The medicinal and edible value of Gardenia jasminoides

Medicinal value of Gardenia jasminoides

The flowers, fruits, and roots of small-leaf gardenia can all be used as medicine. Gardenia fruit is a traditional Chinese medicine after being dried and fried. There are many records of gardenia being used as medicine in Compendium of Materia Medica.

Gardenia

It contains volatile oil, which has the effects of clearing the lungs and relieving cough, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is mainly used to treat lung heat.

Gardenia fruit

Gardenia fruit can be used as medicine. Boiled and taken internally, it can treat insomnia, mouth ulcers; crushed and applied externally, it can stop bleeding and relieve sprains.

Gardenia Root

Gardenia root is used as medicine to treat infectious hepatitis and relieve redness and swelling caused by trauma.

Edible value of Gardenia jasminoides

Gardenia salad

Take appropriate amounts of gardenia, chopped green onion and shredded ginger, blanch the gardenia in boiling water, let it cool down, then mix well as you would for a cold dish. This dish has the effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying and relieving lung cough.

Gardenia Soup

Gardenia and lean pork in a ratio of 1:1, a small amount of shredded pickled mustard tuber, and appropriate amounts of chopped green onion and shredded ginger. Also, blanch the gardenia first, and then cook the soup in the same way as making shredded pickled mustard tuber and pork soup. Long-term use can nourish the stomach and replenish qi.

Gardenia Egg Drops

Take appropriate amounts of gardenia, eggs, chopped green onions and shredded ginger. Blanch the gardenia and then chop it into small pieces. Mix it with the eggs and fry it. This will help relieve bad breath, clear away heat and nourish the stomach.

food additives

Gardenia yellow can be extracted from the berries of small-leaf gardenia. It is a yellow powder that is easily soluble in water and is resistant to heat, salt and metal. It is a natural product and non-toxic. Therefore, it can be used as a natural plant pigment and food additive. It is used in both my country and Japan.

But it should be noted that Gardenia is cold in nature, so those with spleen deficiency should use it with caution. In addition, be sure to take it according to the doctor's advice.