Dandelion (scientific name: Taraxacum), also known as yellow to Ding, is temperate to subtropical common one year or biennial plants.
British public leaves contain a lot of vitamin A and vitamin C. Bees are often taken to dandelion pollen and honey. Dandelion is a Chinese herbal medicine. "Compendium of Materia Medica" record: "Dandelion women attending breast carbuncles, and the closure of drinking water, broth solution Strepsils food poisoning, San stagnation gas, heat and toxic, chemical food poisoning, consumers evil swollen, tuberculosis, boils swollen.." Dandelion root is a kind of herbs, as a diuretic, edema herbal solution. Dandelion is blindly across the country herbs, food and medicine used along with a long history. Known to the small yellow dandelions, Asteraceae perennial herb with yellow flowers, dandelion cold, taste joys, detoxification, and reducing swelling, dampness jaundice effect. Dandelion dry compound extracted from flavonoids, has a therapeutic drug carbuncles boils, lung abscess sputum, heat jaundice, urine leaching Lek astringent pain, mastitis and so on, can be used as health products and food ingredients. Dandelion has a "wet the bed of grass," said the root and the leaves have many of the same effects, there is a strong diuretic effect, is a natural diuretic. Its leaves rich in Minerals "K", can rid the body of excess water and salt, but also add a lot with the loss of urinary excretion of potassium ions is very easy for the body edema or high blood pressure who drink.
In addition, dandelion contains a lot of rich nutrients, such as: "iron" can prevent anemia; "Vitamin A, C" can effectively treat skin problems such as acne and eczema; "lecithin" can enhance liver and gallbladder function, prevention of cirrhosis of the liver; "acid" to stimulate the metabolism, help to promote digestion, improve gastrointestinal symptoms. Dandelion leaves and roots with a little bitterness, it is recommended according to the different effects with other herbal tea, and let the taste and more take effect.