Take gardenia water appear diarrhea, may be due to gardenia itself medicinal nature cold caused.
Gardenia is the dried mature fruit of gardenia of the family of cyperaceae, belongs to the heart, the lung, the triple jiao meridian, tastes bitter and is cold in nature. This medicine has the efficacy of clearing away heat and inducing dampness, diaphoretic fire and removing vexation, cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin, and it can be used for the vexation caused by heat disease, jaundice caused by dampness and heat, gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, dripping and astringent pain), astringent pain of urination, epistaxis (spitting out of blood and nosebleed caused by blood heat), and eye-redness and pain, etc..
This medicine is bitter cold and injurious to the stomach, and should not be used by those with spleen deficiency and loose stools. People with weak and cold spleen and stomach may cause diarrhea, abdominal pain and other discomforts after taking gardenia.
If after taking gardenia water diarrhea occurs, should stop drinking gardenia water in time, if necessary can follow doctor’s advice to take antidiarrheal medicine.
Chinese medicine must be used correctly under doctor’s guidance, must not take by oneself, in order to avoid discomfort symptoms.