The effect of dandelion and ginger

In our daily life, dandelion is a very common plant. Some families will pick dandelions, wash them and eat them as vegetables. Dandelions have the effect of clearing heat and removing fire, and can also effectively clean toxins in the human body. Some people often feel dry mouth and can relieve it by eating dandelions. Dandelions can also be taken together with ginger to have the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. Let’s take a look at what it does specifically.

The Japanese not only use dandelions to treat breast diseases, but also begin to develop dandelion foods. The Germans cut dandelion roots into pieces and drink them as a coffee substitute.

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01 Clearing away heat and detoxifying

Drinking dandelion tea can clear away heat and detoxify, and it can also relieve symptoms of dry mouth. It has a good therapeutic effect on clearing liver heat, heat toxicity, suppurative diseases, red and swollen eyes, etc. It also has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on suppurative diseases and wound infections.

02Beauty and skin care

Dandelions can beautify and nourish the skin because their leaves are rich in protein, fat, vitamins, carbohydrates and other trace elements. These trace elements can improve dermatitis or some eczema conditions.

03Prevention and treatment of tumors

Dandelion leaves can clear away heat, detoxify and prevent tumors. It can also improve the body’s immunity.

04Hepatoprotective and choleretic effects

Oral administration of dandelion decoction or injection of dandelion injection can significantly inhibit the increase of alanine aminotransferase caused by carbon tetrachloride; it can significantly alleviate the histological changes caused by carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage. Dandelion has a choleretic effect in animals. Intragastric administration of dandelion fluid can cause the gallbladder to contract and the sphincter of Oddi to relax, which is beneficial for the discharge of bile into the intestines. It is clinically effective for chronic gallbladder spasm and gallstones.

05Antibacterial and antifungal effects

Dandelion has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi; 50% decoction of the whole herb has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using the flat plate trench method. The water extract was diluted by test tube method at a ratio of 1:4, which had an inhibitory effect on Microsporum audouinii, Trichophyton rubrum, etc.

06Anti-gastric ulcer effect

Gavage of dandelion decoction to rats has a significant protective effect on stress ulcers, and also has a significant protective effect on gastric mucosal damage caused by anhydrous ethanol in rats; it can also significantly resist the formation of gastric ulcers in rats with pylorus ligation. When dandelion is used together with Codonopsis pilosula and Ligusticum chuanxiong, it has a synergistic anti-gastric ulcer effect, and the anti-ulcer effect of the three combined is even stronger.

Nutritional Value of Dandelions

Vitamins

Dandelions contain many vitamins. Among them, vitamin C has the highest content, followed by vitamin B2, and vitamin B1 has the lowest content. Among the various parts, the order of vitamin C content is leaves > flowers > flower buds > roots.

Amino Acids

Dandelion contains 17 kinds of amino acids. Among the various amino acids it contains, the most noteworthy is γ-aminobutyric acid. Studies have shown that this is a neurotransmitter chemical that plays an important role in energy metabolism in the human brain, and can promote acetylcholine synthesis, lower blood pressure, resist convulsions, and restore brain cell function.

Minerals

Dandelions contain various mineral elements such as potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, and manganese.