Effects

1Chrysanthemum is a perennial herb in the family of Asteraceae, and is one of the commonly used traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, which is mainly used in the head for medicinal purposes. According to ancient records, chrysanthemum taste sweet and bitter, slightly cold in nature; it has the effect of dispersing wind and clearing heat, clearing the liver and eyesight and detoxifying and anti-inflammatory. It is effective in treating dry mouth, fire, astigmatism, or pain and numbness of limbs caused by wind, cold and dampness. Mainly used in treating colds, wind-heat and headache diseases. It is effective against vertigo, headache and tinnitus.

2 Chrysanthemum has wild chrysanthemum and family chrysanthemum, of which family chrysanthemum clears the liver and eyesight, wild chrysanthemum removes toxins and disperses fire, sweet, bitter and slightly cold, clearing away heat and detoxification, and is effective in eye strain, headache, high blood pressure and so on. The efficacy of chrysanthemum tea is also well documented in the Compendium of Materia Medica: it is sweet and slightly cold in nature, dispersing wind-heat, calming the liver and brightening the eyes. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica believes that white chrysanthemum tea can be used "to treat all kinds of wind and dizziness, swelling and pain, the eyes wanting to come off, dead skin and muscle, evil wind and dampness paralysis, and for a long time to serve to benefit the qi, and to lighten the body, to endure hard work and prolong the years."

3 Chrysanthemum has the effect of lowering blood pressure, eliminating cancer cells, expanding coronary arteries and inhibiting bacteria, long-term consumption can increase the body's calcium, regulate the function of the heart muscle, reduce cholesterol, suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and the prevention of epidemic conjunctivitis when drinking. It is also effective in treating dryness of eyes caused by liver fire and overuse of eyes. At the same time, chrysanthemum tea has a strong aroma, refreshes the mind, also has a certain relaxation of the nerves, soothing headache effect.　　

4The Chinese medicine is used to treat eye redness, sore throat, tinnitus, wind-heat colds, headaches, high blood pressure, sores and other diseases. If you eat for a long time, there is also a "good blood, light body, prolong life" effect.

5Modern clinical medicine has also proved that chrysanthemum can expand the coronary artery, increase blood flow, reduce blood pressure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, serum cholesterol is too high have very good therapeutic effect.

6 Chrysanthemum has good curative effect on treating eye fatigue and blurred vision.

7 drink too much water before going to bed, the next morning get up eyes will be puffy like a panda, folk have a method: with cotton dipped in chrysanthemum tea tea, coated in the eyes around, will soon be able to eliminate this puffy phenomenon. In addition to the usual can also make a cup of chrysanthemum tea to drink, can make the symptoms of eye fatigue subside, if you drink three to four cups of chrysanthemum tea every day, on the restoration of eyesight is also helpful.

Methods of consumption

1 fragrant chrysanthemum is suitable for tea drinking, 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 on four or five grains each time, and then use boiling water to brew it, when the water is seven or eight percent hot, you can see the tea gradually brewed into a slight yellow color. Chrysanthemum tea has a strong aroma, refreshes the mind, and has the role of wind clearing heat, liver and eyesight, lowering blood pressure and pulse. When you get up early, use a cotton pad dipped in chrysanthemum tea juice to gently compress the eye area, more can eliminate dark circles. Chrysanthemum is also suitable for drinking with a variety of flowers and tea, the effect is more significant, such as the following kinds of chrysanthemum tea drink.

2Chrysanthemum is used to make wine, which has been popular as early as the Han and Wei Dynasties. Chrysanthemum wine is cool and sweet, and is a good product for strengthening the body and benefiting life. From the medical point of view, chrysanthemum wine can brighten the eyes, cure dizziness, lower blood pressure, have the effect of losing weight, lightening the body, tonifying the liver and qi, settling the stomach and intestines, and benefiting the blood.?

3 Chrysanthemum cake has more cold fragrance and calmness of chrysanthemum than general pastries, and it is beautiful in appearance. This cake is sweet, soft and fluffy, melting in the mouth, fragrant on the teeth and cheeks, and it has the function of refreshing and removing the fire, so it is particularly popular. There are many ways to make chrysanthemum cake, and here is the simplest one for you.

Precautions

People who often have stomach pain, often stomach pain, Chinese medicine is called the spleen and stomach cold, the middle jiao cold, for this kind of patients wild chrysanthemum can not be used, in short, there is no heat phenomenon, especially if there is a phenomenon of cold, do not use.