Medicinal effects of Chinese medicine honeysuckle

If we want to use the Chinese medicine honeysuckle in our lives, we need to have a certain understanding of its medicinal value. In fact, the medicinal value of the traditional Chinese medicine honeysuckle mainly includes clearing away heat and detoxifying, as well as treating rashes, rashes, and sore throats. Therefore, we recommend that everyone should have a good understanding of the medicinal effects of the traditional Chinese medicine honeysuckle in life to avoid the abuse of drugs.

The medicinal herb honeysuckle is the dried buds or initially opened flowers of the plant Lonicera japonica and plants of the same genus in the Caprifoliaceae family. Honeysuckle has been praised as a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying since ancient times. It is sweet, cold and aromatic. It can clear away heat without hurting the stomach. Its aromatic fragrance can also dispel evil. Honeysuckle can not only dispel wind-heat, but also clear blood toxins. It is used to treat various febrile diseases, such as fever, rash, spots, heat and toxic sores, sore throat, etc., and the effect is significant.

The raw medicine is a dried product obtained by sun-drying or shade-drying fresh honeysuckle. The taste of honeysuckle is sweet and slightly bitter, and it is cold in nature. It is good at clearing away toxins from the upper part of the body and the skin. It can be used in the early stages of febrile disease. The raw medicine honeysuckle is often used together with forsythia, mint, light black beans, and schizonepeta to enhance the effect of dispersing and clearing heat. It is mainly used to treat patients with initial symptoms of febrile disease, including fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, and slight thirst. Its representative prescription is "Yinqiao Powder". It can also be used for carbuncles and furuncles. Honeysuckle is known as the "holy medicine of ulcers" and is often used together with dandelion, viola yedoensis, wild chrysanthemum, etc. to enhance the detoxification and swelling-reducing effect.

To stir-fry the medicine, put the honeysuckle in a pot and stir-fry over low heat until it turns dark yellow. The stir-fried medicine tastes sweet and slightly bitter, and is cold and neutral in nature. It has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is good at moving to the middle burner and qi, and is mostly used in the middle stage of febrile diseases. It is often used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, Gypsum, Phragmites australis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Gardenia jasminoides, etc. It has the effects of clearing internal toxins, expelling evil spirits, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting. It can be used for internal excess of evil heat with symptoms such as fever, irritability, chest tightness, thirst, dry retching, red tongue with dry coating, and rapid pulse.

It has antibacterial and bactericidal effects on pneumococcus, meningococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shigella dysenteriae, Streptococcus mutans, etc., and has inhibitory effects on influenza virus, orphan virus, herpes virus and leptospira. Honeysuckle tea is sweet and cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, and dispersing wind-heat. Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, soothing the throat, and relieving heat and restlessness. It can treat heatstroke, diarrhea, influenza, sores, boils, acute and chronic tonsillitis, periodontitis and other diseases.

In fact, we use honeysuckle very often in our lives, especially when we have inflammation of the throat and other symptoms. Eating honeysuckle as a traditional Chinese medicine can help us reduce internal heat and inhibit the growth of some bacteria. If you find that you have periodontitis or tonsillitis in your mouth, you can drink the Chinese medicine honeysuckle.