The efficacy and medicinal value of chrysanthemum

Mountain chrysanthemum, also known as roadside chrysanthemum or wild chrysanthemum, is a perennial wild herb that mostly grows in wild wastelands. It blooms yellow flowers in summer and autumn. After being harvested, it can be used as medicine or directly used to make tea. It has excellent health-promoting effects. So what are the effects of mountain chrysanthemum? Today, the editor will take you to learn about it.

The efficacy of chrysanthemum

1. Medicinal value of chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum can be used as medicine. People collect its inflorescence and dry it before using it as medicine. It is cold in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, can enter the liver meridian and liver meridian, and its main effects are dispelling wind and heat, reducing swelling and detoxifying. It can be used for the treatment and prevention of many common diseases such as human colds, pneumonia, hypertension, and mouth ulcers, with particularly obvious effects.

2. Chrysanthemum can treat skin eczema

Mountain chrysanthemum can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also remove dampness and toxins in the body. It has a good therapeutic effect on human eczema. In normal treatment, you can take 30 grams each of bitter ginseng, mountain chrysanthemum and Dictamni, and then take 15 grams each of Phellodendron chinense and Cnidium monnieri, decoct the juice together, and then directly wash the area with eczema. If itching occurs on the skin all over the body, you can take a bath directly with the decocted juice, which can also have a good antipruritic effect.

3. Chrysanthemum can cure sore throat

Mountain chrysanthemum has a very good therapeutic effect on human sore throat, and can quickly reduce swelling and relieve pain. In daily treatment, you can boil 15 grams of mountain chrysanthemum, dandelion and Viola yedoensis together with 10 grams of Forsythia suspensa into a decoction and take it once a day. After three to five days of continuous use, the symptoms of sore throat can be significantly alleviated. In addition, the decocted medicine can be used as a gargle to treat human mouth and tongue ulcers.