What is the main effect of dandelion?

Chinese medicine believes that dandelion's main effects include clearing away heat and toxic materials, swelling and resolving masses, diuresis and stranguria, etc.

1. Clearing away heat and toxic materials

Dandelion tastes bitter and sweet, and can clear away heat and toxic materials. It is suitable for sores, furuncles and swollen toxins, helping to relieve sore throat, sore mouth, decreased appetite, red eyes and swelling pain and other symptoms.

2. Detumescence and resolving masses Dandelion

is cold in nature and returns to the liver meridian. It can reduce swelling and resolving masses, and can relieve symptoms of breast carbuncle, lung carbuncle and intestinal carbuncle.

3. Diuresis and stranguria

return to the liver and stomach meridian. It can diuretic and clear stranguria. It is suitable for damp-heat jaundice, heat stranguria and pain, and helps to relieve red, astringent and painful urine.