Chrysanthemum has long been known as the "four gentlemen in flowers", which can not only be soaked in water for drinking, but also has strong ornamental value. A cup of "elegant and pleasant" chrysanthemum tea is also quite healthy.

1. Dispelling wind and dissipating heat: Chrysanthemum is pungent, sweet and bitter, slightly cold in nature, and belongs to lung and liver meridians. Chinese medicine believes that chrysanthemum has the functions of clearing liver and improving eyesight, dispersing wind and dissipating heat, and can relieve some symptoms such as sore throat, cough, yellow phlegm and dry mouth caused by wind-heat cold.

2. Clearing liver and improving eyesight: Chrysanthemum enters the liver meridian, which can nourish the liver, calm liver yang and clear liver heat. Clearing the liver is a name. For some friends who are overworked and tired, it is also good to soak a cup of chrysanthemum tea at ordinary times.

3. Lowering blood fat: Chrysanthemum contains progesterone, which can lower blood cholesterol, lower blood fat and dilate coronary arteries. Chrysanthemum can also increase capillary resistance, which is helpful for some cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis and hypertension.

4. Antibacterial and antiviral: Chrysanthemum tea can inhibit the activity of Gram-positive bacteria and bacilli, especially Staphylococcus aureus, and can also inhibit measles virus, polio virus, herpes simplex virus and other viruses.

Chrysanthemum can also be used as medicine. According to Chinese medicine, chrysanthemum is bitter and sweet in taste and slightly cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing away heat, killing bacteria and diminishing inflammation, dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and preventing and treating cancer. In life, we can naturally reap these benefits by making tea with chrysanthemums.

The common chrysanthemums can be divided into "Boju", "Gongju", "Hangju", "Chuju" and "Huaiju" according to the origin and processing methods, and they can be divided into Huang Ju and Baiju according to the color. Although they are all chrysanthemums, their effects are not exactly the same. Let me introduce the different effects of Baiju and Huang Ju with tomato sauce again:

Huang Ju is mainly used for evacuation, purging diarrhea and clearing heat (prevention and treatment of wind-heat cold). If you get angry or have an oral ulcer, it's very suitable to soak Huang Ju in water, which can clear away heat and reduce fire. At present, the hot golden chrysanthemum on the market belongs to a kind of Huang Ju.

Although chrysanthemum has many benefits, can everyone drink it? Is the more the better? Actually, it's not. Ketchup tells you here that the following five special groups are taboo:

1. Elderly people: Many people think that chrysanthemum tea can lower blood pressure and cholesterol, which is suitable for the elderly to drink, but in fact, because the spleen and stomach function of the elderly is relatively poor, if you drink chrysanthemum tea frequently, it will do great harm to the spleen and stomach of the elderly. If the digestive function of the elderly is better, it is still beneficial to drink some chrysanthemum tea in moderation.

2. Baby: Chrysanthemum tea is cool. If you drink chrysanthemum tea often, it will be harmful to the growth and development of children.

3. Pregnant women. The immunity of pregnant women is lower than that of normal people, and the function of spleen and stomach is much weaker than that of normal people. Chrysanthemum tea is cold. Although it can remove fire, it may also cause diarrhea and abdominal pain, so it is recommended that pregnant women drink as little as possible and control the amount of drinking.

4. Cold constitution. Chrysanthemum is cold, so people with cold constitution had better not drink chrysanthemum tea, which is easy to aggravate their illness, especially those with low immunity, weak spleen and stomach, and cold limbs. Chrysanthemum tea should never be touched.

5, allergic constitution. Chrysanthemum tea contains many allergens, so it is best for some people who are allergic to chrysanthemum tea.

1. Do not cook with chicken and pork, nor eat with celery.

3. Don't drink chrysanthemum tea overnight, because the flavonoids in chrysanthemum are unstable and easy to deteriorate after being put aside for a long time, which will make the nutritional value decline.

3. Chrysanthemum is cool, spleen and stomach are deficient in cold, and diarrhea is easy. People with chronic conjunctivitis and yang deficiency should not drink chrysanthemum tea.