菊花·Flos Chrysanthemi
Chrysanthemum Flower
Ju Hua (菊花) is the flower of chrysanthemum, recorded as Flos Chrysanthemi. It is sweet and bitter in flavour, slightly cold, and enters the Liver and Lung channels. The catalogue files it among the cool, acrid herbs that release the Exterior.
| Pinyin | ju hua |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 菊花 |
| Latin Name | Flos Chrysanthemi |
| English Name | Chrysanthemum Flower |
| Japanese | kikuka |
| Korean | kukhwa |
Wind-Heat with chills, fever, dizziness, headache, sore throat and sore eyes. Liver Qi Stagnation turning into Liver Fire flaring upward with headache, dizziness, blurred vision and red, swollen eyes (the white variety)
Wind-Heat disturbing the Exterior with itchy eyes, headache, a mild fever and slight chills
Headache from Wind-Heat or from rising Liver Yang
Liver Heat, from Wind-Heat or from Liver Yang Rising, with red, swollen, watery, painful eyes and superficial visual obstruction. Heat toxin lingering after measles or other rashes. Superficial visual obstruction following trauma
Wind-Heat.
sang ye + bo he + lian qiao + lu gen
Wind-Heat with fevers.
Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency with blurred vision and dizziness
bai shao + shi jue ming + gou teng + tian ma
Liver Yang Rising with headache, dizziness and vertigo. Liver Wind causing seizures and convulsions in children
gou teng + bai shao + jue ming zi
Liver Yang Rising causing blurred vision, vertigo and dizziness
chan tui + xia ku cao + sang ye + mu zei + bai ji li
Liver Fire or Wind-Heat in the Liver channel with red, painful, swollen eyes
Flat, painless, colorless suppurative inflammation of the soft tissues that is slow to heal, and other toxic swellings
Liver and Kidney Deficiency where Jing and Blood cannot rise to nourish the eyes. Rising Liver Yang or Liver Wind
qiang huo + fang feng + bai zhi + xi xin
Headache.
gou teng + sheng di huang + bai shao
Headache when Liver Wind combines with Yin Deficiency Fire
Wind-Heat sore throat
gou qi zi + shu di huang + shan zhu yu + mu dan pi
Deficient Liver and Kidney Yin leaving the vision blurred and the head dizzy
sheng di huang + tian men dong + zhi ke
Near-sightedness.
mi meng hua + qing xiang zi + chan tui + mu zei + sang ye
Superficial visual obstruction.
bai ji li + jue ming zi + bai shao + man jing zi
Liver Yang Rising with visual disturbance, headache and dizziness
gan cao + jin yin hua + pu gong ying
Skin sores, carbuncles and abscesses, applied topically
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any 4.5-20g; Tincture: 2-5ml | 4.5-20 g | — | 2-5 ml | — | — |
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