Wild chrysanthemums
Wild chrysanthemums are derived from the dried head-shaped inflorescence of the plant Asteraceae, Chrysanthemum indicum L.
Flowers are picked in autumn and winter when they first bloom, dried in the sun or steamed and dried.
Texts
"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Cure carbuncles, boils, fistulas, eye breath."
"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Snake bites, plum sores, pemphigus."
"Classification of herbalism": "Root, detoxification." The leader of the treatment is dizzy, the man is drowsy, and the woman has a white belt. ”
"Lu Chuan Materia Medica": "Clear heat and detoxify." Cures fever headache, red eyes, dysentery. ”
Identify the gist
(1) It is spherical in shape, with a diameter of 0.3 to 1 cm.
(2) Tongue-shaped flowers 1 round, yellow to brownish yellow, wrinkled and curled, most of the tubular flowers in the center, dark yellow; total bracts gray-green, 4 to 5 layers, marginal membranous.
(3) Aromatic and bitter taste.
Traditional experience holds that flowers are intact and yellow in color, and it is preferable to have no sessile.
Directions for consumption
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wild chrysanthemums taste bitter, spicy, and slightly cold; they belong to the liver and heart meridians. It has the effect of clearing heat, detoxification, diarrhea and leveling liver. It has a good effect on boils and carbuncles, red eyes, swelling and pain, headache and dizziness.
1. Wild chrysanthemum tea one
【Recipe】 Wild chrysanthemum flowers 15 g, rock sugar 20 g.
【Preparation】After brewing wild chrysanthemums in boiling water for 10 minutes, add rock sugar and melt.
【Function】Clear heat, detoxify, cool blood and eyes.
2. Wild Chrysanthemum Tea II
【Recipe】 Wild chrysanthemum flower, grass cassia 15 grams each.
【Usage】Soak wild chrysanthemum flowers and grass cassia in water for tea
【Function】Clear heat and calm the liver. Suitable for patients with hepatic fever type hypertension.
Contraindicated
Pregnant women and people with cold constitution should not use it.
Specially pronounced
Non-clinical practitioners should not use the drug without authorization to avoid adverse consequences. Patients must take medication under the guidance of a clinician.
Text/Xu Chuangeng
Source/WeChat public account "China Medical Science and Technology Press"