Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
Jin Yin Hua 金银花
Flos Lonicerae Japonicae Honeysuckle Flower or Lonicera
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Cold
- Channels Entered
- LI, LU, ST
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Flos Lonicerae Japonicae
- Chinese
- 金银花
- Tone Marks
- jīn yín huā
- Translation
- Gold Silver Flower
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Heat and Reduces Toxins For fever and any type of hot boils, sores, or swellings, especially in the breast, eyes, and throat.
- Expels Pathogenic Wind-Heat For common cold with fever, sore throat and headache, also used in treating Summerheat.
- Expels Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao For diarrhea, dysentery, intestinal abscesses, or painful urination.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 9-15 grams.
- Part used: flower bud.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use in cases of diarrhea resulting from cold in the spleen and stomach. Also contraindicated in skin conditions with clear exudate.
Chinese Herb Notes
- Prepared dry-fried to treat diarrhea.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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