What is the benefits of drinking chrysanthemum?

Chrysanthemum is one of the four gentlemen among the flowers in our country. In addition to its garden ornamental value, it also has a relatively high health value. The Han Dynasty's "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" records that "chrysanthemums can be worn lightly and prolong the life for a long time." It can be seen that chrysanthemums have been a good health product since ancient times. Soaking in water with chrysanthemum is not only convenient and quick, but also can add the light fragrance of chrysanthemum to plain boiled water. In recent years, it has become more and more popular. But behind the many benefits of chrysanthemum soaking, there are five types of people who are not suitable for chrysanthemum tea. Let me show you the following.

First of all, do you know what are the three major effects of chrysanthemum soaking in water?

Chrysanthemum herbal tea can relieve visual fatigue

Chrysanthemum soaking in water has the effect of moisturizing and maintaining the eyes. That is because the chrysanthemum is rich in vitamin A, which is a substance that is beneficial to our eyes. Making a cup of chrysanthemum tea every day can help relieve eye fatigue and dry eyes, and can even help restore vision.

If drinking too much water before going to bed causes swollen eyes when you wake up, then wipe your eyes with chrysanthemum soaked water when you wake up early to help eliminate the swollen eyes. With wolfberry, it can clear the liver and improve eyesight, suitable for students and white-collar workers who like to stay up late.

Detoxification of ye ju hua tcm

Chrysanthemum has active substances that can fight against and inhibit Escherichia coli, Shigella flexneri and Staphylococcus aureus, which are often the culprits that cause our fever and colds. Chrysanthemum tea has heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, and has a good relieving effect on headache, dizziness and fever caused by wind-heat and cold. When the chrysanthemum is soaked in water, it is processed together with honeysuckle to relieve wind-heat and colds.

Chrysanthemum herbal tea can prevent blood pressure from rising

This is one of the chrysanthemum soaking effects that people who love health can't miss. Chrysanthemum contains flavonoids, which can effectively help us scavenge free radicals in the body and achieve powerful anti-oxidation and anti-aging effects. Moreover, the flavonoids in chrysanthemum can expand the coronary arteries and increase coronary flow, so it has a better health care effect for people with hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. If chrysanthemum and hawthorn are soaked in water to drink, it can also reduce fat and blood pressure, which is suitable for obese people.

Although chrysanthemum soaking in water has many effects, it is not suitable for everyone, especially these five types of people should pay attention!

1. Pregnant women

The immune function of pregnant women is low, especially the function of the spleen and stomach is slightly weaker than that of normal people. However, chrysanthemum tea is cold and easily stimulates the stomach. Used by pregnant women, it is not conducive to fetal development.

2. Those with weak and cold physique

Chrysanthemum has a cold nature, and people who are weak and weak are susceptible to wind chill because of their body cold. They often have cold hands and feet and have lower immune functions. If you take chrysanthemum tea, it is often not conducive to treatment, but will aggravate the condition.

3. People with allergies

Some people are allergic to chrysanthemum. When they have skin redness and rash after use, they are not suitable for making chrysanthemum tea.

Although drinking chrysanthemum tea can help lower blood pressure, and elderly people are prone to coronary heart disease and high blood pressure, the old people have weak spleen and stomach due to old age. Often using chrysanthemum tea to soak in water will cause harm to the body, which is not conducive to the health of the elderly. Life.

The child is full of yang at the peak of growth and development. Because the chrysanthemum is cold, it will weaken the children's yang energy, so it is best for children not to drink chrysanthemum tea.