What Are the Functions and Main Uses of Gardenia Jasminoides?

The main functions of Gardenia jasminoides are clearing heat, purging fire, and cooling the blood. It has good therapeutic effects on gonorrhea, jaundice, hematuria, and red eyes, etc. It belongs to a kind of heat-clearing medicine. If there is a phenomenon of heatiness, it can also be alleviated by soaking Gardenia jasminoides in water. Therefore, Gardenia jasminoides is a very good traditional Chinese medicinal material that can treat many diseases.

1. Purging fire and relieving irritation are used for symptoms such as fever due to heat disease and restlessness. Gardenia jasminoides is good at purging fire and heat to relieve irritation. In the early stage of exogenous heat disease, symptoms such as fever, chest tightness, and irritation can be treated with Gardenia jasminoides combined with black beans to dispel evil, purge heat, relieve irritation, and resolve depression. For symptoms such as high fever, agitation, delirium, and delirium caused by all kinds of actual heat syndrome, this product can be used with Coptis chinensis to purge fire and clear pathogenic heat.

2. Cooling the blood and stopping bleeding are used for symptoms such as vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, red and swollen eyes, and ulcerous swelling caused by heat toxicity and actual fire. Gardenia jasminoides also has the effects of cooling the blood, stopping bleeding, and clearing heat and detoxifying. It is often used in combination with radix rehmanniae, lateral berry leaf, and cortex moutan to treat blood heat and indiscriminate bleeding; it can be used in combination with chrysanthemum and haliotis to treat red and swollen eyes; and it can be used in combination with Coptis chinensis, honeysuckle, and forsythia to treat ulcerous swelling.

3. Lowering blood pressure: The greatest effect of its leaves is to lower blood pressure. Use this leaf as tea and brew it with water. Drinking it can effectively alleviate the symptoms of hypertension. In addition, the juice extracted from its leaves can effectively treat swollen sores. However, it should be noted that this juice is not for drinking, but for applying to the affected area.