Lonicera Flower ( 金银花 ) ...Chinese Herb...
 Latin
Plant Name
Lonicerae Japonicae
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Jin Yin Hua
Common
English Name
Honeysuckle Flower
Part
of Plant Used
Flower
Nature
Cold
Taste
Sweet
Meridians
Entered
Lungs, Stomach, Large Intestine
Common
Usages
This herb is used in formulas to treat heat-related symptoms of sores, hot
diarrhea, burning urine, and external respiratory symptoms with swollen tonsils
and yellow, scanty phlegm.
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Clears heat and detoxifies fire poison; clears damp heat; expels externally
contracted wind heat.
Common
Formulas Used In
Ilex and Evodia; Lonicera and Forsythia; Rhubarb and Scutellaria.
Processing
Required
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Remarks
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Cautions
in Use
Do not use where there is diarrhea from cold, Deficiency of Spleen and Stomach,
or with deficiency sores or ulcers without redness or heat.
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