Drinking dandelion tea during breastfeeding can clear away heat and detoxification, eliminate canker sores and remove lumps, and to some extent can assist in the smooth flow of breast milk, but it should be noted that it can’t replace the medication to play a therapeutic role, and need to be careful not to have side effects.
Dandelion its taste bitter, sweet, cold, into the liver, stomach, can diuretic, clearing heat and detoxification, eliminating swollen knots. Because of its bitter cold, dandelion can clear away heat and toxicity, eliminate canker sores, can relieve internal and external heat and toxic sores and ulcers and other diseases, is the clinical treatment of canker sores (breast redness, swelling and pain, milk discharge is not smooth, and ultimately the formation of pus disease) commonly used medicines.
It should be noted that dandelion is bitter and cold in nature, long-term or large amounts of use may cause diarrhea and other discomforts, breastfeeding women who need to use dandelion tea need to be under the guidance of a doctor to identify the evidence to take.
Dandelion tea should be taken under doctor’s supervision if used by breastfeeding women. Diet during breastfeeding requires extra attention to avoid adverse effects.