One is antibacterial and antiviral. That is, it has obvious inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococcus, dysentery, typhoid fever, meningococcus, pneumococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and influenza virus.
Second, it has the function of enhancing immunity. Honeysuckle can promote lymphocyte transformation and enhance the phagocytosis of white blood cells.
The third is to diminish inflammation and reduce fever. Honeysuckle can promote the release of adrenocortical hormone and has obvious inhibitory effect on inflammation.
Honeysuckle pieces can be roughly divided into three kinds: raw medicinal materials, fried medicinal materials and charcoal medicinal materials. These three products are different in taste and efficacy, and they are also very good for application.
Crude drug is a dried product obtained by drying fresh honeysuckle in the sun, in the shade or after drying, and also refers to fresh honeysuckle. Raw medicinal materials are sweet and bitter in taste, cold in nature, and good at clearing the toxic evil on the surface of upper jiao muscle. It can be used in the early stage of epidemic febrile diseases, and is often used with Fructus Forsythiae, Herba Menthae, Fried Douchi and Herba Schizonepetae to enhance the heat dissipation.
It is mainly used for people with fever at the beginning of epidemic febrile diseases, slight aversion to wind-cold and slight thirst in the mouth, such as Yinqiao Powder. It can also be used for carbuncle. Honeysuckle has been called "the first choice for families" since ancient times.
Often combined with Taraxacum mongolicum, Viola yedoensis and Chrysanthemum indicum, it can enhance detoxification and detumescence.
For carbuncle, furuncle, swelling and pain, honeysuckle (appropriate dosage) can play an excellent role whether it is suppurated or not. It stands for "five-flavored disinfectant drink" and so on.
Commonly used prescriptions for honeysuckle:
Prescriptions and medicated diets containing honeysuckle are especially common. According to the survey, honeysuckle is used in13 of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions in China.
Heat-toxic carbuncle can be taken orally with concentrated decoction alone, or combined with dandelion, viola yedoensis and chrysanthemum indicum to enhance the efficacy of clearing away heat and toxic materials and reducing swelling.
The representative party has a five-flavored disinfectant drink, which comes from the key prescription of surgical psychology in Medical Zong Jin Jian: "honeysuckle San Qian, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion, viola yedoensis and cabbage are decocted for eight minutes, and half a cup of ashless wine is added, and then boiled for two or three times. Fry it again and you will sweat. " Has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and eliminating furuncle. Indications: all kinds of furuncle, furuncle and furuncle swelling, local swelling and heat pain, or fever and aversion to cold, red tongue with yellow fur and rapid pulse.
Although there are only five kinds of this prescription, it is the first choice of traditional Chinese medicine to treat carbuncle, sore and furuncle caused by accumulation of fire poison. The modern dosage and decoction method are: honeysuckle 20g, wild chrysanthemum 15g, dandelion, viola yedoensis and Chinese cabbage. After decocting in water, add a proper amount of kimono, and mash the residue and apply it to the affected area.
For those who have swollen and toxic sores for the first time, or those who have suppurated but not festered, they can be combined with pangolin, spina gleditsiae, shellfish and angelica dahurica. The representative prescription is Xianfang Huoxue Drink, which comes from the Good Prescription for Women: "Pangolin, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Myrrha, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Olibanum, Fritillaria, Trichosanthes Radix, Acanthopanax giraldii, and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, with three bowls of good wine, decoct to a bowl and a half. If the upper body is finished; If you are in the lower body, take it before eating, and add three or four cups of alcohol to help the medicine. "
Xianfang Huoxue Decoction is mainly used for clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and qi circulation, and reducing swelling and ulceration. Known as "the holy medicine for sores and carbuncles, the first side of surgery", it is used for all sores and itching. Honeysuckle is good at clearing away heat and toxic materials. Radix Angelicae Dahuricae and Radix Saposhnikoviae are used to dispel pathogenic factors and completely solve the heat toxin from the outside. Pollen and Fritillaria clear away heat, resolve phlegm, disperse nodules and eliminate carbuncle.
Modern dosage: 3 grams of pangolin, 3 grams of spina gleditsiae, 3 grams of angelica tail, 3 grams of licorice, 9 grams of honeysuckle, 3 grams of radix paeoniae rubra, 3 grams of frankincense, 3 grams of myrrh, 3 grams of trichosanthis radix, 9 grams of dried tangerine peel, 3 grams of radix Saposhnikoviae, 3 grams of Fritillaria and 3 grams of angelica dahurica.