Honeysuckle is effective in treating pharyngitis

There are many causes of pharyngitis, and this disease often recurs, which will have a great impact on our lives. If you take western medicine, it will inevitably cause side effects to the body. At this time, you can adopt Chinese medicine treatment, and honeysuckle is very effective in treating pharyngitis. Let me introduce it to you in detail below.

1. Used for exogenous wind-heat or early stage of febrile disease

Honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature, and can clear away heat from both the qi and the blood. It also has a slight dispersing effect while clearing heat, so it can treat exogenous wind-heat or the initial stage of febrile disease when the external symptoms have not been resolved and the internal heat is severe. It is often used together with Forsythia suspensa, Burdock fruit, Mint, etc.

2. Used for sores, carbuncle, swelling, sore throat

Honeysuckle has a strong effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. It is a commonly used product in surgery. It is generally used for sores, carbuncles and swellings with redness, swelling, heat and pain. It is more suitable for symptoms that are diagnosed as "yang syndrome". It can be taken orally with dandelion, plantain grass, forsythia, moutan bark, red peony root, etc., or the fresh ones can be used alone and mashed for external application.

3. Used for diarrhea and bloody stools caused by heat toxins (mucus and blood in the stool)

Heat toxins accumulate in the intestines and enter the blood, causing diarrhea and bloody stools. Honeysuckle can cool blood and relieve heat and toxicity, so it can treat bloody dysentery and bloody stools. In clinical practice, honeysuckle is often fried into charcoal and used together with Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, White Peony Root, Portulaca oleracea, etc.

4. Honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature, with a fragrant smell

It can both clear and relieve the exterior, and eliminate heat and toxins in the blood. It is especially an important medicine for treating Yang sores. When combined with Forsythia suspensa, Burdock seeds, Peppermint, and Schizonepeta tenuifolia, it can relieve the exterior and relieve fever; when combined with fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Forsythia suspensa, and Bambusa chinensis, it can clear the blood and relieve heat; when combined with Viola yedoensis, Chrysanthemum indicum, and Taraxacum mongolicum, it can detoxify and treat sores; when combined with Astragalus membranaceus, Angelica sinensis, and Licorice, it can expel toxins and eliminate carbuncles; when combined with Scutellaria baicalensis, White Peony Root, and Licorice, it can clear away heat and treat dysentery.