Chinese name:

Source:

Gardenia jasminoides Ellis - dried fruit

Nature:

• cold

Taste:

• bitter

Tropism:

• heart
• liver
• lungs
• stomach
• triple burner

Direction of action:

• descending

Effects:

• clears heat
• clears pathological fire and eliminates irritability
• clears damp heat
• cools the blood and removes toxins

Dosage:

• 3-10 g, standard 3 g

Contraindications:

• spleen deficiency with diarrhoea