Anti-inflammatory is the term used in modern medicine. Herbs that have been found to have anti-inflammatory effects by pharmacological research include Andrographis paniculata, forsythia and honeysuckle.
1. Andrographis paniculata: cold in nature, bitter in flavor, can enter the heart, bladder, large intestine, lung meridian. It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification, cooling the blood and reducing swelling. The Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China suggests that Andrographis paniculata has a variety of lactones that can improve the phagocytic ability of leukocytes, and has anti-inflammatory cytokines, which can achieve anti-inflammatory purposes.
2. Andrographis paniculata: Slightly cold in nature, bitter in flavor, can enter the small intestine, heart, lung meridian. It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification, subduing swelling and dispersing knots. The Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China suggests that the methanol extract of forsythia has an anti-inflammatory effect, so its decoction has a broad-spectrum antimicrobial effect, which can achieve the purpose of anti-inflammatory.
3. Honeysuckle: cold in nature, sweet in taste, can enter the stomach, heart and lungs. It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification, and evacuating wind-heat. The Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China suggests that the chlorogenic acid compounds it contains have a certain antibacterial effect and can achieve the purpose of anti-inflammatory.
If you have symptoms, you should take the medicine under the guidance of a professional physician, do not take the medicine blindly on your own, so as to avoid delaying the condition or producing adverse reactions.