Is Lonicera japonica a Lonicera japonica?

Chinese medicine is often referred to as Qianjin vine, not Lonicera japonica. The genus of the plant is the stem and leaves or roots of the plant Qianjin vine; while Lonicera is a plant of the family Lonicera, the dried stems and branches of Lonicera, which is a completely different flavor of traditional Chinese medicine. Among them, Qianjin vine is cold in nature, bitter and pungent in taste, good at dispelling wind and swelling, diuresis and pain relief, detoxification and heat removal; while Lonicera is cold in nature, sweet in taste, good at dispersing wind and clearing away heat, detoxifying and clearing the channels. Lonicera japonica is commonly used clinically for the treatment of sore throat, carbuncle, swollen sores and boils (generally refers to all superficial surgical diseases on the surface of the body with redness, swelling, heat and pain), poisonous snake bites, rheumatism and paralysis (wind-cold and dampness paralysis blocking the joints, lumbar and leg pains and pains), stomach pains, and foot and edema. Lonicera japonica can be used for warm disease (a variety of external acute fever) fever, fever and blood dysentery (feel the dysentery caused by heat and poison, see blood in the stool), carbuncle, swollen sores and ulcers (refers to all superficial surgical diseases), rheumatism and heat paralysis (often manifested as joints and muscles burning, pain, redness and swelling), joints red, swollen and hot pain. Both Lonicera japonica and Lonicera japonica are cold, and should be used with caution in people with frequent diarrhea and those with cold spleen and stomach. Patients should not use these two drugs indiscriminately, to avoid improper use of drugs hurt the body, the specific use of drugs, need to follow the doctor’s instructions.