Author: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University Zhu Sha
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > dandelions</h1>
The spring of March has arrived, everything has recovered, a lot of wild vegetables have sprung up in the meadows, roadsides and fields on the hillsides, and it is time to eat "fresh" once again. People who are usually tired of eating big fish and meat can eat more wild vegetables at this time, which can play a good health care role. Wild vegetables are varied and have different effects. What we are talking about today is the dandelion known as the "Queen of Herbs". Dandelion, also known as Huahualang, dandelion grass, bedwetting grass, mother-in-law Ding, Huanghuadiding, etc., is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, which can not only cure the disease and strengthen the body, but also beauty and eating, which is a magic weapon of the therapeutic diet, and is also one of the most common medicinal and food homologous plants.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > legend</h1>
Once upon a time, on the bank of the Yellow River lived a member surnamed Pu, and there was a daughter under her knee, named "Gongying", who was beautiful and kind, and was as close as a sister to Yahuan Cui'er. One year, Gongying suddenly had a high fever and sought medical treatment everywhere, but it still did not work, until before her death, Gongying shyly told Cui'er that the cause of the disease was due to the unbearable swelling and pain in her breasts, and it turned out that she was suffering from cradle carbuncle.
After the death of the young lady, Cui'er remembered the love of the master and servant and often went to the grave to pay tribute. The following spring, she was surprised to find that the young lady's grave had grown a weed that had never been seen before, and the golden petals were like the beautiful smiling eyes of Gongying. After autumn, the seeds of wild grasses fall with the wind and spread the earth. The following year, the Central Plains was in a drought, and the paragrass withered, but this weed stained the wasteland green.
In the same year, Trier unfortunately also suffered from cradle carbuncle, and fainted in front of the grave during the memorial service, and in the haze she heard a familiar voice: "Grave weeds, extraordinary; both cure breast disease and famine." Cui Er woke up shocked and suspicious, thinking that could it be that the young lady was enlightening herself? She tried to pick some weeds to eat at home, and sure enough, the cradle carbuncle gradually healed after a few days. Subsequently, Cui'er used this herb to cure many cradle carbuncle patients, and people associated with its origin from the medicinal effect of this herb, believing that it was the embodiment of the beautiful and kind Miss Gongying, so it was called "dandelion".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > ancient books and medical records</h1>
According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, "Dandelion treats women with swollen milk, and boiled juice is immediately eliminated." Detoxify, disperse stagnant qi, reduce heat and poison, eliminate malignant swelling, tuberculosis, and boils. "Dandelion soaking water has a good effect on women's breast hyperplasia and mastitis. The "Diet Recipe for Living with The Breath" describes that it has the effect of clearing the lungs, improving phlegm, dissipating knots and eliminating carbuncles, nourishing cool blood, relieving muscles and teeth, and improving milk and sperm. The "Outline of the Medical Forest" contains dandelions "to replenish the spleen and stomach, and to relieve fire". Chen Shiduo, a famous physician of the Qing Dynasty, said in his "New Compilation of Materia Medica" that "dandelions, which are lowly and have great merits, are unknown to the world." "Shennong Materia Medica", "Tang Materia Medica", "Dictionary of Chinese Medicine" and other medical monographs have been highly praised. According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, dandelions taste bitter, sweet, cold, return to the liver, stomach meridians. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, reducing swelling and loosening knots, diuretic and dripping, and is used for boils and swelling poisoning, cradle carbuncle, fistula, red eyes, sore throat, pulmonary carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, hot and humid jaundice, hot shower astringent pain, etc.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > pharmacological effect</h1>
Dandelion is rich in nutritional value, rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, amino acids, calcium, iron, phosphorus, zinc and manganese and other more than 60 kinds of trace elements and vitamins. There are many kinds of chemical components, the active ingredients are mainly flavonoids, triterpenoids, sesquiterpenes, polysaccharides, sterols, phenolic acid compounds, etc., with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, anti-tumor, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, improve immunity and diuretic and other pharmacological effects.
Modern research has found that dandelions have a broad-spectrum bactericidal effect, known as "natural antibiotics", and have bacteriostatic effects on common clinically infected bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, pneumococcus, β-hemolytic streptococcus, Enterococcus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, and Candida albicans. Pharmacological experiments have found that dandelion water immersion has a fairly strong choleretic effect.
Dandelion aerial part of the water extract can activate macrophages, has anti-tumor effect. Clinically widely used in the treatment of acute mastitis, upper respiratory tract infection, spleen deficiency and damp heat seborrheic alopecia, tonsillitis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, gastritis, enteritis and other diseases.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > suitable for people</h1>
1. People who often get acne
Zhuang and Yi medicine has a simple home remedy for the treatment of damp heat acne and acne, that is, use dandelion whole grass, with roots, mash and then wash with water + as a tea. People with hot and humid acne generally have a red tongue, thick tongue, and even yellowing.
Modern research suggests that chlorogenic acid and flavonoids in dandelion extracts can inhibit the development of acne that is dominated by inflammatory responses.
2. People with liver damage
Dandelion into the liver meridian, can drain liver poison, remove liver fire, where the liver fever seen in the irritability, bitter mouth dry bad breath, sore throat, short urine and so on, can be added dandelion.
Modern research has found that drinking water with dandelion for a long time has a protective effect on the liver. Dandelion contains dandelion sterols and luteins that can affect human metabolism and, to a certain extent, can play a role in liver protection.
3. People with stomach ulcers
Dandelion is a good product for the treatment of stomach pain, and can be applied for stomach pain, swelling, vomiting and swallowing acid caused by stagnation fever, spleen and stomach damp heat, liver depression fire and stomach fire. Studies have shown that dandelions can help kill common pathogenic bacteria such as Helicobacter pylori and Staphylococcus aureus, and have a certain effect on preventing and improving gastritis and gastric ulcers.
4. People with breast diseases
In ancient times, dandelions have been used to prevent breast diseases, dandelions have a detoxifying effect, can alleviate the heat poison caused by mastitis. For the treatment of cradle carbuncle swelling and pain, it can be taken internally with this product alone, or taken internally with fresh product mashing juice and applied to the affected area.
5. People with high blood pressure
Dandelion contains 17 kinds of amino acids, and regular consumption has an auxiliary blood pressure lowering effect.
6. People with cardiovascular diseases
Dandelion is rich in β-carotene, which helps remove garbage from the blood vessel wall and protect the blood vessels.
7. People with eye discomfort
Swollen eyes, swollen eyes or tears, seeing bright things feel harsh, uncomfortable, are all manifestations of false fire or real fire in the liver. Take the whole plant of fresh dandelion 4 two (including roots, can also be replaced with 2 two dry products) decoction soup two large bowls, serve one bowl warmly, the remaining bowl while hot to wash the eyes, can significantly improve the symptoms of discomfort.
8, people with stomach fire
When there is gastric fire or medium focus hysteresis, it is easy to have bad breath, stomach burning or acid re-acid. The damp resistance heat is also prone to the formation of mouth ulcers. Often eat some fresh dandelion, or use dandelion boiled water to drink (dry and fresh), its medicinal properties are peaceful, both fire and do not hurt the stomach.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > how to eat</h1>
Eating fresh dandelion in the spring can go to the fire, anti-inflammatory, liver protection, eat a lot of ways, you can eat raw, fried food, make soup and so on. For example, eat with dipping sauce, boiling dumplings, stir-frying with eggs, etc. In addition to making delicious dishes on a daily basis, it can also be processed into tea, which is convenient for storage and easy to brew in other seasons.
1. Cold mix dandelion
Ingredients: 300 g dandelion, salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, minced garlic to taste.
Directions: Wash the dandelion leaves, blanch the water and remove and cut into small pieces. Add salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, minced garlic and other seasonings to taste and serve.
Efficacy: Enhance the body's immune function, improve disease resistance.
2. Dandelion porridge
Ingredients: 30 g fresh dandelion, 100 g japonica rice.
Directions: Boil both of the above into porridge and serve.
Efficacy: detoxification, detoxification, swelling and loosening, has a certain auxiliary effect on breast hyperplasia.
3. Dandelion pork liver soup
Directions: Cut the pork liver into thin slices, wash off the blood and mucus with water and marinate with corn starch, boil the appropriate amount of water, boil and put in dandelion to cook for a while, add a little salt, sesame oil and other seasonings, and then add the marinated pork liver slices, boil over high heat and then eat.
Effect: Nourish the liver and eyes, strengthen the spleen and replenish the qi.
4: Stir-fried dandelion
Ingredients: 300 g dandelion, sesame oil, salt to taste.
Directions: Remove and wash the dandelion fresh leaves or flower stems, blanch the water and remove them, cut them finely and set aside. Heat the oil pan in dandelions, add salt and sauté until flavorful, then remove from the pan and plate.
Efficacy: detoxification, carbuncle dispersion, diuresis and yellowing, etc., suitable for external wind fever, phlegm fever, scorched damp heat and other people.
5. Dandelion rose tea
Ingredients: Dandelion 5g, rose tea 8-10 flowers.
Directions: Wash the dandelions, place them in a pot, add water to a boil, pour dandelion water into a cup and add the roses. Cover the cup and cook for about 5 minutes. Let it dry until it is not hot and drink it.
Effect: Detoxification, beauty and beauty, carbuncle dispersion.
(Note: The above dietary therapy should be used under the guidance of a professional physician.) ）
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > note</h1>
(1) Dandelions are not suitable for all people, because very few people will have allergies after soaking dandelions in water.
(2) Excessive dosage can cause diarrhea.
(3) In addition, dandelions are cold, so kidney dysfunction, yang deficiency and cold, spleen and stomach weakness should not be consumed.
Review expert: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Ye Yingxia
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