Ju Hua

Cool, Pungent Herbs that Release the Exterior 

 

 

Channels: LIV, LU

Properties: Sweet, Bitter, Slightly Cold

Common: Chrysanthemum Flower

Latin: Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii

 

Actions:

  • Releases wind and heat: for wind-heat syndromes with fever, headache, red, painful, dry eyes.
  • Clears heat in the liver channel: used for wind-heat affecting the eyes, or yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys causing blurred vision, dizziness, and spots in front of the eyes.
  • Stops wind: used to calm the liver and relieve symptoms of ascending liver yang.

Contraindications:

  • Caution in patients with qi Deficiency, diarrhea, and poor appetite.

Dosage:

  • 4.5-15g. Part used = flower head.