What are the benefits of eating dandelions? How to eat fresh dandelions

1. What are the benefits

There are many benefits to eating dandelions. It is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium, and also contains iron, calcium, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, magnesium, vitamin B6, folic acid and copper and other trace elements needed by the human body. Eating dandelions has many benefits such as clearing heat and detoxifying, diuretic and dispersing knots, enhancing immunity, and beautifying the skin. In addition, the specific element content of dandelion is mainly water, so it also has a diuretic effect and can relieve edema of the body.

Dandelion is one of the commonly used Chinese medicinal materials. It has a warm and cool nature and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diuresis and dispersing nodules. It is often used to treat various diseases such as acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, scrofula, carbuncle, acute conjunctivitis, cold and fever, etc., and has good therapeutic effect.

2. How to eat

There are many ways to eat fresh dandelions. They can be eaten raw, mixed with cold dishes, stir-fried, or used to make soup or porridge. If eaten raw, it tastes a little bitter. The method of eating cold dish is very simple. Just blanch the washed dandelions in boiling water for 1 minute, take them out, rinse them with cold water, and then add some MSG, salt, sesame oil, vinegar, mashed garlic and other ingredients before eating. In addition, it can be made into a heat-clearing and detoxifying tea by combining it with green tea, licorice, honey and other ingredients.