Chrysanthemum (Ju Hua, 菊花)
Chrysanthemum are a genus (Chrysanthemum) consisting of around 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Asia and northeastern Europe. Among them, chrysanthemum morifolium or chrysanthemum indicum are used popularly for tea making. Since the ancient times especially in China, it is one of the principal herbs in traditional Chinese medicine. The natural remedy herb is noted as being used as early as the 15th century BC. Ju-Xian city in China is named after the chrysanthemum, literally meaning chrysanthemum city. The yellow flowers are harvested for their medicinal purposes. Each fall they are collected while they are in full bloom, and the heads of the flowers are made into various herbal remedies. Chrysanthemum flowers (Chrysanthemum morifolii), known as Ju Hua, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries. They are found in many ancient formulas and this herbal tea can be easily prepared at home and can be found in many Asian stores, restaurants and also herb outlets due to its medicinal values. Apart from the huge usages of this medicinal herb in Asia, chrysanthemum tea is drunk and used to treat circulatory disorders such as varicose veins in western herbal medicine.
What has it got to benefits us?
Amongst its numerous health benefits, Chrysanthemum tea can help in digestion after big hearty, oily meals. The healing effects includes relieving congestion, dizziness, migraines and headaches. In addition, drinking Chrysanthemum tea can help reduce shortness of breath and can also strengthen your lungs.
Chrysanthemum tea also has many antivirus and antispirochete qualities, that can be helpful in curing blood pressure, coronary heart disease, high cholesterol, heart colic and arteriosclerosis. It is also found that Chrysanthemum tea can help in reducing liver inflammation gradually. Furthermore, the cooling effect of the tea can also treat heat-related illnesses such as fever, flu and sore throat.
Additionally, drinking Chrysanthemum tea can improve cloudy vision and it can also reduce redness, dryness and itchiness in eyes when it is applied directly on them. The regular use of this herbal tea is also believed to lead to an energetic body, better vision and hearing, alert brain and longevity.
Almost all of plant (leaves, stems and petals) is composed of natural remedy properties that include kikkanols, sesquiterpenes, flavonoids, camphor, cineole, sabinol, borneole and other elements. In addition to very powerful anti-inflammatory properties, Chrysanthemum tea is one of the effective natural herbal remedy due to its other therapeutic effects, namely antiviral, antimicrobial, antiasthma, antihyperkinesia and so on.
Chrysanthemum indicum is commonly used traditionally for the treatment of inflammation, hypertension and neoplastic diseases in China. Studies are also done to check out the effectiveness of this herbal remedy as a treatment for arthritis pains (a study of the specialists at School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, China). After a series of clinical trial studies and laboratory researches, it is proven this plant can be a pioneer for a new generation of herbal remedies. Chrysanthemum have a potential to prevent cancer in a unique manner. It turned out that active elements of Chrysanthemum indicum can prevent cancerous cells, and they are especially effective in fighting liver cancer. It is also amazing that the chemical compounds have a property to block the processes only in cancerous cells and do not affect healthy cells.
In fact, Chrysanthemum tea and extracts contains high content of flavonoids, giving us the opportunity to reap the benefits of it anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of this herbal remedy. Currently, Chinese medical specialists tend to popularize this plant and revive wide usage of Chrysanthemum indicum in modern pharmacology.
So start to drink this effective natural remedy herbal beverage that can give you the benefits it brings.
Simple Preparation of Chrysanthemum Tea
Ingredients:
* 3 tbsps of dried chrysanthemum flowers
* 1 tbsp of Chinese Wolfberries
* 3 slices of Chinese Licorice Slices
Mix the ingredients inside a tea pot and pour 500ml hot water into it. Let it stand for more than 5min or more and enjoy this marvelous, golden, and slightly sweet taste of chrysanthemum tea. Add rock sugar for extra taste. If u wish to serve cool, you can keep it refrigerate. White chrysanthemum is suitable for soothing the eyes while yellow chrysanthemum is better at clearing heat, chose your tea according to your needs. The tea from dried flowers can be taken from the pot and allowed to cool which can then be later placed over the eyes to soothe redness and itching when in need. Wolfberry has the ability to strengthen the liver, the kidneys and the eyes, as well as the ability to nourish the blood. Chinese licorice helps to moisten the lungs so that it halt coughing, and therefore it is good in treating upper respiratory ailments, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic. It helps to rid the toxicity of many substances including nicotine, and caffeine.
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