Honeysuckle Flower (Jinyinhua)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Flos Lonicerae |
| Botanical Name: | Lonicera japonica Thunb. L. Lonicera hypoglauca Miq. Lonicera confusa DC. Lonicera dsystyla Rehd. |
| Common Name: | Honeysuckle flower, Lonicera flower |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Mingyi Bielu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The flower buds are gathered in the beginning of summer and dried in the shade. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and cold |
| Meridian: | Lung, stomach and large intestine |
| Functions: | To clear heat and release toxins |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Febrile diseases: a) Exogenous pathogenic heat at the defensive and qi levels manifested as fever, thirst, slight aversion to wind and cold and sore throat . *Use with Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao) and Arctium fruit (Niubangzi). b) Exogenous pathogenic heat at the qi level manifested as high fever, extreme thirst and surging, big pulse *Use with Gypsum (Shigao) and Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu). c) Exogenous pathogenic heat at the nutritive and blood levels manifested as maculopapule that appears as a dull, deep red and dry tongue, irritability and insomnia. *Use with Moutan bark (Mudanpi) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang). 2. Boils, carbuncles and furuncles. *Use with alone or combine with Dandelion herb (Pugongying), Chrysanthemum flower (Juhua) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao). 3. Toxic heat diarrhea. *Use with Coptis root (Huanglian) and Pulsatilla root (Baitouweng). |
| Dosage: | 10-15 g |
| Notes: | This herb can be applied externally. |