The flower bud or newly-bloomed flower of Lonicera japonica Thunb., Lonicera hypoglauca Miq., Lonicera confusa DC., and Lonicera dasystyla Rehd.; plants of the Caprifoliaceae family. [1], [3]

Honeysuckle flower grows all over China, it is mainly produced in Shandong and Henan provinces. [2]

Honeysuckle flower is sweet in flavor, cold in nature, and manifests its therapeutic actions in the lung, heart and stomach meridians. [3]

Mainly contains derivatives of chlorogenic acid, flavones and essential oils. [3]

Honeysuckle flower clears heat, eliminates toxic substance, and dissipates wind and heat in the superficial portion of the body (exterior-relieving). [3]

Honeysuckle flower is often used in pus-forming infections, skin sores, pharyngitis, bloody dysentery, cold and flu, and acute infectious diseases (wen-bing). [3], [4], [5] Honeysuckle flower is an important ingredient for pus-forming infections, especially for those with significant swelling, pain and redness. It can be used alone or combined with herbs like Chinese honeylocust spine and Dahurian angelica root in the early stage of skin boils, as tropical and oral remedies. Honeysuckle flower can be combined with Tokyo violet herb, dandelion and wild chrysanthemum flower to treat deep-rooted skin boils; angelica root, garden burnet root and baical skullcap root to treat abdominal abscess; heartleaf houttuymia herb, reed rhizome and peach kernel to treat lung abscess that coughs bloody and yellow colored sputum. Honeysuckle flower is used in various feverish conditions. For example, it combines with herbs like weeping forsythia capsule, great burdock fruit and peppermint to treat common cold and flu symptoms; gypsum, anemarrhena rhizome and baical skullcap root to reduce high fever. For severe conditions that appear delirium, irritability and red skin patches, the herb can combine with rehmannia root, golden thread rhizome and peony root bark for treatment. Honeysuckle flower can treat bloody dysentery. It can be used alone, or combined with herbs like baical skullcap root, golden thread rhizome, red peony root and Chinese pulsatilla root to exert a more powerful anti-diarrhea effect. In TCM, sore throat is usually caused by heat of internal or external origins; honeysuckle flower can be prescribed with great burdock fruit, blackberrykiky rhizome, platycodon root and liquorice root for relief. Clinically, modern TCM widely uses honeysuckle flower for infections of the respiratory system, digestive system and head region. It is also used to reduce blood lipid level. Since honeysuckle flower has a sweet taste, it is a favorable ingredient for people to prepare as tea and distilled water, which can clear summer heat, quench thirst, relieve sore throat, soothe skin sores and prickly heat.

For decoction, 10-20g each time. [4], [5]

No suitable for individuals with a weak digestion, or running sores with watery discharges. [3]

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