Modern medicine believes that dandelion contains a variety of vitamins, minerals and trace elements, and proper consumption will help improve immunity. Folklore says dandelion can kill cancer cells and treat thyroid nodules. Is that really the case?
Dandelion can't kill cancer cells. It is circulated on the Internet that dandelion can fight cancer and kill cancer cells, but it is not. The research team of the University of Windsor in Canada published a paper saying that dandelion killed 98% of cancer cells within 48 hours. The research team mixed dandelion extract with cancer cells, and after 48 hours, more than 98% of cancer cells were killed. However, this study is only conducted in vitro, not in human body, and its safety has not been demonstrated.
Dandelion can't treat thyroid nodules. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that thyroid nodules belong to the category of gall. Due to emotional imbalance, unreasonable eating habits, liver depression and qi stagnation, phlegm coagulation or blood stasis gathered in front of the neck.
Dandelion has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass, but it has little effect on treating thyroid nodules. Exogenous wind-heat dandelion is cold, which can dispel lung meridian heat, promote lung meridian heat dissipation, and assist in the treatment of exogenous wind-heat and fever. Its main symptoms are fever and headache, sore throat and thirst.
Sore throat. Dandelion is sweet and cold, which can cool blood and relieve sore throat. It is often used with heat-clearing and detoxicating drugs to treat sore throat. Jaundice caused by damp-heat in gallbladder. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter cold can discharge the fire of liver meridian and assist in the treatment of jaundice caused by damp-heat of liver meridian; At the same time, it is also used to treat redness and swelling caused by pathogenic fire.
Abdominal pain due to intestinal carbuncle. Dandelion is sweet and can slow down the middle temperature, and is used to treat paroxysmal pain. Cold has the property of clearing heat, and can be used for treating intestinal carbuncle. Breast carbuncle and pain. Dandelion combined with viola yedoensis and other heat-clearing and detoxicating drugs can treat swelling and pain of mammary abscess.
Dandelion is a food with the same origin of medicine and food, which should be taken correctly under the guidance of Chinese medicine, and cannot be used alone to treat diseases. Eating too much dandelion may cause gastrointestinal reactions such as diarrhea, abdominal discomfort, nausea and vomiting.
Dandelion can not be abused without syndrome differentiation to treat various infections, nor can it be abused as antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, which will have adverse reactions to the body. In addition, dandelion is prohibited for people with yang deficiency, external cold and spleen and stomach weakness.