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Jin Yin Hua / Honeysuckle Flower (High)
Jin Yin Hua
Taste: Sweet • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Relieve Toxicity

Dosage

9-15g

Actions

1. Clears heat & relieves fire toxicity: for hot painful sores & swellings in various stages of development, especially of the breasts, throat, or eyes. Also for Intestinal abscess.

2. Expels externally contracted wind-heat: for early stages of warm-febrile diseases with such symptoms as fever, slight sensitivity to wind, sore throat, & headache. Also for externally contracted summerheat.

3. Clears damp-heat from the lower burner: for damp-heat dysenteric disorder or painful urinary dysfunction.

Meridians

Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach

Cautions

Contraindicated in cases of diarrhea due to Spleen & Stomach cold from deficiency. Also contraindicated for sores due to qi deficiency (those with clear exudate) & yin ulcers.