The efficacy and function of broad-leaved chrysanthemum

We are all familiar with broad-leaved chrysanthemum. Broad-leaved chrysanthemum is not only edible but also has very high medicinal effects. Eating broad-leaved chrysanthemum regularly can play a very good health-preserving and health-care role.

【English name】 Broadleaf Cremanthodium

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Chrysanthemum morifolium, a plant of the Asteraceae family.

[Original form] The drooping chrysanthemum is a perennial herb, 48-50cm tall. The whole plant is gray-green or blue-green. Roots fleshy, 3-4mm in diameter, numerous. The stem is erect, solitary, covered with brown, articulated soft hairs at the top, the rest is smooth, and the base is surrounded by dead petioles. The clustered leaves and the leaves at the base of the stem have broad petioles, which are 4-8cm long and 2cm wide, with a broad base and sheaths; the leaf blades are oblong or elliptic, 6-15cm long, 2-6cm wide, with an acute tip and blunt-rounded tip, and the base gradually narrows into a petiole with a margin; the stem leaves are 5-6, closely attached to each other, erect, tubular and clasping the stem, the middle and lower ones are oblong, 4-8cm long, with obtuse and pointed tips, and the uppermost leaves are membranous, bract-like, and obtuse at the tip. The capitula is radiant, drooping, 1-13, usually arranged in racemes, rarely solitary; the peduncle is 0.5-8cm long, covered with brown articulated soft hairs; the involucre is hemispherical, 1.3-1.5cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, covered with brown articulated soft hairs or bald and nearly smooth, with membranous ovate bracts at the base; the involucral bracts are 12-16.2 layers, elliptic or oblong, 6-8mm wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, and the inner layer has a wide membranous margin; the ligulate flowers are light yellow, the ligules are linear-lanceolate, 3-7cm long, 1.5-2.5mm wide, with a long acuminate tip, and the tube is about 5mm long; the tubular flowers are yellow, about 10mm long, and the tube is about 3mm long. Achenes, pappus white, as long as corolla. Flowering period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on hillside grasslands, waterside or in bushes.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies. Mainly used for carbuncle, carbuncle and poison; eczema and itching; trauma infection; burn pain

【Usage and Dosage】 For internal use: take appropriate amount, mash and apply; or take juice and apply on skin. For oral administration: 3-9g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Sichuan Aba Chinese Herbal Medicine": Used for carbuncle, swelling, trauma infection, and burn pain.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article introduces to us what broad-leaved chrysanthemum is. We know that broad-leaved chrysanthemum has very high medicinal effects, but we must remind everyone that broad-leaved chrysanthemum should not be eaten indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause serious consequences. I hope everyone will treat it with caution.