The efficacy and function of chrysanthemum. The effect of dispersing wind and cooling chrysanthemum has the effect of dispersing wind and cooling.
Chrysanthemum is pungent, slightly cold, clearing away heat, and has the function of dispersing wind-heat in lung meridian. It is used to treat fever, headache, cough and other symptoms caused by pathogenic factors invading the lungs in the early stage of wind-heat cold or epidemic febrile disease, and has good curative effect.
Second, the role of clearing away heat and detoxifying Chrysanthemum has the function of clearing away heat and detoxifying. Chrysanthemum tastes bitter and slightly cold. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, treat sores and carbuncle, and can be used in combination with other Chinese medicines.
However, the heat-clearing and detoxification effect of chrysanthemum is not as good as that of wild chrysanthemum, so this product is generally not selected. Third, the role of clearing the liver and improving eyesight Chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing the liver and improving eyesight.
In addition to applying chrysanthemum to your eyes to eliminate edema, you can also drink a cup of chrysanthemum tea to eliminate eye fatigue. It also has a certain effect on restoring vision.
Fourth, the effect of refreshing and relieving fatigue Chrysanthemum has a refreshing effect. Chrysanthemum tea has a faint fragrance, which can relieve human fatigue and relax body and mind.
Chrysanthemum is also a nerve tonic, which can enhance the resistance of capillaries, delay aging and enhance physical strength. In addition, chrysanthemum also has a good sedative and refreshing effect.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) has the function of lowering blood pressure, eliminating cancer cells, dilating coronary arteries and inhibiting bacteria. Drinking chrysanthemum tea can supplement calcium, regulate myocardial function and lower cholesterol, which is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and prevent epidemic conjunctivitis. Sixth, anti-aging function Chrysanthemum also has a certain anti-aging effect.
Experiments show that progesterone compounds contained in chrysanthemum have the ability to scavenge free radicals (OH. O2) and strong antioxidant activity, and the antioxidant activity of chrysanthemum is closely related to the content of progesterone compounds, so chrysanthemum has the effect of antioxidant aging. Seven, antibacterial effect Chrysanthemum has a certain antibacterial effect.
Chrysanthemum volatile oil can inhibit the activities of many bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, and fresh chrysanthemum can also inhibit the activities of Gram-positive bacteria and Bacillus to some extent. So to some extent, chrysanthemum has antibacterial effect.
The efficacy of chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is cool, people with qi deficiency and stomach cold, people who eat less, and people with diarrhea should use it with caution.
Pungent, sweet and bitter in nature; Slightly cold. Enter lung meridian and liver meridian.
Note: this flower head is toxic to some extent, and it is also true for human beings. But the good news is that although touching chrysanthemums can make people feel a little pain and swelling, doctors will only treat it as a general allergy or inflammation.
Chrysanthemum and wild chrysanthemum are different, and their medicinal properties are very different. Chrysanthemum indicum is slightly toxic, which can cause loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. This is chrysanthemum, not wild chrysanthemum.
Function: Dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming liver and improving eyesight. Used for wind-heat cold, headache, dizziness, red eyes, swelling and pain, blurred vision.
Efficacy 1 chrysanthemum hawthorn tea: Take chrysanthemum 10g and add hawthorn and honeysuckle 10g to drink tea, which can remove blood stasis and reduce blood fat, cool and reduce blood pressure, lose weight and keep fit, and is suitable for patients with obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. There are three kinds of scented tea: chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and jasmine. Soaking tea in water can clear away heat and detoxify, and is suitable for preventing and treating wind-heat cold, sore throat and carbuncle. And even if you take it often, it can reduce the fire, and it has the effect of calming your mind and thinking quietly.
The efficacy of various chrysanthemums
The efficacy of chrysanthemum; Chrysanthemum not only has ornamental value, but also has excellent dual-purpose of medicine and food, and has good health care function.
Chinese medicine believes that chrysanthemum is slightly cold, sweet and bitter, and enters the lung and liver meridians. Has the effects of dispelling pathogenic wind, clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxicating.
Indications: headache, dizziness, red eyes, heart heat, furuncle and toxic swelling. Modern medicine believes that chrysanthemum is a tonic, which can enhance capillary resistance, delay aging and enhance physical strength.
Chrysanthemum can not only be used as a beverage for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, but also has a good calming effect. Regular consumption can relax people's limbs and cheer them up. The fragrance of chrysanthemum has the effect of dispelling wind and calming the liver, and it has an auxiliary treatment effect on colds and headaches.
Chrysanthemum is also used to treat exogenous wind-heat and red eyes with swelling and pain. Chrysanthemum can lower blood pressure and dilate arteries, and has a good effect on coronary heart disease, hypertension and arteriosclerosis.
Generally speaking, the efficacy and specific usage of chrysanthemum are as follows: Chrysanthemum tea: Chrysanthemum tea, with a fragrant smell, can relieve summer heat and promote fluid production, and refresh the mind. White chrysanthemums with sweet taste and good quality, especially Hangzhou Chrysanthemum, should be selected.
Bitter wild chrysanthemum is not edible. It is best to have complete flowers, bright colors, fragrant air and no impurities.
Chrysanthemum wine: It is brewed with chrysanthemum as raw material, glutinous rice and distiller's yeast. It was called "longevity wine" in ancient times. Its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing liver and improving eyesight, strengthening brain and delaying aging. Flos lonicerae chrysanthemum tea: use chrysanthemum and Flos lonicerae 0.8~ 1 2 per day (add mulberry leaves for obvious dizziness and 4~8 for those with arteriosclerosis and high serum cholesterol), and brew with boiling water for 4 times, 10~ 15 minutes.
Generally, after brewing for 2 times, the slag can be discarded and replaced. Don't be bitter, otherwise it will destroy the effective ingredients.
According to the observation of 46 cases, headache, dizziness, insomnia and other symptoms began to ease after taking the medicine for 3~7 days, and then the blood pressure of 35 cases gradually decreased to normal. After taking 10~30 days, the symptoms of consciousness in other cases were improved to varying degrees. Chrysanthemum porridge: use chrysanthemum and japonica rice to cook porridge, which is waxy and refreshing, can clear the heart and remove troubles, and is pleasing to the eye and dry.
Chrysanthemum cake: mix chrysanthemums into rice pulp and steam them to make cakes, or make cakes with mung bean powder and chrysanthemums, which has the therapeutic effect of cooling and removing fire. Chrysanthemum: Chrysanthemum slices are fried with pork and snake meat or cooked with fish and chicken. The meat is balanced, nourishing but not greasy, and refreshing. Can be used for treating dizziness and wind-heat disorder.
Chrysanthemum soup: use tremella or lotus seeds to cook or steam chrysanthemum into soup, and add a little rock sugar to clear away heat and benefit the five internal organs and treat dizziness. Chrysanthemum paste: decoct fresh chrysanthemum with water, filter and concentrate the medicinal juice, and add refined honey to make paste, which has the effects of dispelling wind, clearing heat and improving eyesight.
Chrysanthemum pillow: Put chrysanthemum petals into the pillow after drying in the shade, which has a good effect on hypertension, dizziness, insomnia and red eyes. Chrysanthemum kneepad: Chrysanthemum and Folium Artemisiae Argyi are mashed into coarse powder and packed into gauze bags to make kneepad, which can dispel wind and remove dampness, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and treat arthritis such as crane knee wind.
Reminder: Most people can eat chrysanthemums, three or five at a time. Patients with hypertension, headache, dizziness, fundus hemorrhage, dry mouth and red eyes are suitable for eating.
It is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
What is the use of chrysanthemums?
Modern pharmacological research shows that the effective components of Chrysanthemum morifolium have inhibitory effects on Gram-positive bacteria, tuberculosis, influenza virus and dermatophytes, and have the functions of lowering blood pressure, dilating coronary artery and enhancing capillary elasticity. It has a good therapeutic effect on hyperlipidemia, hypertension and arteriosclerosis in the elderly. Chrysanthemum is often used as tea and decoction, and there are some special uses:
1. Chrysanthemum Hot Pot: Cook chicken soup or stock in a small silver hot pot, then add sashimi or chicken slices and cook slightly. Finally, add chrysanthemum petals and cook for 2-3 minutes. Chrysanthemum hot pot is fragrant and refreshing, especially delicious, mainly used for dizziness, dry eyes and other symptoms.
2. Chrysanthemum pillow: Every Mid-Autumn Festival, pick large full chrysanthemums, dry them and put them in the pillow. Chrysanthemum pillow smells fragrant, which can not only help people fall asleep, but also keep them awake.
3. Eye-washing prescription: after cleansing with clear water, it can play a role in cleaning and sterilizing; Decocting and fumigation with water is beneficial to promoting local blood circulation and has anti-inflammatory effect.
4. Foot bath prescription: Sangju Sanmiao powder decoction soaks feet, which has the functions of expelling wind, clearing away heat and improving eyesight, relieving itching and overcoming dampness, and is very effective for eye diseases caused by damp-heat fumigation of lower jiao.
Chrysanthemum is a positive plant, which has different requirements for light in different growth and development stages. Adequate sunshine is needed in both vegetative growth and development stages. After the flower buds spread out, the plants stop growing and no longer need enough sunshine, so they can be shaded or semi-shaded. Therefore, it can be moved indoors for a long time, extending the flowering period and viewing time. If cross breeding is needed, sufficient sunshine should be given during and after flowering in order to harvest full seeds. Chrysanthemum likes humid and cool ecological environment, and has certain cold and frost resistance. In hot summer, growth is mostly in a semi-stop state; Beginning of autumn will grow vigorously in the future. At this time, the stems become thicker, the leaves become larger, and flower buds begin to differentiate.
Advantages and disadvantages of drinking chrysanthemum tea
Chrysanthemum tea: it has the function of improving eyesight and clearing liver. Some people simply drink chrysanthemum and medlar together, or use honey chrysanthemum tea to soothe the liver and relieve depression. Cassia seed tea: Cassia seed has the functions of clearing away heat and improving eyesight, nourishing brain marrow, calming the liver and benefiting qi, and benefiting bones and muscles. People with constipation can also drink it after meals, which is very effective in treating constipation. Eucommia ulmoides Tea: Eucommia ulmoides has the function of enriching blood and strengthening bones and muscles, which is very helpful for sedentary, backache and backache.
Health care effect of chrysanthemum tea on eyes
Chrysanthemum has a good effect on treating eye fatigue and blurred vision. People in China have known since ancient times that chrysanthemum has the function of protecting eyes. In addition to smearing eyes can eliminate edema, you can usually drink a cup of chrysanthemum tea, which can make the symptoms of eye fatigue subside. If you drink three or four cups of chrysanthemum tea every day, it will also help to restore your vision.
There are many kinds of chrysanthemums, and people who don't know the doorways will choose chrysanthemums with white flowers and big flowers. In fact, small, ugly and yellow chrysanthemums are the best choice. In fact, chrysanthemum tea does not add other tea leaves, just soak dried chrysanthemums in water or boil them to drink. Hot drinks in winter and iced drinks in summer are all good drinks.
In addition, if your eyes are swollen in the morning, there is another way: apply the tea juice of cotton dipped in chrysanthemum tea around your eyes, which will soon eliminate this edema. [Raw materials] Flos Chrysanthemi Indici 15g, and 20g of rock sugar. 【 Practice 】 Take wild chrysanthemum and brew it with boiling water for 10 minute, then add rock sugar to dissolve it. [Usage] Drink tea twice a day until it is tasteless. 【 Function 】 Clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and improving eyesight. Can be used for preventing and treating nasopharyngeal carcinoma. [Comment] Chrysanthemum indicum is bitter, slightly cold, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and is used to treat toxic carbuncle and scabies. Modern research has proved that it has antibacterial, antiviral and anticancer effects. Add rock sugar, sweet and moist, and the taste is palatable. Drinking cold increases the heat-clearing effect. Chrysanthemum tea is a kind of fragrant tea. The beauty of it is that when your eyes are very tired, you can fumigate your eyes with the hot air of chrysanthemum tea 1 minute, and your eyes will feel very comfortable immediately. it wont hurt you to try it People use computers more and more widely. Although computers bring convenience to people's work, study and life, the imbalance of positive and negative ions in the indoor environment using computers has certain side effects on human health, which will cause autonomic nervous disorder and depression.
However, professional Chinese medicine reminds readers that different herbal teas should be chosen according to different constitutions, and drinking them casually can not only achieve the health care effect, but also sometimes produce side effects. When you get angry, you should distinguish between excess and deficiency, such as Prunella vulgaris and chrysanthemum tea, which have the effects of clearing heat and purging fire, clearing liver and improving eyesight, and both of them have the effect of symptomatic fire extinguishing. However, it should be noted that people with physical weakness should not drink more because of their bitter cold.
What are the benefits of chrysanthemum?
The effect is suitable for people with cold chrysanthemum, qi deficiency and stomach cold, and less diarrhea.
Pungent, sweet and bitter in nature; Slightly cold. Enter lung meridian and liver meridian.
Note: this flower head is toxic to some extent, and it is also true for human beings. But the good news is that although touching chrysanthemums can make people feel a little pain and swelling, doctors will only treat it as a general allergy or inflammation.
Chrysanthemum and wild chrysanthemum are different, and their medicinal properties are very different. Chrysanthemum indicum is slightly toxic, which can cause loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea. This is chrysanthemum, not wild chrysanthemum, which is mainly used to dispel wind and clear heat, calm the liver and improve eyesight.
Used for wind-heat cold, headache, dizziness, red eyes, swelling and pain, blurred vision. Efficacy 1 chrysanthemum hawthorn tea: Take chrysanthemum 10g and add hawthorn and honeysuckle 10g to drink tea, which can remove blood stasis and reduce blood fat, cool and reduce blood pressure, lose weight and keep fit, and is suitable for patients with obesity, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
There are three kinds of scented tea: chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and jasmine. Soaking tea in water can clear away heat and detoxify, and is suitable for preventing and treating wind-heat cold, sore throat and carbuncle. And even if you take it often, it can reduce the fire, and it has the effect of calming your mind and thinking quietly. 3 chrysanthemum honey drink: 50 grams of chrysanthemum, 20 ml of water, simmer for 30 minutes, filter, add appropriate amount of honey, mix well and drink.
Has the effects of nourishing liver, improving eyesight, promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, clearing away heart fire, strengthening brain, and moistening intestine. Chrysanthemum tea made from chrysanthemum tea and fine oolong tea is a necessary tea for office workers who are exposed to electronic pollution every day.
Because this kind of tea has the function of detoxification, it has the function of resisting and eliminating harmful chemicals and radioactive substances accumulated in the body. 4 Take chrysanthemum 10g and tea 3g and brew them together to prevent and treat early hypertension.
5 Take chrysanthemum 10g, mulberry leaf 5g and loquat leaf 5g, grind them into coarse powder, and brew them with boiling water instead of tea, which can prevent autumn bath and is suitable for eating after symptoms such as fever, dry throat, dry mouth and cough caused by autumn dryness invading the lungs. It also has the effects of preventing influenza, meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, mumps and chickenpox.
6 chamomile, its taste is sweet, especially the big white chrysanthemum or small white chrysanthemum produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou, drink with about 3 grams of tea every time. You can also use chrysanthemum and honeysuckle to decoct tea, which has the effects of calming the liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and detoxifying.
After a meal, five or six chrysanthemums can quench thirst and produce saliva. Eight-treasure chrysanthemum tea: honeysuckle 15g, dried tangerine peel 5g, boat-fruited Sterculia 1 piece (unnecessary, because it will cause loss of appetite, vomiting and diarrhea), a little rock sugar, a little hawthorn, 5g organic green tea and two red dates, which can be eaten after soaking in boiling water for 5 minutes, calming the liver and improving eyesight, and clearing away heat and toxic materials (available in supermarkets) 9. Intensive chrysanthemum bath "Chinese and foreign women's beauty"
Boil chrysanthemum water, add a few drops of honey for 20 minutes, and take a bath. It can moisturize and wrinkle.
The flower head of Chrysanthemum morifolium, a compositae herb, has therapeutic value. Also known as chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, chamomile, chrysanthemum, stevia, medicinal chrysanthemum.
Widely cultivated in central, eastern and southwestern China. Huai Ju produced in Henan, Chu Ju or Bo Ju produced in Anhui, Hang Ju produced in Zhejiang and Chuan Ju produced in Sichuan.
Harvest in autumn when flowers bloom, dry in the sun or evaporate; Fresh products are also acceptable. 【 Description 】 It tastes slightly pungent, bitter and slightly cold.
It can disperse wind and heat, clear liver, improve eyesight, calm liver yang and detoxify. [Reference] Contains inulin, adenine, amino acids, stachydrine, choline, flavonoids, vitamin A-like substances and vitamin B1; Contains volatile oil, mainly pyrethrone, borneol, bornyl acetate, etc.
Has sedative and antipyretic effects. It has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus B, Shigella, Typhoid Bacillus, Paratyphoid Bacillus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, human tuberculosis and influenza virus.
It can obviously dilate coronary artery and increase blood flow. Can enhance the resistance of capillaries.
Chrysanthemum glycoside has antihypertensive effect. [Usage] Used for treating common cold, wind-heat, fever and dizziness; There is heat in the liver meridian; Red eyes and tears, or liver and kidney yin deficiency, blurred vision; Hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness and headache; Pain and swelling.
Modern is also used for coronary heart disease and hypertension. [Usage] Make tea, decoct soup, soak in wine, or take pills or powder.
[Attachment] 1, Sangju mint tea: chrysanthemum 6g, mint 9g, honeysuckle 10g, mulberry leaf 10g, soaked in boiling water instead of tea. This prescription uses chrysanthemum, mulberry leaves and mint to dispel wind and clear heat, clear heat and benefit brain, and honeysuckle clears heat and detoxifies.
Used for colds, fever, dizziness, red eyes and sore throat. 2. Chrysanthemum cassia seed tea: Chrysanthemum 10g, fried cassia seed 12g.
Soak in boiling water. The compatibility of chrysanthemum and cassia seed has good effects of clearing liver, improving eyesight, calming liver and suppressing yang.
For liver heat, red eyes, shame, tears, dizziness; Or hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness. 3. Ju Jing Pill: Chrysanthemum120g, Lycium barbarum 90g, Cistanche deserticola 60g and Morinda officinalis 30g.
Grinding into fine powder, refining honey into pills, 6g each time, and taking with warm water. From Hutchison Fang Ju.
Lycium barbarum is an important medicine for nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, while Cistanche deserticola and Morinda officinalis can nourish liver and kidney essence blood, which can be seen when injected into the eyes and help to improve eyesight; Chrysanthemum and medlar are used together, which has the effect of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. Used for liver and kidney deficiency and blurred eyes.
4. Mulberry hawthorn tea: chrysanthemum 5g, honeysuckle 5g, hawthorn 5g, mulberry leaf 10g. 3~4 times, each time soaked in boiling water, without tea.
This prescription uses mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum and honeysuckle to clear away heat and calm the liver, and hawthorn to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; Mulberry leaves, chrysanthemum and hawthorn can lower blood pressure, chrysanthemum and hawthorn can dilate coronary artery and increase blood flow, and hawthorn and honeysuckle can lower serum cholesterol. Can be used for treating coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis with liver fever.
5. Chrysanthemum and licorice soup: chrysanthemum 120g, licorice 12g. Decoct in water for 3-4 time.
Originated from ten techniques. This recipe uses chrysanthemum and licorice to clear heat and detoxify, so it is used in a large amount for fear that the efficacy is not enough.
Used for furuncle swelling and pain. Health care chrysanthemum not only has ornamental value, but also has excellent dual-purpose of medicine and food, and has good health care function.
● Chrysanthemum wine: It is brewed with chrysanthemum as raw material and glutinous rice and distiller's yeast. It was called "longevity wine" in ancient times. Its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing liver and improving eyesight, strengthening brain and delaying aging. ● Chrysanthemum porridge: Boil chrysanthemum and japonica rice together to make porridge, which is fresh and refreshing, can clear the heart, remove annoyance, be pleasing to the eye, and eliminate dryness.
● Chrysanthemum tea: Tea made of chrysanthemum, with a fragrant smell, can relieve summer heat, promote fluid production, dispel wind, moisten throat, nourish eyes and relieve hangover. ● Chrysanthemum cake: Mix chrysanthemums into rice pulp and steam them to make cakes, or make cakes with mung bean powder and chrysanthemums, which has the therapeutic effect of cooling and removing fire.
● Chrysanthemum: "Chrysanthemum Sliced Meat" is fried with chrysanthemum and pork and snake meat or cooked with fish and chicken. Excellent meat, nourishing but not greasy, refreshing, can be used to disturb dizziness, wind and heat.
What are the benefits of chrysanthemum tea?
Computer people should always drink chrysanthemum tea.
Many people like to drink chrysanthemum tea, especially office workers who often use computers. Chrysanthemum tea is really good for eye care.
If you drink too much water before going to bed, your eyes will swell like pandas when you get up the next morning. There is a folk method: dip cotton candy in the tea juice of chrysanthemum tea and apply it around your eyes, which will soon eliminate this edema.
Chrysanthemum has a good effect on treating eye fatigue and blurred vision. People in China have known since ancient times that chrysanthemum has the function of protecting eyes. In addition to smearing eyes can eliminate edema, you can usually drink a cup of chrysanthemum tea, which can make the symptoms of eye fatigue subside. If you drink three or four cups of chrysanthemum tea every day, it will also help to restore your vision.
There are many kinds of chrysanthemums, and people who don't know the doorways will choose chrysanthemums with white flowers and big flowers. In fact, small, ugly and yellow chrysanthemums are the best choice. In fact, chrysanthemum tea does not add other tea leaves, just soak dried chrysanthemums in water or boil them to drink. Hot drinks in winter and iced drinks in summer are all good drinks.
When soaking chrysanthemum tea, it is best to use a transparent glass, put four or five capsules at a time, and then brew with boiling water. If there are many people drinking, you can use a transparent teapot, put a handful at a time, soak in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, and then pour the tea into everyone's transparent glass. When drinking chrysanthemum tea, you can put a few crystal sugar in the cup to make it sweeter. Chrysanthemum tea has a certain curative effect on dry mouth, intense fire and astringent eyes, or limb pain and numbness caused by pathogenic wind, cold and dampness. Healthy people can also drink boiled water as boiled water. Every time you drink, don't drink it all at once. Save the third cup of tea, add new tea, soak for a while, and then drink. Chrysanthemum tea is widely loved by people for its efficacy. Modern science has been able to extract the effective components from chrysanthemum and make it into drinks such as chrysanthemum crystal and chrysanthemum cola, which is more convenient and saves time for people who like to drink quickly. Chrysanthemum tea is a kind of tea drink suitable for all ages.
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Beneficial! Healthy people can generally drink it as boiled water.
When soaking chrysanthemum tea, it is best to use a transparent glass, put four or five capsules at a time, and then brew with boiling water.
If there are many people drinking, you can use a transparent teapot, put a handful at a time, soak in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, and then pour the tea into everyone's transparent glass.
When drinking chrysanthemum tea, you can put a few crystal sugar in the cup to make it sweeter.
Chrysanthemum tea has a certain curative effect on dry mouth, intense fire and astringent eyes, or limb pain and numbness caused by pathogenic wind, cold and dampness.
Every time you drink, don't drink it all at once. Save the third cup of tea, add new tea, soak for a while, and then drink.
Chrysanthemum tea is widely loved by people because of its medicinal effects. Chrysanthemum tea is a kind of tea drink suitable for all ages.
What does chrysanthemum do?
Chrysanthemum morifolium is a perennial herb of Compositae, and it is one of the commonly used Chinese herbal medicines, mainly used for medicinal purposes of flower heads. According to ancient records, chrysanthemum is sweet, bitter and slightly cold; There are two kinds of chrysanthemums: wild chrysanthemums and domestic chrysanthemums. Among them, domestic chrysanthemum can clear liver and improve eyesight, and wild chrysanthemum can dispel poison and disperse fire. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also recorded in detail the efficacy of chrysanthemum tea: sweet in nature and cold in nature, with the effects of dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight. According to Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, chrysanthemum tea can "cure dizziness, swelling and pain, drowsiness, dead skin, aversion to rheumatism, joint pain, benefit qi for a long time, be intellectual and hardworking, and prolong life."
Modern medical research has also confirmed that chrysanthemum has the functions of lowering blood pressure, eliminating cancer cells, dilating coronary arteries and inhibiting bacteria. Long-term drinking can increase calcium, regulate myocardial function and reduce cholesterol, which is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and prevent epidemic conjunctivitis. It also has a good effect on dry eye caused by excessive liver fire and excessive eye use. At the same time, chrysanthemum tea also has a certain effect of relaxing nerves and relieving headaches.
Traditional Chinese medicine is mainly used to treat diseases such as red eyes, sore throat, tinnitus, wind-heat cold, headache, hypertension and ulcers. If eaten for a long time, it also has the effects of "benefiting blood, improving intelligence and prolonging life".
Chrysanthemum tea has a certain curative effect on dry mouth, intense fire and astringent eyes, or limb pain and numbness caused by pathogenic wind, cold and dampness.