White chrysanthemum taste sweet, calm the liver and good effect, if the eyes dry discomfort can choose, but the ability to clear heat is slightly worse.

Yellow chrysanthemum flavor is slightly bitter, heat-clearing ability, often used to dissipate wind heat, if the fire, mouth ulcers, use it to soak water can defeat the fire. Wild chrysanthemum is effective in preventing and treating brain flu, influenza, and snake bites, so these chrysanthemums should not be confused or substituted for each other in their use.

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There are many ways to drink chrysanthemum tea. The fragrant chrysanthemum is suitable for tea, and the white chrysanthemum produced in Suzhou and Hangzhou is the best choice.

When drinking chrysanthemum tea, it is best to use a transparent glass cup, put four or five grains each time, and then use boiling water to brew for 2-3 minutes. When the water is seventy-eight percent hot, you can see the tea gradually brewed into a yellowish color.

Each time you drink it, don't drink it all at once, leave one-third of the cup of tea, add the new tea and steep it for a few moments, and then drink it again. When drinking chrysanthemum tea, you can put a few icing sugar in the tea cup, so that the taste is more sweet.

Chrysanthemum tea in fact do not add other tea, only the dried chrysanthemum water or boiled to drink can be, hot in winter, summer iced drink is a very good drink.

Physical and chemical analysis shows that chrysanthemum contains volatile oil, chrysanthemum glycosides, adenine, amino acids, choline, salicin, cork alkaloids, flavonoids, chrysanthemum pigment, vitamins, trace elements and other substances, can be antipathogens, and enhance the resistance of the capillaries;

Flavonoids have been proved to be strong on the removal of free radicals, and in the antioxidant and anti-aging, and so on. It has been shown to be effective in antioxidant and anti-aging.

From a nutritional point of view, the essence of the plant lies in the flowers and fruits. Chrysanthemum petals contain 17 kinds of amino acids, including glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline and other high content. In addition, it is also rich in vitamins and trace elements such as iron, zinc, copper and selenium, and thus has a role that general fruits and vegetables cannot match.

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