Dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)

蒲公英pú gōng yīngPugongying

Taraxacum mongolicum · Plant

Taraxacum, standing in for Taraxacum mongolicum
This photo shows Taraxacum, not Taraxacum mongolicum: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: JW Stockert, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
14
Indications

Cautions

May increase bile production; avoid with gallstones; may interact with certain antibiotics; caution with bile duct obstruction.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Dandelion for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Damp-heat JaundiceEpidemic ParotitisHeat Strangury With Inhibited PainHepatitisInfection Of Upper Respiratory TractLaryngitisMammary Welling AbscessMastitisPulmonary Welling AbscessRed EyesScrofulaSore PharynxToxin Of Clove Sore SwellingTonsillitis

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Dandelion does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Resolve ToxinDisinhibit Urine & Free StranguryDissipate Binds & Disperse Swelling