Pitcher Plant Benefits and Side Effects

The efficacy of Taraxacum officinale is to relieve dampness and yellows, clear heat and remove toxins (removing heat and toxicity from the body), and has the effect of treating damp-heat jaundice, dysuria (unruly urination), carbuncles, swellings, sores and ulcers. Side effects are not clear. Pituitary grass is the dried whole grass of Pituitary grass in the Sedum family. The drug is sweet, light and cool in nature, and belongs to the liver, gallbladder and small intestine meridians. It has the effects of inducing dampness and relieving yellowish, clearing heat and removing toxins, and can be used for the effects of damp-heat jaundice, dysuria (unsmooth urination), carbuncles, swellings and ulcers, and other conditions. The side effects and contraindications of the drug are not clear, but it should not be used by patients with deficiency of spleen and stomach (weak and cold spleen and stomach). If physical discomfort occurs, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for consultation and treatment under the guidance of a professional physician for evidence-based treatment.