The gardenia fruit is the fruit of gardenia in the family of Rubiaceae, belongs to the dual-use of traditional Chinese medicine, its taste is bitter, cold in nature, belongs to the heart, lungs, triple jiao meridian, has the efficacy of diarrhea fire in addition to the annoyance, clearing away the heat and diuresis, cooling the blood to detoxify the efficacy of the gardenia fruit, but also protects the liver, diuresis, lowering the blood pressure, sedation, haemostasis, swelling and so on, clinically used for feverish diseases, damp-heat jaundice, gonorrhea and astringent pain, epistaxis and redness of the eyes and pain, fire and poisonous sores. It is also used in the treatment of sores, external treatment of sprain and contusion.
2 Gardenia is more effective when combined with other herbs
According to the patient's condition, it is most effective when combined with other herbs.
1, gardenia is used for dampness-heat, jaundice, it is suitable to be used in combination with Yin Chen and Rhubarb, which are used for clearing heat and removing dampness to reduce yellow.
2, gardenia is used for diarrhea and fire, can be used with Huanglian and Scutellaria baicalensis to clear heat and diarrhea.
3, gardenia is used to cool blood and stop bleeding, can be used with scutellaria baicalensis and leucaena leucocephala to cool blood and stop bleeding.
3 Is gardenia fruit poisonousGardenia jasminoides in Chinese medicine can have allergic reaction, and large dose can cause poisoning.
Some people eat gardenia can appear allergic symptoms, allergic manifestation for abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and so on, and gardenia over the dosage should not be too much, otherwise large doses of gardenia can cause poisoning harm, plus gardenia bitter cold hurt stomach, eat more will also increase the human body inside the cold gas, to the spleen and stomach damage is bigger, especially spleen deficiency loose stools people should not use.
4 How many grams of gardenia are generally usedDosage: 6-10 grams.
The amount of general internal gardenia should not be more than 10 grams, clearing heat should be used in raw, cooling blood should be used in fried, stopping bleeding should be used in fried charcoal, in 6-10 grams is suitable, generally take to the elimination of disease can stop, if it is long term use, gardenia's coldness will be harmful to the body's health, leading to the occurrence of cold diarrhea and other symptoms.