What are the effects of chrysanthemum tea

Chrysanthemum is a persistent herbaceous plant. Every year, after the frost, the flowers die and the above-ground parts wither. There are many varieties of chrysanthemum, but the variety that is often used as tea is Hangbai chrysanthemum. What are the effects and functions of chrysanthemum tea? Let's learn more about it.

Dispersing wind-heat

Chrysanthemum tea disperses wind-heat, clears the liver and brightens the eyes. Chrysanthemum is sweet, bitter, slightly cold, sweet but not greasy, bitter but not dry, is a good treatment for external wind-heat, red eyes, swelling and pain, evacuate wind-heat.

Nourish the liver and brighten the eyes

According to Chinese medicine, chrysanthemum enters the liver meridian, its taste is sweet and bitter, and its nature is calm, with the effect of clearing heat and dispelling wind, calming the liver and brightening the eyes. Before and after Qingming, you can drink chrysanthemum tea, which can effectively clear liver fire, calm liver yang, dispel liver wind, and has a certain effect on relieving the discomfort of windy eyes, excessive mucus, blurred vision, and headaches and dizziness caused by hyperactive liver yang.

Clearing heat and detoxifying

Chrysanthemum tea is cold in nature and has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, expelling evil and lowering fire. Drinking it in summer can effectively clear heat and eliminate summer heat, so chrysanthemum tea is suitable for people with summer heat, wind-cold headache and low heat.

Eliminate fatigue

Chrysanthemum tea has a light fragrance and its unique aroma can relieve fatigue and relax the body and mind. Long-term consumption of chrysanthemum tea has a certain effect of relaxing the nerves and relieving headaches, and it is effective for eye fatigue and blurred vision.

Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease

Research has found that chrysanthemum can sedate, lower blood pressure, dilate coronary arteries, increase coronary artery blood flow, coronary heart disease, hypertension and atherosclerosis has a good therapeutic effect.

Anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory

Drinking chrysanthemum tea can also effectively dilute the germs, reduce their content through metabolism, and the active ingredient flavonoids in chrysanthemum tea has a strong bactericidal effect on heat sores, redness, swelling and heat pain; therefore, chrysanthemum tea also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Delay aging

Chrysanthemum is a nerve-strengthening agent, can enhance the resistance of the capillary blood vessels, the ancients called "dyeing the mustache hair so that black", is a kind of anti-aging, strong physical medicine and food dual-use products.

Chrysanthemum tea drinking contraindications

1. cold people should not drink chrysanthemum tea: chrysanthemum is cold, cold people drink aggravate laryngitis. 2. Yang deficiency body should not drink chrysanthemum tea: Yang deficiency body is afraid of cold, weak, weak spleen and stomach, low immunity, chrysanthemum tea is cold, will only aggravate its symptoms, which is not good for health. 3. People with low blood pressure should not drink chrysanthemum tea: flower tea is generally a bit of a hypotensive effect, if low blood pressure drink chrysanthemum tea, there may be dizziness and blurred vision, the use of low blood pressure can not drink chrysanthemum tea. 4. pregnant women should not drink chrysanthemum tea: chrysanthemum tea is cold, sweet, has a very good effect of removing fire, but pregnant women have low immunity, the spleen and stomach is weak, consumption of chrysanthemum tea is easy to stimulate the stomach, causing belly pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, is not conducive to the healthy growth of the fetus.