Jin Yin Hua
金銀花 jīn yín huā, "gold silver flower"

Category:

Clear Heat

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Sweet		Dosage: 6-20g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Lung , Stomach , Large Intestine
	Preparation: • Charred • Dew • Leaves • Fruit		Quality: Good quality - unfragmented, yellow flower buds that are just opening
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (13) chōng hé tāng (Flush and Harmonize Decoction) qīng yíng tāng (Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction) shén xī dān (Magical Rhinoceros Special Pill) sì miào yǒng ān tāng (Four-Valiant Decoction for Well-being) wǔ shén tāng (Five Miracle Decoction) wǔ wèi xiāo dú yǐn (Five Ingredient Decoction to Eliminate Toxin) Xiān Fāng Huó Mìng Yǐn (Sublime Formula for Sustaining Life) xiāo yán jiě dú wán (Reduce Inflammation and Relieve Toxicity Pill) yín huā jiě dú tāng (Honeysuckle Decoction to Relieve Toxicity) yín qiáo bài dú sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) yín qiáo mǎ bó sǎn (Honeysuckle, Forsythia and Puff Ball Powder) yín qiáo sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia powder) yín qiáo tāng (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Decoction)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Flos Lonicerae Japonicae

Botanical: Lonicera Japonica Thunb., Lonicera Hypoglauca Miq., Lonicera Confusa Dc., Lonicera Dasystyla Rehd.

Japanese: kinginka

Korean: keumeunhwa

Common: honeysuckle flower, lonicera

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat and Resolves fire toxicity add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Expels External Wind-Heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Hot painful sores and swellings in various stages of development add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Especially sores and swellings of the breast, throat, and eyes add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Intestinal abscess add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Slight sensitivity to wind add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Damp heat dysenteric disorder add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Painful urinary dribbling add comment

	0 cory fatic I was told by my clinic supervisor that is best to boil (金銀花, gold silver flower) Jin Yin Hua. I found that it tastes better and is easier to drink if it is boiled first, but you can also let the herb steep in hot water if a stove is not available add comment

Jin Yin Hua金銀花 jīn yín huā, "gold silver flower"