Can you drink dandelion in water for a long time?

In general, it is not recommended to drink water with dandelion for a long time. Dandelion is a commonly used clinical Chinese medicine, although it can diuretic (to improve the problem of urine dribbling, small amount of urine), clearing heat and detoxification, swelling and dissipation, but due to the cold nature of the medicine, long-term drinking may cause gastrointestinal stimulation, triggering diarrhea, so it is not usually recommended that patients use its long-term brewing water to drink. Dandelion can be combined with honeysuckle, fishweed, moneywort and other traditional Chinese medicines, and is often used to treat carbuncles, carbuncle boils (a skin disease that refers to severe furuncles), damp-heat jaundice, and feverish drenching (a burning, stinging pain in the urine accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort from traction in the abdomen) and astringent pain. Tea replacement drinks can play a limited medicinal effect, can not replace the drug treatment of disease. If there is a need to cure the disease, you should use medication under the guidance of a physician. If you want to drink water with dandelion, must be used under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, individuals should not blindly use drugs to avoid affecting the condition.