Traditional Chinese Medicine: Honeysuckle (Jīn Yín Huā)

Honeysuckle, also known as Ren Dong, Yin Hua, Shuang Hua, has been praised since ancient times as an excellent medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying. It has a sweet and cold nature, and its aromatic properties allow it to clear heat without harming the stomach, while also dispelling evils. Honeysuckle can both disperse wind-heat and effectively clear blood toxins, making it suitable for various febrile diseases such as fever, rashes, spots, heat toxin sores, and sore throat, all of which show significant efficacy. According to the 2005 edition of the “Chinese Pharmacopoeia”, honeysuckle is the dried flower buds or newly opened flowers of the plant Lonicera japonica Thunb. from the family Caprifoliaceae.Introduction: Family: Caprifoliaceae; Genus: Lonicera; Chinese Name: Honeysuckle; Scientific Name: Lonicera japonica Thunb.Properties and Usage Honeysuckle has a sweet taste, is cold, and is non-toxic. It disperses unformed toxins and eliminates formed toxins, can revive the dead, and can transform the rotten.Aliases: Er Hua, Er Bao Hua, Tong Ling Cao, Ren Dong, Tea Leaf Flower, Er Bao Hua, Er Hua Yang, Er Se Hua, Teng Jin Chai, Gu Jin Hua, Jin Yin Hua Teng, Jin Yin Teng, Lao Weng Xu, Two Treasure Vine, Lu Ge Hua, Lu Ge Teng, Mi Tong Cao, Ren Dong Cao, Ren Dong Hua, Ren Dong Teng, Shuang Bao Hua, Shuang Hua, Su Hua, Yin Hua, Yin Hua Teng, Yin Hua Yang, Yin Teng, Right Spiral Vine, Yuan Yang Vine, Left Twining VineOrigin of the Name The name Honeysuckle comes from the fact that the flower starts white and later turns yellow, hence the name Honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is also known as Ren Dong Cao.【Commercial Names】Southern Honeysuckle: Also known as Mi Yin Hua. Mainly produced in counties such as Mi County, Dengfeng, Xingyang, and Weishi in Henan Province. It has the best quality but lower yield, mainly for export.Eastern Honeysuckle: Also known as Ji Yin Hua. Mainly produced in counties such as Fei County, Pingyi, and Cangshan in Shandong Province. It has a larger yield and good quality, sold nationwide and for export.Huai Honeysuckle: Also known as Huai Yin Hua. Produced in areas such as Wen County, Boai, Qinyang, Wuzhi, and Yuxian in Henan Province (formerly Huaiqing Prefecture). It also has good quality, sold nationwide and for export.Yu Feng Honeysuckle: Produced in areas around Kaifeng, Xinxiang City, and Fengqiu County in Henan Province, it has the best quality and larger yield, sold nationwide and for export.Mountain Honeysuckle: Also known as Tu Yin Hua, Du Yin Hua. Produced in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, and Guizhou. It has lower quality and is mostly sold locally.The best products are those with unopened flower buds, dried, and yellowish-white in color.【Prescription Names】Er Hua, Shuang Hua, Honeysuckle, Jin Yin Hua.Morphological Characteristics: A perennial semi-evergreen climbing shrub or erect shrub that can grow up to 9 meters. The stems are thin, hollow, and branched; young branches are green; densely covered with short soft hairs; old branches lose their soft hairs, with brownish bark that peels in strips. Leaves are opposite, not falling in winter, hence the name “Ren Dong”; leaf blades are oval or elliptical, entire; flowers grow in pairs in leaf axils, hence also known as “Er Hua” and “Shuang Hua”; the corolla is slightly bilabiate, with the tube and lobes nearly equal, the style and stamens longer than the corolla, with a pleasant fragrance; flowers are white when first opened, later turning golden yellow, hence also called Honeysuckle. Berries grow in pairs, turning black and shiny when ripe. Flowering period is from April to June, and fruiting period is from June to September.

Application Value

Treating Inflammation

Honeysuckle has a very wide range of applications. Recently, many traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions for preventing and treating SARS have included honeysuckle. In daily life, people often brew honeysuckle in water as a tea to treat sore throats and prevent upper respiratory infections, with the method being: take 20 grams of honeysuckle, decoct in water as tea or brew for drinking, daily dosage. In addition, many inflammatory diseases are also treated with honeysuckle.(1) Used for external invasion of wind-heat or initial stage of febrile diseases. Honeysuckle is sweet and cold, which can clear heat from the qi level and blood level, and has a slight dispersing effect, making it suitable for treating symptoms of external invasion of wind-heat or initial stage of febrile diseases with unresolved exterior symptoms and excess internal heat. It is often used in combination with lian qiao, niu bang zi, bo he, etc.(2) Used for sores, carbuncles, and sore throat. Honeysuckle has a strong heat-clearing and detoxifying effect, commonly used in surgery, generally for red, swollen, and painful sores and carbuncles, suitable for conditions classified as “yang syndrome” in TCM. It can be combined with pu gong ying, di ding cao, lian qiao, dan pi, chi shao, etc. for decoction or used fresh and crushed for external application.(3) Used for heat toxin-induced dysentery with blood in stool (stool mixed with mucus and blood). When heat toxins accumulate in the intestines and enter the blood level, it leads to dysentery with blood. Honeysuckle can cool the blood and resolve heat toxins, thus treating blood dysentery. Clinically, it is often used with honeysuckle charred, combined with huang qin, huang lian, bai shao, ma chi xian, etc.(4) Honeysuckle is sweet and cold, with an aromatic flavor, which can clear and disperse, and also resolve blood heat toxins, especially important for treating yang-type sores. When combined with lian qiao, niu bang zi, bo he, jing jie, it can disperse the exterior and clear heat; when combined with fresh sheng di, xuan shen, lian qiao, zhu ye, it can clear the nutritive level and drain heat; when combined with zi hua di ding, ye ju hua, pu gong ying, it can detoxify and heal sores; when combined with huang qi, dang gui, gan cao, it can expel toxins and reduce carbuncles; when combined with huang qin, bai shao, gan cao, it can clear heat and treat dysentery.★ Take 15 grams of honeysuckle, 3 grams of fresh licorice, decoct in water for gargling, can treat sore throat.★ Take 60 grams of honeysuckle, 20 grams of hawthorn, decoct in water as tea, can treat cold, fever, headache, sore throat.★ Take 25 grams each of honeysuckle and pu gong ying, 15 grams of licorice, daily dosage, decoct in water, can treat mumps.★ Take 9 grams each of honeysuckle, lian qiao, da qing gen, lu gen, and licorice, decoct in water, daily dosage, continue for 3-5 days, can prevent meningitis.★ Take 10 grams each of honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, and hawthorn, 100 grams of honey, add appropriate amount of water, boil for 30 minutes, filter out the medicinal juice for drinking, can treat heat headache, irritability, and thirst.★ Take fresh honeysuckle stems, leaves, and flowers in appropriate amounts, wash with cold boiled water, chew and swallow, can treat toxic mushroom poisoning.★ Take 15 grams of honeysuckle, roast and grind into powder, take with water, can treat dysentery.★ Take 300 grams of honeysuckle, 90 grams each of huang lian and huang qin, add water to decoct, take 1000 milliliters of the medicinal liquid, 30 milliliters each time, 4 times a day, can treat acute bacterial dysentery.★ Take 24 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams of pu gong ying, 9 grams each of lian qiao and chen pi, 6 grams each of qing pi and fresh licorice, daily dosage, decoct in water, can treat early acute mastitis.★ Take 15 grams each of honeysuckle, plantago, han lian cao, and yi mu cao, daily dosage, decoct in water, can treat urinary tract infections.　

Value in Traditional Chinese Medicine

〖Source of Traditional Chinese Medicine〗: This product was first recorded in “Newly Revised Materia Medica”. It is the flower buds of the perennial semi-evergreen climbing woody plant honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica Thund. Distributed throughout various regions in China.〖Harvesting and Processing〗: Harvest in early summer when the flowers are still in bud, and dry in the shade. Can be used fresh, stir-fried, or made into a syrup.〖Specifications of Traditional Chinese Medicine〗:Products can be classified by production area into honey honeysuckle (Southern honeysuckle, mainly produced in Mi County, Henan Province), Ji honeysuckle (Eastern honeysuckle, mainly produced in Jinan, Shandong Province), and mountain honeysuckle (Tu honeysuckle, produced in other regions). Except for mountain honeysuckle, which is of second grade, the others are graded from 1 to 4. The best quality is the honeysuckle that is just opening, complete, and yellow in color. The honeysuckle from Mi County, Henan Province, is of the highest quality, ranking first in the country, while the honeysuckle from Shandong Province has the largest yield.〖Characteristics of Medicinal Material〗: The exterior is yellow or yellow-brown, covered with short soft hairs and glandular hairs, with small green calyx at the base, 5-lobed, lobes triangular, hairless. When the flower bud is cut open, 5 stamens and 1 pistil can be seen. The corolla is lip-shaped, with the stamens and pistil protruding like bristles.〖Components〗: This product contains cyclohexanol, flavonoids, inositol, saponins, tannins, etc. The leaves contain flavonoids and tannins. The stems contain saponins, etc.〖Pharmacological Effects〗: This product has broad-spectrum antibacterial effects, with strong inhibitory effects on pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella, etc.; has significant anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects; the water and alcohol extracts of honeysuckle have significant cytotoxic effects on sarcoma 180 and ascitic tumors. This product has a certain cholesterol-lowering effect.〖Nature and Taste, Meridians〗: Sweet, cold. Enters the Lung, Heart, and Stomach meridians.〖Functions and Applications〗: Clears heat and detoxifies, disperses wind-heat. Main indications include initial stage of carbuncles and sores, red, swollen, and painful conditions, external invasion of wind-heat, initial stage of febrile diseases, heat toxin dysentery, summer heat thirst, sore throat.〖Dosage of Medicinal Material〗: Decoction, 10-15g.〖Contraindications〗: Not to be used in cases of spleen and stomach deficiency-cold and qi deficiency with clear pus.Attached Medicine: Ren Dong Teng is the stem and leaves of honeysuckle, also known as Yin Hua Teng. Harvest in autumn and winter with leaves, dry in the sun, and use fresh. Its properties and effects are similar to honeysuckle, thus can be used as a substitute. Its detoxifying effect is not as strong as honeysuckle, but it also has the effect of unblocking meridians, can eliminate wind-heat in the meridians and relieve pain, thus commonly used for wind-damp heat, joint redness, swelling, and pain, and difficulty in flexion and extension. Decoction, 15-30g.

Dietary Therapy

Honeysuckle flower buds from various plants in the same genus, including honeysuckle and hairy calyx honeysuckle (mountain honeysuckle), are also known as Yin Hua, Ren Dong Hua, and Shuang Hua. They are distributed in most regions of China. Harvest on sunny mornings in summer, cool and dry for storage; or use fresh products.[Properties] Sweet taste, cold nature. Can clear heat and detoxify.[Reference] Contains luteolin, chlorogenic acid, inositol, volatile oils, etc.[Uses] Used for wind-heat colds, fever, sore throat, or initial stage of febrile diseases, heat toxins unresolved; summer heat thirst, or prickly heat itching, burning; carbuncles, boils, and sores, red, swollen, and painful; heat toxin dysentery. Modern use also includes hyperlipidemia.[Method of Use] Brew as tea, decoct as soup, or make into syrup, etc.

Extracted Medicinal Material

Honeysuckle Extract English Name: Honeysuckle Flowers ExtractMain Components of Honeysuckle Extract: Chlorogenic acid 98%, 99%Detection Method: HPLCCAS NO: 327-97-9Appearance: White fine powderNote: High-purity chlorogenic acid can be used as a pharmaceutical raw material for powder injections, injections, and infusions.Solubility: Good water solubility. Easily soluble in hot water, ethanol, and acetone, completely soluble. Slightly soluble in ethyl acetate.Molecular Formula and Molecular Weight: C16H18O9=354.30EINECS Registration Number: 206-325-6Melting Point: 205-209°CSpecific Rotation: -36° (c=1, H2O)Biological Activity: Chlorogenic acid is considered the main effective component in many medicinal materials and traditional Chinese medicines for antibacterial, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, and choleretic effects, often used as a qualitative or even quantitative indicator. Reported main biological activities of chlorogenic acid include (1) inhibition of hyaluronidase and glucose-6-phosphate; (2) scavenging of free radicals and anti-lipid peroxidation; (3) anti-mutagenic effects; (4) liver protection and choleretic effects; (5) antibacterial, antiviral, and antispasmodic effects.

Pharmacological Value

Honeysuckle flower buds from various plants in the same genus are used medicinally in different regions. In addition to honeysuckle, red gland honeysuckle, mountain honeysuckle, and hairy honeysuckle, other medicinal plants include pale red honeysuckle (Lonicera acuminata Wall.), oval-leaved honeysuckle (Lonicera inodora W.W.), short-stem honeysuckle (Lonicera pampaninii), clean flower gland honeysuckle (Lonicera hypoglauca Miq.), gray felt honeysuckle (L.macrathoides Hand.-Mazz), western Yunnan honeysuckle (L.buchananii Lacein kew Ball.), wrinkled-leaf honeysuckle (L.rhytidophylla Hand.-Mazz), fine felt honeysuckle (L. similis Hemsl.), plate-leaf honeysuckle (L.tragophylla Hemsl.), Xinjiang honeysuckle (L.tatarica Linn.var.tatarica), and creeping honeysuckle (L.crassifolia).Honeysuckle is the flower buds and newly opened flowers of the perennial semi-evergreen climbing woody plant honeysuckle. Honeysuckle has a sweet taste and cold nature, functions to clear heat and detoxify, and disperse wind-heat. The general dosage is 6-15 grams, decocted for oral use, and can also be made into pills or powders. Those with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold and qi deficiency should not use it. Our ancient people discovered that honeysuckle can detoxify bacteria. In the Song Dynasty, Zhang Bangji recorded a story in “Mo Zhuang Man Lu”: During the Chongning period, several monks from Baiyun Temple on Tianping Mountain in Pingjiang Prefecture brought back a basket of wild mushrooms from the mountain. Unfortunately, the wild mushrooms were toxic, and after a hearty meal, the monks began to vomit and have diarrhea. Among them, three monks who took fresh honeysuckle in time were safe, while the others who did not take honeysuckle in time all perished. This shows that the detoxifying effect of honeysuckle is extraordinary.【Patent Formulation】Six Flavor Flavonoid Tea: This tea is consumed in the form of herbal tea, made from a combination of six types of traditional Chinese herbs recognized by the Ministry of Health, including “Honeysuckle, Ginkgo leaves, Jue Ming Zi, Huai Mi, Hawthorn, Chrysanthemum”. It mainly contains plant flavonoids that the human body cannot synthesize. The raw materials are carefully selected, processed, and made into tea bags, hence called “Six Flavor Flavonoid Tea”. It is not regular tea and does not contain tea leaves; it is a medicinal food consumed in the form of tea. Six Flavor Flavonoid Tea is not a health product but a functional food (Batch No.: Shaanxi Health Food Certificate No.), a type of food with medicinal effects.Content DeterminationDetermined by high-performance liquid chromatography (Appendix VI D).Chromatographic Conditions and System Suitability Test: Use octadecylsilyl-bonded silica gel as the filler; acetonitrile-0.4% phosphoric acid solution (13:87) as the mobile phase; detection wavelength at 327nm. Theoretical plate number calculated based on chlorogenic acid peak should not be less than 1000.Preparation of Control Solution: Accurately weigh an appropriate amount of chlorogenic acid reference substance, place it in a brown volumetric flask, and add 50% methanol to prepare a solution containing 4μg per ml, and store below 10°C.Preparation of Test Solution: Take about 0.5g of the product powder, accurately weigh, place it in a stoppered conical flask, accurately add 50% methanol 50ml, weigh again, ultrasonic treatment for 30 minutes, cool, weigh again, and use 50% methanol to make up for the lost weight, shake well, filter, accurately measure 5ml of the filtrate, place it in a 25ml brown volumetric flask, and add 50% methanol to the mark, shake well, and it is ready.Determination Method: Accurately take 5-10μl of both the control solution and the test solution, inject into the liquid chromatography instrument, and measure.This product contains chlorogenic acid (C16H18O9) not less than 1.5%.Nature and Taste, MeridiansSweet, cold. Enters the Lung, Heart, and Stomach meridians.Functions and IndicationsClears heat and detoxifies, cools and disperses wind-heat. Used for carbuncles and sores, sore throat, dan du, heat blood toxin dysentery, wind-heat colds, febrile diseases with fever.Dosage and Administration6-15g.Storage MethodStore in a cool, dry place, protect from moisture and pests.Traditional Chinese medicine believes that honeysuckle is cold in nature, sweet in taste, and has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, which can treat heat toxin swellings, carbuncles, and sores. Due to its dispersing effect, it can also treat external invasion of wind-heat and initial stage of febrile diseases. For example, the Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian (pills) for treating wind-heat colds is primarily made with honeysuckle. When combined with huang qin, it forms Yin Pian, which can treat acute upper respiratory infections, acute pharyngitis, and acute tonsillitis.Honeysuckle distilled in water can produce “Honeysuckle Syrup”, which has the effect of clearing summer heat and can treat children’s heat sores, prickly heat, and summer heat.Since ancient times, there has been a custom in our country to give children honeysuckle tea a few times before the arrival of summer to prevent the occurrence of summer heat sores; during the hot summer, drinking honeysuckle tea can also prevent heat stroke, enteritis, and dysentery.During the hot summer, people are prone to heat stroke, and making honeysuckle into cool tea for frequent drinking can prevent heat stroke. From late summer to the Mid-Autumn Festival, bacterial dysentery and enteritis are prevalent, and honeysuckle can be used as the main ingredient, combined with huang lian and huang qin, decocted into a soup for oral use, which has good preventive and therapeutic effects. When harvesting honeysuckle, it is best to pick it when it is in bud, with yellowish-white and plump ones being the best. If you pinch a handful of high-quality honeysuckle and place it in a glass cup, pour boiling water over it, after a while, you will see the flower buds hanging vertically in the water, neither floating nor sinking, looking very beautiful. Once the water soaks the flower buds, they will gradually sink to the bottom of the cup.According to chemical analysis, honeysuckle contains luteolin, inositol, saponins, tannins, etc. Pharmacological experiments show that honeysuckle has a broad antibacterial spectrum, inhibiting pathogens such as Shigella, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Bordetella pertussis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, and Streptococcus pneumoniae, all of which have inhibitory effects, and it also has anti-influenza virus effects. Clinically, it is often used to treat infections caused by the aforementioned pathogenic microorganisms.Recent studies indicate that honeysuckle can promote the transformation of lymphocytes, and the lymphocyte transformation rate can reflect cellular immune function, thus enhancing the body’s immunity. Honeysuckle can also enhance the phagocytic function of white blood cells, further improving immune function. Honeysuckle can also promote the release of adrenal cortex hormones, significantly inhibiting acute inflammation.Animal experiments conducted by the Nanjing Institute of Wild Plants have shown that honeysuckle can significantly improve animals’ tolerance to high-temperature environments. When 50% of the control group animals died due to high temperatures, only 6% of the animals fed honeysuckle tea died in the same environment, confirming the heat-clearing and summer-heat relieving effects of honeysuckle.Using honeysuckle and chrysanthemum to make “Yin Ju Drink” as tea to treat 200 cases of hypertension and arteriosclerosis showed good results. Among 46 systematically observed cases, 35 cases had their blood pressure reduced to normal, while others also showed varying degrees of reduction, and symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and insomnia improved.Using honeysuckle injection to treat acute tonsillitis showed efficacy comparable to antibiotics, and no toxicity or side effects were found during treatment.Functions and IndicationsAccording to “Bencao Gangmu”, “Honeysuckle is good at transforming toxins, thus treating carbuncles, swellings, and sores…” Since ancient times, honeysuckle has been commonly used to clear heat and detoxify, treating febrile diseases with fever, heat toxin dysentery, and carbuncles, and is also used for wind-heat colds, bronchitis, and other conditions.Modern pharmacological research shows that honeysuckle has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and immune-regulating effects.Recommended by the editor: A great drink for summer: HoneysuckleCommonly Used FormulasFormulas containing honeysuckle are particularly common; surveys show that one-third of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions use honeysuckle.Heat toxin carbuncles can be used alone for strong decoction or combined with pu gong ying, zi hua di ding, and ye ju hua to enhance the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. Representative formula includes Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin, from “Yizong Jinjian” surgical heart method: “Honeysuckle three qian, wild chrysanthemum, pu gong ying, zi hua di ding, and zi bei tian kui zi each one qian two fen, two bowls of water, decoct to eight parts, add half a bowl of no ash wine, boil for two or three minutes, take hot. Repeat decoction until sweating is achieved.” This formula has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, dissipating carbuncles. It is indicated for various carbuncles, sores, and swelling, local redness, swelling, and pain, or fever and chills, red tongue with yellow coating, and rapid pulse.Although this formula contains only five ingredients, it is powerful and is the first choice for traditional Chinese medicine to treat fire toxin accumulation leading to carbuncles and sores. The modern dosage and decoction method are: 20 grams of honeysuckle, 15 grams each of wild chrysanthemum, pu gong ying, zi hua di ding, and zi bei tian kui zi, decoct in water, add appropriate amount of wine for oral use, and the dregs can be crushed and applied to the affected area.For initial stage of sores and swelling, or if it has formed pus but not yet ruptured, it can be combined with chuan shan jia, zao jiao ci, da bei, bai zhi, etc. A representative formula is Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin, from “Xiao Zhu Fu Ren Liang Fang”: “Chuan shan jia, gan cao, fang feng, mo yao, chi shao, gui shao, ru xiang, bei mu, tian hua fen, jiao ci each one qian, bai zhi six fen, honeysuckle and chen pi each three qian. Use good wine three bowls, decoct to one and a half bowls. If for the upper body, take after meals; if for the lower body, take before meals, and add three to four cups of wine to assist the medicinal effect, do not change.” Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin primarily clears heat and detoxifies, promotes blood circulation and qi movement, and reduces swelling and promotes suppuration, known as “the holy medicine for sores and carbuncles, the first formula in surgery”, used for all initial stages of sores and itching. The dosage of honeysuckle is relatively high, good at clearing heat and detoxifying, combined with bai zhi and fang feng to disperse wind and eliminate evils, allowing heat toxins to be released from the exterior; flower powder and bei mu clear heat and transform phlegm, dissipate lumps and promote suppuration.Modern dosage: 3 grams of chuan shan jia, 3 grams of zao jiao ci, 3 grams of dang gui tail, 3 grams of gan cao, 9 grams of honeysuckle, 3 grams of chi shao, 3 grams of ru xiang, 3 grams of mo yao, 3 grams of tian hua fen, 9 grams of chen pi, 3 grams of fang feng, 3 grams of bei mu, 3 grams of bai zhi.

Various Discussions

1. “Bencao Tongxuan”: Honeysuckle is mainly for abdominal distension and diarrhea, dissipating carbuncles and toxins, supplementing deficiency and treating wind, people only know its detoxifying effect, but are unaware of its benefits for distension and diarrhea, and it has been effective in various symptoms.2. “Bencao Zheng”: Honeysuckle is good at transforming toxins, thus treating carbuncles, swellings, sores, and various toxins, truly a key medicine. It can disperse unformed toxins and can rupture formed toxins, but its nature is mild, so it should be used in larger quantities, either boiled with wine, or juice mixed with wine for immediate consumption, or ground and mixed with wine for thick application. For treating scrofula and other upper qi toxins, using a certain amount regularly is extremely effective.3. “Bencao Fengyuan”: Honeysuckle detoxifies and removes pus, with a supplementing effect in diarrhea, a holy medicine for carbuncles and sores after they rupture. However, those with qi deficiency and clear pus, with little food and diarrhea should not use it. For pox that are sunken and not raised, use this root to boil in flowing water for bathing, with the effect of enhancing the pox.4. “Dian Nan Bencao”: Clears heat, detoxifies various sores, carbuncles, and back sores.5. “Sheng Cao Yao Xing Bei Yao”: Can dissipate carbuncles and sores, stop diarrhea, wash sores, and eliminate skin blood heat.6. “Bencao Bei Yao”: Nourishes blood and stops thirst. Treats scabies and eczema.7. “Chongqing Tang Sui Bi”: Clears the meridians of wind-fire and damp-heat, detoxifies warm epidemic filth and evil turbid evils, calms liver and gallbladder floating wind yang, treats convulsions and epilepsy.8. Guangzhou Military Region “Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine Manual”: Clears heat and detoxifies. Treats external invasion with fever and cough, enteritis, bacterial dysentery, measles, mumps, sepsis, carbuncles, and boils, and can be used to prevent heat stroke, colds, and intestinal infectious diseases when made into cool tea.　Disclaimer:The content of this site is added and organized by users, for learning and reference only. The information on the site may not be accurate, comprehensive, or up-to-date, and the content should not be the final basis for diagnosing or treating diseases.Shanhe Traditional Chinese Medicine Networkreminds users that if there is any discomfort, please seek medical attention promptly. Thank you for your support and love; we will strive to do better~!!!