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Alternate English names: honeysuckle stem Japanese honeysuckle stem

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Lonicera japonica Thunb.; Lonicera hypoglauca Miq.; Lonicera confusa DC.; Lonicera dasystyla Rehd. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Lonicera japonica Thunb.*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Sweet; cold; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: Heart and lung channels.

Actions and indications: Clears heat, resolves toxin, and frees the network vessels. Treats heat effusion in the warm disease; heat toxin; blood dysentery; infectious hepatitis; toxin swelling of welling-abscesses (yōng) and sores; sinew and bone pain.

Dosage and method: Oral: Decoct (15–30g), use in pills and powders, or steep in wine. Topical: Decoct as a steam-wash.

Quality: Supple stems that are maroon in color and have leaves attached.

Production area: Most parts of China.

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