1. Alias
Yellow gardenia, mountain gardenia, big red gardenia, and Vietnamese peach.
2. Plant morphology
Evergreen shrubs. Leaves grow in pairs or in rotation with three leaves, leathery in texture; Leaves oblong or elongated lanceolate, entire margin; Leaves are sheath shaped and membranous. Flowers grow singly at the top of branches; Calyx tube inverted conical shape; The petals are arranged in a rotating shape, and when they bloom, they form a high footed cup or dish shape; The number of stamens and corolla lobes is the same; Ovary 1 chamber. Capsule fleshy, ovate, yellow, with 5-8 winged longitudinal ridges; The majority of seeds. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from August to November.
3. Origin distribution
Born in the mixed forests on the hillside. Mainly produced in Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.
4. Harvesting and processing
Pick the fruits from September to November when they are ripe, remove the stems and impurities, and dry them in the sun or oven. The fruit can also be blanched in boiling water or steamed in a steamer for half an hour before being taken out and dried.
5. Characteristics of medicinal herbs
Long oval or elliptical in shape, measuring 2-4.5 centimeters in length and 0.8-2 centimeters in diameter. The surface is dark red or reddish yellow, with 5-8 longitudinal edges. Residual sepals at the top, slightly pointed at the other end, with fruit stalk marks. The skin is thin and brittle, with a bright yellow inner surface and a glossy appearance. There are 2-3 raised side membranes and pseudosepta, and there are many seeds inside, which are bonded into clusters. The seeds are oblong in shape, reddish brown in color, and densely covered with small punctate protrusions. Immersing in water can dye the water bright yellow. The air is weak, and the taste is slightly sour and bitter.
6. Sexual Taste Returning to the Classics
Cold in nature and bitter in taste. Guixin Meridian, Lung Meridian, and Sanjiao Meridian.
7. Effect and Function
Purging fire and eliminating annoyance, clearing heat and diuresis, cooling blood and detoxifying; External application for reducing swelling and relieving pain. It belongs to the category of clearing heat and purging gunpowder.
8. Clinical application
Take 6-10 grams and decoct; Or into pills or powder. external; Moderate amount, mixed or adjusted at the end of the study. To treat warm diseases, heat depression, chest discomfort, irritability, depression, restlessness, and restless sleep; Damp heat stagnation in the liver and gallbladder, jaundice, fever, and short and red urine; Vomiting blood, bleeding, urinating blood, injuries from falls, burns, scalds, etc. due to excessive blood heat.
9. Pharmacological research
Protecting the digestive system; Diarrhea; Cooling down; Increase DNA and protein synthesis in cells; Antibacterial; Anti-inflammatory; Can enhance the secretion of bile and have the effect of promoting bile flow and inhibiting the formation of bilirubin in the blood; Can inhibit the central nervous system and have sedative, antihypertensive, anticonvulsant, and analgesic effects; In vitro experiments have inhibitory effects on various pathogenic bacteria.
10. Chemical composition
This product contains ingredients such as geniposide, naringenin, geniposide, kaempferol, rutin, quercetin, isoquercetin, etc.
11. Usage taboos
This product is bitter and cold, and should not be taken for a long time. Those who have spleen and stomach deficiency and cold stool soup should take it with caution.
12. Compatibility prescription
① Treating blood stasis, astringency, and pain: Mix raw gardenia powder, talc, and scallion soup. (The Good Formula of Experience)
② Treatment for urinary obstruction: 27 pieces of gardenia seeds, a little salt flower, and one piece of garlic. Mash it up, spread paper flowers on the navel, or apply it to the scrotum, and it will be smooth after a long time. (Pope Francis)
③ Treatment of heat and edema: 15g gardenia, 4.5g frankincense, 7.5g Atractylodes macrocephala. Cut it finely and fry it in water. (Danxi Heart Method)
④ Treating epigastric pain: Seven or nine gardenia seeds. Stir fry until crispy, add one cup of water, fry for 70%, then add ginger juice and drink. (Essentials of Danxi Compilation)
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