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Gardenia

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Name: Gardenia

Other Names: Gardeniae Fructus, Zhi Zi, gardenia fruit, Cape Jasmine Fruit, Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis

Description: The family name of Gardenia is Rubiaceae and botanical name is Gardeniae Jasminoidis. Gardenia is also known as Cape Jasmine Fruit, Gardeniae Fructus or gardenia fruit.It is bitter and cold. It is a native of Northern India and Persia. The fruit is used in herbal medicines and also in traditional Chinese medicines and is known as Zhi Zi in China. Gardenia is used to flavor beverages, frozen dairy desserts, candy, baked goods, gelatins, and puddings and jasmine is used to add fragrance to creams, lotions, and perfumes. Its medicinal action is to reduce fire and ease the mind, to eliminate damp-heat, and to remove heat from blood and counteract toxicity. It is used in indication such as febrile diseases with restlessness; jaundice with dark urine; hematuria with difficult painful urination; hemoptysis and epistaxis caused by heat in the blood; inflammation of the eye; boils and sores and external use for sprains and bruises. And also Gardenia has been used for pepatitis, hepatic pain due to cirrhosis, and abdominal pain due to dysentery. Many Jasminum species have been used as a sedative, aphrodisiac, or in cancer treatment.

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Conditions Treated: Mental Health

Specific Conditions Treated: Anxiety Disorder

Ingredients Participating: Licorice, Gardenia, Sheng Di Huang, Dan Zhu Ye, Mu Tong

(Treating restlessness, bitter taste of mouth, yellowish and little urine, and sores on mouth and tongue.)
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Conditions Treated: Nutrition and Metabolism

Specific Conditions Treated: Jaundice

Ingredients Participating: Rhubarb, Gardenia, Immature Fruit of the Bitter Orange, Dan Dou Chi

(Zhi Zi Da Huang Tang from Jin Kui Yao Lue: treating alcohol induced jaundice, feeling heat and pain in chest and angry.)
Jaundice occurs when there is 1) too much bilirubin being p...   more

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Conditions Treated: Neurology

Specific Conditions Treated: Headache

Ingredients Participating: Calcium, Zhi Mu, Gardenia, Huang Qin, Qian Hu, Cong Bai, Da Qing Ye

(Shi Gao Da Qing Tang from Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang: treating cold ininduced headache with big heat and painful limbs in pregnant women.)
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Conditions Treated: Skin and Hair

Specific Conditions Treated: Rash

Ingredients Participating: Black Cohosh, Gardenia, Xing Ren, Huang Qin, Cong Bai, Da Qing Ye

A rash may occur on only one area of the skin, or it could cover almost all of the body. Also, a rash may or may not be itchy. Depending on how it looks, a rash may be described as...   more

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Conditions Treated: Skin and Hair

Specific Conditions Treated: Rash

Ingredients Participating: Gardenia, Xi Jiao, Da Qing Ye, Dan Dou Chi

(Da Qing Tang from Yan Nian Fang:treating bean like rash all over the body caused by big heat, accompanied by headache.)
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Nature's Pharmacy
3 Saville Close, Clavering
United Kingdom CB11 4PY
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Mrs. Mango & Company
3500 South US Hwy 1, Rockledge, FL
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