TCM: Listed under “Herbs that clear Heat”, included in “Herbs that drain Fire”, bitter, cold Gardenia jasminoides enters the Heart, Lung, Stomach, Liver and Triple Burner channels. It reduces Fire, irritability, insomnia, clears Toxic Heat from the Blood, eliminates Damp-Heat through the urine, Liver and Gall Bladder Damp-Heat.
General: Jaundice with dark urine, hematuria with difficult, painful urination, febrile disease with restlessness, hemoptysis and epistaxis from Heat in the Blood, inflammation of the eyes, boils and sores.Used externally for sprains and bruises.