What Does the Yellow Chrysanthemum Represent? An Analysis of Its Flower Language and Symbolism
The yellow chrysanthemum belongs to the Asteraceae family and is a biennial herb. Its stems are long, slender and supple, and its small leaves have stipules. It blooms in autumn with small ball-like flowers in clusters, golden yellow in color. In the Jin dynasty, Tao Yuanming loved chrysanthemums above all else, and chrysanthemums have been praised by many poets. So what does the yellow chrysanthemum represent? And what are the effects and benefits of the yellow chrysanthemum? Let's take a look below!
Birthday flower for August 21: French Marigold (FrenchMarigold)
Flower language: cheerful and sunny
The flower of Saint Francis de Sales, a 17th-century saint
Since ancient times, Christianity has had the custom of linking saints with specific flowers, which arose because when the church commemorated saints, it often decorated the altar with blooming flowers! In medieval Catholic monasteries, all kinds of flowers were grown almost like in a gardening center, and over time the church paired the 366 saints with different flowers, forming the so-called flower calendar. At that time most monasteries were located in Southern Europe, and Southern Europe has a Mediterranean climate, which is extremely suitable for growing flowers and plants. The French marigold belongs to the Asteraceae family and is an annual herbaceous plant native to Mexico. It was chosen to honor Saint Francis de Sales, who established the feast day of the Virgin Mary. The French marigold originally had a common name, "sun flower." Later it was "stolen" by the sunflower. Its flowers have the habit of opening at sunrise and closing tightly at sunset, and it grows by heliotropism. Therefore its flower language is "sunny weather," extended to mean "cheerful and lively." Anyone born under the blessing of this flower never beats around the bush, and this is a rare virtue!
Flower language refers to the way people use flowers to express human words and to convey certain feelings and wishes. It is a form of information exchange gradually established by convention under certain historical conditions and recognized by a certain group of people. The yellow chrysanthemum represents "unrequited love," the white chrysanthemum represents "loyalty," the pink chrysanthemum represents "a silent plea," and the purple chrysanthemum expresses "anger."
For internal heat, drink chrysanthemum water
Some people, as soon as they have internal heat, like to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine to take, especially some office workers, who in order to save time and still get results can buy it at the pharmacy while at work. But medicine is three parts poison, so it is better to use chrysanthemum tea instead; its effect of clearing heat and detoxifying is just as good! And it has no side effects on the body. Next time you go to the pharmacy, buy chrysanthemums, not heat-clearing medicine!
To sober up, use chrysanthemum tea
Being drunk is really uncomfortable, and you may swear never to drink again in this life. But that is just talk; sobering up is the most important thing right now! But in the middle of the night, the pharmacies are all closed, so where can you find sobering medicine? There is no backup at home either. No problem, brew a cup of chrysanthemum water; it can also sober you up, and the effect is superb, guaranteed to make your head hurt much less when you get up in the morning.
The benefits of chrysanthemum are truly broad: clearing heat and reducing fire, sobering up, and more are no problem at all. But there is one more amazing thing: it can improve eyesight! Is your child nearsighted? Or do they overuse their eyes reading every day, leaving their eyes tired? Then let your child drink some chrysanthemum water every day to relieve eye fatigue and keep their eyes comfortable! When your eyes are uncomfortable, you can also drink chrysanthemum tea, and it has no side effects!
Good news for the computer crowd
Are you one of the computer crowd? Every day at work you must face a computer, or perhaps you study a computer-related major and also must face a computer every day. Computer radiation is really strong, aren't you worried? No problem, good news for the computer crowd is here: drink some chrysanthemum water every day and keep computer radiation away from you!
Hangzhou white chrysanthemum clears the liver and improves eyesight, and is suitable for liver fire flaring upward, blurred vision, dizziness and vertigo, and severe deficiency fire; wild chrysanthemum clears heat and detoxifies, and is suitable for red swollen painful eyes and boils and sores, leaning toward excess fire. Although both clear fire, their emphasis differs. Moreover, using the two together is too clearing and draining (too cooling), so traditional Chinese medicine generally will not combine them; generally the yellow chrysanthemum is used as medicine and the white chrysanthemum is used as tea.
Hangzhou white chrysanthemum contains chrysanthemum glycosides, amino acids, flavonoids, and various vitamins and trace elements. Research in Chinese medicine shows that Hangzhou white chrysanthemum has the effects of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, calming the heart, tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, moistening the throat, promoting saliva, and regulating blood lipids. Drinking this product regularly removes dampness in spring, quenches thirst in summer heat, relieves dryness in autumn, and clears fire in winter.
Hangzhou white chrysanthemum contains chrysanthemum glycosides, amino acids, flavonoids, and various vitamins and trace elements. Research in Chinese medicine shows that Hangzhou white chrysanthemum has the effects of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, calming the heart, tonifying the kidneys, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, moistening the throat, promoting saliva, and regulating blood lipids. Drinking this product regularly removes dampness in spring, quenches thirst in summer heat, relieves dryness in autumn, and clears fire in winter.