Crown Chrysanthemum

Crown Chrysanthemum

(drug records of Nanning City)

[synonym] wild chrysanthemum (flora of Guangzhou) and wintersweet (list of medicinal plants in Guangxi).

[source] it is the whole herb of revolutionary vegetable of Compositae.

Revolutionary vegetable

Annual erect herbs, up to 1 m high. Stem round, with longitudinal stripes. Leaf blade oblong elliptic, 7-12 cm long, apex short pointed or obtuse, base gradually narrowed, margin irregularly dentate or lobed, both sides nearly bald. A few head like inflorescences, axillary and terminal, arranged into a narrow panicle; involucre green, cylindrical, about 1 cm long, bracts about 20, linear lanceolate, edge membranous, top with a small bundle of hair; pollen red, all tubular flowers. Achene narrowly cylindrical, reddish red, with lines, covered with small hairs; corolla white, rich. The flowering period is around summer.

Born in wasteland, roadside, forest and ditch. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] harvest in summer. Generally, fresh use is better.

[nature and taste] Nanning medical records: "Xin, Ping, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. According to the medical records of Nanning City, "promoting Qi, benefiting the people and treating edema". "

② Selected materia medica of Guangxi: "invigorating spleen, detumescence, clearing heat and detoxification. Treatment of cold, fever, dysentery, enteritis, urinary tract infection, malnutrition, edema, mastitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.