The type of plant mentioned here is the daisy flower also known as chrysanthemum, in some places it is known as pig’s poop plant. This plant grows along the roadside, wasteland, and develops very vigorously, its flowers float with the water and bury themselves in the soil and grow very quickly, even if cut back to the root it quickly regrows. Because of this, this plant is often uprooted but still quickly grows back and blooms white flowers.
The chrysanthemum plant is about 0.3m to 0.4m tall (can be up to 1.5m – 2m in fertile, humid soil, with a leaning price for the plant). Chrysanthemum branches grow densely, usually in clusters, and develop into communities. In spring, it has flowers (all-year round, depending on the type of chrysanthemum), then the flower buds turn into seeds, the seed heads have thorny hooks.
Chrysanthemum is usually a wild flower that children like to play with, but hardly anyone uses them except for a few who know their benefits.
The medicinal properties of chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is a wild herb but has many medicinal properties for humans, because it contains many beneficial chemical compounds such as: 9.8% water, 2.2% Mn, 2.3% Mg, 1.1% Ca, 1.6% Phosphorus, 1.2% Cr, 0.02% Fe, 0.03% Zn…these substances are good for health. In addition, substances such as acetone 2.8%, methanol 8.6%, acetone 2.5% have the effect of treating cough, reducing pain effectively but many people still do not know about these.
In traditional medicine, chrysanthemum is a medicinal herb, it has a bitter, mild, slightly spicy taste, cool properties with the effects of heat-clearing, blood-cooling, detoxification, and disinfection. Chrysanthemum is used to treat sore throat, swollen throat with fever, enteritis, diarrhea, acute nephritis, allergies, eczema, allergic skin diseases, itching, and redness. Some people use it to stop bleeding, treat snake bites, insect bites by smashing and applying directly to the wound….
Medicinal recipes from chrysanthemum
Used for high fever: Chrysanthemum flowers and leaves 20g, Euphorbia humifusa 20g, mashed and squeezed for children to drink 2-3 times a day, and the residue is applied to the soles of the child’s feet.
Treat snake bites, hives, wounds, hemorrhoids: Use 20g of chrysanthemum leaves, mash them then apply to the painful area, combined with drinking the decoction (15g of dried plants).
Treat toothache, dental caries: Take both leaves and flowers of chrysanthemum, wash them and mash them with a little salt. Shape into small pills and stuff into the affected tooth or cavity.
Support in the treatment of viral hepatitis: Use both leaves and flowers of chrysanthemum about 20g, Eupatorium fortunei 20g, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 15g, Borago officinalis 15g, Saxifraga stolonifera 12g. Infuse and drink one dose a day.
Sore throat, laryngitis: Chrysanthemum plants include both flowers and leaves, Honeysuckle flower, Euphorbia humifusa, Houttuynia cordata leaves, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, each 10-15g. Infuse with 700ml of water, take 300ml, divide into 2 doses and drink throughout the day. Infuse and drink one dose a day.
Treat hives: Chrysanthemum is often used externally to boil water for bathing (100–200g boiled with 4–5 liters of water), rub the residue well to treat hives. Usually used 1–2 times and see the results.
Soft tissue injury, hematoma pain: Chrysanthemum leaves and flowers, Eupatorium fortunei, both herbs in equal amounts, mashed and applied to the painful area, perform 1-3 times a day. When the blood clot dissolves and the pain goes away, stop applying the medicine.
Treat back pain from exertion: Chrysanthemum plant 150g, wash and extract the juice, add 250g of medlar, red sugar, and a little white wine, simmer over low heat until the medlar is soft, divide into 4-5 doses, take continuously for 10 days.
Chrysanthemum used as a food herb
Chrysanthemum stems can be used as a vegetable, with a slightly bitter taste, crispy like cabbage.
Chrysanthemum can be boiled or cooked in soup, stir-fried with meat.
Chrysanthemum flowers are also grown to feed bees for honey production. Chrysanthemum honey is clean, highly transparent, and does not contain harmful substances, so it is highly favored by consumers.
You can pick dried chrysanthemum flowers to make tea, chrysanthemum tea has a fragrant taste and is easy to drink. But be careful when picking chrysanthemums to avoid places that have been sprayed with pesticides. Because chrysanthemums grow wild next to rice fields, so farmers spraying pesticides can easily spread to chrysanthemums. Therefore, you should avoid picking them during the pesticide season.
Chrysanthemum is a plant with a strong detoxifying property, so if it grows in places with dirty sewage, industrial areas, or places with a lot of smoke and dust, it will contain a large amount of heavy metals as well as toxins in the extract.
Planting chrysanthemum around the house helps purify the air
Chrysanthemum has beautiful flowers and is loved by many people, so you can completely plant them in pots or tubs around the house. Besides bringing natural, wild beauty, chrysanthemum helps to purify the air well. Chrysanthemums absorb dust and especially absorb heavy metals well, so they are very effective in purifying the air around the house.
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