What are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine double flower?

When it comes to double flower, most people may not know much about it. In fact, double flower is what we often call honeysuckle. Everyone is very familiar with honeysuckle. Honeysuckle is a relatively traditional Chinese medicinal material. Many people like to drink honeysuckle tea. Drinking honeysuckle tea is very good for health. In addition to the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, honeysuckle also has other functions. The following introduces the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine double flower.

The efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine Shuanghua

1. The effect of double flowers

Shuanghua tastes sweet and cold in nature. It can enter the lung meridian, heart meridian and stomach meridian. Clearing away heat and detoxifying and anti-inflammation are its main functions. It can eliminate various pathogens in the body at ordinary times, and has a good therapeutic effect on human upper respiratory tract infections, meningitis, pneumonia, mastitis and many other diseases.

2. Shuanghua can reduce inflammation and stop diarrhea

Anti-inflammatory and antidiarrheal are also important functions of double flower. It can usually treat human dysentery and enteritis. During treatment, you can put the double flower into a pot and roast it, and then take 25 grams and grind it into powder. If it is red dysentery, mix the double flower powder with white honey water and then take it. If it is white dysentery, you need to mix the double flower powder with white sugar and warm water and then take it.

3. Double flowers can cure carbuncle

Shuanghua has a good therapeutic effect on human carbuncles. All carbuncles can be treated with Shuanghua after they occur. During treatment, you can take 200 grams of Shuanghua and 15 grams of licorice, add them together with water and boil them before taking. Those who have difficulty drinking water can boil it with white wine, which can also have the same therapeutic effect. In addition, people can also use Shuanghua to treat carbuncles at the beginning of their back. At that time, you can boil 250 grams of Shuanghua and 100 grams of Angelica together to make a soup, which can effectively inhibit the deterioration of carbuncles.

Effects of Honeysuckle

1. Used for exogenous wind-heat or the initial 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, carbuncles, swellings and 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 stool caused by heat toxins (feces contains mucus and blood). 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 not only clear away the exterior, but also relieve heat and toxins in the blood. It is especially an important medicine for treating positive sores. When combined with Forsythia suspensa, Burdock seed, Mint, and Schizonepeta tenuifolia, it can relieve exterior symptoms and relieve fever; when combined with fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, Scrophularia ningpoensis, Forsythia suspensa, Bambusa chinensis, etc., 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, etc., it can clear away heat and treat dysentery.