Pharmaceutical name: Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis
Botanical name: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
Family: Rubiaceae
Common name: Gardenia fruit, Cape Jasmine
Properties: bitter, cold, non-toxic
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Actions & Indications: Bleeding due to heat in the blood, being used as antipyretic, insomnia due to fire syndrome and irritability, depression, restlessness, high fever with delusion. Infection with fever with vomiting blood, nose bleeding, blood in urine, swollen red eyes, boils, jaundice or damp-heat due of liver, gall bladder or urinary bladder, boils; bruise and sprain
Cautions & Contraindications: Poor appetite and loose stool caused by deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach
If you have any questions about the safety of any herb used in Chinese medicine, consult with Dr. April L. Schulte-Barclay, DAOM, LAc
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