Regarding the efficacy and function of gardenia, many people will think of a word-gardenia. In fact, the fruit of Gardenia is a kind of Chinese medicine. What is its function? Let's follow me to see the relevant knowledge about the efficacy and function of Gardenia, hoping to help everyone.

Efficacy and function of gardenia 1

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Alias: Gardenia, Huangguoshu, Gardenia, Peony, Xianzhi, Hippopotamus Chef, Zhi Zi, Moon Peach, Zhi Zhi, Xiaozhi, Huang Ji, Hippopotamus Chef, Gardenia.

Taboo crowd: loose stool with spleen deficiency is forbidden.

Basic introduction of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Gardenia jasminoides Ellis is the fruit of the dicotyledonous plant medicine Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. Harvest and storage: in the middle and late June of 10, when the peel changes from green to yellow-green, remove impurities from the fruit stalks, steam them in a steamer or boil them in alum water, and take them out to dry or dry them. You can also directly dry or dry the fruit.

Efficacy and function of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Gardenia, bitter in taste and cold in nature; Heart, liver, lung, stomach, triple energizer meridian. Purge fire to relieve annoyance; Clearing heat and promoting diuresis; Cooling blood and detoxifying. The main fever is upset; The eyes are red with liver fire; Headache; Damp-heat jaundice; Gonorrhea; Bleeding from leaf blood; Bloody dysentery and hematuria; Mouth sore; Ulcer swelling; Sprain, swelling and pain.

1, purging fire and relieving annoyance

Used for fever, irritability, etc. Gardenia is good at purging fire, dispelling heat and removing annoyance. Symptoms such as fever, chest tightness and upset can be seen in the early stage of exogenous fever syndrome. Gardenia can be combined with lobster sauce to dispel pathogenic factors and clear heat, and relieve annoyance and depression. For excess heat syndrome with symptoms of high fever, irritability, delirium, delirium, it can be combined with Huang to purge fire and clear heat.

2, cool blood to stop bleeding

Can be used for treating hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, conjunctival congestion, swelling and pain, and sores caused by heat toxin and excess fire. Gardenia has the functions of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing heat and detoxifying. It is often used with Radix Rehmanniae, Folium Platycladi and Cortex Moutan to treat blood-heat rash. It can be combined with Flos Chrysanthemi and Concha Haliotidis to treat conjunctival congestion and swelling. For sore and carbuncle, it can be used with Coptidis Rhizoma, Lonicera japonica Flos and Forsythia suspensa.

3, hot and humid.

This product can also clear away heat and promote diuresis, and can be used for jaundice, sallow and emaciated, fatigue and anorexia caused by damp-heat and blood stasis. It is often used with Cortex Phellodendri and Herba Artemisiae Scopariae. Grinding raw gardenia into powder, mixing with flour and yellow wine, has the function of detumescence and activating collaterals. Can be used for traumatic injury, sprain and abrasion, skin swelling and pain, etc. The "tendon-hanging medicine" commonly used by the people is especially suitable for bone and muscle injuries near limbs and joints.

The efficacy and function of gardenia. 2 Name: Gardenia

Sexual taste: bitter, cold.

Meridian tropism: heart tropism, lung tropism and triple energizer tropism.

Storage: Store in a ventilated and dry place.

Taboo: Gardenia is bitter and cold, which hurts the stomach. People with spleen deficiency and loose stool should not eat it.

1, laxative

Gardenia is rich in cellulose, which can promote the peristalsis of large intestine, help the excretion of feces, and prevent hemorrhoids and rectal cancer.

Therefore, drinking gardenia tea often can also play a laxative role.

2. Clearing heat and purging fire

Gardenia is cold and bitter. Soaking gardenia in water has the effect of clearing away heat and removing annoyance. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, as a kind of medicine, can effectively remove heat toxin in human body and reduce the occurrence of fever, chest tightness, upset and other adverse symptoms.

3, swelling and pain relief

Genipin produced by hydrolysis of geniposide contained in Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has sedative effect. Therefore, a proper amount of raw products can be taken and mashed and applied to the painful parts to reduce swelling and relieve pain.

Step 4 relieve anxiety

Taking gardenia tea can clear away heat and relieve annoyance, and can also relieve various fevers. The effect is very good, especially for some cases of fever, chest tightness and upset.

5, phlegm and cough

Gardenia can inhibit the growth of bacteria well, and at the same time, it can eliminate phlegm and ventilate, which has the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough.