What are the effects and functions of honeysuckle

In life, honeysuckle is a very common plant. It blooms after March every year. It has a faint fragrance and the flowers are mainly white, which makes people like it very much. The medicinal value of honeysuckle is also very high, but many people don’t know much about it. It is not only helpful for clearing heat and detoxifying, but also very effective for some other diseases of the body. Let’s learn about the effects and functions of honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It enters the lung, heart, and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, tonifying deficiency and treating wind. It is mainly used to treat bloating and lower body diseases, fever due to febrile diseases, heat and toxic carbuncles, and tumors. It has certain therapeutic effects on dizziness, dry mouth, sweating, depression, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, measles, pneumonia, Japanese encephalitis, meningitis, acute mastitis, sepsis, appendicitis, skin infections, carbuncles, erysipelas, mumps, and purulent tonsillitis.

Modern research has shown that honeysuckle contains pharmacologically active ingredients such as chlorogenic acid and luteolin, which have strong inhibitory effects on various pathogenic bacteria such as hemolytic streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus, and upper respiratory tract infection pathogenic viruses. In addition, it can also enhance immunity, prevent early pregnancy, protect the liver, fight tumors, reduce inflammation, reduce fever, stop bleeding (coagulation), inhibit intestinal absorption of cholesterol, etc. It has a wide range of clinical uses and can be used in combination with other drugs to treat more than 40 diseases such as respiratory tract infections, bacillary dysentery, acute urinary tract infections, and hypertension. Honeysuckle tea has a unique weight-loss function, and can also inhibit and kill pathogens in the throat, and has anti-infection effects on the elderly and children.

The effects and functions of honeysuckle have been introduced in detail above. It is very helpful to the human body. From here you can also see that it is very effective for weight loss, clearing away heat and detoxification, or many other diseases. However, it is not recommended that you take it casually. If you have various symptoms, you can go to the hospital for a check-up and take it under the doctor's advice.