English name:
Indian chrysanthemum.
Description:
Annual or perennial herb, 20-50 cm. high. Stems sulcate, glabrous. Leaves alternate, deeply lobed and irregularly toothed. Inflorescence is an axillary or terminal corymb of many heads; flowers yellow. The species Chrysanthemum morifolium Ram. is also used medicinally.
Flowering period:
November - January.
Distribution:
Naturalized species grown for flavouring wines, spirits, etc... and for ornamental and medicinal purposes.
Parts used:
Flowers. The flowers are picked in October and December. They are subjected to sulfur fumigation for 2-3 hours, then bulked together and reduced by compression. A black liquid should be extracted from the flowers. After pressing, the flowers are spread in thin layers to dry in an oven at low temperature.
Chemical composition:
The flowers yield the glycoside chrysanthemin that yields glucose and cyanidin on hydrolysis, together with stachydrine, an essential oil and vitamin A. The semidried seeds contain 15.8% oil.
Therapeutic uses:
The flowers possess antibacterial and antihypertensive properties. They are utilized in medication for photopsia, vertigo, fever, headache, ophthalmia, dacryolithiasis, xerophthalmia, amblyopia, hypertension, furunculosis and phlegmon. Their long-term use is rejuvenating. The daily dose is 8 to 16g in the form of a decoction. They are also a constituent of composite prescriptions. Washing with the decoction and poultices of pounded flowers are effective in furunculosis and impetigo.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica).
Indian chrysanthemum.
Description:
Annual or perennial herb, 20-50 cm. high. Stems sulcate, glabrous. Leaves alternate, deeply lobed and irregularly toothed. Inflorescence is an axillary or terminal corymb of many heads; flowers yellow. The species Chrysanthemum morifolium Ram. is also used medicinally.
Flowering period:
November - January.
Distribution:
Naturalized species grown for flavouring wines, spirits, etc... and for ornamental and medicinal purposes.
Parts used:
Flowers. The flowers are picked in October and December. They are subjected to sulfur fumigation for 2-3 hours, then bulked together and reduced by compression. A black liquid should be extracted from the flowers. After pressing, the flowers are spread in thin layers to dry in an oven at low temperature.
Chemical composition:
The flowers yield the glycoside chrysanthemin that yields glucose and cyanidin on hydrolysis, together with stachydrine, an essential oil and vitamin A. The semidried seeds contain 15.8% oil.
Therapeutic uses:
The flowers possess antibacterial and antihypertensive properties. They are utilized in medication for photopsia, vertigo, fever, headache, ophthalmia, dacryolithiasis, xerophthalmia, amblyopia, hypertension, furunculosis and phlegmon. Their long-term use is rejuvenating. The daily dose is 8 to 16g in the form of a decoction. They are also a constituent of composite prescriptions. Washing with the decoction and poultices of pounded flowers are effective in furunculosis and impetigo.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica).
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