Can Gardenia be soaked in water?

I believe that many friends will like gardenia when it comes to it. Because the fresh and elegant fragrance of gardenia can instantly make people feel like they are surrounded by a sea of ​​flowers. It can also remove all kinds of stress brought by busy work, making people feel refreshed and relaxed. Therefore, many friends will plant gardenias at home. So, can gardenias be soaked in water and drunk? In response to this question raised by everyone, please join me in the following learning content.

Nature and flavor

It is cold in nature, sweet and bitter in taste; it acts on the lung and liver meridians.

Indications

Clears the lungs and relieves cough, cools the blood and stops bleeding. It is mainly used to treat lung heat, cough, nose, sputum, swelling and other symptoms.

Nutritional Information

Gardenia contains triterpenoids, gardenia acid A, B and jasmine acid. In addition, it also contains carbohydrates, protein, crude fiber and a variety of vitamins.

Dietary effects

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 extract of gardenia has choleretic, sedative, antihypertensive, antibacterial and smooth muscle inhibitory effects. For those who suffer from lung heat cough, nosebleed or chloasma on the face, drinking gardenia tea may be helpful.

When gardenias are in bloom, you can harvest the flowers, pick the petals, dry them, and make scented tea for drinking at any time.

Ingredients: two fresh flowers and a little honey.

Preparation method: Wash the flowers, put them in a pot, pour in boiling water for about five minutes, and add honey.

Dietary therapeutic effects: clearing heat, cooling blood, relieving cough

I believe that after studying the above paragraphs, most friends will have their own unique insights and experiences on the question of whether gardenia can be soaked in water to drink. But I still want to remind everyone that when we use gardenia to make tea, we must be clear about the corresponding group of people, and we must also learn the correct way to make tea with it, and also understand which foods are incompatible with it.