| English
Name |
| Chrysanthemun
Fower |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Chrysanthemun
Fower is the dried capitulum of Chryanthemum morifolium
Ramat. (Fam. Compositae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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Sweet
and bitter; slightly cold and distributed to the Channel of
Lung and Liver. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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Chlorogenic
acid |
| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in well closed containers, stored in a cool and dry place, protected
from mould and moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Boju Obconical
or cylindrical, sometimes slightly compressed to fan-shape,
1.5~3 cm in diameter, separated.Involucre dish-shaped; bracts
3~4layers, ovate or elliptical, herbaceous, yellowish-green
or brownish-green, the outer surface covered with white hairs,
margin membranous. Receptacle hemispherical, without paleas
or palea hairs. Ligulate florets several rows, female, marginal,
whitish, strongly straight and upward, longitudinally folded
and wrinkled. Golden glandular spots scattered; tubular florets
abundant, hermaphrodite, occurring in the centre, concealed
by the ligulate florets, yellow, with 5 terminal teeth. Achenes
undeveloped, pappus absent. Texture light and soft, lax and
brittle when dried. Odour, pleasant and aromatic; taste, sweet,
slightly bitter.
Chuju Irregularly
spherical or oblate, 1.5~2.5 cm in diameter; ligulate florets
whitish, irregularly twisted, curved inward, margin wrinkled,
sometimes pale brown glandular spots visible; tubular florets
mostly concealed.
Gongju Obiate or
irregularly spherical, 1.5~2.5 cm in diameter; ligulate florets
white or whitish, obliquely upward, the upper part folded
outward, margin slightly curved inward and wrinkled, glandular
spot usually absent; tubular florets few, exposed.
Hangju
Dish-shaped or oblate, 2.5~4 cm in diameter, often several
connected forming plates, ligulate florets whitish or yellow,
spread flatly or folded slightly, agglutinated to each other,
glandular spots usually absent; tubular florets abundant,
exposed.
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ACTION |
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To dispel
wind-heat, to subdue hyperactivity of the liver, and dizziness;
inflammation of the eye; blurred vision. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Wind-heat
type common cold, headache and dizziness; inflammation of
the eye; blurred vision. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.Dispering
wind-heat from the superficies
It is
often combined with Folium Mori, Herba Menthae, Fructus Forsythiae,
etc, for treating exterior syndrome due to wind-heat which
is marked by fever, headache; combined with Radix Ledebouriellae,
Fructus Tribuli, for blood-shot eyes
2. Calming
liver-Yang and brightening the eyes
For treating
syndrome of uprising of liver-Yang, Marked by headache, dizziness
or vertigo, etc., it can be combined with Concha Haliotidis,
Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Paeoniae
Alba,etc.; for blurred vision due to dificiency of Yin of
the liver and splem, and failure of supply of blood, with
Rhizoma Rehmanniae Preparata, Frutus Lycii,etc.
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TIPS |
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An
infusion is used as and eye-wash in conjunctivitis; it is applied
internally and externally for abscesses. |
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