Lonicera Flos, Honeysuckle flower, Jin Yin Hua 金银花
Honeysuckle flower
Jin Yin Hua (TCM)
Jin Yin Hua (TCM)
Lonicera japonica
Botanical Register, 1815
Botanical Register, 1815
Lonicera japonica
Kerner, Hortus Sempervirens, vol. 60: 1825
Kerner, Hortus Sempervirens, vol. 60: 1825
Botanical name:
Lonicera japonica
Parts used:
Flower
The leaf has the same functions, but is weaker, so are only used when the flower is unavailable.
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Sweet
Classification:
B. Clear Heat and Toxin
Lonicera japonica
Parts used:
Flower
The leaf has the same functions, but is weaker, so are only used when the flower is unavailable.
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Sweet
Classification:
B. Clear Heat and Toxin
ADVERTISEMENT:
Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Toxin:
-Sores, Boils, Toxic Swellings; it drains pus and promotes healing
-it can disperse Sores before pus has formed and drain pus once formed
-Red, Sore, Swollen or Inflamed Eyes and Throat
-Swellings of the Breast; Abscesses of the Lung or Intestine
2. Clears Wind-Heat, Promotes Sweat:
-acute Wind-Heat cold and flu with Fever, Chills and Fever, Sore Throat, Headache
-used for acute 'Summer-heat'; Wind-Heat Cold during Summer
3. Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Abdomen:
-Damp-Heat Diarrhea or Dysentery
-Painful and Dribbling Urine
4. Nourishes Blood, Relieves Thirst:
-while this effect is mild, it is useful to acknowledge as it is indicated in Heat-Toxic with deficiency
-it is also effective for acute Wind-Heat with Thirst
Dose:
Decoction: 6–9 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams
Preparation:
... available in PRO version
Substitutes:
... available in PRO version
Decoction: 6–9 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams
Preparation:
... available in PRO version
Substitutes:
... available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with Forsythia Lian Qiao
1. Lonicera Jin Yin Hua is commonly combined with Forsythia Lian Qiao for Wind-Heat and Heat-Toxin conditions:
i. add ... available in PRO version
ii. add ... available in PRO version
iii. for High Fever, add ... available in PRO version
iv. add ... available in PRO version
v. Toxic Sores, add ... available in PRO version
vi. Ulcers with Heat-Toxin, add ... available in PRO version
2. Fever, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
3. Painful, deep-rooted Boils, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
4. Abscesses:
i. Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
ii. Lung Abscess: Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
iii. Internal Abscess: Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
iv. Abscesses, Furuncles, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
v. early stage Breast Abscess, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
vi. Breast Abscess, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
5. Carbuncles:
i. Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version.
ii. Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
6. Angry red Sores, Canker sores
i. In Licorice decoction boil ... available in PRO version
7. Spots and Pimples of the face, ... available in PRO version
8. Bleeding Intestinal Abscess or Dysentery with Blood, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
9.. Dysentery, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua with ... available in PRO version
Major Formula:
Yin Qiao San
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
ADVERTISEMENT:
Cautions:
Generally Safe and well tolerated
1. Caution in Cold and Weakness of the Stomach
Main Preparations used:
Generally Safe and well tolerated
1. Caution in Cold and Weakness of the Stomach
Main Preparations used: