Honeysuckle Flower Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Clear heat and resolve toxin medicinesCold
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Traditional recorded function
Clear heat and detoxify, disperse wind-heat
1. Sores, carbuncles, and furuncles with swelling. 2. Externally contracted wind-heat, early stage of warm disease. 3. Heat-toxin blood dysentery.
Nature & taste
SweetCold
Meridians entered
LungHeartStomach
Botanical source
Accepted nameLonicera japonica Thunb.
FamilyCaprifoliaceae
Herbal properties
ColdReducingDescendingDispersingDrying
Found in these formulas
Eight-Ingredient Leukorrhea FormulaFive-Ingredient Toxin-Dissolving DrinkGongdu Chengqi Tang (Detoxifying Chengqi Decoction)Gubu Tang (Decoction for Protecting Steps)Kagawa Detoxifying AgentPowder to Support the Interior and Dispel ToxinsPurple Root and Oyster Shell DecoctionQingying Tang (Decoction for Clearing the Nutritive Level)Simiao Yong'an Tang (Four Marvelous Decoction for Courage and Calmness)Sishen Jian (Four Gods Decoction)True Man's Life-Saving DecoctionXijiao Dihuang Tang plus Yinqiao San (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction plus Lonicera and Forsythia Powder)