
Gardenia
Latin name: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis
Family: Rubiaceae
Part Used: Fruits
Properties: Taste bitter, cold in nature
Actions:Draining fire and relieve irritability, clearing heat, inducing urination, cooling blood and detoxifying
Usage:Fever with irritability, damp-heat jaundice, blood heat with vomiting and nosebleeds, red, swollen, and painful eyes