Dandelion water is not suitable for those who have a weak spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach weak and cold), or loose stools (thin and unformed feces), regardless of men and women.
Dandelion is the fresh, dried grass of the dandelion plant of the Asteraceae family, with a bitter, sweet taste and cold nature, and its effects are to clear away heat and detoxification (removing heat and toxicity from the body), reduce swelling and dissipate lumps, and diuretic and diaphoretic (improving the problem of dribbling in the urine, and the problem of small amount of urine not being able to get through).
Bitter and cold medicines generally hurt the stomach and fluids, and dandelion water is not suitable for those who have cold spleen and stomach. Dandelion water is not suitable for people with cold spleen and stomach, and excessive use of dandelion may cause diarrhea, so it is not suitable for people with loose stools.
Dandelion is mostly used in soups for the treatment of carbuncle boils (sores on the limbs or face, small in shape with deep roots, as hard as nails), feverish drenching (burning and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort from traction in the abdomen), intestinal carbuncle (manifested by fever, pain in the right side of the abdomen, and a palpable mass), breast carbuncle, scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck), and jaundice due to dampness-heat, etc. It can also be used externally in fresh form.
It can also be used externally with appropriate amount of fresh product, pounding compress or decoction fumigation of the affected area.
Dandelion water precipitation of active ingredients is limited, the therapeutic effect is not good. It is recommended to take under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner, not to take dandelion water by oneself.