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What are the effects of chrysanthemum?

Chrysanthemum is one of the ten most famous flowers in China, and can be found almost everywhere in the country. Chrysanthemum varieties are colorful, but also with a touch of light and pleasant fragrance, and extraordinary utility, is a common flower of medicine and food, our country since ancient times, there are chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum eating habits, has been stretched over thousands of years. Chrysanthemum feast has become a unique and healthy diet! \x0d\\\x0d\\traditional medicinal effects: Chrysanthemum is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, and is one of China's traditional and commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs, which is mainly used in the form of head-like inflorescences for medicinal purposes. According to ancient records, chrysanthemum taste sweet and bitter, sex slightly cold; there are wild chrysanthemum and family chrysanthemum, which family chrysanthemum clear liver and eyesight, wild chrysanthemum to dispel poison and fire. In Chinese medicine, chrysanthemum is often used to treat diseases such as redness of the eyes, sore throat, tinnitus, wind-heat colds, headaches, high blood pressure, and sores and poisons. If consumed over a long period of time, it also has the effect of "promoting blood circulation, lightening the body and prolonging life". \x0d\\\x0d\\chemical mechanism: Physicochemical analysis shows that chrysanthemum contains volatile oil, chrysanthemum glycosides, adenine, amino acids, choline, silymarin, cork alkaloids, flavonoids, chrysanthemum pigments, vitamins, trace elements and other substances, can be antipathogens, and enhance the resistance of the capillaries; which the flavonoids have been proved to have a very strong scavenging effect on the free radicals, but also in the antioxidant and anti-aging, and other aspects. It is very effective in antioxidant and anti-aging. From a nutritional point of view, the essence of plants lies in flowers and fruits. Chrysanthemum petals contain 17 amino acids, including glutamic acid, aspartic acid and proline. In addition, it is also rich in vitamins and trace elements such as iron, zinc, copper, selenium, etc., thus it has a role that is incomparable to general fruits and vegetables. Modern clinical medicine has also proved that chrysanthemum can expand coronary arteries, increase blood flow and lower blood pressure, which has a good effect on coronary heart disease, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and excessive serum cholesterol. \x0d\\\\x0d\\\\color: Chrysanthemum has high medicinal and nutritional value, and in China, many places have the custom of eating chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum odor fragrant, soft and refreshing, is into the cuisine good. There are many ways to eat, fresh food, dry food, raw food, cooked food, stewing, steaming, cooking, frying, burning, mixing are suitable, but also can be shredded into the filling, chrysanthemum cake and chrysanthemum dumplings have their own attractive features. Chrysanthemum is mostly used in yellow and white chrysanthemum, especially white chrysanthemum is better, Hang Bai Ju, Huangshan Gong Ju, Fushan Bai Ju, etc. are the best.