Is honeysuckle in water bitter?

Honeysuckle has the effect of dispersing wind and heat, clearing heat and removing toxins. This product has a clear odor, bitter taste and cold nature, so it has a slight bitter taste when brewed and drunk. Honeysuckle is the dried flower buds or first bloom flowers of Lonicera, this product is sweet and cold in nature, the odor is fragrant, the taste is light and slightly bitter, so it will have a bitter taste when you drink it in water. Honeysuckle has the effect of dispersing wind and heat, clearing heat and removing toxins. It can be used to treat fever of warm diseases, wind-heat colds, thirst and sore throat, headache and body heat, feverish blood dysentery, sores, redness, swelling and hot pain. The adverse effects of honeysuckle have not been clarified, and it is contraindicated for those who have pus and water in sores with deficiency of qi and those who have deficiency and coldness in the spleen and stomach. This product is often decocted, the efficacy and effect of drinking water is limited. Feeling unwell, it is recommended to consult a doctor as soon as possible, if necessary, under the guidance of a physician to standardize the use of medication.