Jin Yin Hua
"Gold Silver Flower"
Herbs that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
Channels: LI, LU, ST
Properties: Sweet, Cold
Common: Honeysuckle Flower or Lonicera
Latin: Flos Lonicerae Japonicae
Acitions :
- Clears heat and reduces toxins: for fever and any type of hot boils, sores, or swellings, especially in the breast, eyes, and throat.
- Expels pathogenic wind-heat: for common cold with fever, sore throat and headache also used in treating summerheat.
- Expels damp-heat in the lower jiao: for diarrhea, dysentery, intestinal abscesses, or painful urination.
Contraindications: |
- Do not use in cases of diarrhea resulting from cold in the spleen and stomach. Also contraindicated in skin conditions with clear exudate.
Dosage:
- 9-15g. Part used = flower bud. Prepared dry-fried to treat diarrhea.