Can the soaked chrysanthemum be eaten?

You'd better not eat it. Chlorogenic acid contained in chrysanthemum soaked for a long time will oxidize and turn green in the air. If the temperature is high in summer, tea leaves are prone to rancidity and taste bad. It is best not to drink or eat the soaked chrysanthemum, which will cause diarrhea, greatly reduce the vitamin C content and reduce the nutritional value.

Chrysanthemum is mainly used for clearing away heat and toxic materials in traditional Chinese medicine, which is helpful to treat sore throat, skin infection, intestinal infection and respiratory infection. It is an antibacterial drug in traditional Chinese medicine. Making tea with chrysanthemum can play an antibacterial role, such as sore throat and cough.

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White chrysanthemum produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou is the best choice for making tea. When soaking chrysanthemum tea, it is best to put four or five capsules in a transparent glass at a time, and then brew with boiling water for 2-3 minutes. When the water is 70% to 80% hot, you can see that the tea leaves gradually turn yellow. 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.

When drinking chrysanthemum tea, you can put a few crystal sugar in the cup to make it sweeter. 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.

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