| Chrysanthemum |
| Chrysanthemum morifolium | | Asteraceae (Compositae) | | Ju Hua | | (ju means chrysanthemum, one of the best known of Chinese garden plants; hua means flower, the part used) | |
Florist's Mum |
| Flower (capitulum) (collected September through November when the flowers are in blossom) | | Pungent, Sweet, Bitter | | Slightly Cold | | 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 | | None reported | | TCM and other contraindications |
| Qi deficiency with poor appetite or diarrhoea | | Lycium +7 (Fast Living) Lonicera +2 (Inner Health) | | Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine | | 6 Nov 2002 |
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