The entire body of the gardenia is precious. Gardenia flowers are not only beautiful but also have good medicinal effects. Gardenia flowers have a long history of cultivation in China and are traditional Chinese medicine. They can be used not only for medicinal purposes but also as a food ingredient. Scientific use of gardenia flowers in daily life has the effects of protecting the liver and gallbladder, lowering blood pressure and calming the mind, and clearing heat and purging fire. It is also very effective in treating restlessness and excessive internal heat, especially for treating sprains, hypertension, jaundice, and diabetes.
1. Honeysuckle and Gardenia Tea
Ingredients: 3g honeysuckle, 3g gardenia
Instructions:
1. Rinse the honeysuckle and gardenia with clean water, then place them in a thermos.
2. Add 500ml of hot water to the thermos, cover it, and let it steep for 5 minutes before drinking. It can be consumed frequently throughout the day.
Effects:
1. Honeysuckle: It has the effects of clearing heat, dispersing wind, and relieving inflammation and detoxification.
2. Gardenia: It has the effects of clearing heat, purging fire, cooling blood, relieving pain, lowering blood pressure, and promoting bile secretion.
3. Honeysuckle and gardenia tea: This tea has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, dispersing wind, purging fire, cooling blood, promoting diuresis, and promoting bile secretion.
2. Bitter Melon and Gardenia Tea
Ingredients: 2g bitter melon leaves, 2g gardenia, 3g red hawthorn
Instructions:
1. Wash the gardenia and red hawthorn. Preheat the tea cup with boiling water, drain the water, put the bitter melon leaves in the cup, and pour boiling water over the leaves until they are submerged. Pour out the tea within 5 seconds to moisten the leaves.
2. Add the gardenia and red hawthorn to the bitter melon tea cup, pour boiling water again, cover the cup, and let it steep for about 5 minutes before drinking.
Effects:
1. Bitter melon tea: It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, improving eyesight, clearing the liver, lowering cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar, diuresis, promoting bowel movements, and weight loss.
2. Gardenia: It has the effects of clearing heat, purging fire, cooling blood, relieving pain, lowering blood pressure, and promoting bile secretion.
3. Red hawthorn: It has the effects of anti-radiation, nourishing yin, regulating menstruation, relieving depression, clearing fire, nourishing the blood, invigorating the spleen and stomach, anti-inflammatory, and removing spots.
4. Bitter melon and gardenia tea: This medicinal tea can clear heat, purge fire, and promote diuresis. It can assist in the treatment of dry stool and short red urine caused by excessive internal heat in people with damp-heat constitution.
3. Gardenia Flower Tea
Ingredients: Dried gardenia flowers, hot water, honey or rock sugar as needed
Instructions:
1. Take out two or three dried gardenia flowers and put them in a cup.
2. Then add hot water and add honey or rock sugar to taste. After ten minutes, the tea is ready to be consumed.
Effects: It can clear heat and purge fire, effectively preventing thirst and heatstroke.
Reminder: People who are allergic or physically weak should not consume gardenia flowers. Gardenia flowers are cold and bitter, so people with spleen deficiency and diarrhea or insufficient kidney yang should be cautious in consuming them.
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