What are the effects and functions of gardenia?

Gardenia is also known as mountain gardenia and yellow gardenia, and belongs to a type of fruit. From a medical point of view, gardenia is indeed a Chinese herbal medicine that can play a very good role in the treatment process. Of course, although gardenia is a Chinese herbal medicine, it can also be eaten directly, and it has very good health effects. Especially for some patients with high blood pressure, it is necessary to always have gardenia with them. So what are the effects and functions of the mast flower?

The effects of Gardenia

Clear heat and relieve restlessness: suitable for heat disturbing the mind. a. Exogenous febrile disease, with evil accumulated in the upper part of the body, causing restlessness and insomnia. b. Fire poison is raging, with high fever, irritability, and even delirium.

Cooling blood and detoxifying: used for syndrome of heat and toxicity in the blood. a. Blood heat and abnormal flow, vomiting blood, nosebleed, and hematuria. b. Swollen throat and red eyes, hot toxic sores and ulcers, are caused by actual heat.

Clearing away damp-heat: Suitable for damp-heat syndromes in the liver, gallbladder and lower abdomen. a. Damp-heat in the liver meridian causes stagnation of fire, restlessness, irritability, flank pain and bitter taste in the mouth. b. Jaundice caused by damp-heat and downward movement of damp-heat, painful and astringent stranguria caused by heat.

The role of Gardenia

Promoting bile secretion and relieving jaundice: Injection of gardenia water extract, crocin and crocetin into rabbits has a significant effect on increasing bile secretion and a significant effect on contraction of the human gallbladder. It can also significantly reduce the bilirubin in the blood and peripheral lymph fluid. It can promote the rapid excretion of bilirubin in the blood.

Promote pancreatic secretion: Gardenia jasminoides can promote pancreatic secretion and significantly reduce pancreatic amylase, and can increase pancreatic bile flow.

Antipyretic and anti-microbial effects: The alcohol extracts of gardenia and different processed products have antipyretic effects, among which the raw gardenia has a stronger antipyretic effect. Ursolic acid is one of the active ingredients of gardenia that can reduce fever and provide sedative effects. The ursolic acid content was significantly reduced after charcoal frying, so the antipyretic effect of fried gardenia was significantly weakened, but this was not the case with charred gardenia.

Gardenia water extract has inhibitory effects on many skin fungi and hemolytic streptococci.