1. Purging fire to relieve annoyance: Gardenia is suitable for heat disturbing the mind. A. Exogenous fever, pathogenic depression, anxiety and insomnia. B. The fire is full of poison, high fever, irritability and even delirium.
2. Cooling blood and detoxicating: Gardenia is often used for blood-heat and heat-toxin syndrome. A. blood-heat rash, hematemesis, nosebleed and hematuria. B. My throat is swollen, my eyes are red, and my hot sore is really hot.
3. Clearing away dampness and heat: Gardenia is suitable for damp-heat syndrome of liver and gallbladder and lower energizer. A. The liver meridian is damp and hot, with fire, irritability, hypochondriac pain and bitter taste. B. Damp-heat jaundice, damp-heat bet, heat stranguria and astringent pain.
1. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis can promote gallbladder function and relieve jaundice: injection of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis water extract, crocin and crocetin into rabbits can obviously increase bile secretion and contract human gallbladder. It can also significantly reduce bilirubin in blood and peripheral lymph. It can promote the rapid excretion of bilirubin in blood.
2. Gardenia can promote pancreatic secretion: Gardenia can promote pancreatic secretion, significantly reduce pancreatic amylase and increase pancreatic bile flow.
3. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has antipyretic and bacteriostatic effects: the ethanol extracts of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis and its different processed products have antipyretic effects, and raw Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has a strong antipyretic effect. Ursolic acid is one of the effective components of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis. After charcoal frying, the content of ursolic acid decreased obviously, and the antipyretic effect of fried gardenia was obviously weakened, while that of burnt gardenia was not. The water extract of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis has inhibitory effects on various skin fungi and hemolytic streptococcus.