Taraxacum, Dandelion, Pu Gong Ying Taraxacum, Dandelion, Pu Gong Ying 蒲公英 Pu Gong Ying  (whole herb, TCM)Gong Ying Gen  公英根  (root, TCM)Khur mong  ཁུར་མོང༌ (Tibetan) New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 Kohler’s Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887 Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893 Dandelion root(Squibb’s Atlas of the Official Drugs, Mansfield, 1919) Various Dandelion roots,(Text Book of Pharmacognosy, Youngken, 1921) Dandelion root Gong Ying Gen as available on the Chinese market(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Taraxacum spp.Taraxacum species are used in various systems: Western: T. officinale (Official Dandelion, used in Europe) China: T. sinicum, T. mongolicum, T. brassicaefoliurn, T. heterolepsis, T. platypecidurn, T. erythropodiurn are used in TCM (at least 17 species supply the Chinese market) Tibet: T. tibetanum (Khur tshod) is used similarly in Tibetan Medicine Other species used include Taraxacum centrasiaticum (XinJiang Dandelion), Taraxacum platycarpum (Korean Dandelion)Greater, Middle, Sharp-leaved and Blunt-leaved varieties were listed in European Herbals. Parts used: Root, leaf, or whole plantRoot is most used in the Western TraditionThe whole plant is used in TCM and has been used in Europe. Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classifications: 2A APERIENT.  2F. PURIFYING4e. STOMACHIC.  4g. HEPATICTCM:B. Clears Heat and Toxin Uses: Clears Heat and Toxin from the Liver (TCM,…

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