Chrysanthemum color: Gongju is white with a slight yellow color. White chrysanthemum and Gongju are similar. Both of them clear away heat and remove fire. However, Hangju is more focused on calming the liver and improving eyesight, mainly removing liver fire, while Gongju clears lung fire. Generally, Hangju is used more as medicine. It is also related to treatment. If you want to clear lung heat, use Gongju, otherwise use Hangju.

Hangju, tribute chrysanthemum and wild chrysanthemum cannot be confused

In fact, the two are not the same plant, and their functions and indications are also different, so they cannot be confused. Chrysanthemums and wild chrysanthemums are closely related plants of the same genus. Their difference is that wild chrysanthemums grow in different environments. Both chrysanthemums are cultivated. Wild chrysanthemums are wild and mostly grow on roadsides, hills, wastelands, hillsides, etc.

Wild chrysanthemum has a bitter, pungent and slightly cold nature and taste. It returns to the liver and heart meridian. Its main function is to clear away heat and detoxify. Mainly used to treat carbuncles, sores, red eyes, scrofula, pemphigus, eczema, etc. Since chrysanthemum has the power of clearing away heat and detoxifying, it is good at treating all kinds of boils and carbuncles. In addition, wild chrysanthemum, like chrysanthemum, also has anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antihypertensive, and lipid-lowering effects.

To put it simply, of the three types of chrysanthemums, Hangzhou chrysanthemum tends to clear the liver and improve eyesight, Gongju tends to clear the lungs and remove fire, and wild chrysanthemum tends to reduce inflammation and detoxify.

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