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The gardenia was an evergreen shrub of the rubiaceous gardenia family. It was wild or cultivated in Japan, North Korea, India, and Nepal. In China, it was produced in Shandong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, and Yunnan. It was also cultivated in Hebei, Shaanxi, and Gansu. The gardenia was warm and humid, but slightly cold-resistant. It mainly grew in the wilderness, hills, valleys, hillsides, shrubs or forests beside streams at an altitude of 10 - 1500 meters. Plant height 0.3 - 3 meters; tender branches often covered with short hair, cylindrical, gray; leaves opposite, less than 3 in whorls, petiole 0.2 - 1 cm long, stipule membrane; flowers usually single on the top of the branch, corolla white or milky yellow, very short silk, anther linear. Fruit ovoid, nearly spherical, yellow or orange-red; seeds numerous, nearly round and slightly angular. The flowering period is from March to July, and the fruiting period is from May to February of the following year.

The source of gardenia was the dry and ripe fruit of the Rubiaceous gardenia. It was bitter and cold, and it belonged to the heart, lung, and triple energizer meridians. It had many effects:
1. Purging fire and removing restlessness: It can clear away the fire evil of the triple energizer and purge the heart fire to remove irritability. It can be combined with light fermented soybean, scutellaria baicalica, coptis, and corktree bark to treat febrile diseases and irritability. It can also treat febrile diseases such as high fever and irritability, dizziness and delirium caused by excessive heat toxin.
2. Clearing heat and removing dampness: It is slow in nature and good at clearing away damp-heat in the triple energizer. It can be used to treat damp-heat icterus. It is often used together with Yinchen, Rhubarb, Huangbai, etc. It can also clear away damp-heat in the lower energizer, clear away heat and cool blood, diuretics and dredge stranguria. It is used to treat symptoms of urine discomfort such as bloody stranguria, heat stranguria and astringent pain.
3. Cool Blood and Stop Bleeding: It is cold in nature and can clear heat, cool blood and stop bleeding. It is used to treat various bleeding symptoms caused by blood heat, such as hematemesis and epistaxia.
4. Clearing liver and improving eyesight: It can purge fire and detoxify, clear liver fire to improve eyesight, and treat eye discomfort such as red eyes, swelling and pain caused by liver and gallbladder fire.
5. Swelling and pain relief: External use can reduce swelling and pain. The raw gardenia powder can be mixed with yellow wine into a paste and applied externally to the affected area to treat sprain and contusion pain.

The ingredients contained in gardenia include the flavanoid geniposide, triterpene compound crocus, crocus acid, and a-crocus aglycone. It also contains the cyclo-ether geniposide, isogeniposide, dehydogeniposide, gardeniposide, gardeniposide, etc. It also contains D-Mannose alcohol, beta-sitosterol, nonacosane, uronic acid, etc. The components such as the Iridoid Glycosides contained in it are beneficial to the gallbladder. The alcohol extract, water extract, and the part of the ether of the gardenia, as well as geniposide, have certain anti-inflammatory effects and can treat soft tissue damage. The extract can be made into an ointment to accelerate the healing of soft tissue.

The gardenia flowers were large, beautiful, and fragrant. They were often used as hedges or bonsai for viewing. The flowers could be extracted into fragrant extract, which was used as a blending agent for a variety of floral cosmetics and soap fragrances. In terms of gardenia maintenance, if the gardenia flowers bought are used as shoveled roots, removing the flower buds is beneficial to serving the pot. It is necessary to slow down the seedlings and place them in a cool place with scattered light. Do not apply fertilizer or expose them to the sun. When the leaves are not yellow and new buds grow, you can change the pot. When changing pots, if you want the flowers to be very fragrant, you can put sheep dung and bone powder in the soil. It is appropriate to change pots in summer. Gardenias bloom twice a year.(The main flowering period is from May to June, and a small number of flowers bloom from August to September). It is better to trim in July and August. Flower buds will begin to grow in February. It is easy to freeze to death and frostbite if it is below 0 degrees. In winter, it is necessary to prevent cold in the open air. The root system is developed. When planting with nutritious soil, the soil should be slightly packed. After changing the pot, it should be placed in a semi-shady place for a few days before sunbathing. Besides, gardenia flowers like light.

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