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A Flower of Honeysuckle: 8 Uses for Treating 27 Diseases
Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua) is a common plant among the people. While many know it has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, not everyone is aware of its methods of consumption. Below, we will introduce some uses, especially suitable for those who live far from hospitals or pharmacies and find it inconvenient to buy medicine. For those who can easily buy medicine, it is still better to purchase it.
Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua) belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family, including the dried flower buds or early blooming flowers of Lonicera japonica (Jin Yin Hua), Lonicera macranthoides (Shan Yin Hua), or Lonicera hypoglauca (Mao Hua Zhu). It is harvested in early summer before the flowers bloom and then dried.
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature. It enters the Lung (Fei), Heart (Xin), and Stomach (Wei) meridians. It can clear heat and detoxify, and disperse wind-heat. It is used for treating carbuncles, sore throat, erysipelas, heat-toxicity dysentery, wind-heat colds, and febrile diseases.
Modern research shows that Honeysuckle can reduce the bacterial carriage rate in the throat, treat tuberculosis with respiratory infections, treat pneumonia, treat acute bacterial dysentery, treat surgical suppurative diseases, treat cervical erosion, treat acute ophthalmic inflammation, and treat urticaria.
The specific therapeutic effects of Honeysuckle are as follows:
1. Honeysuckle Tea
Ingredients: 5g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 3g Green Tea.
Method: Place Honeysuckle and Green Tea in a teacup, pour 150ml of boiling water, and steep for 5 to 10 minutes until the tea flavor weakens.
Function: Clears heat, detoxifies; antibacterial.
Indications: External heat; chronic enteritis; pneumonia; tonsillitis; nephritis; to be consumed during hot summer days.
2. Honeysuckle Dew
[Formula]
Fresh Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua) 250g, appropriate amount of water.
[Preparation]
Place Honeysuckle in a distillation bottle, add an appropriate amount of water, and distill to obtain 1000ml of distillate.
[Effect]
Can be consumed cold or warm, 30 to 50ml each time. It has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, and relieving summer heat. Used for symptoms of summer heat thirst, heat-toxicity sores, and boils.
It is a common item for clearing heat and detoxifying in summer. It can be used alone or mixed with other heat-clearing and detoxifying beverages to enhance its effects and improve flavor.
3. Treatment for Pharyngitis
15g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 3g Licorice (Gan Cao), decoct in water for gargling, can treat pharyngitis.
4. Treatment for Cold Fever, Headache, and Sore Throat
60g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 20g Hawthorn (Shan Zha), decoct in water to drink instead of tea, can treat cold fever, headache, and sore throat.
5. Treatment for Mumps
25g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 25g Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), 15g Licorice (Gan Cao), one dose daily, decoct in water, can treat mumps.
6. Treatment for Heat Stroke Headache, Irritability, and Thirst
10g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 10g Chrysanthemum (Ju Hua), 10g Hawthorn (Shan Zha), 100g Honey, add appropriate amount of water, decoct for 30 minutes, filter out the medicinal juice, can treat heat stroke headache, irritability, and thirst.
7. Treatment for Acute Mastitis at Onset
24g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 15g Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), 9g Forsythia (Lian Qiao), 9g Chen Pi (Chen Pi), 6g Qing Pi (Qing Pi), 6g Licorice (Gan Cao), one dose daily, decoct in water, can treat acute mastitis at onset.
8. Auxiliary Treatment for Acute Simple Appendicitis
60 to 90g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 30 to 60g Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), 9 to 15g Licorice (Gan Cao), one dose daily, decoct in water, can be used for auxiliary treatment of acute simple appendicitis.
9. Treatment for Urinary Tract Infection.
15g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 30g Plantago (Che Qian Cao), 30g Hedyotis (Han Lian Cao), 30g Motherwort (Yi Mu Cao), one dose daily, decoct in water, can treat urinary tract infection.
10. Treatment for Urticaria
30g fresh Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua) decoct in water for consumption.
11. Chrysanthemum and Honeysuckle Soup
[Prescription] 3g Chrysanthemum (Ju Hua), 3g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 3g Platycodon (Jie Geng), 3g Ophiopogon (Mai Dong), 3g Licorice (Gan Cao).
[Function and Indications] Reportedly, using this formula to treat chronic pharyngitis generally shows effects in 3 to 5 doses.
[Dosage] Brew with boiling water as tea, one dose daily. Reportedly, using this formula to treat chronic pharyngitis generally shows effects in 3 to 5 doses.
12. Chronic Enteritis:
60g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 10g Poppy Seed (Ying Su Ke). Dry and grind Honeysuckle into fine powder, decoct Poppy Seed with 2 bowls of water until reduced to 1 bowl, mix with Honeysuckle powder, 10g each time, 3 times a day. Effects can be seen after 1 to 2 doses (use with caution for those with hypertension or coronary heart disease). Using this method to treat chronic enteritis in 20 cases achieved satisfactory results.
13. Nephritis:
White Gold Kidney Tonic Decoction: 30g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 30g White Grass Root (Bai Mao Gen), 30g Motherwort (Yi Mu Cao), 10g Bamboo Leaf (Zhu Ye), decoct in water, one dose daily. The author has used this formula with modifications to treat 44 cases of nephritis with wind-heat type and 8 cases with damp-heat type, generally after taking 3 to 20 doses, edema subsided, urinalysis turned negative, and blood pressure normalized.
14. Chronic Hepatitis:
Honeysuckle Vine (Jin Yin Hua Teng), 60g, White Grass Root (Bai Mao Gen), 30g, Poria (Fu Ling), 30g, Scrophularia (Xuan Shen), 30g, Raw Astragalus (Huang Qi), 15g, Angelica (Dang Gui), 15g, Licorice (Gan Cao), 10g, decoct in water, one month as a course of treatment. Using this formula to treat chronic hepatitis in 33 cases, significant effects were seen in 25 cases, effective in 6 cases, and ineffective in 2 cases, with a total effective rate of 94%.
15. Acute Mastitis:
90g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 15g Licorice (Gan Cao), 12g Soapberry Thorn (Zao Jiao Ci), 10g Deer Horn (Lu Jiao Pian), 50ml White Wine, add water and decoct for 40 to 50 minutes, two doses per day, warm consumption. The author has treated 32 cases of acute mastitis with this formula, 31 cases were cured, and only 1 case switched to Western medicine.
16. Silver Chrysanthemum Drink:
Take 10g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 10g White Chrysanthemum (Bai Ju Hua), brew with boiling water or boil, then add a little white sugar or salt to drink. This beverage has the effect of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, and quenching thirst, suitable for patients with headaches caused by wind-heat.
17. Honeysuckle and Mint Drink:
Take 30g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 10g Mint (Bo He), 60g Fresh Reed Root (Lu Gen). First, boil Honeysuckle and Reed Root with 500ml of water for 15 minutes, then add Mint and boil for another 3 minutes. Filter out and add appropriate amount of white sugar for warm consumption. This beverage has the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood, detoxifying, and generating fluids to quench thirst, suitable for patients with wind-heat colds, initial warm diseases, and high fever with thirst.
18. Honeysuckle Tea:
Take 20g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), boil in water to extract the juice and remove the residue. Add 100g glutinous rice and cook until half done, then add the Honeysuckle juice and continue cooking until it becomes porridge. This porridge has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, suitable for middle-aged and elderly patients with wind-heat colds, chronic bronchitis, bacterial dysentery, and intestinal infections.
19. Treatment for Sore Throat:
50g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 50g Ophiopogon (Mai Dong), 50g Platycodon (Jie Geng), decoct in water to drink instead of tea.
20. Treatment for Tonsillitis:
25g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 25g Forsythia (Lian Qiao), 30g Scrophularia (Xuan Shen), 30g Gypsum (Shi Gao), 15g Sophora (Shan Dou Gen), 9g Coptis (Huang Lian), 9g Burdock Seed (Niu Bang Zi), 9g Rhubarb (Da Huang), 9g Scutellaria (Huang Qin), 10g Platycodon (Jie Geng), 10g Licorice (Gan Cao). For children, reduce the dosage, one dose daily, decoct and divide into 3-4 times for consumption. Also, apply a few drops of bloodletting from the earlobe once a day for 1-2 days. Generally, the therapeutic effect is satisfactory.
21. Treatment for Hordeolum (Stye):
50g Isatis Root (Ban Lan Gen), 25g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 25g Viola (Zi Hua Di Ding), 25g Isatis Leaf (Da Qing Ye), 25g Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), one dose daily, decoct in water.
22. Treatment for Acute and Chronic Pharyngitis:
15g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 15g Wild Chrysanthemum (Ye Ju Hua), decoct in water for consumption.
23. Treatment for Chronic Pharyngitis:
30g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 15g Scrophularia (Xuan Shen), 10g Anemarrhena (Zhi Mu), 10g Scutellaria (Huang Qin), 10g Platycodon (Jie Geng), 10g Licorice (Gan Cao), appropriate amount of honey. Place the above herbs in a thermos, add 1500ml of boiling water, seal tightly, and after 30 minutes, it can be consumed, divided into 5-6 doses within one day. One dose daily.
24. Treatment for Acute Sinusitis:
15g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 15g Wild Chrysanthemum (Ye Ju Hua), 15g Astragalus (Huang Qi), 12g Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), 12g White Angelica (Bai Zhi), 12g Magnolia Flower (Xin Yi Hua), 10g Viola (Zi Hua Di Ding), one dose daily, divided into 2 doses. Use with caution in pregnant women, reduce dosage for children.
25. Treatment for Chronic Suppurative Sinusitis:
15g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 10g Astragalus (Huang Qi), 10g Atractylodes (Bai Zhu), 10g White Angelica (Bai Zhi), 12g Scutellaria (Huang Qin), 18g Goldenrod (Yi Zhi Hua), 18g Coix Seed (Yi Yi Ren), 20g Patrinia (Bai Jiang Cao), 3g Asarum (Xi Xin). If there is severe headache, add Vitex (Man Jing Zi) and Ligusticum (Gao Mu); if there is excessive nasal discharge, add Soapberry Thorn (Zao Jiao Ci); if there is poor appetite, add Barley Sprout (Gu Ya), Malt (Mai Ya), and Chicken Inner Gold (Ji Nei Jin). One dose daily, decoct and divide into 2 doses, 30 days for one course of treatment. Mainly treats chronic suppurative sinusitis, nasal congestion, runny nose, headache, or accompanied by decreased sense of smell and memory decline.
26. Rice Vinegar Honeysuckle for Pharyngitis
15g Rice Vinegar, 30g water, boil and then add 5g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 2g Platycodon (Jie Geng), boil for three to four minutes, filter out the medicinal liquid; take a fresh egg, make a small hole, pour out the egg white into the vinegar mixture and stir well, then heat until it becomes a paste. Use a chopstick to take a small piece and dissolve in the mouth every 20 minutes.
27. Honeysuckle for Treating Psoriasis
Method: 20g Honeysuckle (Jin Yin Hua), 15g Salvia (Dan Shen). Boil Honeysuckle and Salvia with an appropriate amount of water until boiling; then simmer for 30 minutes, strain out the residue, add white sugar to taste. Clears heat, detoxifies, cools blood, and promotes circulation. Take in three doses: morning, noon, and evening.
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