Does dandelion cure gastritis?

Dandelion does not cure gastritis. Dandelion is a traditional Chinese medicine, bitter, sweet and cold in nature, belonging to the liver and stomach meridians. It is the dried whole grass of dandelion, alkali dandelion or several species of the same genus in the family of Asteraceae. Dandelion has the effects of reducing swelling and dispersing knots, clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxicity in the body), clearing the liver and improving eyesight (clearing liver fire to promote eyesight recovery), diuretic and diaphoretic (improving the problem of incomplete urination and small amount of urine), and is mainly used in treating sore throat, redness of the eyes, breast carbuncle, carbuncle (carbuncle occurring in the internal organs of the bowels of the body and manifesting itself by fever, pain in the right side of the abdomen, and a palpable lump), lung carbuncle, scrofula (mainly referring to the cervical lymph nodes), feverish drenching (urination), and feverish drenching (urinary tract). Tuberculosis), hot lymph (burning stinging pain when urinating, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, abdominal traction discomfort) astringent pain, damp-heat jaundice, furuncle (mostly occurring in the limbs or facial sores, the shape of a small root base deep, such as nails as hard) swelling and toxicity. Modern medicine shows that dandelion has anti-pathogenic microorganisms, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor effects, can also be used for the treatment of carbuncle (Western medicine refers to acute mastitis), but it does not have the effect of treating gastritis, and thus it does not cure gastritis. There are many causes or subtypes of gastritis, and it is necessary to identify the cause of the disease through the doctor, and then standardized treatment, not blindly use their own medication.