What herbs can dandelion be combined with to treat urinary tract infections?

Urinary tract infections in traditional Chinese medicine belongs to the category of “gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dribbling and pain)”, if the patient is identified as heat drenching (burning and tingling during urination, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, abdominal traction and discomfort), dandelion can be paired with Mouton, Psyllium, Talc and other traditional Chinese medicines. Dandelion is bitter, sweet, cold in nature, and belongs to the liver and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of clearing heat and removing toxins, subduing swelling and dispersing knots, diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in urine and the problem of small and incomprehensible amount of urine), and is used for carbuncle (a suppurative disease with red, swollen, and painful breasts and poor discharge of milk, which eventually develops), scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of lymph nodes of neck), redness of the eyes, sore throat, and feverish lymphatic astringent pain. If the patient with urinary tract infection is identified as heat drenching, symptoms such as frequent urination, urination shortness and stinging pain, yellow and red urine, abdominal constriction (small abdominal traction and discomfort) and distension, etc., it can be combined with Mutong, Psyllium, Slippery Stone, etc., such as Bazheng San and other formulas. Mutong has the efficacy of diuretic and drenching, clearing the heart and removing vexation; Psyllium has the efficacy of clearing heat, diuretic and drenching, seeping dampness and stopping diarrhea; Talc has the efficacy of diuretic and drenching, clearing heat and relieving heatstroke, and so on, which can be used for heat drenching and other diseases. Bazheng San is composed of psyllium, quomai, bianzhu, talc, gardenia, baked licorice, mouton, rhubarb, has the effect of clearing heat and fire, diuretic and gonorrhea, and is mainly used in the treatment of hot and humid gonorrhea. Note that people with cold and deficiency disease should be careful to use the above medicines, if you are not feeling well, you should consult a doctor in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor to use medicines, do not blindly use their own medicines.