Chrysanthemum is a plant that people are very familiar with. Chrysanthemums usually bloom in autumn and look very beautiful. Chrysanthemum is a good health care product. Soaking chrysanthemum in water can clear away heat, sterilize and diminish inflammation. Let's take a look at the efficacy of chrysanthemum, hoping to help you.

Efficacy and function of chrysanthemum

Antitumor effect

Chrysanthemum has anti-tumor effect. Through the experiment of chrysanthemum components, it was found that luteolin and apigenin were the main anti-tumor components in progesterone extracted from chrysanthemum.

Antioxidant and aging effects

Chrysanthemum morifolium contains the ability of scavenging free radicals and has strong antioxidant activity. The antioxidant activity of chrysanthemum morifolium is closely related to the content of progesterone chemicals, which can play an anti-aging role.

Suppress 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 hyperactivity of liver yang, headache and dizziness. It can be used together with drugs for calming liver and suppressing yang, clearing liver and calming wind. It can be combined with other traditional Chinese medicines to treat patients with excess heat in liver meridian and extremely hot wind.

Antiviral effect

Chrysanthemum has certain antiviral effect. Chrysanthemum can inhibit bone marrow virus and measles virus to varying degrees. When chrysanthemum reaches a certain concentration, it can also effectively inhibit influenza virus and HIV.

Antibiotic action

Chrysanthemum volatile oil in chrysanthemum can inhibit the activities of many bacteria, and fresh chrysanthemum can also inhibit the activities of gram-positive bacteria and bacilli to some extent after decoction. So to some extent, chrysanthemum has antibacterial effect.