Mark Tierno's Medicinal Herbs Database |
Gardenia(Cape Jasmine, Zhi Zi) |
Botanical Name |
Gardenia jasminoides |
System Affected |
fever, blood, sprains, insomnia |
Properties |
fever high blood pressure, hepatitis insomnia sprains, swellings, bruises |
Description |
flowering evergreen shrub |
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Gelsemium (Yellow Jasmine) |
Botanical Name |
Gelsemium nitidum, Gelsemium sempervirens |
System Affected |
nerves, sedative, bowels |
Properties |
sedative (for insomnia, etc), nerve relaxant (arterial blood vessel nerves particularily) Increasing persperation, reduces fever Pain of toothache & neuralgia (severe pains along course of a nerve) Inflamation of bowels (diarrhea, dysentery) |
Description |
root of herb |
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Notes |
also called: wild woodbine, yellow jasmine |
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Dosage |
1/2-2 grains |
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Jasmine |
Botanical Name |
Jasminum sambac |
System Affected |
suppressed milk flow |
Properties |
crushed flowers applied to breasts: suppress milk flow External use (as oil rubbed on): sexual stimulant |
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Jessamine, Night |
Botanical Name |
Cestrum nocturnum |
System Affected |
sweet scent |
Properties |
has a perfumed scent at night |
Description |
shrub, creamy-white flowers |
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also called: Night-Scented Jasmine, Queen of thre Night |
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