Excuse me, is this gardenia? I remember gardenia is red and mine is black. Why?

Forsythia suspensa . Clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass. It can be used for carbuncle, carbuncle, breast carbuncle, erysipelas, wind-heat common cold, early onset of epidemic febrile disease, warm entry, high fever, polydipsia, dizziness, macula, and stranguria.

Taboo spleen and stomach weakness, qi deficiency and fever, carbuncle has collapsed, pus is thin and light.

Forsythia suspensa is the dried fruit of Forsythia suspensa of Oleaceae. In autumn, the fruit is green when it is first ripe, and it is called "green warping" after harvesting, removing impurities and drying in the sun. After the fruit is ripe, it is harvested, dried and impurity removed, which is called "old warping".

Forsythia suspensa, also known as Huanghuatiao, Lianke, Qingqiao, Luoqiao and Huangqidan, is one of the commonly used Chinese medicines in China. The main functions of forsythia suspensa are clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass. Not only that, forsythia suspensa also has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiviral effects.

Forsythia suspensa is easy to eliminate carbuncle and loose knot, and it is beneficial to urinate and treat five stranguria. Forsythia tastes bitter, cold, bitter and purgative, and the guests at home are warm. The powder of scrofula, scabies, tumors and sores is the holy medicine to drive away carbuncle.