Honeysuckle has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat, poison and evil from the body), and also disperses wind-heat. It has the effect of treating wind-heat colds, bloody diarrhea and carbuncle poison, in addition to the therapeutic effect on fever of warm diseases.
Honeysuckle is the dried flower buds or flowers with first bloom of Lonicera japonica, which is sweet in flavor and cold in nature. It enters the lung, heart and stomach meridians. It has the effect of cooling and dispersing wind-heat and clearing heat and toxins as a traditional Chinese medicine. It works to treat heat and carbuncle poison, in addition to fever of warm diseases and bloody diarrhea.
Honeysuckle is used in combination to treat heat drenching (burning and stinging pain during urination, accompanied by frequent urination and urgency, and discomfort from traction in the lower abdomen), and is often used in combination with Hai Jin Sha Vine, Tian Hu Ci, Jin Qi Zi Zi Root, and Bai Mao Root.
Adverse reactions and contraindications of gold honeysuckle are not known. If there is a need for medication, need to be used under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the evidence, not to blindly use their own medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.