| jin yin hua other names: ren dong hua, shuang hua, er hua, er bao hua, yin hua By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu 
| Pharmaceutical name: | Flos Lonicerae japonicae | | Latin botanical name: | Lonicera japonica Thunb., Lonicera hypoglauca Miq., Lonicera confusa DC. and Lonicera dasystyla Rehd., Caprifolia cease | | Pron. in Japanese: | kinginka | | Pron. in Korean: | kumunhwa | | Pron. in Cantonese: | kam ngan fa | | Common Name: | honey sucker flower | | Distribution: | mainly produced in Shantung and Henan provinces of China | | Properties (characteristics) | sweet and cooling | | Channels (meridians) entered: | lung, heart, large intestine, and stomach | | Actions & Indications: | removing heat and toxic substance, dysentery. Frequent use of its decoction for removing toxin, heat from blood and arresting diarrhea. | | Chemical ingredients: | stems contain saponin, leaves contain tanin and flowers contain 1% of inosite. | | Dosage: | 6 ~ 16 g daily. | | Samples of formulae: | (1). jin yin hua 6 g, gan cao 3 g, water 600c.c. simmer to 200 c.c. made into 3 servings a day for promoting urination and healing sores with pus (source: he han yao ying yong) (2). jin yin hua 10 g, gua lou gen 10 g, sheng huang qi 6 g, chuan shan jia 6 g, dang gui 6 g, jie geng 6 g, zao jiao ci 6 bai zhi 4 g, water 600 c.c. simmer to 200 c.c. add yellow rice wine 100 c.c. make into 3 servings a day, take while warm, for expelling pus and toxin and rid of carbuncles. (source: hui chun fang). (3) jin yin hua 30 g, gan cao 5 g. Boil with 2000 c.c. of water. Simmer for 15 minutes. Use as daily tea for lessening pimples.Click here for formula for urinary tract infection yin hua detoxifying tea for swollen gum. | | Modern Research: | see research librarian | | Cautions: | smaller dosage for fever and larger dosage for boils due to toxic heat. |
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Last update: July 19 2003 |
