14 Benefits and Uses of Gardenia

I believe everyone has seen gardenia. Although it is a flower on the surface, it can actually be used as a medicinal material and food. It can help treat many diseases and relieve body pain and other symptoms. Therefore, don’t underestimate gardenia. It is rich in protein, multiple vitamins and other nutrients, and is very useful for human health. So, what are the effects and functions of gardenia? How should we use gardenia to maintain our health? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction below.

The efficacy and function of Gardenia

Gardenia not only looks beautiful and can be appreciated by people, but it also has great medicinal and edible value. Gardenia is rich in triterpenes, as well as carbohydrates, protein, crude fiber and a variety of vitamins. It is cold in nature, and eating it has a good effect on the liver and lungs. So, what are the specific effects and functions of Gardenia?

1. Clear the lungs and relieve cough, cool the blood and stop bleeding. It is mainly used to treat lung heat, cough, nose, sputum, swelling and other symptoms.

2. If you encounter the following symptoms, you may wish to use gardenia to treat them:

3. Cold and high fever: 60 grams of Gardenia root, 30 grams of Hempseed root, 60 grams of Rhizoma Cyperi, and 30 grams of Carthamus tinctorius root. Decoction and take, the effect is very good.

4. Nosebleed: Dry the gardenia and grind it into fine powder. Take a small amount each time and blow it into the nasal cavity, then press it with a sterilized cotton plug. Boil 10 grams each of gardenia and locust tree flowers in water for 15 minutes and drink as tea.

5. Hypertension: Drinking tea made from gardenia leaves can lower blood pressure.

6. Hoarseness: Brew 5-7 gardenias with boiling water and drink as tea.

7. Cough caused by lung heat: Boil 3 eggs, peel them, and then cook them with 30 grams of gardenia for half an hour. Eat them 3 times a day. Marinate 15 grams of gardenia with 30 grams of sugar for half a day. Take a little and make tea.

8. Epigastric pain: fry 7-9 gardenias until they are charred, add appropriate amount of ginger, and decoct in water; stew 30 grams of gardenia root and 20 grams of rock sugar.

9. Tracheitis: 10 grams of gardenia and 30 grams of fresh gardenia root, decocted in water and taken orally.

10. Jaundice hepatitis: Use 30-60 grams of gardenia root, add lean meat and cook. The jaundice will subside in about half a month.

11. Redness and swelling caused by sores, boils and boils: 12g each of Gardenia, Dandelion and Honeysuckle, decocted in water, take 1 dose per day, divided into 3 times.

12. Dysentery: Stew gardenia root with rock sugar and take it. It is very effective and will take effect after taking it for 7 days.

13. Red and swollen eyes: Use 9 grams each of gardenia leaves and chrysanthemum, 6 grams each of scutellaria, gentian and licorice, decoct in water and take for 15 days. The effect is very good.

14. Sores: squeeze the juice from gardenia leaves and apply it on the red and swollen sores. You will see significant effects in 7-10 days.

The therapeutic effects of Gardenia:

1. Clearing heat and cooling blood Gardenia is bitter and cold, can enter the blood and clear away evil heat. It is an auxiliary therapeutic food for sores, swellings, diarrhea, blood heat and other diseases.

2. Expectorant and cough-relieving: The active ingredients of gardenia can inhibit bacterial growth, release phlegm and clear the airways. It has the effect of resolving phlegm and relieving cough. It can be used as a food therapy for people with cough caused by heat and phlegm.

3. Relax the intestines and promote bowel movements, prevent cancer Gardenia contains cellulose, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, help the excretion of stool, and prevent the onset of hemorrhoids and the occurrence of rectal cancer.

Note:

Gardenia is bitter and cold, so people with spleen deficiency, diarrhea, and kidney yang deficiency should eat it with caution.

The above has introduced in detail the effects and functions of gardenia, and also recommended some diseases that can be treated with gardenia as an auxiliary. However, everyone must pay attention that if you get sick, you must first go to a regular professional hospital for examination and treatment. The above methods can only serve as auxiliary treatments and cannot be used as a magic weapon for curing diseases.