuckle to enter the body, which can promote the body's metabolism , improve the body's immunity, and repair damaged liver cells.
. Dandelion + wolfberry
dandelion medicine is bitter, sweet, cold, and returns to the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving dampness and promoting irrigation, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules; while wolfberry is sweet and flat, and has the effects of nourishing the liver and kidneys, improving eyesight and other effects; it is often an important medicine for treating dizziness, insomnia, dreams, hot flashes and night sweats.
Both are soaked in water, which has a good therapeutic effect on treating symptoms such as dizziness caused by liver fire inflammation and dry eyes caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency.
. Dandelion + thorn rose flower
Take 3g of dandelion and 1g of thorn rose flower to make a dandelion rose tea bag. Take one pack at a time and brew it in hot water to replace the tea, and it’s enough!
Although dandelion enters the stomach meridian, dandelion is cold in nature and is very beneficial for people with stomach heat. However, for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold in are not suitable for long-term drinking alone.
and gentle thorn rose flowers can be used to nourish the stomach, and those with weak spleen and stomach can drink it! prickly rose has high nutritional value and mild properties. It not only neutralizes the cold nature of dandelions, but also has the effect of warming the stomach and treating stomach pain.
. Dandelion + red dates
Women with insufficient qi and blood or deficiency of qi and blood can insist on eating a few red dates every day. Red dates are a good tonic product. Eating red dates regularly can nourish the stomach and blood, nourish the body, and strengthen the body. The combination of the two can clear the liver and improve the liver's metabolism and detoxification function, and repair damaged liver wall cells.
Red dates have the saying "three dates per day will live forever". For health, you might as well develop the good habit of eating three dates a day.
. Dandelion + Cassia seed
Dandelion is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine. Its main function is to clear heat and detoxify, eliminate carbuncles and disperse nodules. It is often used for example acute mastitis , acute pharyngitis , sore throat, and also include gastroenteritis dysentery, urinary tract infection , hepatitis, etc.; that is, its effect of clearing heat and detoxifying and resolving phlegm and dispersing nodules is very strong.
Cassia seed is also a heat-clearing drug, but it mainly clears liver heat. It is very effective for patients with unclear vision, liver heat, and liver fire. It also has a laxative effect. Therefore, eating dandelions and cassia seeds together can enhance the effect of clearing heat.
. Dandelion + corn silk
corn silk scented and mild, has a mild nature, and is in the kidney, liver and gallbladder meridian. People with strong liver fire and liver qi stagnation can use the Chinese herbal ingredients in dandelion and amino acid nutritional preparations to achieve the clinical effect of diuresis, swelling, and bile enhancement. The saponin compounds rich in
corn silk effectively reduces the serum cholesterol , lipids and blood sugar content in the blood vessel walls for a long time.
Dandelion and corn squid are soaked together in water, which can help excrete garbage and toxins in the kidneys and liver, reduce the burden on the kidneys, and prevent urinary tract stones and urinary tract infections.
extension: What are the taboo groups of dandelions?
. People with allergies should not drink
After taking dandelion tea, some people will experience allergic reactions such as urticaria, general itching, etc. This is obvious that they are allergic to dandelion, so it is best for people like this to not drink dandelion tea.
. People with long-term illness
As the saying goes, long-term illness damages yang, which means that people with long-term illness have weak yang energy. If you drink some dandelion water at this time, it will damage yang energy and be detrimental to the recovery of the disease.
. Patients with Yin and Cold Disease
"Medical inappropriate symptoms" is mainly reflected in the condition of cold and heat, which is a yin and cold situation. At this time, there will be no fever in the body, and the course of the disease is relatively long, and the patient's physical condition is relatively poor.
If dandelion is used in large doses to treat the disease, it will not only not lead to the improvement of the disease, but the patient will even experience symptoms of decreased appetite, deterioration of the body and fatigue, and even night sweats and pale faces, and his body will become worse and worse.
