Description
Chrysanthemum
extract
Botanical name: Chrysanthemum
morifolium Ramat.
Specification:*0:1
Traditional uses:
1. Used for common colds due to
pathogenic wind-heat, fever and headache:
Chrysanthemum is so light as to
reach the superficies easily, so refreshing as to float up and
slightly cold with the ability to clear heat and it is good at
dispelling pathogenic wind-heat, so it is often used together with
mulberry leaves, weeping forsythia fruit (Fructus Forsythiae),
peppermint, balloon flower root (Radix Platycodi), etc., e.g., Sang
Ju Yin, for the treatment of such ailments as common colds due to
pathogenic wind-heat, initial attacks of febrile diseases, invasion
of warm pathogens into the lungs, fever, headache and
coughs.
Or, use chrysanthemum and
mulberry leaves (dry or fresh) in equal amount, infuse with boiling
water and use as tea.
2. Used for conjunctivitis
(inflammation of the conjunctiva) with blurring of
vision:
Chrysanthemum is good at
dispelling wind, clearing heat, purging the liver with pathogenic
fire, replenishing yin and improving eyesight, so it can largely be
used together with mulberry leaves, sickle senna seed (Semen
Cassiae), rough gentian root (Radix Gentainae), etc., for the
treatment of conjunctivitis due to pathogenic wind-heat in the
liver channel or upward attacks of liver-fire in order to jointly
achieve the effects of dispelling wind, removing heat from the
liver and improving eyesight; often used in combination with
Chinese wolfberries (Fructus Lycii), prepared rehmannia, shelled
medicinal cornel fruit (Fructus Corni), etc., e.g., Qiju Dihuang
Wan, for the treatment of deficiency of the liver and kidneys and
blurring of vision in order to jointly achieve the effects of
nourishing the liver and kidneys, replenishing yin and improving
eyesight.
3. Used for dizziness and
convulsions:
Being cold in nature and
entering the liver channel, chrysanthemum can clear heat from and
calm the liver, so it can be used together with abalone shell,
pearl shell, ox-knee root (Radix Achyranthis bidentatae), etc., for
the treatment of headache and dizziness due to hyperactivity of
liver-yang; used in combination with antelope horn, hooked uncaria
(Ramulus Uncariae cum uncis), herbaceous peony root (Radix Paeoniae
Alba), etc., e.g., Lingjiao Gouteng Tang, for the treatment of
spasms, convulsions and excess syndromes of the liver. One could
also use *0 g dry chrysanthemum flower and immerse in Drink daily
as one likes.
4. Used for furuncles (skin
infection) and pyogenic (having pus) infections:
Being sweet, cold and
yin-replenishing, chrysanthemum clears heat and removes toxic
substances and it is especially good at removing furunculosis, so
it can be used in combination with honeysuckle flower (Flos
Lonicerae) and fresh licorice, e.g., Gan Ju Tang, for the treatment
of furuncles and pyogenic infections.
5. For
hypertension:
Take chrysanthemum and green
tea, each 3 g to make tea infusion with boiling water as one would
tea. This may be applied on a daily basis for a long
period.
