Effects and efficacy of Chinese medicine Gardenia jasminoides

Yellow Gardenia is the name of a Chinese herbal medicine. It is also called Gardenia jasminoides or red Gardenia. It is the dried perfect fruit of the Rubiaceae plant Gardenia jasminoides. It is mostly harvested when the fruit is ripe in autumn. After harvesting, it is dried and processed before it can be used as medicine. Gardenia has a cold nature, can clear away heat and reduce fire, and can also quickly reduce swelling. Gardenia has many effects and functions. Let’s learn about them together below.

The efficacy and function of Gardenia jasminoides

1. The efficacy of Gardenia jasminoides

After removal, yellow gardenia can be processed into different types of Chinese herbal medicines, such as gardenia kernel, raw gardenia, gardenia bark, scorched gardenia and fried gardenia. Their processing methods are different, but the effects are not substantially different. Gardenia jasminoides tastes slightly bitter and is cold in nature. It can enter the heart meridian, lung meridian and triple burner meridian. It has many functions such as removing fire and relieving restlessness, clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting diuresis, dispersing blood and detoxifying. It is usually used to treat human fever, nausea, jaundice, red and swollen eyes, etc. The therapeutic effect is very significant.

2. Gardenia can treat cold and damp jaundice

Gardenia jasminoides has an excellent effect of clearing away heat and removing dampness. It has a significant therapeutic effect on human cold-damp jaundice. During treatment, you can take four grams of gardenia jasminoides, one liang of chicken inner grass and one liang of radix scutellariae, add cold water and boil them. After boiling, filter it and take it to get the medicine. The medicine can be taken three times a day.

3. Gardenia can treat oral ulcers

Gardenia jasminoides also has a very good therapeutic effect on human oral ulcers. During treatment, you can take 4 liang of Daqing, 1 liang of Huangzhi, and 1 liang of Huangbai, and finally prepare 500 grams of white honey. First put the medicinal materials together to decoct the medicine, then add white honey and boil it into a paste. After cooling, you can take it directly. This method also has a certain therapeutic effect on human sore throat and hoarseness.