Pharmaceutical Name:

Flos Lonicerae

Botanical Name:

Lonicera japonica Thunb. L.
Lonicera hypoglauca Miq.
Lonicera confusa DC.
Lonicera dsystyla Rehd.

Common Name:

Honeysuckle flower, Lonicera flower

Source of Earliest Record:

Mingyi Bielu

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:

The flower buds are gathered in the beginning of summer and dried in the shade.

Properties and Taste:

Sweet and cold

Meridian:

Lung, stomach and large intestine

Functions:

To clear heat and release toxins

Indications and Combinations:

1.     Febrile diseases:

a)       Exogenous pathogenic heat at the defensive and qi levels manifested as fever, thirst, slight aversion to wind and cold and sore throat .
*Use with Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao) and Arctium fruit (Niubangzi).

b)       Exogenous pathogenic heat at the qi level manifested as high fever, extreme thirst and surging, big pulse
*Use with Gypsum (Shigao) and Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu).

c)       Exogenous pathogenic heat at the nutritive and blood levels manifested as maculopapule that appears as a dull, deep red and dry tongue, irritability and insomnia.
*Use with Moutan bark (Mudanpi) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).

2.      Boils, carbuncles and furuncles.
*Use with alone or combine with Dandelion herb (Pugongying), Chrysanthemum flower (Juhua) and Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao).

3.     Toxic heat diarrhea.
*Use with Coptis root (Huanglian) and Pulsatilla root (Baitouweng).

Dosage:

10-15 g

Cautions:

This herb can be applied externally.