Temperature: Cold Taste: Sweet
Meridians: Lung, Heart, Stomach
Key Functions/Actions: Moves Blood, Replenishes Energy, Clears Wind Heat (for hot painful sores and swellings in various stages of development, especially in the breast, throat and eyes), Relieves Toxicity
Primary conditions or symptoms for which honeysuckle flowers may be prescribed by TCM doctors*: Carbuncles Boils Erysipelas Dysentery Pharyngitis Acne Tonsillitis Laryngitis Sore throat
Contraindications*: This herb should not be used by those with Deficiency in the Spleen/Stomach when there is Cold or diarrhea. It should be used carefully when there is Energy or Yin Deficiency.
Medicinal Uses: Often used in pus-forming infections, skin sores, itchy skin, bloody dysentery, colds and flu, asthma, acute infectious diseases of the lung, head, and digestive tracts, fevers and inflammation, encephalitis, swine flu, pneumonia, headaches, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, high blood pressure, anxiety, constipation, eczema, psoriasis, acne, rosacea, snake bites.
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