Pharmaceutical name:

Flos Chrysanthemi Morifolii

Latin botanical name:

學名﹕

Chrysanthemum morifolium Ramat.

Pron. in Japanese:

kikuka

Pron. in Korean:

kukhwa

Pron. in Cantonese:

kuk fa

Other Names:

別名﹕

干菊花 gan ju hua, 黃菊花 huang ju hua, 杭菊花 hang ju hua, 白菊花 bai ju hua。

Common Name:

常用英文名﹕

chrysanthemum flower

Distribution:

產地﹕

Zhejiang, Anhui, Henan, Sichuan, Hebei, Shandong

Properties (characteristics):性味:

sweet, bitter, slightly cold.

味甘苦，性微寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 歸經﹕

liver, lungs.

歸肝、肺經。

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

For liver and kidney deficiency resulting in dizziness, blurry vision, pain and weakness in lower back and knees, tears induced by wind blowing, eyes are irritable in sunlight, chronic glaucoma, neurasthenia, ringing in the ears, hard in hearing, weak eye sight.

治肝腎不足，虛火上炎所致的目眩頭暈，視物不清，眼睛澀痛，腰膝酸軟，迎風流淚等證。

目赤腫痛、久視昏暗、迎風流淚、怕日羞明、中心性視神經炎、慢性青光眼、神經衰弱、球後視神經炎、耳鳴耳聾、視力障礙等。

Medical function:

藥理作用﹕

1. Effect on cardio-vascular system: it has obvious effect on dilating the coronary arteries by directly relaxing their smooth muscles.

2. Anti-inflammatory effect

3. Antibiotic effect: in vitro experiment, ju hua possesses therapeutic effect on infections caused by staphylococcus aureaus, beta hemolytic streptococci, escherichia coli, and Shigella spp.

4. Antipyretic effect: stomach infusion of ju hua extra to rabbits that were induced fever artificially showed it has antipyretic effect. The result can be the inhibiting effect on the CNS.

5. Ye ju hua (wild ju hua) is better than ju hua in lowering cholesterol, lowering blood pressure and inhibit infection.

1. 對心血管系統的影響: 有明顯的擴張冠狀動脈的作用，是直接鬆弛冠狀動脈的平滑肌所致。

2. 抗 炎。

3. 抗病原微生物的作用: 體外試驗，對金黃色葡萄球菌、乙型溶血性鏈球菌、大腸桿菌、痢疾桿菌有 療效。

4. 解熱作用: 菊花浸膏灌胃，對人工發熱的家兔有解熱的作用，其作用是對中樞神經系統 的抑制有關。

5. 野菊花對於降低膽固醇、降血壓、抑制感染三方面療效優於菊花。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Name of formula: qi ju di huang wan

Application: swollen red eyes, sensitive to blowing of wind and light.

shu di huang, shan zhu yu, huai shan yao, fu ling  , mu dan pi, ze xie  , gou qi z, ju hua. Boil all herb with water except ju hua which is to be added to the hot liquid when ready. It can also made into pill form.

杞菊地黃丸

【主治】：目赤腫痛，迎風流淚，羞明症。

【組成】：熟 地 黃 、山 茱 萸、 淮 山 、茯 苓、 牡 丹皮 、澤 瀉、枸 杞 子、甘菊花 。

處方來源﹕宋錢乙《小兒藥證直訣》

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Dosage:

用量:

12 g ~ 18 g . Do not boil for long period because it contain essential oil which is an active ingredient.

12克～18克。不可久煎以避免損失有效的揮發油。

Cautions:

禁忌:

Do not use in case of pixu (spleen deficient)/ weak digestion with loose stool.

脾虛便溏者忌服。