In the Heian period, the nobility had a ceremony called 'kiku no kisewata' (chrysanthemum covers) on the Chrysanthemum Festival day, in which people rubbed their bodies with chrysanthemums covered by cotton and wished their health.
平安時代の貴族は重陽の節句に「菊の着綿」といって菊の花にかぶせた真綿で体をこすって健康を祈った。