Is it good for women to drink water soaked with gardenia?

Gardenia is a common medicinal material that has the functions of regulating the liver, lubricating the gallbladder, lowering blood pressure, calming, stopping bleeding, and reducing swelling. It has extremely high nutritional value, helps to regulate, and promotes the recovery of qi and blood. It is very popular. Women can use it to make tea, and men can also use it. It is mainly used for symptomatic purposes. This medicine is not exclusive to women.

Gardenia: Also known as yellow gardenia, mountain gardenia, and white toad, it is the fruit of the gardenia plant of the Rubiaceae family. At present, the fruit of gardenia is a traditional Chinese medicine and belongs to the first batch of medicinal and edible resources promulgated by the Ministry of Health. It has the effects of protecting the liver, promoting bile secretion, lowering blood pressure, calming, stopping bleeding, and reducing swelling. It is often used in clinical Chinese medicine to treat icteric hepatitis, sprains, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. 【Nature and flavor and meridians】Bitter, cold. It enters the heart, lung and triple burner meridians.

[Functions and indications] Fruit: clears away heat and relieves restlessness, clears away heat and promotes urination, cools blood and detoxifies. It is used for restlessness due to fever, jaundice and red urine, painful and astringent blood in the stranguria, vomiting and bleeding due to blood heat, red and swollen eyes, and sores caused by fire poison; it can also be used externally to treat pain caused by sprains and bruises. Root: clears away heat and dampness, cools blood and relieves blood stasis. Used for infectious hepatitis, traumatic injuries, and toothache caused by wind and fire. 【Usage and Dosage】 6 to 9g. For external use, take appropriate amount of raw product, grind into powder and apply. 1 to 2 taels of root. 【Storage】Place in ventilated and dry place.

【Remarks】 (1) Used for fever, restlessness, etc. Gardenia is good at clearing away heat and relieving restlessness. In the early stage of Qi syndrome of exogenous febrile disease, symptoms such as fever, chest tightness, and irritability are seen. Gardenia can be used in combination with fermented black beans to expel evil, release heat, eliminate irritability and relieve depression. If it is a true heat syndrome with symptoms such as high fever, irritability, coma and delirium, this product can be used with Coptis chinensis and other herbs to purge fire and clear away evil heat. (2) It is used for symptoms such as vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, red and swollen eyes, and swelling and toxins in sores caused by heat toxins and excess fire. Gardenia has the effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is used to treat blood heat and is often used in combination with raw rehmannia, cypress leaves, and moutan bark; to treat red and swollen eyes, it can be used in combination with chrysanthemum and semen cassiae; to treat sores and swelling, it can be used together with coptis root, honeysuckle, and forsythia. (3) This herb can also dissipate heat and dampness, and can be used to treat jaundice, yellowing of the face and skin, fatigue, decreased appetite, etc. caused by damp-heat stagnation. It is often used together with Phellodendron chinense and Artemisia capillaris. Raw gardenia is ground into powder and mixed with flour and rice wine. It has the effect of reducing swelling and activating blood circulation. It can be used for falls, sprains, skin bruises and pain. It is a commonly used "tendon-hanging medicine" among the people, especially suitable for muscle and tendon injuries near the joints of the limbs.

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