Autumn is here, and chrysanthemums are blooming one after another. In daily life, in addition to ornamental viewing, chrysanthemums can also be drunk as flower tea, which has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight, clearing heat and detoxifying. Let us follow the traditional Chinese medicine doctors of Jiangchuan Community Health Service Center to understand the medicinal value of chrysanthemum tea and the way of eating and drinking.
The medicinal value of chrysanthemum tea
1. Sweat wind and heat dissipation
Chrysanthemum is slightly cold in nature, has the effect of relieving wind and heat dissipating, and can improve symptoms such as headache, fever, sore throat caused by wind and heat .
2. Red and faint eyes
Chrysanthemums belong to the liver and lung meridians, which can calm the liver and improve eyesight, and have a certain improvement effect on symptoms such as excessive liver fire, red, swollen and painful eyes, and dizziness caused by hyperactivity of liver yang. Chrysanthemums are also very effective in treating eye fatigue and blurred vision.
3. Furuncle swelling and toxin
Chrysanthemum can clear heat and detoxify, and modern medicine shows that chrysanthemum has antibacterial effects. Moreover, chrysanthemums are particularly good at detoxifying boils, so they can be used to treat swelling and toxins of boils, such as tonsillitis, swollen and painful gums.
4. Lowering blood pressure
Modern clinical medicine also proves that chrysanthemum can expand coronary artery , increase blood flow, and lower blood pressure, which has auxiliary therapeutic effects on coronary heart disease , hypertension , arteriosclerosis, and serum cholesterol hypersensitivity.
Eating and drinking methods of chrysanthemum tea
Generally speaking, taking 6-15g chrysanthemum tea can clear heat and relieve fire, calm the liver and improve eyesight, dispel wind and heat, but it is not "suitable for everyone". The following groups should drink chrysanthemum tea carefully:
1. Cold constitution
chrysanthemum tea is cold. Taking chrysanthemum tea with cold constitution may aggravate symptoms such as fear of cold, weak spleen and stomach, cold hands and feet, and even cause diarrhea and gastrointestinal discomfort.
2. Pregnant women use
chrysanthemum tea with caution has excellent heat-clearing and detoxification effects, but pregnant women are relatively special compared to the general population. They have low immunity and weak spleen and stomach. Taking chrysanthemum tea has a greater irritation to the gastrointestinal intestines. In severe cases, it can cause symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea, which is not good for fetal health.
3. Wind-cold cold Disable
Traditional Chinese medicine divides colds into wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds, while chrysanthemum has the effect of dispelling wind and heat, which is suitable for wind-heat colds. Therefore, it is not suitable for people with wind and cold symptoms that are diagnosed as Chinese medicine.
4. People with allergic constitution
Some people are allergic to chrysanthemums, and after eating chrysanthemum tea, there will be allergic phenomena such as itching in skin, rash . This type of person is not suitable for drinking chrysanthemum tea.
5. Yang deficiency constitution
Chrysanthemum has the effect of clearing heat and relieving fire. If chrysanthemum tea is taken blindly, it is easy to damage the positive energy, especially for spleen and stomach deficiency and cold people, it is more likely to damage the spleen and stomach.
6. For those with low blood pressure,
chrysanthemum has an antihypertensive effect. For those with low blood pressure, hypotension may cause further decrease in blood pressure, resulting in dizziness and other symptoms. Therefore, those with low blood pressure are not suitable for taking chrysanthemum tea.
Chrysanthemum tea itself is rich in nutrients, which can replenish the nutrients needed for the body and has a good effect in preventing some diseases, but you should also pay attention to some of its taboos when drinking.
Contributed by: District Health Commission
Editor: Chen Meiling
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