Is Polygonum multiflorum

The Chinese herb Lonicera japonica is also known as Lonicera japonica, and is not He Shouwu. He Shouwu and Lonicera are both Chinese herbs, but they are completely different, which is Polygonum cuspidatum is the dried tuberous roots of Polygonum cuspidatum, the shape of the mass or irregular fusiform, the surface of the reddish-brown or reddish-brown, the taste of a slightly bitter and astringent. Lonicera japonica is the dried stems and branches of Lonicera japonica, the shape is long cylindrical, the old branches taste bitter, the color is dark brown or brown-red. The main effect of raw He Shou Wu is detoxification, carbuncle, laxative, dysentery, commonly used in sores and carbuncles, rubella itching, intestinal dryness and constipation, scrofula (mainly refers to the cervical lymph nodes tuberculosis), prolonged malaria and other diseases, loose stools and wet phlegm need to be cautious of using this drug. Lonicera japonica is a good medicine for clearing heat and removing toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body), dredging wind and clearing collaterals, often used in blood dysentery and fever, fever, rheumatism and heat paralysis (often manifested as burning, pain, redness and swelling of the joints and muscles, etc.) and other diseases, and it is contraindicated in people with deficiency of the spleen and the stomach (spleen and stomach weakness and coldness). Lonicera japonica and Polygonum multiflorum are not the same kind of medicinal herbs and should not be mixed, if you need to use the medicine, you must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.