What are the effects and functions of honeysuckle vine?

Honeysuckle vine actually has many medicinal values. It can play a good anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic role, and it can also help regulate immunity. It can also be used to treat arthritis and rheumatism, and it also has a good effect in lowering blood pressure and lipids.

1. Anti-inflammatory.

It has significant anti-inflammatory activity, and intramuscular injection can significantly inhibit rat foot swelling and pleural effusion. Oral administration of luteolin can cause thymus atrophy in young mice, indicating that it can enhance the function of the adrenal cortex and its anti-inflammatory effect is related to this.

2. Anti-allergic reaction and immune regulation.

It has a significant inhibitory effect on industrial allergic reactions. The mechanism of anti-allergic reaction is related to its ability to inhibit the release of allergic mediators, competitively antagonize the spasmogenic effect of SRS-A (slow-reacting substance) and the effect of histamine, and directly relieve smooth muscle spasm. It can directly induce mouse lymphocyte proliferation and has a mitogen-like immune-enhancing effect. Luteolin could significantly enhance the inhibition of hemolysin antibody in SRBC-immunized mice induced by cyclophosphamide.

3. Lower blood pressure and blood lipids.

Low concentrations can inhibit the isolated heart, while high concentrations can excite the guinea pig heart, increase contraction, and accelerate the heart rate. Oral or intravenous injection has a significant antihypertensive effect on anesthetized cats. Large doses can reduce blood pressure to the level of shock, and even larger doses can cause the cat to die from shock. Its antihypertensive mechanism is related to the central nervous system and also to direct vasodilation. It has a significant lipid-lowering effect.

4. Treat arthritis and rheumatism.

This product is a commonly used medicine for the treatment of arthritis. It has certain effects on reactive arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, cervical spondylosis pain, gouty arthritis, etc. It is one of the few Chinese medicines among the wind-removing and collateral-opening medicines that is cool in nature and has no adverse reactions.

5. Effects on cardiovascular system.

At a concentration of 5×10, luteolin can reduce the diastolic amplitude of isolated frog hearts, slightly reduce the systolic amplitude, slow down the heart rate, and reduce the output. At a concentration of 2×10, it can increase the systolic and diastolic amplitudes of isolated guinea pig hearts and increase heart rate, but has no direct effect on coronary arteries and blood volume.