What are the effects of marigold?

Chrysanthemum is a very beautiful flower. It is very popular in life. Almost all regions use chrysanthemum as the main ornamental flower. There are many types of chrysanthemums, many of which have both ornamental and medicinal effects, adding a lot of color to people's lives. Let’s take a look at the effects and functions of marigold below. I hope you can understand it.

Marigold, a traditional Chinese medicine name. It is the flower or root of Tagetes erecta L., a plant of the genus Tagetes in the Asteraceae family. The plant marigold is cultivated in all parts of my country. The flowers have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, while the roots detoxify and reduce swelling. The flowers are mainly used to treat upper respiratory tract infections, whooping cough, tracheitis, keratitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, and toothache; they can be used externally to treat mumps, mastitis, and carbuncles. Fresh grass is used externally to treat mastitis, unknown swelling, and furuncle.

1. Marigold can calm the liver, clear away heat, dispel wind, and resolve phlegm. Effectively treat symptoms such as dizziness, eye pain caused by wind and fire, convulsions in children, colds and coughs, whooping cough, etc. Take an appropriate amount of fresh marigold root, mash it and apply it to the affected area. It can treat carbuncles, swellings, etc.

The efficacy and function of marigold

2. Marigold is bitter, slightly spicy and cool in nature. The flowers have the effects of calming the liver, clearing heat, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm. The root has the effect of detoxification and swelling. Marigold is used to treat symptoms such as wind-fire eye pain, blurred vision, cold and cough. Fumigation and washing plays a significant role in treating postpartum uterine prolapse.

3. Marigold has strong resistance and absorption to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride, chlorine, lead in the air, as well as harmful gases released from household appliances, decorative materials, plastic products and other items. It can also absorb a certain amount of aluminum vapor. It is a good flower for monitoring environmental pollution.

Related compatibility:

1. For the treatment of hypertension, take 15g of marigold, 37.5g of Bidens pilosa, 7.5g of Aucklandia lappa and 15g of wild chrysanthemum. Decoction in water and take in 2 doses.

2. To treat whooping cough, boil 15 marigolds in water and add brown sugar.

3. For the treatment of bronchitis, take 30g of fresh marigold, 9g of water calendula and 6g of aster, decocted in water and taken orally.

4. To treat mumps and mastitis, grind marigold, Paris polyphylla and honeysuckle into powder, mix with vinegar and apply to the affected area.

5. To treat toothache and eye pain, take 15g of marigold, decocted in water.