The benefits of dandelion porridge

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Dandelion Porridge

Dandelion porridge benefits

1. Clearing away heat and detoxifying can be used for heat toxicity syndrome, especially good at clearing liver heat, treating red, swollen and painful eyes caused by liver heat, as well as various infections and suppurative diseases.

2. Eliminate carbuncle and disperse knots. Treat carbuncle, swelling and ulcer caused by heat and toxicity in muscles, with persistent high fever. It is effective for breast carbuncle, can eliminate toxicity, disperse knots and promote lactation. It can be taken orally or applied externally, often with honeysuckle. It can also be used with rhubarb and moutan bark to treat intestinal carbuncle.

Dandelion porridge benefits

1. Antibacterial: 50% fresh grass juice, using the plate trench method, has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi; 50% whole grass decoction, using the plate trench method, has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

2. Antifungal: The water extract was diluted by test tube method at a ratio of 1:4, which had an inhibitory effect on Microsporum audouinensis, Trichophyton rubrum, etc.

3. Anti-tumor: Intraperitoneal injection of 30-40 mg/kg of dandelion hot water extract has an anti-tumor effect on mice with Ehrlich ascites carcinoma 11-20 days after subcutaneous inoculation, but is ineffective when given 1-10 days after inoculation. Its anti-tumor effect is similar to that of Lentinan, which is achieved through immune mechanisms. In addition, this product also has anti-gastric ulcer, choleretic, and liver-protecting effects.

Dandelion Uses

1. Clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules: Mainly used to treat heat-toxic sores and carbuncles.

a. Excessive fire and heat toxins attack the upper part of the body, causing red eyes, swollen throat, and ulcers in the mouth and tongue.

b. Heat-toxic sores, painful and swollen breast abscess, and internal attack of carbuncle.

c. Lung abscess causes coughing up pus and blood, while intestinal abscess causes abdominal pain and fever.

2. Diuretic: It can treat painful stranguria caused by heat, and jaundice caused by damp-heat.