The dandelion plant, also known as the sawtooth dandelion, grows sporadically everywhere, except in high mountains with cold climates. The dandelion plant contains bitter substances, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, tritecpers, organic acids and many other components. People use the whole dandelion plant, only removing the roots, washing it and using it fresh or dried to make medicine.
Effects of sawtooth dogwood
According to traditional medicine, the milkweed plant is slightly bitter, cool, and has detoxifying, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, blood-clearing, and diuretic effects.
The milkweed plant is used to treat pain and inflammation of the cave, boils, pimples, dermatitis, itching, postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain, thrush in children, eczema on the cheeks… In particular, this plant is also effective in treating hepatitis.
Effects of sawtooth dogwood
Our people often use the sawtooth dog plant as medicine, crushed with salt to treat boils, pimples and used to treat liver disease, fever, sore eyes, and snake bites.
Drink 20-40g of fresh plant per day, dry and boil to concentrate, drink. No dosage for external use.
Below are some remedies from the sawtooth dogwood plant answered by Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duc Quang, Military Traditional Medicine Institute on Health & Life Newspaper.
Antidote
Recipe 1: Pound or grind 1 handful of Phyllanthus urinaria with a little salt, squeeze the juice to drink, apply the pulp to the painful area. Treats painful, swollen boils.
Recipe 2: Equal doses of dog’s milkweed leaves and thốm lồm leaves; 1 clove bud. Crush all and apply to painful area. Treats mouth ulcers that do not heal.
Liver and gallbladder clearing
Recipe 1: 24g Phyllanthus urinaria, 12g Andrographis paniculata, 8g Gardenia fruit, 12g Bupleurum, 12g Desmodium styracifolium. Boil and drink; drink continuously for 3 months. Treats hepatitis B virus.
Recipe 2: 30g Phyllanthus urinaria, 20g Plantago asiatica, 12g Gardenia fruit. Boil and drink. Treats hepatitis, jaundice, enteritis, and diarrhea.
Recipe 3: 16g Phyllanthus urinaria, 16g Phyllanthus urinaria, 5g dried grapefruit peel, 8g Magnolia officinalis; 12g each of Smilax glabra, Bloodroot, Gardenia fruit, and Polyscias fruticosa root; 8g of Euryale bark. Decoction to drink. Treats viral hepatitis.
Blood circulation, blood circulation
Recipe 1: 1 handful of dog’s ear leaves and 1 handful of watercress, can add 8g of rhubarb powder. Crush all, add copper coins, squeeze to get the juice to drink; apply the pulp. Treats wounds with blood stasis.
Lesson 2: Crush a handful of dog’s claw leaves, add a little lime, apply to the wound when injured or bleeding.
Cure malaria
Recipe 1: 8g of milkweed, 10g of night jasmine, 12g of Chinese clematis, 10g of cardamom, fresh soursop leaves, 10g of tendrils, 4g of coccus vine, 4g of areca nut, 4g of apricot. Boil and drink 2 hours before the attack. Treats malaria.
Recipe 2: 12g Phyllanthus urinaria, 12g licorice. Boil and drink daily. Treats liver failure, malaria, heat rash poisoning.
Recipe 3: 10g of Solanum procumbens, 20g of Eclipta procumbens, 10g of Andrographis paniculata. Grind all ingredients into powder. Take 3 times a day, 4-5g each time. Treats malaria.
Contraindications: Pregnant women should not use.
Above are the effects of the sawtooth dog plant. The information is for reference only, if you want to use the sawtooth dog plant, you need to consult your doctor before using./.
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