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Latin pharmacognostic name: Taraxaci Herba

Alternate English names: taraxacum Mongolian dandelion

Alternate Chinese names: 公英 gōng yīng; 黄花地丁 huáng huā dì dīng; 凫公英 fú gōng yīng

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.; Taraxacum sinicum Kitag. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.- Mazz.*; Taraxacum sinicum Kitag.*; Taraxacum heterolepis Nakai et H. Koidz.; Taraxacum platypecidum Diels; Taraxacum tibeticum Hand.-Mazz.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Bitter, sweet; cold.

Channel entry: Liver and stomach channels.

Indications:

• Clears heat and resolves toxin; disperses welling-abscesses and binds: Toxin swelling of external or internal welling-abscesses; heat toxin sores.
• Clears and disinhibits damp-heat; disinhibits water and frees strangury (lìn): Damp-heat jaundice; damp-heat strangury (shī rè lìn) with painful dribbling urination; damp-heat diarrhea or dysentery.

Dosage & Method: Oral: 10–30g in decoctions.

Warnings: Excessively large doses can cause mild diarrhea. Use with caution in spleen-stomach vacuity cold.

Quality: Clean, leafy, grayish-green plants with roots in tax.

Product Area: Most parts of China.

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