Honeysuckle Flower, Japanese Honeysuckle Flower
Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Flos Lonicerae Japonicae
Jin Yin Hua

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Flower bud

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove toxic heat and dispel wind-heat.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Infection of upper respiratory tract, tonsillitis, acute laryngitis, skin suppurations, welling abscess, viral conjunctivitis, influenza, pneumonia, mastitis, acute appendicitis, warm disease fever, heat toxin blood dysentery, swollen welling abscess and clove sores, throat impediment.