If you are a gardener, you may be growing Chrysanthemum morifolium in your flowerbeds. Chrysanthemum flowers are not only beautiful to look at, but when cut, dried and ground, may have therapeutic benefits as a
In China, dried Chrysanthemum morifolium flowers are boiled to make a sweet tea called júhuā chá; in Korea, Chrysanthemum flowers are used to flavor gukhwaju, or rice wine.
Practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) regularly purchase wholesale
organic herbs such as Chrysanthemum morifolium in order to treat illnesses such as influenza. Other possible therapeutic uses of this natural herb may include relief from tension headache and the treatment of halitosis.
Chrysanthemum flowers are known to be an effective, non-toxic (to birds and mammals) alternative to insecticides. Powdered Chrysanthemum morifolium may be used in a suspension of water or oil and sprayed on food crops and even rubbed on the skin as an insect repellent; as an organic herb, it has no toxicity to humans whatsoever.
Those who are planning to uses Chrysanthemum morifolium as a natural herb remedy should not use it for self-medication, however. Like other
organic bulk herbs, Chrysanthemum morifolium should be used to treat illness only under the direction of a naturopathic doctor or licensed herbalist.
