Gardenia, a famous gardenia. The Gardenia here does not only refer to the flower of gardenia, but also the general name of the whole plant. Its flower, fruit, leaf and root can be used as medicine. Gardenia is also a common pot culture flower, so what are its specific medicinal value? Let's have a look.
The flower, fruit, leaf and root of Gardenia can be used as medicine. Gardenia contains gardenoside, geniposide, echinoside methyl ester and a small amount of gardenoside. It has the functions of clearing away heat and diuresis, cooling blood and detoxifying, jaundice, blood drenching and astringency, eye red swelling and pain, fire sore, lowering blood pressure, etc. Among them, gardenia fruit is used as medicine, mainly for the treatment of fever, restlessness, real fire, toothache, sore mouth and tongue, nose gauge, hematemesis, conjunctivitis, sore and swelling toxin, icteric infectious hepatitis, broad bean disease, blood urination, external use for traumatic bleeding, sprain and contusion. Root medicine is mainly used to treat infectious hepatitis, bruise, wind and fire toothache. "Compendium of Materia Medica" called it "Yue color," Thousand Golden Wings "facial paste used." "Diannan Materia Medica" called it "diarrhea lung fire, stop lung heat cough, stop nosebleed, eliminate phlegm."
1. It can be used to treat hematemesis, epistaxis, hematuria, redness and swelling of eyes and sores caused by heat toxin and solid fire. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has the functions of cooling blood, hemostasis, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is often used to treat blood fever and misbehaving. It is often compatible with Shengdi, Platycladus orientalis, Cortex Moutan, etc.; it is also compatible with chrysanthemum, cassia, etc.; it is equally used to treat sore, swelling and toxin with Coptis, honeysuckle and forsythia.
2. It can treat fever, upset and restless. Gardenia is good at catharsis and relieving heat. In the early stage of exogenous fever, there are fever, chest distress, upset and other symptoms. Gardenia and Douchi can be used to penetrate pathogenic factors, relieve heat, remove anxiety and depression. In case of high fever, dysphoria, delirium and other diseases due to all febrile diseases, this product can be used with Coptis and other diarrhea to clear pathogenic heat.
3. It can relieve heat and dampness, and can be used for jaundice, yellowing of skin, tiredness, diet reduction and so on. It is often used in the same way as Phellodendron chinense and Artemisia scoparia. It can also be used to reduce swelling and activate collaterals. It can be used for falling injury, sprain and bruise, skin bruise and pain. It is a commonly used "tendon medicine" in the folk, especially for the injury of muscles and tendons near the joints of limbs.
4. Can light clear up, can diarrhea lung fire, to skin heat, in exogenous fever, exterior and interior heat and other diseases. It can be used to cool blood and clear heart heat. It can also be used for heat disease, upset, blood fever, heat drenching and blood urination. Therefore, gardenia can not only clear air and heat, but also clear blood and heat. As for heat and dampness relieving, it can be used to treat jaundice, which is also its specialty.
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With Scutellaria, this product can relieve lung fire; with light Douchi, it can relieve the heat inside and outside; with Scutellaria, it can relieve the heat inside and outside; with Shengdi, Danpi, it can cool the blood and stop bleeding; it can cure the blood heat and rash, spit the blood; with Phellodendron, Yinchen, it can clear the heat and dampness, and treat the damp heat and jaundice. Gardenia should not be taken in case of spleen deficiency and loose stools.
① "Summary of Materia Medica": "spitting blood and bleeding are forbidden for those who are not suffering from Yang fire.
② "To deserve the grass": "evil is in the table, and the false fire is rising. They are forbidden.
Gardenia