The efficacy of Gardenia jasminoides

As a herb, Gardenia jasminoides can be used to make traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and can also clear away heat and detoxify. Brewing cassia flower tea can also have a laxative effect. The fruit of the cassia flower can also be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, and like the cassia flower, it can also clear away heat and detoxify. In addition, cassia flower has many other functions. Let’s learn about them together.

Clears away heat, purges fire, and cools blood. It is used to treat fever, restlessness, insomnia, jaundice, gonorrhea, diabetes, red eyes, sore throat, vomiting blood, epistaxis, bloody dysentery, hematuria, hot and toxic sores, sprains and swelling and pain.

"Ben Jing": "It treats evil qi in the five internal organs, heat in the stomach, and red face.

Dosage

For internal use: decoct in water, 2-4 qian; or make into pills or powder. For external use: grind into powder and apply on skin.

【Selection】

① Treat typhoid fever with sweating and vomiting. After defecation, the patient suffers from insomnia and restlessness, and feels upset: 14 gardenias (cut into pieces), 4 he of fragrant beans (wrapped in cotton). Take the above two ingredients, add 4 liters of water, first boil it until 2.5 liters are left, then add the fermented black beans and boil until 1.5 liters are left. Remove the residue and divide into two doses. Take one dose while warm. If vomiting occurs, stop taking it. (Gardenia and Fermented Soya Bean Soup from Treatise on Febrile Diseases)

②For treating fatigue after recovery from a serious illness caused by typhoid fever: 3 pieces of Zhishi (roasted), 14 pieces of Gardenia (sliced), 1 liter of Douchi (wrapped in cotton). Take the above three ingredients, add seven liters of clear water, boil it in an empty pot until four liters are left, add Zhishi and Gardenia, boil until two liters are left, add Douchi, boil for five or six more times, remove the residue, take it warm in portions, cover until you feel a slight sweat. If there is old food in the stomach, take five or six pieces of rhubarb as big as chess pieces. (Zhi Shi Zhi Zi Shi Tang from Treatise on Febrile Diseases)

③ Treat jaundice and fever caused by typhoid fever: 15 fat Gardenias (sliced), 1 liang (roasted) of Licorice, and 2 liang of Phellodendron. Take the above three ingredients, add four liters of water, boil and reduce to one and a half liters, remove the residue and divide into portions to drink while warm. (Gardenia jasminoides and cypress bark decoction from Treatise on Febrile Diseases)

④Treat damp-heat jaundice: 4 qian of Gardenia, 1 liang each of Aconitum carmichaelii and Rhizoma Cyperi. Decoction in water and take three times a day. (Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine)

⑤Treat urinary incontinence and hematuria: 2 liang of fresh gardenia and 1 liang of rock sugar. Decoction. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

⑥To treat urinary obstruction: 27 gardenia seeds, a little salt, and a single garlic. Mash the above ingredients, spread them on paper flowers and stick them on the navel, or apply them on the scrotum. It will be unblocked after a long time. (Puji Fang)

⑦ Treat acute gastroenteritis, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea: 3 qian of Gardenia, 5 qian of the root of Panzhunan Schisandra (Purple Gold Cortex), 2 qian of Aucklandia. Fry the above herbs until they turn black and add 50 cents of honey. Decoction in water and take in two doses. (Selected Data on Investigation of Single-ingredient Prescriptions)

⑧For treating mouth ulcers, sore throat and inability to eat: 4 liang of Daqing, 1 liang each of Gardenia and Phellodendron, and half a jin of white honey. Cut the above into pieces, add three liters of water, boil it down to one liter, remove the dregs, add honey and boil it for another one or two times, and hold it in your mouth. (Gardenia Decoction from Puji Fang)

⑨To treat red eyes: Take seven Gardenias, drill through them, put them into a fire with burnt ashes and cook until cooked, add one and a half liters of water, boil until eight he, remove the residue, add three spoonfuls of rhubarb powder, stir well, and drink it warm after meals. (Gardenia Decoction from Shengji Zonglu)

⑩ To treat stomach fire pain, fry seven or nine large gardenias until they are charred, add one cup of water, boil for seven minutes, and add ginger juice to drink. (Danxi Zongyao)