Can Astragalus and Dandelion be used together?

Astragalus has the effects of delaying aging, resisting tumors, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood sugar, and treating AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Dandelion can treat sore throat and has a good effect on breast diseases and diuresis. Therefore, dandelion and astragalus can be combined together. Drinking them in water can not only clear away heat and detoxify, but also treat various ulcer diseases.

Astragalus: nature and flavor, sweet, slightly warm. Meridians: Lung, spleen, liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of replenishing qi, enhancing the body's immune function, delaying aging, anti-tumor, lowering blood sugar, treating AIDS, treating tuberculosis, and treating hypotension.

Dandelion: tastes bitter and sweet, is cold in nature, enters the liver meridian and stomach meridian, has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving inflammation, detoxifying, promoting diuresis, and dispersing nodules. It is mainly used for carbuncle, breast abscess, scrofula, red eyes, sore throat, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, damp-heat jaundice, hot stranguria and painful astringency, etc.

There is no opposite or complementary incompatibility between Astragalus and Taraxacum, and they can be used together. They have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relieving pain and anti-inflammation, and it is feasible to take them in summer. However, dandelion is cold in nature, so people with weak spleen and stomach should drink it as little as possible.

What are the benefits of dandelion soaking in water?

First, clear away heat and detoxify

Dandelion is very suitable for various heat and toxic diseases, and its effect in clearing liver heat is very good. It is also very effective in treating severe redness, swelling and pain caused by liver heat, as well as various wound infections or suppurative diseases.

Second, treatment of oral ulcers

Recurrent oral ulcers are caused by hemolytic streptococci lurking in the cells, which can cause recurrent oral ulcers when conditions are right. This type of streptococcus can cause delayed allergic reactions in the body. It has common antigens with the oral mucosal epithelium and can cause recurrent oral ulcers through cross-reaction. Dandelion can effectively kill hemolytic streptococci, thereby inhibiting the allergic reactions caused by pathogenic streptococci.

Usage: Chew dried dandelion for 5-10 minutes, take part of it orally and keep part of it on the teeth and cheeks, which has the effect of both oral and external medication. As a result, the healing speed of recurrent oral ulcers is significantly accelerated and the pain during the ulcer course is reduced.

Third, eliminate carbuncle and disperse nodules

If you have a persistent high fever or bloating or sores, you can take more dandelion water. In addition, dandelion water is very effective in treating mastitis, and taking it more often can help promote lactation in postpartum women.

Fourth, antibacterial

Certain substances contained in dandelion leaves have a certain inhibitory effect on Salmonella typhi and Staphylococcus aureus. Therefore, drinking some dandelion tea when you have nothing to do is very good for your body.

Fifth, protect the stomach and kill Helicobacter pylori

Dandelion is an excellent product for treating stomachache. It can be used for epigastric pain, bloating, vomiting and acid reflux caused by food stagnation turning into heat, spleen and stomach damp-heat, liver depression turning into fire, and excessive stomach fire. "Medical Collection" records that dandelion "tonifies the spleen and stomach, and relieves heat."

In addition, studies have shown that dandelion can kill Helicobacter pylori in the stomach and has a good therapeutic effect on gastritis and bad breath caused by Helicobacter pylori. Dandelion is used to treat stomach diseases, one because of its ability to clear stomach fire, and the other because of its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Sixth, beauty and skin care

Women can drink more dandelion water in their daily life, because it not only tastes good, but also has good beauty effects. Regular consumption of dandelion water can effectively improve skin conditions such as dermatitis or eczema. In addition to the leaves of dandelions being good for the body, the rhizomes also have many benefits for the body. Women who are prone to getting angry and acne can drink more of it!

7. Protect liver and promote diuresis

Foreign studies have shown that dandelion has a liver-protecting and diuretic effect. The functions of dandelion and milk thistle are comparable, and both are most commonly used in patients who need to detoxify the liver. Dandelion root, in particular, is the most important natural nutritional supplement in many preventions of hepatitis C.

Dandelion is also known as "bed-wetting grass", which shows its diuretic effect. When you feel bloated and edematous, use dandelion as a diuretic, and the potassium in the body will not be excreted along with the water. Dandelion leaf extract is also effective for PMS edema.