Chrysanthemum Flower....Ju Hua

[cory su]

go to link to see a the pic: http://www.chinesetherapeutics.org/juhua.html

Ju[2] Hua[1] Chrysanthemum Flower Flos Chryanthemi Morifolii

Properties: bitter, acrid, sweet, slightly cold
Channels entered: Liver, Lung
Functions & Uses: This is the number one herb for Head ache around the eye region. It dispels wind and heat for Wind-Heat External Pernicious Influence (EPI) Wind-Heat EPI is characterized by fever, rapid floating pulse, cough, sore throat, thin yellow tongue coating. For this function Yellow crystanthemum/ Huang Ju Hua is the best choice.

It clears heat and brightens the eyes for Liver head or Liver fire causing red, painful or swollen eyes. For this purpose it may be used internally or externally as an eyewash. This herb like Sang Ye is a good choice for eye dryness in Menopause because it clears Liver & Kidney Yin deficiency heat. For this purpose it is best to combine it with a blood tonic herb. Nettle would be a good choice. For this function to brighten the eyes the best color flower is white. White is the color related to Lung/Metal Element, which controls Liver/Wood element.

Also use Bai (white) Ju Hua for calming Liver & exinguising Liver wind, in other words headache and dizziness with feeling of upward surging heat, likely triggered by stress or anger.

This is a good herb for someone who gets head aches infrequently. Also this is a good herb to take in the summer to keep cool. Combines well with honeysuckle.

Harvest & Preparation: Collect flowers Autumn

Dosage: 10-15g in decoction
Reference: Dr. Li Jin of Seattle. Pharmacopeia I. 1999. pg. 22

[Yenna]

I have some dried chrysanthemum at home, I bought it at the Asian market because I thought it tasted great but I had no idea about the healing properties! Thanks.

[cory su]

it is a nice tea

[Yenna]

Cory Su, Is chrysanthemum the same plant as feverfew? I was reading in Susun's Menopausal Years about feverfew and part of the latin name is chrysanthemum.

[cory su]

no these are different plants

[whitefeather treewicca]

Cory Su,
Just thought i'd add to the Chrysanthemum story.
My oldest daughter was home for the week, and she shuffled my flower essence cards to see what came up, and it was Chrysanthemum. She then opened the book to see the meaning, and opened it right at that page And when i looked up my other book to make sure i got my facts right with this post, i opened up right at that page too (and its a 267 page book)
In my set this flower stands for facilitating learning at any stage of life,where there is the belief of inability to learn, to change old thought patterns that prevent learning. It builds success.
Very auspicious for my dd as she is at a transitional point after finishing school and is thinking of getting into the hospitality industry, which will challenge her as she is a very private person and finds outgoing chattiness difficult. If she can sort that out she will have untold possibities open up to her.
Yay for Chrys-an-the-mum(sp ?)

[cory su]

Thanks for sharing that.