Efficacy:

Gardenia has a bitter and cold nature and taste, and it returns to the heart, lung, and triple burner meridians. Oral administration can purge fire and relieve troubles, clear away heat and dampness, cool blood and detoxify; external application can reduce swelling and relieve pain. Therefore, this tea has the effect of purging fire and removing troubles, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is suitable for people with strong heart and liver fire, such as irritability, swollen throat, red eyes, sores on the mouth and tongue, etc.

The fruit produced after the gardenia blooms and fails is called "Gardenia". It is a medicinal material with the same origin as medicine and food. The crocin and crocetin contained in Gardenia are rare water-soluble compounds. Carotene can be used as a food additive. Yi Meimei, a traditional Chinese pharmacist at the Department of Pharmacy of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, said that gardenia is also a good product for relieving the heat in midsummer.

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Related knowledge

1. Gardenias are better if they are small, thin-skinned, complete, with full kernels and red inside and outside. It is customary to believe that those produced in Zhejiang are the best. Use raw, stir-fried or charcoal-fried. When used raw, it can disperse Qi and purge fire; when stir-fried black, it can enter the blood and stop bleeding.

2. The peel of Gardenia jasminoides tends to reach the surface and removes heat from the skin; the kernels of Gardenia jasminata tend to go inside and clear away internal heat.

3. Gardenia harvesting and processing: Harvest the fruits from September to November when they are mature and turn red and yellow. Remove the fruit stems and impurities, steam them until they are airy or blanch them in boiling water, take them out and dry them.

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