What is the purpose of gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides is bitter-cold, belongs to the heart and lung Sanjiao meridian, has the effect of diarrhea of fire and removing annoyance, clearing heat and dampness, cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin. It is bitter-cold and clearing, used for warm-heat diseases with evil in the qi division, disturbing the heart and mind then the heart is troubled and depressed, irritable and restless, generally used with Tempeh. Yang Qi stagnation will lead to fire evil within, if the fire poison blazes, high heat and irritability, thirsty like cold drink, gardenia often used with scutellaria, yellow lily. If after using the laxative appears heart annoyance, abdominal distension, gardenia and can be used with thick park, heliotrope shell. This product is bitter-cold and clearing, treating lung-heat cough, it can be used with guavaspi and almond. To treat stomach heat and vomiting, gardenia can be used with bamboo rhizome. To treat liver fire, redness and swelling of the eyes, Gardenia jasminoides can be used with cassia seeds and grain essence grass. This product clears heat and cools the blood, and can be used to treat blood vomiting and coughing caused by blood-heat delusion evidence, with Phellodendron.