Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua 菊花
Ju Hua (TCM)
Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua
Ben Cao Yuan Shi, 1612 (Welcome)
Hortus sempervirens, Kerner, 1824
Chrysanthemum flower (Adam, 2016)
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Botanical name:
Chrysanthemum morifolium (syn. C. sinense, C. horotrum, Anthemis artemisifolia A. grandiflora, A. stipulacea)
Parts used:
Flower
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter (younger buds are sweeter, older buds are more bitter)
Classifications:
Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Promotes Sweat:
-Fever, Headache in cold or Flu
-a good cooling drink to be taken in hot weather and hot constitutions
2. Clears Liver Heat, Clears the Eyes:
-red, swollen, itchy, dry or painful eyes from acute wind-heat or Liver heat
-floaters, blurry vision, dizziness
-a good tea for people with Liver Heat
3. Calms Liver, Stops Wind:
-headache, dizziness, tinnitus
-childhood convulsions
4. Resists Poison:
-toxic Sores and Swellings
Dose:
Decoction: 3–9 grams
Infusion; a teaspoonful can be added to a cup as an infusion, often combined with Goji berry (Gou Qi Zi)
Comment:
Main Combinations:
1. Wind-Heat Cold or beginning of Fever:
i. Fever, Chills, Headache, Sore Eyes, Itchy Throat, Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
ii. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
2. Acute Headache from Wind-Heat, Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
3. Sore, Red Eyes, Blurry Vision:
i. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
ii. in chronic cases, or in the aged (those with Kidney weakness), Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
4. Liver Heat and Wind type Headache or Dizziness:
i. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
ii. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
5. Hypertension, High Cholesterol:
i. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
ii. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
Sang Ju Yin
Long Dan Bi Yuan Fang
Cautions:
Generally Safe.
1. Avoid full doses with Coldness of the Stomach and Diarrhea
2. Traditionally it is said that Coptis Huang Lian and Platycladus Bai Zi Ren ‘antagonize’ Chrysanthemum Ju Hua, meaning they are not compatible.
