Can Gardenia be soaked in water?

1. Is it possible?

This is totally possible. Although the main purpose of raising it is for viewing, it also has powerful health-care effects as a common Chinese medicine and can be used to make tea.

2. Specific practices

1. Pick the flower buds or flowers that have just opened from the mature plants.

2. Use scissors to cut off its calyx and pedicel, and then press the corolla into a thin layer.

3. Steam the thin layer of corolla over a slow fire, or bake it dry in an oven to make scented tea.

4. Brew it with warm water and drink.

3. Efficacy

This scented tea has very powerful health benefits.

1. Promote gastrointestinal activity

This scented tea can increase the activity of the digestive system in the body and help us quickly excrete waste accumulated in the body.

2. Relieve cough and phlegm

This scented tea has the effect of inhibiting bacterial growth and can effectively relieve symptoms such as cough and sputum caused by bacteria.

3. Helps relieve heat and relieve restlessness

This scented tea also has the effect of eliminating boredom. Friends who are under a lot of pressure in life can drink it to relieve stress and calm the mind.

4. Treatment of damp-heat jaundice

This scented tea can also assist in the treatment of jaundice. Drinking it for a period of time can help relieve the disease to a certain extent.

4. Drinking Taboos

Although this tea has significant effects, not everyone can take it. First of all, patients with excessive internal heat should not drink it, otherwise it may aggravate their condition. Secondly, patients with insufficient kidney yang should also not drink it. Finally, you must pay attention to the frequency and amount of drinking, and not overdrink, otherwise it may cause adverse symptoms such as dysentery.