Pu Gong Ying
Name: Dandelion
Pinyin: Pu Gong Ying
Pharm. Name: Herba Taraxaci
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Bitter, Sweet |
Clear heat and remove toxicity, clear heat from liver, stomach, and lung, clear heat, and remove dampness. |
Liver, Stomach |
9-30g |
Description:
The entire plant of Taraxacum mongolicum. It has a stronger action of clearing heat and removing toxicity, and a flavor of sweet and bitter which are scarcely harmful to the stomach. All sores and abscess no matter interior abscess or exterior abscess, caused by excessive heat-toxicity can be treated with this herb. It also clears both fire-heat and heat-toxicity from lung, stomach, and liver meridians, so it is commonly used in treating swollen-sore throat and gum, and red eyes with swollen pain which are caused by either up-flaming of fire-heat or heat-toxicity. Furthermore, It also has the action of removing damp-heat and inducing diuresis and relieving stranguria, and has a better curative effect to treat all kinds of damp-heat syndromes.