What are the effects and functions of honeysuckle?

Honeysuckle vine, also known as big honeysuckle, water lily vine, and thousand-gold vine, is a perennial semi-evergreen twining shrub with hollow stems and young branches densely covered with short soft hairs. Today's living environment is becoming more and more serious, and many complications often occur. Many people will suffer from fever, swelling and pain due to febrile diseases, as well as rheumatism and other problems. Often when people go to the hospital for these problems, they either get an IV or an injection, which makes people feel scared and terrified. I heard that honeysuckle is effective. So what are the effects and functions of Honeysuckle?

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.

3. Lowering blood pressure and 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.

The above briefly introduces a detailed description of the effects and functions of Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is a commonly used medicine for some diseases we are familiar with, such as reactive arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, cervical spondylosis pain, gouty arthritis, etc., and it has certain effects on them. If the situation is serious, you need to go to a regular hospital for examination and appropriate treatment.