What is the effect of washing your face with wild chrysanthemum water?

In daily life, wild chrysanthemum is a natural plant. It not only has a fragrant smell, but also contains certain trace elements. It can be used as medicine to treat physical diseases. Wild chrysanthemum soaked in water can also be used to wash the face, which is very good for the skin. Wild chrysanthemum has antioxidant effects, can effectively improve some skin problems, and also has a certain cleansing effect. It can also be used to make chrysanthemum tea.

What is the effect of washing your face with wild chrysanthemum water?

Chrysanthemum contains volatile oils, chrysanthemum glycosides, adenine, amino acids, choline, stachydrine, berberine, flavonoids, chrysanthemum pigments, vitamins, trace elements and other substances, which can resist pathogens and enhance the resistance of capillaries. The flavonoids in them have been proven to have a strong scavenging effect on free radicals, and are effective in anti-oxidation and anti-aging.

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Chrysanthemum is a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family and is one of the traditional commonly used Chinese medicinal materials in my country, with its head inflorescence being the main source of medicinal use. According to ancient books, chrysanthemum tastes sweet and bitter, and is slightly cold in nature. It has the effects of dispersing wind and heat, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, and detoxifying and reducing inflammation. It has certain therapeutic effects on dry mouth, excessive fire, dry eyes, or limb pain and numbness caused by wind, cold and dampness. It is mainly used to treat colds, wind-heat, headaches, etc.

It has preventive and therapeutic effects on dizziness, headache and tinnitus.

Chrysanthemum can be divided into wild chrysanthemum and domestic chrysanthemum. Domestic chrysanthemum can clear the liver and improve eyesight, while wild chrysanthemum can remove toxins and disperse fire. It is sweet, bitter and slightly cold, and can clear away heat and detoxify. It has certain effects on eye strain, headache, high blood pressure, etc.

Modern medical research has also confirmed that chrysanthemum has the effects of lowering blood pressure, eliminating cancer cells, dilating coronary arteries and inhibiting bacteria. Long-term drinking can increase the body's calcium, regulate myocardial function, and lower cholesterol. It is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and for preventing epidemic conjunctivitis. It also has a good effect on dry eyes caused by excessive liver fire and eye use. At the same time, chrysanthemum tea has a rich aroma, which can refresh the mind and also has a certain effect of relaxing nerves and relieving headaches. Traditional Chinese medicine mainly uses it to treat red eyes, sore throat, tinnitus, wind-heat cold, headache, high blood pressure, sore and poison treatment and other symptoms. If consumed for a long time, it can also have the effects of "benefiting blood and qi, lightening the body, and prolonging life".

1. Chrysanthemum Tea:

All chrysanthemums should be chamomile, which does not taste bitter. The large white chrysanthemum or small white chrysanthemum grown in Suzhou and Hangzhou are the best. Use about 3 grams each time to make tea and drink it 3 times a day. You can also use chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and licorice to boil together and drink it instead of tea. It has the special effects of calming the liver and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It has significant therapeutic effects on patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

Chrysanthemums are often used to make tea. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine theory, chrysanthemum tea is especially suitable for office workers to drink more often, because chrysanthemum is very effective in preventing dry eyes. People with myopia often feel dry eyes. Drinking chrysanthemum tea regularly can improve eye discomfort and has a good effect on treating eye fatigue and blurred vision.

If you drink too much water before going to bed, your eyes will be swollen like a panda when you wake up the next morning. There is a folk remedy: dip cotton in chrysanthemum tea and apply it around the eyes, which will quickly eliminate the swelling. In addition, you can also make a cup of chrysanthemum tea to drink, which can relieve the symptoms of eye fatigue. If you drink three to four cups of chrysanthemum tea a day, it will also help restore your vision.

The tea made by adding wolfberry to chrysanthemum tea is the famous "chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea". Because both of them are Chinese herbal medicines for eye protection, it is especially suitable for students to drink after their eyes are tired from reviewing their homework all night.

It should be noted that chrysanthemum is cool in nature, and people with weak and cold constitution, who are usually afraid of cold, and who easily have cold hands and feet should not drink it frequently.

Chrysanthemum tea for all ages

The elegance and plainness of chrysanthemum have been loved by poets of all ages, and have inspired many popular poems. However, its medicinal value is rarely known.