Applications of Chrysanthemum Tea

Applications of Chrysanthemum Tea
Chrysanthemum tea is prepared in the same way as traditional tea. The dried flowers are infused with hot water for over 10 min, and the tea is ready to serve.

For clinical usage, the chrysanthemum is boiled either alone or together with various other herbs, according to the prescriptions to suit a specific clinical purpose.

Based on traditional usage, in addition to use as a tea, C. morifolium is used for the common cold, fever, migraines, conjunctivitis, eye, irritation, hypertension, ulcerative colitis, vertigo, ophthalmia with swelling and pain, etc.

As a mixture with other herbs, it has been claimed to be able to relieve migraines and eye irritation, improve vision, and cure keratitis.

The curing rates of ulcerative colitis and hypertension are reported to be more than 90% and 80% respectively.

Apart from the above traditional usages, there are also reports of other usage, such as antitumor activities.

Chrysanthemum water extract was found to significantly inhibit growth of transplanted tumor in nude mice, suggesting that the water-soluble components of chrysanthemum may have potent chemopreventive effects.

Although chrysanthemum is considered to be a “mild” herb and almost with no side effect in traditional medical practice, adverse effect has been reported with its flowers, and leaves may cause skin dermatitis.

In contrast there was no report that drinking chrysanthemum tea could cause respiratory or alimentary tract irritation.
Applications of Chrysanthemum Tea

Hot Water Soluble Tea

Hot Water Soluble Tea
In country consuming the traditional hot beverage the instant product has not, so far, enjoyed the same fairly wide acceptance as has instant coffee. Only on the last few years has there been any serious attempt to market instant tea in the United Kingdom outside the catering and vending sector. The market is still in an early stage of development with several freeze dried products of reasonable quality consisting of 100% tea solids retailing alongside mixes containing whiteners or sugar and other flavoring.

The manufacturing process is essentially similar to that for instant coffee, namely the preparation of an aqueous extract, followed by concentration and drying of the extract to yield a completely soluble powder or granules. In the case of tea, however, control of the processing condition is much more critical of product degradation is to be avoided. The extract may be prepared from conventional black tea or from undried green leaf which may be partly processed before the extraction. In either event the extraction conditions must be precisely controlled in order to provide both satisfactory quality and a commercially viable yield. After extraction the liquors require very careful handling to minimize undesirable changes before the final drying step. This may be by spray drying or freeze drying.

For a retail product, marketing considerations dictate that the product density should be such that one tea spoonful of powder or granules corresponds to a cup of average drinking strength.
Hot Water Soluble Tea