Medicinal dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
药用蒲公英yào yòng pú gōng yīngYaoyongpugongying
Taraxacum officinale · Plant
3
Indications
6
With studies in people
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 Medicinal dandelion for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation SyndromeJaundice SyndromeSwelling Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Medicinal dandelion does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit DigestiveBenefit DiureticBenefit Liver
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Taraxacum officinale and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Digestive33 records, 9 in people
- Benefit Diuretic13 records, 7 in people
- Benefit Liver52 records, 16 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome63 records, 17 in people
- Jaundice Syndrome1 records, 1 in people
- Swelling Syndrome1 records, 1 in people