Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a custom of drinking chrysanthemum wine on the Double Ninth Festival. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica records: "Chrysanthemum clothes are intellectual fit and anti-aging". "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a record of "chrysanthemum as a pillow to improve eyesight". According to the traditional Chinese medicine experience, white chrysanthemum is good at calming the liver and improving eyesight, and Huang Juhua is mostly used to dispel wind and clear ripe. Therefore, chrysanthemum is used for eyesight improvement and chrysanthemum is used for heart-warming cooking.

Huai chrysanthemum