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| Health Benefits |
| For: upper respiratory tract infections, fever, cold/flu, appendicitis, mastitis, pneumonia |
| Attributes: Antiviral • Antibiotic • Antipyretic • Anticholesterol • Anti-inflammatory • Anti-endotoxin • Gatrointestinal |
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Constituents:
Main: chlorogenic acid • Others: loganin, tannin, linalool. aromadendrene, geraniol, α-pinene, citronellol, geraniol |
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Other Names: Variety: Lonicera hypoglauca Mia. • Lonicera confuse DC. • Lonicera dasystyla Rehd
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| Pharmacopeias: Ming Yi Za Zhu |
| Lonicera japonica Thunb is not in the USDA Plant Database. Drill down via USDA Interactive Map: |
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| Category: Clear Heat Resolve Toxins ▶ |
| English: Honeysuckle Flower Pinyin: Jin Yin Hua Pharmaceutical: Flos Lonicerae |
| Organs: Stomach • Lung • Large Intestine Temperature: Cold |
| Taste: Sweet Toxicity: |
| Patterns: Wind heat • Early stage fever • Sore throat • Summer heat • Heat in the Ying level • Toxic sores and abscesses • Diarrhea • Dysentery |
Actions: Clear damp heat from lower burner • Resolve toxins • Stop diarrhea • Treat dysentery disorders • Ease sore throat • Clear sores, ulcers, abscesses
Key 2nd Actions: Release Exterior Wind • Stop Dysentery |
| Indications: sore throat, Wind Heat, diarrhea, dysentery, early stage fever, ulcers, sores, abscess |
| Contraindications: Spleen and Stomach deficiency cold |
| Typical Dosage: 10g to 20g • Maximum dosage is 60g • Can use as tea Guidelines |
| Parts Used: Flower bud. Good Quality: unfragmented, yellow flower buds that are just opening.[25] |
| Other: Use smaller dosage for wind heat and large dosage for heat toxins, sores, and abscesses. • Use the buds as herb; once it’s blossomed, it can only be used to clear summer heat |
| Dui Yao |
| ■ JIN YIN HUA/ LIAN QIAO: Good for all levels of heat (Wei, Ying, and Xue)[31] • Cold and influenza due to Wind-Heat. Warm-febrile disease with internal heat. Headache, eye pain, toothache, sinusitis, and painful, swollen throat due to Wind-Heat. Skin eruption with pruritus due to Wind-Heat. Skin inflammation due to Toxic-Heat. Yin Qiao San, Qing Ying Tang, Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin[35] |
| Formulas with Jin Yin Hua |
| Qing Luo Yin, Qing Ying Tang, Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin, Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin, Yin Qiao San |
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| Potential Drug Interactions |
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Herbal medicine may interact negatively with pharma drugs and other herbs. Examples below:
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