Abstract: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis is a traditional Chinese medicine with dual-use medicinal and food, which is effective in protecting the liver and gall bladder. However, it is bitter and cold in nature, easy to hurt the spleen and stomach. After processing, it can be improved and play the role of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. This article studies the ancient books of Chinese herbal medicine and ancient and modern literature, and finds that most of the gardenias are peeled, and then they are cut, fried （fried, slightly fried, fried yellow, fried char and fried black）, added accessories （wine system, licorice water system, ginger system, salt system, honey system and child's stool system） and other processing methods. According to the historical context, this paper combs the historical evolution of gardenia processing and efficacy by referring to a large number of herbal literatures, and provides a basis for herbalism for unifying the processing technology of gardenia and the quality evaluation of different gardenia processed products.

Key words: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, processing, herbal textual research