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Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua 菊花

Ju Hua (TCM)
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Chrysanthemum, Ju Hua
Ben Cao Yuan Shi
, 1612 (Welcome)

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Hortus sempervirens, Kerner, 1824

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Chrysanthemum flower (Adam, 2016)
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Botanical name:
Chrysanthemum morifolium (syn. C. sinense, C. horotrum, Anthemis artemisifolia A. grandiflora, A. stipulacea)

Parts used:
Flower

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet, Bitter (younger buds are sweeter, older buds are more bitter)

Classifications:
A. Clear Exterior Wind-Heat

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Heat, Promotes Sweat:

-Fever, Headache in cold or Flu

2. Clears Liver Heat, Clears the Eyes:
-red, swollen, itchy eyes

3. Calms Liver, Stops Wind:
-headache, dizziness

4. Resists Poison:
-toxic Sores and Swellings


Dose:
Decoction: 3–9 grams
Infusion; a teaspoonful can be added to a cup as an infusion, often combined with Goji berry (Gou Qi Zi)

Comment:
... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:

1. Wind-Heat Cold or beginning of Fever:
i. Fever, Chills, Headache, Sore Eyes, Itchy Throat, Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
ii. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
2. Acute Headache from Wind-Heat, Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
3. Sore, Red Eyes, Blurry Vision:
i. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
ii. in chronic cases, or in the aged (those with Kidney weakness), Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
4. Liver Heat and Wind type Headache or Dizziness:
i. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
ii. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
5. Hypertension, High Cholesterol:
i. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version
ii. Chrysanthemum Ju Hua with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang
Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
Sang Ju Yin
Long Dan Bi Yuan Fang

Cautions:
Generally Safe.
1. Avoid full doses with Coldness of the Stomach and Diarrhea
2. Traditionally it is said that Coptis Huang Lian and Platycladus Bai Zi Ren 'antagonize' Chrysanthemum Ju Hua, meaning they are not compatible.

Main Preparations used:

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