The efficacy and effects of chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum is a common Chinese medicine in daily life, its taste is sweet, bitter, line slightly cold, has the ability to dredge wind, clear heat, brighten eyes, detoxification, and tribute chrysanthemum is a kind of chrysanthemum, mainly produced in Huangshan Mountain, because in ancient times as a tribute first to the emperor, so called tribute chrysanthemum. Its efficacy and function is consistent with the chrysanthemum medicinal chrysanthemum.

Dissipate wind and heat

It has the effect of dispersing wind-heat in the lung meridian, but the power of dispersing surface evil is not strong. It is often used to treat wind-heat colds, or fever, headache, cough and other symptoms caused by the warming of the lung at the beginning of a warming illness.

Suppressing liver yang

This product is cold in nature and enters the liver meridian. It can clear liver heat and calm liver yang, and is often used to treat symptoms of hyperactivity of liver yang, headache and vertigo. It can be used together with other herbs to calm the liver and subdue yang, clear liver heat and quench liver wind; it can be combined with other herbs to treat heat in the liver meridian and heat that moves wind.

Clearing the liver and brightening the eyes

This product is pungent and bitter, slightly cold and clearing heat, and enters the liver meridian. It can not only dispel wind-heat in the liver meridian, but also clear liver heat to brighten the eyes. It can be used in combination with other herbs to treat redness and swelling of the eyes caused by wind-heat in the liver meridian and upward attack of liver fire. If there is a deficiency of essence and blood in the liver and kidney, the eyes are not nourished, the eyes are dizzy, and the vision is unclear, it can also be combined with other herbs to nourish the liver and kidney and benefit the yin and brighten the eyes.

Clearing heat and removing toxins

It can be used to treat sores, canker sores, swelling and poisoning, and can be used in combination with other herbs. It can be used in combination with other herbs to treat sores, carbuncles and swellings. However, because of its weaker effect in clearing heat and detoxifying toxins than wild chrysanthemum, this product is not usually chosen.

Anti-tumor

Chrysanthemum has certain anti-tumor effects. Through experimental extraction of chrysanthemum components, it was found that the progesterone substances extracted from it contain lignan and apigenin, which are the main anti-tumor components. Lignan can inhibit the movement and invasion of ovarian cancer cells; apigenin can inhibit the phosphorylation of retinoblastoma (RB) protein to cause G1 phase block, and also activate cell cycle-dependent protein kinase 1 to affect the activity of CDK, thus causing G2/M phase block.

Anti-oxidative aging

Experimental studies have shown that progesterone compounds in chrysanthemum have the ability to scavenge free radicals (OH.O2) and have strong antioxidant activity, and the antioxidant activity of chrysanthemum is closely related to the content of progesterone compounds. The above experiments show that chrysanthemum has antioxidant aging effect.

Anti-viral

Chrysanthemum has certain antiviral effects. It has been proved that chrysanthemum can inhibit poliomyelitis virus, measles virus, herpes simplex virus, etc. to different degrees. If the active ingredients in chrysanthemum reach a certain concentration, it can also effectively inhibit the influenza virus, and even have a certain inhibitory effect on the AIDS virus.

Antibacterial

The volatile oil of Chrysanthemum can inhibit the activity of many kinds of bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, and fresh chrysanthemum can also inhibit the activity of Gram-positive bacteria and bacilli to a certain extent after decoction. Therefore, to a certain extent, chrysanthemum has antibacterial effects.

Anti-cardiovascular disease

Because the progesterone component contained in chrysanthemum has the effect of lowering blood lipids, lowering cholesterol, inhibiting thrombosis and dilating coronary arteries. Therefore, regular consumption of chrysanthemum-based tea drinks have good inhibiting effects on coronary heart disease, hypertension, atherosclerosis, and serum cholesterol hypercholesterolemia. (Not everyone can consume chrysanthemum drinks. Must be consumed according to the actual condition of individual body)