A decoction of honeysuckle vine is effective in treating eczema, but the use of one herb alone is limited.
Honeysuckle vine, also known as Lonicera japonica, is the dried stems and branches of Lonicera japonica, family Lonicera japonica. It is sweet in flavor and cold in nature. Attributed to the lung and stomach meridian. It can clear heat and detoxification, dredge the wind and clear the channels. It can be used for fever of warm diseases, feverish blood dysentery (dysentery caused by feeling heat and poison, and seeing blood in stool), carbuncle sores and ulcers, rheumatism-heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of joints and muscles), and joints redness, swelling and heat pain.
Honeysuckle vine is cold in nature, so it is forbidden for people with cold spleen and stomach and diarrhea. It is recommended that eczema patients seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of a doctor to avoid delay or aggravation of the condition.