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Bai Ju Hua, white Chrysanthemum, 1lb

Bai Ju Hua, white Chrysanthemum, 1lb

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Chrysanthemum disperses and clears wind-heat; Calms the Liver and clears the eyes; Calms the Liver and extinguishes wind; Resolves toxicity. - Bensky


Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Disperses wind and clears heat: for wind-heat patterns, either from a common cold or warm pathogen disease with fever and headache.
  • Calms the Liver and clears the eyes: for red, swollen, dry, and/or painful eyes due to either wind-heat in the Liver channel or ascendant Liver yang. Also used for spots in front of the eyes, blurry vision, or dizziness due to Liver and Kidney yin deficiency.
  • Calms the Liver and extinguishes wind: for such symptoms as dizziness, headache, and deafness due to ascendant Liver yang.
  • Resolves toxicity: for toxic sores and swellings.

White Chrysanthemum Bai Ju Hua nourishes the Liver and clears the eyes better than other varieties. It is most often used for diminished vision due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiencies.


English Name: white chrysanthemum
Chinese Name: bai ju hua
Unit Size: 1 lb
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Sweet, Bitter (Acrid)
Properties: Slightly Cold (Cool)
Channels Entered: Lung, Liver - Bensky
Actions: Disperses and clears wind-heat; Calms the Liver and clears the eyes; Calms the Liver and extinguishes wind; Resolves toxicity. - Bensky
Pattern: Wind-heat; Ascendant Liver yang, Liver and Kidney yin deficiency; Toxicity - Bensky
Chinese Symptomology: Fever and headache due to wind-heat; Red, swollen, dry, and/or painful eyes due to wind-heat in the Liver channel or acscendant Liver yang; Spots in front of the eyes, blurry vision, dizziness due to Liver and Kidney yin deficiency; Dizziness, headache, deafness due to ascendant Liver yang; Toxic sores and swellings. - Bensky
Materia Medica: Release the Exterior
Contraindications: Do not use in large doses for patients with Qi Deficiency, poor appetite and/or Stomach Cold or diarrhea. Contraindicated in the presence of Yang Deficiency or Cold.

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