Honeysuckle Flower
Flos Lonicerae
Category
Heat-clearing and detoxifying
Properties
Sweet, Cold
Meridians
Lung, Heart, Stomach meridians
Dosage
Decoct for consumption, 6-15g
Functions
Clear heat and detoxify, disperse wind and heat
Indications
External wind-heat or initial stage of warm diseases, carbuncles and furuncles, sore throat
Contraindications
Contraindicated in cases of spleen-stomach deficiency-cold and qi-deficient sores with clear pus
Description
Honeysuckle Flower, the dried flower buds or flowers with initial bloom of Lonicera japonica Thunb. from the family Caprifoliaceae. It is cold in nature and sweet in taste, entering the Lung, Heart, and Stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and dispersing wind and heat.