Dandelion tea is a family tea that many families will choose. Dandelion leaves and roots can be made into tea. Which is better? Let's get to know with Xiaobian.
Who should not drink dandelion tea
There are three kinds of constitution people are not suitable to drink dandelion tea. The first is the people with cold constitution, the second is the people with spleen deficiency, and the third is the people with long illness. These three kinds of people must not drink dandelion tea.
Dandelion root tea or dandelion leaf tea
I think the root is better.
Tender dandelion is a traditional wild vegetable in vegetables. Now we have a family, much bigger than the mountain. Tender dandelion can be mixed in cold sauce, boiled in soup or fried. The old can eat, but it's bitter. Dandelion, which is not bitter, can also be mixed with meat to make dumpling stuffing, which tastes similar to that of watercress. Europeans used dandelions to make wine in the middle ages. Dandelion leaves contain a lot of vitamin A and vitamin C. Bees often go to dandelion to gather pollen and honey.
Dandelion is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: 'dandelion is mainly used to treat women's breast abscess and swelling. It can be boiled with water to drink and sealed. Detoxify food, disperse stagnant Qi, clear away heat and poison, transform food poison, eliminate evil swelling, tuberculosis and swelling. '
Dandelion root is also a kind of herbal medicine. It is officially registered as diuretic and edema relieving herbal medicine in Canada. After being dried and ground into powder, tea can be made. It is said that drinking it before meals can relieve stomach and help digestion. It can be bought in health food stores, but there is no scientific proof of this effect.
The root of dandelion is cone-shaped, mostly curved, 3-7cm long; the surface is brown, wrinkled; there are brown or yellow white hairs on the head of the root, some of which have fallen off. The leaves are basal, mostly crinkled and broken. The whole leaves are oblanceolate, green brown or dark gray, apex is sharp or blunt, margin is lobed or pinnate, base is gradually narrow, downward extension is stipular, and main vein on the lower surface is obvious. One to several stems, each terminal inflorescence, multiple involucres, a longer inner layer, corolla yellow brown or yellowish white. Some of them have long oval achenes with white crown hairs. The air is weak and the taste is bitter. Rich in nutrition, it is a pollution-free vegetable, which can be used for both food and medicine, and has a good health care effect.
The effect of dandelion leaves
Dandelion leaves contain protein, carbohydrate, fat, trace elements and vitamins. Dandelion leaves contain ingredients to improve eczema and relieve skin inflammation. Flowers also have the effect of removing freckles
Clearing away heat and toxic material
Dandelion leaf soaking water can alleviate the symptoms of dry mouth and dry tongue. It has a good effect on the treatment of heat poisoning, red eye swelling, purulent diseases and clearing liver heat
Make a cup of tea, add dandelion leaves, and enjoy the sweet and moist!
Antibacterial
Dandelion leaf can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and typhoid bacillus. It's good to close a cup of dandelion leaf tea when you are free