Chrysanthemum Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium, a hybrid of garden origin), the florist's chrysanthemum or Ju Hua, is a perennial of the daisy family, Asteraceae, bred in China more than two thousand years ago from wild species of East Asia and grown for tea in Zhejiang, Anhui, and Henan. It grows 30 to 90 centimeters with woody-based stems and deeply lobed, grey-green, aromatic leaves, and in autumn carries flower heads 2 to 6 centimeters across in white or yellow, the small, dense tea cultivars very different from shaggy exhibition blooms. The dried heads are pale, papery, and faintly honey-scented, with a mild, sweet taste. We extract the dried flower.