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Botanical name |
Chrysanthemum morifolium |
| Pin yin name | Ju Hua | |
| Pin yin description | ju means chrysanthemum, one of the best known of Chinese garden plants; hua means flower, the part used | |
| Other common names | Florist's Mum | |
| Part used | Flower (capitulum) | |
| Taste | Pungent, Sweet, Bitter | |
| Nature | Slightly Cold | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Resolve the exterior and dispel wind-heat, clear the liver and brighten the eyes | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Seasonal acute diseases, such as influenza, with fever, headache, and red eyes; congestion, swelling, and pain of the eyes due to liver fire or wind-heat; blurring of vision and dryness of the eyes due to deficiency of liver and kidney yin; vertigo due to wind-heat, liver fire, or preponderance of liver yang; boils caused by heat toxins | |
| Possible unwanted effects | None noted | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Qi deficiency with poor appetite or diarrhoea | |
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