What are the effects and functions of gardenias

Gardenia, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the fruit of the Rubiaceae plant gardenia. The fruit of gardenia is a traditional Chinese medicine, which belongs to the first batch of medicinal and edible dual-use resources promulgated by the Ministry of Health, and has the functions of liver protection, choleretic, blood pressure, sedation, hemostasis, and swelling.

It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine for jaundice hepatitis, sprains, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. And it is also the city flower of Yueyang City. Gardenia has the effects of purging fire, clearing heat and diuretic, cooling blood and detoxifying, etc., and can be used for urinary tract infections and symptoms of fire.

Gardenia belongs to the cold nature, and its contraindications are mainly reflected in the fact that the cold gardenia is easy to damage the spleen and stomach, and can also cause abnormal menstruation, and can also cause diarrhea and abdominal pain in patients. The effect of Qingxinhuo Gardenia is very ideal, especially the symptoms of difficulty falling asleep, chest tightness, and irritability caused by emotions, which can be carried out by combining with relevant drugs**.

Efficacy of gardenia:1Cool blood and detoxify.

Gardenia can cool the blood and detoxify, suitable for blood heat poisoning. 2.Extinguish the fire.

Gardenia is fragrant and elegant, and can be calmed and condensed when cooked, and is suitable for people who are disturbed by heat. 3.Clear the dampness and heat.

Gardenia can clear dampness and heat, remove dampness and avoid irritability, and is suitable for liver and gallbladder and lower scorching dampness and heat. The role of gardenia: The anthocyanin in gardenia has an increased effect on human bile secretion and can promote the contraction of human gallbladder.

Reduces bilirubin in the blood and lymphatic fluid, promotes blood circulation, and makes bilirubin in the blood expel rapidly. The dehydroxygardenin in gardenia can promote pancreatic secretion, reduce the effect of amylase, and increase the flow of pancreaticobiliary flow. To put it simply, gardenia can promote pancreatic secretion and reduce the occurrence of diabetes.

Gardenia contains ursolic acid, which is one of the effective ingredients for cooling and sedation, so raw gardenia has antipyretic effects.

The efficacy and role of gardenia, these effects can be remembered.

1. Efficacy and function.

1. Hepatoprotective and gallbladder reticulatory: Gardenia has the effect of hepatoprotective and choleretic, which is good for the liver and gallbladder, and can also be used for some diseases due to liver and gallbladder, with good results.

2. Phlegm and cough: Gardenia contains a lot of ingredients, some of which can inhibit the growth of bacteria, so that the trachea is unobstructed, and can have the effect of dissolving phlegm and relieving cough.

3. Help defecation: Gardenia contains some cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, and help defecation.

4. Clear heat and reduce fire: Gardenia has the effect of depyretic and detoxifying, and can also be used with other things to remove heat.

5. Sedative and anti-inflammatory: Gardenia also has the effect of calming and anti-inflammatory, and can also reduce swelling and relieve pain.

2. Can it be used to soak in water and drink?

Gardenias can not only be used for ornamentation, but also can be used to soak in water to drink, generally flowers are picked, dried and added with hot water, and then used to soak in water to drink, the operation is relatively simple.

5 "Compendium of Materia Medica" records gardenia: pleasant color, "Thousand Golden Wings" ointment used. It can be seen that gardenia also has the effect of beauty and beauty, and the gardenia can be distilled to use flower water for the face, or the gardenia purified essential oil can be used in the face fat cream.

6 Gardenia contains gardenia acid, which has the effects of enhancing memory function, lowering blood pressure, diarrhea, promoting bile secretion, and can also promote collagen synthesis, antioxidant and anti-aging.

7 Gardenia contains linalool, linalool to Escherichia coli, Proteus, Enteritidis Membrane Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, albicans, Aspergillus niger, Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria and other 17 kinds of bacteria have good antibacterial activity, but also inhibit the growth of 10 kinds of fungi, so gardenia has a good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.

81.Gardenia bitter cold, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loose stools, diarrhea, long-term illness and body weakness should be eaten with caution.

2.Do not eat with cold food. Gardenia has a bitter and cold taste, and eating it with cold food will aggravate the cold, which is not conducive to the spleen and stomach, and people with weak spleen and stomach will even have diarrhea symptoms.

1. Gardenia bitter cold clearing, into the lung meridian, has the effect of clearing the lungs and reducing fire, cough and phlegm, can be used for cough and phlegm caused by lung fever and hot phlegm to the lungs; In addition, the active ingredient of gardenia can inhibit the growth of bacteria, dilute the phlegm and clear the airway, so as to achieve the purpose of dissolving phlegm and relieving cough.

2. Gardenia is bitter and cold, can enter the blood and clear evil heat, and can assist **epistaxis, sores and ulcers, swelling and poison, intestinal dysentery, blood fever and other diseases.

3 Gardenia can not only be used medicinally, but also edible, and gardenia is rich in fiber, which can promote the peristalsis of the large intestine and help the excretion of stool, which can not only relieve constipation, but also prevent the onset of hemorrhoids and the occurrence of rectal cancer.

4 gardenia smell cool, fragrant, contains a variety of volatile oils, has a good effect of removing annoyance, in the work and study pressure is greater, irritable, you can put a gardenia sachet on the body or the gardenia buds soaked in water to drink, can relieve pressure, make the mood happy.