山银花

Shan Yin Hua

Name

Shan Yin Hua (Flos Lonicerae Confusae)

Property

Sweet, cold; lung, heart and stomach meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat and remove toxicity, dispel wind and heat.

Indications

Sores and boils, erysipelas, fever due to warm disease, cold due to wind-heat, pharyngitis, dysentery with bloody stool.

Dosage and administration

Decoct 6~15 g.