A perennial plant called dandelion has long been employed in Chinese traditional medicine. Acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, malignant boils, acute conjunctivitis, cold fever, acute tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, and urinary tract infection are among the conditions that the dandelion plant body may cure (
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