The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine Gardenia

Gardenia is a relatively common plant that can be used for viewing. Of course, gardenia has a greater value, which is to be used as a traditional Chinese medicine. This is mainly because gardenia has the effects of purging heat and relieving restlessness, cooling blood and detoxifying, and clearing away dampness and heat. In addition, it can also promote pancreatic secretion, promote bile secretion and reduce jaundice, relieve fever, and treat diseases such as typhoid fever. Below, we will introduce in detail the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine gardenia.

1. The efficacy of Chinese medicine Gardenia

1. Relieve heat and relieve restlessness

Suitable for those with heat disturbing the mind. ① Exogenous febrile disease, with evil accumulated in the upper part of the body, causing restlessness and insomnia. ② Fire poison is raging, with high fever, irritability, and even delirium.

2. Cooling blood and detoxifying

Used for heat and toxicity syndrome in the blood. ①Heat in the blood, vomiting blood, nosebleed, and hematuria. ②Swelling of throat and red eyes, heat-toxic sores and ulcers are caused by real heat.

3. Clear away dampness and heat

Suitable for damp-heat syndrome in the liver, gallbladder and lower abdomen. ① Damp-heat in the liver meridians, stagnation of fire, restlessness, irritability, side pain and bitter taste in the mouth. ② Jaundice caused by damp-heat and downward movement of damp-heat, painful and astringent stranguria caused by heat.

2. The role of Chinese medicine Gardenia

1. Promote pancreatic secretion

Gardenia jasminoides can promote pancreatic secretion and significantly reduce pancreatic amylase, and can increase pancreaticobiliary flow.

2. Promotes bile secretion and relieves jaundice

Injection of gardenia water extract, crocin and crocetin into rabbits has a significant effect on increasing bile secretion and a significant contraction effect on 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.

3. Antipyretic and anti-microbial effects

Gardenia and its different processed products' alcohol extracts all have antipyretic effects, among which raw gardenia has a stronger antipyretic effect. Ursolic acid is one of the effective ingredients in 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.

4. Others

(1) Sedative: Gardenia decoction has a sedative effect, and the sedative effect is significantly enhanced after it is stir-fried until it is charred.

(2) Blood pressure lowering: Gardenia decoction has a long-lasting blood pressure lowering effect and can prevent and treat atherosclerosis.

(3) Coagulation: Scorched Gardenia has a significant coagulation effect and can significantly shorten the coagulation time of mice.

(4) Inhibition of gastric acid: The decoction of raw gardenia has a significant inhibitory effect on the total gastric acid secretion and pepsin activity of mice. After being charred, the gastric inhibitory effect is significantly weakened or eliminated.

3. Medicinal Recipes of Gardenia

1. To treat insomnia due to sweating, vomiting and diarrhea caused by typhoid fever: 14 gardenias (cut), 4 he of fragrant beans (wrapped in cotton). Take the above two herbs, add 4 liters of water, first boil the gardenia until it gets 2.5 liters, then add the fermented black beans, boil until it gets 1.5 liters, 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)

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

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

4. To treat stranguria and hematuria, take 2 liang of fresh gardenia and 1 liang of rock sugar. Decoction. ("Mindong Materia Medica")

5. To 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)