1, Effect of Gardenia on Boiling Water
1. Clearing heat and cooling blood, Gardenia is bitter and cold, and can separate serum heat. It is an adjuvant food for treating diseases such as sores, diarrhea due to intestinal wind, blood heat rash, etc.
2. Resolving phlegm and relieving cough. The effective components of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis can inhibit the growth of bacteria, eliminate phlegm and dredge collaterals, and have the effect of eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, which can be used as a good food therapy for people with hot phlegm and cough.
3. Relaxation and cancer prevention Gardenia contains cellulose, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, help stool excretion, and prevent hemorrhoids and rectal cancer.
2. Other functions of Gardenia.
(1) Sedative effect: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis decoction has sedative effect, which is obviously enhanced after charring and carbonization.
(2) Lowering blood pressure: Gardenia water decoction has a lasting effect on lowering blood pressure and preventing and treating atherosclerosis.
(3) Coagulation: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has obvious coagulation effect, which can obviously shorten the coagulation time of mice.
(4) Inhibition of gastric acid: The decoction of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has obvious inhibition on the total gastric acid secretion and pepsin activity in mice. The inhibitory effect on the stomach was obviously weakened or disappeared after burning.
(5) Purging: Dehydrogeniposide and Isogeniposide have purgative effects.
(6) Accelerating healing: Gardenia extract made into ointment can accelerate soft tissue healing.
3. The taboo of soaking gardenia in water
First: people who are not suitable for taking gardenia.
In life, gardenia can not only promote health, but also damage health. This is because drugs have two sides. It is suggested that gardenia should be scientifically dialectical before use. It should be noted that people with spleen deficiency and loose stool should not take Gardenia, especially those with kidney-yang deficiency.
Above, we tell you that the scientific use of gardenia can treat hematemesis, but if it is not caused by strong yang fire, it is not appropriate to soak gardenia in water at this time to avoid affecting health. In addition, it is best not to take gardenia for patients with body surface discouragement and rising deficiency fire, otherwise it will aggravate the condition.
Second: Gardenia is not suitable for long-term large-scale use.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that gardenia is cold and bitter, and it has a good therapeutic and health care effect on heart meridian, triple energizer meridian and lung meridian after taking it. But this cold Chinese herbal medicine is not suitable for long-term large-scale use, otherwise the body will have diarrhea or even dysentery.
4. How to eat gardenia?
First: cold gardenia
Ingredients: Gardenia, shredded ginger, chopped green onion, sesame oil, mature vinegar, salt and monosodium glutamate.
Practice: Wash and remove impurities from fresh gardenia, blanch in boiling water, remove, drain and cool. Sprinkle all kinds of condiments on the prepared gardenia, and stir well to take.
Efficacy: The recipe of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis made by this method is fresh and tender, and has the functions of clearing away heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. Usually, cough due to lung heat and bleeding due to intestinal wind can take this cool gardenia.
Second: gardenia and egg flowers
Ingredients: Gardenia, eggs, chopped green onion, shredded ginger, salt and monosodium glutamate.
Practice: Wash the gardenia, blanch it with boiling water, take it out, drain the water and cut it into pieces for later use. After breaking the eggs, put them in a bowl and stir them clockwise. Put the prepared gardenia powder into the egg and stir well. Put the gardenia eggs into an 80% hot oil pan, fry them and add various seasonings.
Efficacy: This prescription has a fragrant smell and a crisp and tender taste, and has the function of clearing away heat and nourishing the stomach, and has a certain curative effect on some cases of halitosis, toothache and constipation.
Third: Gardenia tea
Ingredients: dried gardenia, boiled water.
Practice: take out two or three dried gardenias and put them in boiling water, then add boiling water to brew, and take them after ten minutes. In addition, you can also add appropriate amount of honey or rock sugar according to your own preferences.
Efficacy: Gardenia tea made by this method is suitable for summer. Good taste, good effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can effectively avoid thirst and heatstroke.