Chrysanthemum Flower

Overview

Aliases

Chrysanthemum Flower, Sweet Chrysanthemum, Medicinal Chrysanthemum

Nature and Flavor

Slightly Cold, Acrid, Sweet, Bitter

What's Inside

Ingredients

The flowers and stems contain volatile oils, chrysanthemoside, adenine, and choline. The volatile oil of Qiju (from Anguo, Hebei) contains borneol, camphor, and chrysanthenone. Flavonoids include luteolin, apigenin, apigenin-7-glucoside, along with organic acids and amino acids.

Therapeutic Effects

The decoction significantly dilates coronary arteries, increases coronary blood flow, and raises myocardial oxygen consumption. It has antipyretic, antihypertensive, and anti-inflammatory effects and inhibits influenza virus, leptospira, and various pathogenic bacteria.

Precautions

Use sparingly in cases of qi deficiency with cold stomach, poor appetite, and diarrhea

NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.