Chrysanthemum Flower,Ju Hua or Flos Chrysanthemi,Apply and Modern Researches.
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical data and Identification of Chrysanthemum.
- .Botanical Description of Chrysanthemum Flower.
- .Chrysanthemum Flower Origin.
- .Legend of Chrysanthemum Flower.
- .Chrysanthemum Flower Constituents and Phytochemicals.
- .History and Uses of Chrysanthemum Flower.
- .Chrysanthemum Flower Remedies and Functions.
- .Applications of Chrysanthemum.
- .Chrysanthemum Suggestions and Administration
- .Modern Researches of Chrysanthemum
- .Research Update:Chrysanthemum Flower.
Legend of Chrysanthemum Flower.
During Liang Period of ancient China,book Xu Qi Xie Ji(by Wu Jun) noted: during East Han dynasty, pestilence demon kill people at Ru He of Ru Nan area,people suffering and groaning about it.A man named Heng Jing,climb into mountains with hardships and dangers behind,visit Wizard Fei Chang Fang as his master teacher,learning skills and witches to cure people.
Someday,the wizard remind Heng Jing :"pestilence demon will come to kill people at the Double Ninth Festival,you better hurry back to your home for saving lives ",and tell him:"Climbing uphill, bundle red hop-pocket with cornus officinalis inside around arms,drink Chrysanthemum wine,then pestilence demon could be defeated,disaster drive out.",so Heng Jing back to his home,tells this news to all his local people,the Double Ninth Festival comes, water in Ru river runs as high as mountains, clouds and mist penetrate, pestilence demon come to mountains,for Chrysanthemum wine provocative smells and nose,and cornus officinalis strange smells harm the heart and soul,its hard to close.Heng Jing took his sword and fighting,kill the demon at mountain side.At evening time,people back to homes,chickens,dogs,flocks and herds died in boots,but people survived,so uphill climbing customs at the Double Ninth Festival inherited generation by generation.
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