What are the effects and functions of chrysanthemum pillow?

Chrysanthemum pillow is a common item and also a traditional medicine rash. Chrysanthemum pillow has a good health care effect and can also treat diseases. For people who are prone to getting inflamed and have a hot body, regular use of chrysanthemum pillow can detoxify and remove moisture, and it can also have an inhibitory effect on influenza and epidemic viruses.

Lu You is a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty of my country. Not only did he produce a wealth of works throughout his life, he was also a long-lived man, living to the age of 85. Legend has it that the reason why Lu You lived a long life was because he had the habit of sleeping on a chrysanthemum pillow since he was a child.

Chrysanthemum pillow is a traditional medicinal pillow that has the function of improving health and curing diseases.

The method of making a chrysanthemum pillow is as follows: select 1000 grams of chrysanthemum (dried), 400 grams of Chuanxiong, 200 grams each of Moutan bark and Angelica dahurica, put them into the pillowcase, and allow the medicine to evaporate slowly. Generally, each medicine pillow can be used continuously for about half a year.

The chrysanthemum used in the pillow is not only an ornamental flower, but also a Chinese medicine. According to traditional Chinese medicine, chrysanthemum tastes sweet and bitter, is slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, calming the liver and improving eyesight. Modern medical research has confirmed that chrysanthemum contains chrysanthemum glycosides, adenine, flavonoids and volatile oils, which have the effect of lowering blood pressure, and have inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Shigella dysenteriae, influenza virus, etc. It also has anti-inflammatory, coronary artery dilation, and improvement of myocardial ischemia effects. Chuanxiong can promote qi and blood circulation; Moutan bark can clear away heat and cool blood; Angelica dahurica can dispel wind, relieve exterior symptoms, promote tissue regeneration and relieve pain. Chrysanthemum works together with these three herbs to complement each other and enhance the efficacy of the medicine.

When you sleep with a chrysanthemum pillow, the temperature and pressure of your head can cause the effective ingredients of the four medicines in the pillow to be released and enter the blood circulation through the lungs through breathing, thus achieving the purpose of preventing and curing diseases, especially for diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, and stroke. It has a good preventive and auxiliary therapeutic effect.