菊花的药食同源功效

Efficacy of the medicinal and food chrysanthemum

菊花(Chrysanthemum×morifolium Ramat.)是中国传统名花,也是世界著名花卉,多作为观赏植物被人们所熟知。然而菊花除了极高的观赏价值外,还具有很好的食用价值和药用价值。因此,菊花也是一种药食同源植物。依据用途可将菊花分为观赏菊和实用菊。实用菊依据应用方式又可划分为药用菊、食用菊和茶用菊三类。介绍了实用菊发展的历史,主要对实用菊的种质资源及其药食同源功效进行综述,旨在引起人们对菊花药食同源功效的关注,弘扬中华菊文化,提高菊花的应用价值,进而推动实用菊花种质资源的收集、保存和育种工作的开展。

Chrysanthemum is one of the most important ornamentals in China as well as in the world. However, chrysanthemum cultivars not only have the extremely high ornamental value, hut also have the effects of medicine while is an edible plant. Thus, chrysanthemum is a precious medicinal and food plant. Chrysanthemum plants in China are divided into ornamental and practical ones. Practical （or edible） chrysanthemum can he divided into three categories： medicinal chrysanthemum, food chrysanthemum, and chrysanthemum tea. After giving a hrief review of the chrysanthemum history in China, the authors mainly discuss the practical chrysanthemum germplasm resourceand its medicine food homology efficacy. The authors hope to attract attention to the medicinal and food chrysanthemum and also hope to push forward the collection and conservation of chrysanthemum germplasms so as to launch breeding project in this field.