Ju Hua
Name: Chrysanthemum Flower
Pinyin: Ju Hua
Pharm. Name: Flos Chrysanthemi
Properties:
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Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
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Acrid, Bitter, Sweet |
Disperse wind-heat, subdue liver yang, and remove liver heat to improve vision, clear lung heat. |
Liver, Lung |
Description:
The Capitulum of perennial herb Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. As it has the similar action to Sang Ye of dispelling wind-pathogen externally and removing lung-heat internally, it is indicated for wind-heat or warm-heat invading the lung manifested by fever, headache with cough. Being able to remove liver heat, dispel wind-heat and improve vision in some degree, it is indicated for the flaming up of liver fire leading to conjunctival congestion with pain and swelling or wind-heat interrupting up leading to unsmooth sensation and pain in the eyes and profuse tears or blindness due to blood deficiency of the liver and kidney.