There is no clear medical literature documenting that dandelion can cure hyperthyroidism.
Dandelion is a heat-clearing and detoxifying medicine with the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins, inducing diuresis to clear away dampness, and eliminating swellings and knots. It is mainly used in the treatment of furuncle (skin infection), carbuncle (red, swollen and painful breasts, poor milk discharge, and ultimately the formation of suppurative diseases), eye redness and pain, sore throat, damp-heat jaundice and other conditions.
Chinese medicine believes that hyperthyroidism belongs to the category of “gall disease”, which is mainly related to emotional disorders (emotional upset), liver qi stagnation and so on. Specific diagnosis and treatment are as follows:
1. Qi stagnation and phlegm obstruction: the main manifestations are swollen lumps on both sides of the laryngeal nodes in front of the neck, soft and painless, tightness in the chest, good breath, and worsening of the symptoms in the case of emotional stimulation, with thin white tongue coating and stringy pulse. It can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine such as Sihai Shuyu Pill.
2. Phlegm and blood stasis syndrome: typical symptoms include enlarged lumps on both sides of the throat nodes in front of the neck, hard texture, lumps accompanied by chest tightness, loss of appetite, purplish and dark tongue, petechiae, thin white moss, and stringy pulse. It can be treated with traditional Chinese medicine such as Seaweed Yuhu Tang.
3. Liver fire exuberance certificate: Mainly manifests in front of neck throat knot swelling, soft and smooth, bitter mouth, hand, foot, heart heat, impatient and irritable, tongue red, moss thin yellow, pulse string. May choose gardenia liver soup, scrofula pill and other traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
4. Heart and liver yin deficiency evidence: mainly manifests for neck front throat knot both sides of the lump swelling, soft, slow onset, often accompanied by palpitation, sleeplessness, tiredness and fatigue, dizziness and dizziness, tongue texture is red, moss is less, pulse is fine (pulse becomes narrow and fine and speeds up the rate). It can be treated with traditional Chinese medicines such as Tianwang Xinxintan (Heavenly King’s Heart Tonic Dan) and Consistent Decoction.
Please take the medication under the guidance of a medical professional.