The regular dosage of dandelion in Chinese medicine is 10-15 grams per day for adults, with moderate topical application, and it is recommended that it be used as prescribed by a doctor.
Dandelion is the dried whole grass of dandelion, alkali dandelion or several species of the same genus in the family of Asteraceae. It is cold in nature, bitter and sweet in taste, and belongs to the liver and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins, subduing swellings and dispersing lumps, and diuretic and diaphoretic (to improve the problem of dribbling in urine and the problem of insufficient and inaccessible urine volume).
Dandelion is used for treating furuncles and poisons, mammary carbuncle (a purulent disease with red, swollen and painful breasts and poor milk discharge), scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node tuberculosis), ophthalmia, sore throat, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the bowels of the intestines and manifested by fever, pain in the right abdomen, and a palpable mass), damp-heat jaundice, and burning and stinging pain in urination.
Dandelion adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear, excessive dosage can lead to slow diarrhea. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended that it be used under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.