Ye Ju Hua - 野菊花 - Flos Chrysanthemi Indici

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Flos Chrysanthemi Indici
Common English:	Indian Dendranthema Flower Wild Chrysanthemum Flower

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Acrid	Slightly Cold (Cold) (Slightly Toxic)	Lung Liver	9-20g Tincture: 2-5ml 9-15g (Secondary source)

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Drains Fire and resolves toxicity

Fire toxicity with sore, swollen throat

Furuncles, carbuncles and sores, scrofula, goiter, (Chuang Yung)

Liver-Wind Fire causing red eyes, blurred vision

As an external wash for itching

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Use caution when used in conjunction with anticoagulants such as heparin, warfarin (Coumadin) and enoxaparin (Lovenox) or antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin, dipyridamole (Persantine) and clopidogrel (Plavix) as it may potentiate the effects of these drugs.

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying	Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao Fol. Mori Sang Ye	Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding
Furuncles. Hypertension.	Red, swollen, painful eyes. (internally or topically as an eye wash)	Carbuncles and furuncles.

It has recently been used for hypertension, either alone or as an infusion.
A pillow filled with this herb is used for blurry eyes.
It is reputed to lower high blood pressure.
Compared with Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua, Ye Ju Hua drains Fire and resolves toxicity more powerfully, and it is frequently used for toxic swollen sores and boils.
It is said to relax the Heart and to have anti-viral and antibacterial properties.
It also acts as a lymphatic decongestant.
According to one source, it breaks up Blood Stasis.
It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
It is reputed to remove female hematocele and to cure virulent furuncles and erysipelas.
The root is said to cure non-ulcerated scrofula when pounded, decocted and taken with wine, with the dregs applied to the lesion.
It is very effective at removing toxic material, both topically and internally.
Charred Wild Chrysanthemum resolves toxicity and stops bleeding. For Intestinal Wind with bleeding, a honey pill is made from Ye Ju Hua, Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang, Rz. Zingiberis Preparata Pao JIang, Sanguisorbae Di Yu and Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi.
It also disperses Wind-Heat and clears the eyes.