Huaishou chrysanthemum producing area

Huaishou chrysanthemum is produced in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province. Huaishou chrysanthemum belongs to the subspecies of Huai chrysanthemum, which is one of the four major medicinal chrysanthemums, and Huai chrysanthemum is a specialty of Jiaozuo City, Henan Province and a national geographical indication product of China. There are two varieties of Huai chrysanthemum, namely, yellow chrysanthemum and white chrysanthemum, whose main function is to clear the liver and clear eyes, but yellow chrysanthemum focuses on clearing heat and white chrysanthemum focuses on clear eyes.

On August 7, 2003, the former General Administration of quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine approved the protection of products of origin to "Huai Chrysanthemum". The geographical scope of the origin of Huai chrysanthemum shall prevail in the notice of Jiaozuo Municipal people's Government on determining the Protection scope of the products of the Origin of the "four Huai Medicines" (Jiao Zhengwen [2002] No. 114). It is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of Wuyi County, Wen County, Boai County, Qinyang City, Mengzhou City and Xiuwu County of Henan Province.