Gardenia has been used as medicine for a long time. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" says that gardenia is used as medicine to relieve evil qi in the five internal organs and heat in the stomach. It is very effective in clearing away heat and purging fire. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also says that when used as medicine, gardenia can purge the fire of the triple burner, clear the fire of the stomach and epigastrium, relieve fever, relieve qi stagnation, and clear blood-heat to stop vomiting blood, bloody diarrhea, bloody stranguria, and bruises. Congestion?. It can be seen that it not only has the effect of purging fire and detoxifying, but also has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. If you drink gardenia soaked in water, it will mainly help human health in the following ways.

1. Drinking gardenia soaked in water can remove dampness and heat.

Gardenia jasminoides is bitter and purges heat. It is cold and lowering. It can clear and lower the heat. It can induce the dampness and heat in the triple burner to be discharged with the urine. It can relieve damp-heat jaundice, hot stranguria and bloody stranguria.

Dampness and heat accumulation in the liver and gallbladder make people most susceptible to damp-heat jaundice. Gardenia, when paired with capsicum, scutellaria baicalensis and the like, can clear away heat and dampness, reduce jaundice and eliminate diseases.

Dampness and heat accumulation in the lower Jiao are most likely to cause stranguria. At this time, urination may be blocked, or there may be astringent pain and burning. Gardenia can be used together with plantain, talc, and chrysanthemum to clear away heat and remove dampness. , diuretic and relieve stranguria effect.

2. Drinking gardenia soaked in water can relieve blood heat.

The common diseases caused by blood heat and restless movement include nosebleeds caused by internal heat, hemoptysis caused by internal heat, and bloody diarrhea caused by damp-heat dysentery. Gardenia jasminoides can also be used as medicine to relieve the symptoms.

For those who have hot blood and are prone to nosebleeds, grind the ashes of gardenia and blow them into the nose to stop the bleeding. For those who have hot blood and are prone to hemoptysis and vomiting, there is a prescription called Shi Hui Powder that can stop this. The prescription uses gardenia with madder, big and small thistles, Platycladus orientalis leaves, Imperata cognac roots and other medicines together, and can be taken with warm water. Get better.

For those with damp-heat dysentery and blood in the stool, gardenia can also be used as medicine. For mild cases, use gardenia alone to make tea and drink it to see the effect; for severe cases, use it together with Coptidis chinensis, Pulsatilla chinensis, and Acostalis to stop bleeding and dysentery.

3. Drinking gardenia soaked in water can heal sores and swelling.

When heat, poison and fire evil accumulate in the skin, it is most likely to cause sores, carbuncles, swelling and pain. Gardenia is bitter and cold and can best clear away the fire evil of heat and poison. Gardenia is used as medicine to relieve heat and poison. Best for sores and swelling.

Just soaking gardenia in water daily and drinking it instead of tea can prevent stagnation due to heat and toxins, sores and swelling. If the sores caused by heat poisoning have already grown, you can use gardenia to mash it externally, mix it thoroughly with water, and apply it externally. You can use gardenia together with forsythia, Erhua, dandelion, and groundwort internally, which is the best way to detoxify and treat sores.

4. Drinking gardenia soaked in water can relieve heat in the internal organs.

Heat evil originating from the heart is most likely to disturb people's minds, often making people upset, weak and restless. This can be eliminated by soaking gardenia in water instead of tea. If the heat evil rises and disturbs the head, people often suffer from high fever and irritability. Gardenia, together with Gypsum Anemarrhena and Bamboo Leaf Scrophulariaceae, can have the effect of purging fire and removing troubles, clearing away heat and relieving anger.

Heat evil originating from the liver and gallbladder is most likely to cause qi stagnation and poor blood stasis. Chest and flank swelling and tightness, chest and flank pain, depression and restlessness are often the result. Use gardenia and firewood. When used together with other herbs such as hu, paeonol, angelica, and white peony root, it can clear away liver heat and relieve stagnation of fire.

For those with heat evil in the stomach, gardenia can also be used as medicine. For conditions such as stomach heat, body fluid injury, dry mouth that makes people thirsty, stomach heat and bad breath, etc., drinking gardenia water instead of tea can relieve the symptoms. If you add medicinal materials such as Phellodendron, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Ophiopogon japonicus, the effect will be faster.