Chrysanthemi Flos

Alternate Chinese names: 家菊 jiā jú; 真菊 zhēn jú; 甜菊花 tián jú huā; 药菊 yào jú; 菊 jú; 甘菊花 gān jú huā; 甘菊 gān jú

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.* [= C. sinense Sabine]

Use: Medicinal and alimentary

Category: Exterior-resolving agents / Cool acrid exterior-resolving agents

Properties: Acrid, sweet, bitter; slightly cold.

Channel entry: Liver and lung channels.

Actions and indications:

Disperses wind-heat: External contraction of wind-heat and warm disease in its initial stage, manifesting with heat effusion, clouded head, and headache.
Clears the liver and drains fire; brightens the eyes: Painful red swollen eyes and clouded, flowery vision, due to liver channel wind-heat or liver fire attacking upward.
Calms liver yáng: Hyperactivity of liver yáng with headache and dizziness.
Clears heat and resolves toxin: Toxin swelling of clove sores.

Dosage and method: Oral: 10–15g in decoctions.

Notes: 杭菊: Used to disperse wind-heat. 滁菊: Best for brightening the eyes and calming the liver.

Product description: These are button-shaped inflorescences, comprising an outer layer of about 15–20 shriveled ligulate pale yellow male flowers, and a center of numerous tubular yellow flowers of both genders and each with five lobes and brown ovaries. At the base is the involucre composed of 3–4 layers of bracts. Chrysanthemums vary according to local strains and methods of processing, distinction being made between Bái jú huā (白菊花 Chrysanthemi Flos Albus%#%, white chrysanthemum [flower]) and Yě jú (野菊 Chrysanthemi Indici Flos, wild chrysanthemum), and between Háng jú (杭菊 Chrysanthemi Flos Hangzhouensis%#%, Hángzhōu chrysanthemum [flower]), Chú jú huā (滁菊花 Chrysanthemi Flos Chuzhouensis%#%, Chuzhou chrysanthemum [flower]), and Huái jú (怀菊 Chrysanthemi Flos Huaiqingensis%#%, Huaiqing chrysanthemum [flower]), etc.

Quality: Bright colored flowers that are intact are best.

Production area: Hénán, ānhuī, and Zhèjiāng.

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