Can eating dandelion lower blood pressure?

In general, dandelion can not lower blood pressure.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, dandelion has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, swelling and resolving masses, dampness and strangulation. It is mainly suitable for carbuncle, breast carbuncle, hot strangulation pain, damp heat jaundice, etc., and has no effect on lowering blood pressure. At the same time, there is no clinical research showing that dandelion has the effect of lowering blood pressure, so it is not recommended for patients with hypertension to use without authorization

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