Dandelion root and leaves have essentially the same effects, as dandelion is generally used as a whole herb in medicine when the root and leaves are used together. Dandelion, which belongs to the liver and stomach meridians, is used as a medicine for the whole herb. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification (removing heat and toxicity from the body), subduing swellings and dispersing lumps, inducing diuresis, clearing the liver and improving eyesight (clearing away liver fire to promote the restoration of eyesight). It is used in the treatment of furuncles (sores on the limbs or face, small in shape with deep roots, as hard as nails), breast carbuncles, intestinal carbuncles (carbuncles occurring in the bowels of the intestines and organs, manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen and palpable lumps), lung carbuncles, scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck), sore throat, jaundice with dampness-heat, feverish gonorrhea (burning pain and stinging pain in the urine, accompanied by frequent urination, urgency, and discomfort in the small abdominal area), astringent pain and so on. Dandelion. Dandelion if used to treat diseases must be used under the guidance of a doctor, not self-medication.