Gardenia Extract Powder

Latin Name: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Spec: 50% 60% Geniposide

Description

Gardenia extract is a deep orange to yellow viscous liquid, containing a strong pigment (principally, the carotenoid crocin). When included in best selling Olive Branch shower gel, the colour blends with the olive oil and creates a Mediterranean sunset effect.

Function

Gardenia is also useful to the perfumer and aromatherapist. 
In Chinese medicine, Gardenia flowers and fruit have been used to treat irritability, urinary tract infections, headaches and tension for 2,000 years. The phytochemicals found in gardenia are under research for possible anti-inflammatory effects.

People take gardenia by mouth for anxiety, agitation, bladder infection, bleeding, cancer, constipation, depression, diabetes, fever, gallbladder disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, the flu, trouble sleeping, liver disorders, menopausal symptoms, pain, swelling of the pancreas, and rheumatoid arthritis. It is also used as an antioxidant, to reduce swelling, and to improve the immune system.