Jin Yin Hua (Honeysuckle Flower, Lonicera)

Submitted by yyh_staff on Tue, 2008-06-10 14:38.
Chinese Name: 
Jin Yin Hua
English Name: 
Honeysuckle Flower, Lonicera
Functions and Usage: 
  • Clear heat, relieve toxic fire - hot, painful swellings in the throat, breast, eyes; intestinal abscesses.
  • Expel wind-heat - fever, aversion to wind, sore throat, headache; also for summer-heat.
  • Clear damp heat from the lower jiao - dysentery, lin syndrome.
  • Stem, Ren Dong Teng, is used for similar functions - abscesses, sores, damp-heat bi syndromes.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes): 
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Dosage and Preparation Notes: 
  • Dosage: 9-15g
Channels Influenced: 
Temperature and Taste Properties: 
Contraindications: 
There are currently no contraindications listed.
Notes: 

There are no additional notes for this herb.

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  • Jin, Yan Ping: New England School of Acupuncture, CHM Pharmacopoeia I and II, Formulas I and II Lecture Notes

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