Can chrysanthemum lower high blood cholesterol?

Chrysanthemum has the efficacy of dispersing wind-heat, calming the liver and clearing the eyes, clearing heat and removing toxins, and it is generally not suitable for lowering hyperlipidemia, and the treatment of hyperlipidemia needs to be done through medication, reasonable diet, and proper exercise and workout. Chrysanthemum is sweet and bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, belonging to lung and liver meridian, mainly used for wind-heat cold, headache and dizziness, redness and pain of the eyes, blurred eyes, canker sores and toxins, etc. It is not clinically used for lowering blood lipids. Clinically, it is generally not used for lowering blood lipids. Patients with hyperlipidemia can apply lipid-lowering drugs such as atorvastatin calcium and dibasic sodium alginate under the guidance of physicians. Chinese medicine treatment of hyperlipidemia requires evidence-based treatment, mostly considered to be related to spleen deficiency, phlegm-dampness, etc., which requires strengthening the spleen, inducing dampness, and resolving phlegm, etc., and a variety of medicines such as Atractylodes macrocephala, Atractylodes cangtuberculosis, hawthorn, and Lotus leaf can be used. Daily should avoid high fat, high cholesterol diet, to light and easy to digest food, regular diet, not overeating. Also with sports exercise, usually can carry out some aerobic exercise, such as tai chi, table tennis, swimming and so on. Hyperlipidemia patients need to go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate treatment plan, can not believe in any folk remedies or health products.