Gardenia

Gardenia

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonym] Gardenia jasminoides Ellis (compendium), Osmanthus fragrans, BaiChan flower, and sparrow tongue flower (collated edition of Materia Medica of Southern Yunnan).

[source] it is the flower of Gardenia jasminoides in Rubiaceae. See "Gardenia" for plant morphology.

[chemical composition] it contains volatile oil.

[nature and taste] materia medica of Southern Yunnan: "cold in nature, bitter in taste. "

Functions and indications: clearing lung and cooling blood. Treatment of lung heat cough, epistaxis.

"Diannan Materia Medica": "diarrhea lung fire, stop lung heat cough, stop bleeding, phlegm. "

[selected formula] ① for the treatment of cold, the lung has excess phlegm, excess fire, lung heat cough: three gardenias. A little honey is taken with decocting. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

② Treatment of nosebleed: several pieces of gardenia, baking for the end, blowing nose. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)