In summer, I like to make a cup of chrysanthemum tea. Using a glass cup, 60-degree hot water, 10 medlars and a small square rock sugar is not only beautiful, but also has the effect of clearing away heat and improving eyesight. Put it on the table and hold it in your hand. It's as beautiful as a painting.

Now that the whole people are keeping in good health, I checked the efficacy of chrysanthemums. It turns out that it is not only tea making and chrysanthemum wine in our imagination, but also has many other functions:

"Chrysanthemum flower head, compositae herbs. I always thought that chrysanthemum is the representative of autumn, but in drinking, I only know that chrysanthemum can clear away heat. Using ten medlars and a small square of rock sugar in summer can not only drive away the sweltering heat in summer, but also protect the liver and improve eyesight. I didn't want to check it carefully, only to find that Chrysanthemum morifolium has so many functions, and it can also be made into chrysanthemum cake. Also known as chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, chamomile, chrysanthemum, stevia, medicinal chrysanthemum. Widely cultivated in central, eastern and southwestern China. Huai Ju produced in Henan, Chu Ju or Hao Ju produced in Anhui, Hang Ju produced in Zhejiang and Chuan Ju produced in Sichuan. Harvest in autumn, flowering, drying or steaming; Fresh products are also acceptable.

It tastes slightly pungent, bitter and slightly cold. It can disperse wind and heat, clear liver and improve eyesight, calm liver and improve eyesight and detoxify.

Contains stevioside, adenine, amino acids, stachydrine, choline, flavonoids, vitamin A substances and vitamin B1; Contains volatile oil, mainly pyrethrone, borneol, bornyl acetate, etc.

Has sedative and antipyretic effects. It has inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus B, Shigella, Typhoid Bacillus, Paratyphoid Bacillus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, human tuberculosis and influenza virus. It can obviously dilate coronary artery and increase blood flow. Can enhance the resistance of capillaries. Chrysanthemum glycoside has antihypertensive effect.

[Usage] Used for treating common cold, wind-heat, fever and dizziness; There is heat in the liver meridian; Red eyes and tears, or liver and kidney yin deficiency, blurred vision; Hyperactivity of liver yang, dizziness and headache; Pain and swelling. Modern is also used for coronary heart disease and hypertension.

[Usage] Make tea, decoct soup, soak in wine, or take pills or powder. "

———— The above is taken from the Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicine.