The goldenseal and honeysuckle are different from each other in terms of drug source, drug categorization, efficacy, and main treatment.
1. Goldenseal is derived from the dried flowers of the buttercup plant goldenseal. The flowers are bitter in flavor, slightly cold in nature, and are attributed to the lung and stomach meridians. It has the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification, eliminating swelling and brightening the eyes, and can be used to treat colds and fever, sore throat, boils and carbuncles.
Note that people with cold spleen and stomach need to be cautious.
2. Honeysuckle comes from the dried flower buds or flowers of Lonicera japonica. Honeysuckle is sweet in flavor, cold in nature, and belongs to the lung, stomach and heart meridians. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, evacuating wind-heat, and can be used to treat sore throat, boils and carbuncles, etc. It can also be used to treat pharyngolaryngeal pain caused by external wind-heat, body heat and headache and other diseases.
Note that the spleen and stomach cold and Qi deficiency sores and pus clearing people should not be used.
The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor. It is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner after the occurrence of physical discomfort, by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify and treat the disease, according to the condition of the medication, do not self-medication, in order to avoid delaying the condition.