The first thing for sure is that it can. Because dandelion is a very good medicine to clear heat and detoxify. In order to better treat shingles, don’t use dandelion alone, you can combine it with honeysuckle, purple flowering groundnut, purple-backed asparagus, which are heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs, according to clinical evidence, so that the effect will be better. The actual dandelion can also be used externally, if there is fresh, you can use fresh, if not fresh, in the pharmacy can buy dried dandelion, and then every day can be fumigated, is fumigated shingles local, quickly can be red, swollen, hot, painful this phenomenon disappeared, quite obvious. The actual dandelion is certainly limited in the treatment of herpes zoster, and it is advisable to combine it with some western anti-viral treatment, like acyclovir ointment and acyclovir capsules, which can be taken orally at the same time.