About Frucus Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides is an evergreen flowering plant commonly found growing wild in Vietnam, Southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Myanmar and India. It has been in cultivation in China for at least a thousand years, and was introduced to English gardens in the mid 18th century.
Frucus Gardenia, the dried ripe fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis (Rubiaceae), is widely used in traditional medicine for its cholagogue, sedative, diuretic, antiphlogistic, and antipyretic effects. Additionally, it is an externally used drug with a long heritage and tradition in the treatment of sprain. Many iridoid glycosides were isolated from Gardeniae Fructus in previous investigations. Some of them, for example, gardenoside, is used to treat diabetes, cardiovascular, liver, pancreatic and gallbladder diseases, and to prevent atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Gardenoside also shows sedative, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties and can be used to prevent liver diseases.