The efficacy and function of drinking dandelion tea in summer is to detoxify and clear away heat, relieve lymphatic drainage and dampness, and reduce swelling and dissipate lumps.
1. Detoxification and clearing heat can be used to treat breast carbuncle (red, swollen and painful breasts, poor milk discharge, and ultimately the formation of purulent diseases), eye redness, sore throat, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle in the bowels of the intestinal organs, with fever, pain in the right abdomen, and palpable lump as a manifestation), and so on.
2. Subduing swelling and dispersing knots: it can be used to treat furuncle and scrofula.
2. Clearing gonorrhea and inducing dampness: it is used in the treatment of astringent pain and heat gonorrhea (burning and stinging pain is obvious when urinating, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort of traction in the lower abdomen), and damp-heat jaundice. Commonly used Chinese herbs include Herba Cynanchum, Rhubarb, Plantago Ovata, Radix et Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix et Rhizoma Cyperi, and Radix Achyranthis Bidentata.
In addition, dandelion can also improve vision and clear the liver, treating redness and swelling of the eyes caused by inflammation of the liver. It can be used alone or in combination with other herbs such as cassia seeds and Xiaku Cao.
However, note that too much dandelion may lead to diarrhea, the efficacy of drinking water is relatively limited, can not replace the medication to play a therapeutic effect, if necessary, it is recommended to use drugs under the guidance of a physician.