The efficacy of Gynostemma pentaphyllum and honeysuckle

I believe everyone must have drunk honeysuckle tea in life. The honeysuckle tea we often drink can be used to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, so more people drink it in summer, but not so many people drink it in winter. In fact, you can also add some Gynostemma pentaphyllum when drinking honeysuckle tea. Gynostemma pentaphyllum is also a Chinese herbal medicine. It can have the effect of expectoration and cough. So what is the effect of Gynostemma pentaphyllum and honeysuckle together?

It is not recommended to drink honeysuckle and Jiaogulan together because:

1. Although both are Chinese medicinal herbs, their main therapeutic effects are different.

2. The medicinal effect of herbs like Gynostemma pentaphyllum can only be maximized if consumed alone.

3. Honeysuckle mainly has the functions of preventing early pregnancy, protecting the liver, fighting tumors, reducing inflammation, relieving fever, and stopping bleeding.

4. Gynostemma pentaphyllum can effectively help reduce the three highs.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum is a medicinal material that has the effects of anti-inflammatory, detoxification, cough relief and expectorant. It also contains gynostemma pentaphyllum sugar, water-soluble amino acids, multiple vitamins, flavonoids, trace elements, minerals, etc.

If you boil water with Ganoderma lucidum to make tea, it can effectively treat high blood pressure, high blood lipids, high blood sugar, fatty liver and other diseases. It has the effect of lowering blood pressure and blood lipids.

Honeysuckle is also a medicinal material that can clear away heat and detoxify, disperse wind-heat, cool blood and stop diarrhea.

You can put honeysuckle, Gynostemma pentaphyllum and ginger slices into water, boil it, and drink it after 10 minutes.

Gold and silver vine, mandarin duck vine, egret vine, old man's beard, left-entwined vine, golden hairpin, spiritual grass, honey barrel vine, honeysuckle.

The smell is sweet, warm and non-toxic.

【Main Indications】：

1. Hemorrhoidal fistula. Use any amount of honeysuckle (or roots, stems, flowers, leaves), soak in wine, simmer overnight, take out and dry, add a little licorice, grind into powder, use the wine used to soak the medicine to mix the flour and the medicine paste to make pills as big as walnuts. Take 50 to 100 pills each time, with warm water or wine. The name of this prescription is "Honeysuckle Pills".

2. All swellings and infections (regardless of whether they have ulcerated or not, or whether they are just the onset of fever). Use honeysuckle flowers, stems and leaves, take half a bowl of natural juice and boil it until 80% cooked before drinking. At the same time, apply the residue to the affected area.

3. Carbuncle, stool poison, throat paralysis and sore throat. The treatment is the same as above.

4. The ulcer does not heal. Take a handful of honeysuckle vines, mash them, add five fen of male sex hormones and two liters of water, put them into a clay pot and boil them, seal them with several layers of paper, and pierce a hole to let the gas out. Use hot fumigation on the hole of the sore, wait until the sore becomes larger and yellow fluid comes out, then use tissue-growing medicine and the disease will be cured.

5. Heat toxicity and bloody diarrhea. Boil the honeysuckle vine into a concentrated drink.

6. The body turns blue. Use one or two liang of honeysuckle and decoct it in water for drinking.

7. Athlete's foot (pain in muscles and bones). Grind honeysuckle into powder. Take 2 qian each time, mixed with hot wine.