Honeysuckle is a Chinese herb that is cold in nature, and if taken in excess may lead to coldness in the body, spleen and stomach.
The effects of honeysuckle are clearing heat and removing toxins, evacuating wind-heat, used for carbuncles and boils, laryngeal paralysis (redness, swelling and pain in the pharynx, or dryness, foreign body sensation, or itching discomfort in the pharynx, dysphagia), dengue (acute infection, visible redness of the skin like paint), pyrexia and blood dysentery (dysentery caused by feeling the heat, blood in the stool), wind-heat and cold and fever of the warm disease.
The use of honeysuckle is contraindicated for people with cold spleen and stomach and Qi deficiency sores and pus clearing. Drinking honeysuckle in water is limited to the precipitation of active ingredients, may not be able to achieve the effect of the treatment of disease, it is recommended to take the way of decoction.
It should be noted that honeysuckle is cold in nature, and has the function of clearing heat and evacuating wind-heat, if you occasionally take honeysuckle in excess, the harm may not be obvious, but may also lead to gastrointestinal discomforts, manifested as abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc.; if you take honeysuckle in excess over a long period of time, you may have a problem of coldness or lead to coldness in the spleen and stomach.
The use of Chinese herbs should be under the guidance of a doctor to identify the evidence, do not blindly use Chinese herbs on your own, and do not blindly use Chinese herbs to make water to drink.