Yě Jú Huā (野菊花), known in English as Wild chrysanthemum flower (Chrysanthemum indicum), is a cool, bitter and acrid Chinese herb from the Clear heat category. It enters the Liver and Heart channels. Its main action: clears Heat, resolves toxicity.
| Pinyin | Yě Jú Huā (Ye Ju Hua) |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 野菊花 |
| English | Wild chrysanthemum flower |
| Botanical name | Chrysanthemum indicum |
| Category | Clear heat |
| Nature | Cool |
| Flavour | Bitter, Acrid |
| Channels | Liver, Heart |
| Dosage | 9–15g |
| Cautions | Spleen and Stomach deficiency Cold |
Actions
- Clears Heat, resolves toxicity
- Drains Fire, calms Liver
Indications
- Boils, carbuncles and toxic sores
- Red, swollen, painful eyes
- Headache and dizziness from Liver Fire
How to remember Yě Jú Huā
Clear heat herbs are mostly cool or cold and bitter, and most enter the Stomach and Liver channels.
- You can work these out
- Cool, Bitter: like most Clear heat herbs
- Liver channel: from its action “calms Liver”
- Learn by heart
- Acrid: unusual for Clear heat herbs (most are bitter)
- Heart channel: nothing in its group or its actions points to it
Formulas containing Yě Jú Huā
Other Clear heat herbs
- Shí Gāo
- Zhī Mǔ
- Huáng Qín
- Huáng Lián
- Huáng Bǎi
- Lóng Dǎn Cǎo
- Zhī Zǐ
- Jīn Yín Huā
- Lián Qiào
- Pú Gōng Yīng
- Tiān Huā Fěn
- Lú Gēn
- Zhú Yè
- Xià Kū Cǎo
- Jué Míng Zǐ
- Kǔ Shēn
- Qín Pí
- Bái Xiān Pí
- Zǐ Huā Dì Dīng
- Bái Huā Shé Shé Cǎo
- Bǎn Lán Gēn
- Tǔ Fú Líng
- Shè Gān
- Dì Gǔ Pí
- Qīng Hāo
- Yín Chái Hú
- Hú Huáng Lián
- Mǔ Dān Pí
- Chì Sháo
- Xuán Shēn
- Shuǐ Niú Jiǎo
- Bái Wēi
- Bái Tóu Wēng
- Bài Jiàng Cǎo
- Yú Xīng Cǎo
- Shān Dòu Gēn
- Mǎ Bó
- Lǜ Dòu
- Hé Yè
Test yourself
What is the nature and flavour of Yě Jú Huā?
Yě Jú Huā is cool and bitter and acrid.
Which channels does Yě Jú Huā enter?
Yě Jú Huā enters the Liver and Heart channels.
What are the actions of Yě Jú Huā?
Clears Heat, resolves toxicity; Drains Fire, calms Liver.
What is Yě Jú Huā used for?
Boils, carbuncles and toxic sores; red, swollen, painful eyes; headache and dizziness from Liver Fire.
Which formulas contain Yě Jú Huā?
Wǔ Wèi Xiāo Dú Yǐn.
Practise Yě Jú Huā and the other 290 herbs
Recognise each herb from its picture, recall its nature, flavour, channels and actions, and review it again just before you would forget it.
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