For centuries the Chinese have used dandelion in their herbal brews.
The leaf is good at improving eczema, relieve dermatitis and getting ride of joint discomfort. Young mothers who take tea made from the leaves would unblock the mammary glands and encourage milk flow!!
The root is brewed to treat gallstones and rheumatism because it has anti inflammatory effect.
And for many the flower juice can even remove freckles!!
Some new findings too : it can promote the flow of bile from gall bladder into the duodenum, protects liver and increases the flow of urine (diuretic) It is also a laxative.
It can improve the immune system.
The Chinese Meteria Medica says that the dandelion is bitter and sweet in flavour and neither hot nor cold in properties. It covers meridians of liver and stomach.
A Chinese Legend goes that a young girl suffered a breast abscess. Her mother wrongly accused her of losing her virginity before marriage and the distressed girl left home to drown herself. However, she was rescued by a man and his daughter, Pu Gongying, who were fishing. Hearing the girl's plight, the father asked his daughter to pick a dandelion seed head. The daughter made a paste, applied it to the girl's breast and soon the abscess disappeared. The grateful girl learned to grow the herb and named it after Pu Gongying.
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