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Lonicera Caulis, Honeysuckle stem, Ren Dong Teng 忍冬藤

Ren Dong Teng (TCM)
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Botanical Register, 1815

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Kerner, Hortus Sempervirens, vol. 60: 1825


Botanical name:
Lonicera japonica

Parts used:
Stem, collected Autumn and Winter

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Toxin:
-Epidemic and Infectious diseases
-Acute Dysentery
-Strangury, Dysuria, Hematuria from Damp-Heat Toxin
-Carbuncles, Boils, Sores

2. Clears Wind-Heat from the Channels:
-acute heat-type Arthritis with red and swollen Joints
-Stroke from obstruction of the Meridians


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DOSE:
9–30 grams in Decoction

NOTE:
This is the less commonly used stem of Honeysuckle. The flower (Jin Yin Hua) is far more commonly used..

SUBSTITUTE:
In most cases, Lonicera Flos Jin Yin Hua can replace Lonicera Caulis Ren Dong Teng

Main Combinations:
1. Boils, Sores, Carbuncles:
i. Lonicera Caulis Ren Dong Teng with Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying)
ii. Lonicera Caulis Ren Dong Teng with Rhubarb (Da Huang), Coptis Huang Lian
2. Strangury, Dysuria, Hematuria, Lonicera Caulis Ren Dong Teng with Plantain Seed (Che Qian Zi)
3. Post Stroke, Lonicera Caulis Ren Dong Teng with Dang Gui, Ligusticum Chuan Xiong, Safflower (Hong Hua), Peach kernel (Tao Ren), Scorpion (Quan Xie) (as in Zhong Feng Hui Chun Pian)


Cautions:
Not used in cold and weakness of the digestion.

Main Preparations used:

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