Can fresh chrysanthemum flowers be brewed as tea, and what are their benefits?

We often say that drinking flower tea can nourish the body, so can fresh chrysanthemum flowers be brewed as tea? Are there any taboos to drinking chrysanthemum tea?

1. Can fresh chrysanthemum flowers be brewed as tea?

Fresh chrysanthemum flowers can be brewed directly in water. Chrysanthemum has the effects of clearing the liver and brightening the eyes, and clearing heat and detoxifying. But it is advised that patients with spleen deficiency use it with caution.

When eaten as a health product, chrysanthemum has the following various uses——Chrysanthemum wine: made by fermenting chrysanthemum with glutinous rice and wine yeast, anciently called “longevity wine”; its taste is cool and sweet, and it has the effects of nourishing the liver, brightening the eyes, strengthening the brain, and delaying aging. Chrysanthemum can also be soaked in wine for 24 hours before drinking; it can invigorate blood and move qi, prevent aging, and prolong life; if rehmannia, angelica, and goji berries are added and soaked together, it has a relatively good therapeutic effect on dizziness, fatigue, and frequent dreams.

2. What can chrysanthemum be paired with for drinking?

1. Chrysanthemum and pagoda tree flower tea

10 grams each of chrysanthemum and pagoda tree flowers. Put them together in a cup, brew with boiling water, cover, and let steep for 10 minutes before drinking. Generally it can be brewed 3~5 times and finished on the same day. This tea can calm the liver and lower blood pressure, and soften blood vessels. It is mainly used for various types of hypertension, and is especially suitable for elderly people with hypertension accompanied by atherosclerosis.

2. Chrysanthemum and goji berry tea

10 grams of chrysanthemum, 30 grams of goji berries. Add 3~5 cups of water to the goji berries and boil for 10 minutes, then add the chrysanthemum and boil for another 2~3 minutes, filter and take the liquid, put it in a thermos, and drink it in 3~4 portions over 1 day. Chrysanthemum and goji berry tea is rich in vitamin A, can prevent and treat various eye diseases, and can also prevent and treat hypertension and coronary heart disease; it is most suitable for elderly people to drink.

3. Chrysanthemum and hawthorn tea

15 grams of chrysanthemum, 20 grams of raw hawthorn. Decoct in water or brew with boiling water for 10 minutes before drinking. Regularly drinking chrysanthemum and hawthorn tea not only dilates the coronary arteries, relaxes blood vessels, and lowers blood pressure, but also lowers blood lipids. It is suitable for coronary heart disease, hypertension, high blood lipids, cardiac insufficiency, and so on.

4. Chrysanthemum and red flower tea

10 grams of chrysanthemum, 5 grams of safflower, 5 grams of salvia. Put the above 3 ingredients into a covered cup, brew with boiling water, and drink frequently as tea. Generally it can be brewed 3~5 times and finished on the same day. Chrysanthemum and red flower tea can reduce coronary resistance and improve myocardial microcirculation; continued use can reduce the number of attacks of coronary heart disease and angina pectoris and lessen the severity of attacks.

3. Taboos of drinking chrysanthemum tea

1. Pregnant women should not often drink wild chrysanthemum tea

It should not be taken for a long time in daily life. Because wild chrysanthemum is cold in nature, although taking it has the effects of treating constipation and internal heat, pregnant women themselves have relatively poor body resistance, and their spleen and stomach are also relatively weak; if wild chrysanthemum is taken at this time, the harm to the body is relatively great. After wild chrysanthemum enters the body, it stimulates the stomach and intestines, leading to stomachache or diarrhea, which is not only bad for the health of the pregnant woman and the fetus.

2. Patients with a cold constitution should not drink wild chrysanthemum tea

Wild chrysanthemum is cold in nature; if patients with a cold constitution take wild chrysanthemum, it will make this type of patient's constitution worse. Not only will the spleen and stomach become worse, but immunity will also decrease, which is bad for health.

Many people do not know what a cold constitution is. In daily life, if the body shows cold hands and feet in summer, gastrointestinal discomfort, and a tendency to fall ill easily, it is generally considered a cold constitution, and it is not suitable to often take wild chrysanthemum.

3. Allergic patients are not suitable to take wild chrysanthemum

There are also some people in daily life whose bodies show allergic reactions after taking wild chrysanthemum. The specific symptoms are skin redness and swelling or even red rash, accompanied by itching, and in serious cases fainting may also occur. So if a patient is allergic to wild chrysanthemum, then do not come into contact with this medicinal material, to avoid harm to health.

4. Do not brew wild chrysanthemum in water to drink during typhoid cold

Patients with typhoid cold should not take this medicinal material. Although wild chrysanthemum has a certain effect in preventing and treating colds, it does not include wind-cold colds. Ordinary wind-cold colds are mostly caused by catching a chill; if wild chrysanthemum, which is cold in nature, is taken at this time, it can easily worsen the condition.

5. The elderly and children should take wild chrysanthemum in moderation

Wild chrysanthemum has a certain blood pressure-lowering effect, and its therapeutic effect on many cardiovascular diseases is also quite good, but the elderly need to be cautious when taking this medicinal material. Because after growing older, digestive function declines, and the spleen and stomach also become weaker, while taking wild chrysanthemum increases the possibility of suffering from stomach disease.

Children's bodies are still developing, and the yang qi contained in the body is relatively abundant; taking wild chrysanthemum will damage yang qi, so children are not suitable to take wild chrysanthemum.

6. Patients with pharyngitis should not take wild chrysanthemum

Why can't patients with pharyngitis take wild chrysanthemum? First, because if the body has pharyngitis, it is generally accompanied by a cold, and patients with wind-cold colds are not suitable to take wild chrysanthemum; in addition, after wild chrysanthemum enters the body, it stimulates the secretion of gastric acid, so the symptoms of pharyngitis will be worsened, which is not conducive to recovery from the disease.

So the seemingly beautiful chrysanthemum tea still depends on whether it suits you to drink. Pay more attention to your own body and understand dietary taboos.