銀花藤

Name

Ren Dong Teng (Honeysuckle Stem)

The Effect of 銀花藤

Property

Sweet, cold; heart and lung meridians entered.

Actions

Clear heat, romove toxicity and dredge meridians.

Indications

Sores and boils, infectious hepatitis, febrile disease, dysentery due to heat-toxin, arthralgia and myalgia.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 10~30 g, or made into pill and powder or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded into powder for applying, or decocted for washing, or made ointment, or pounded for applying with fresh product.

Cations

It is contraindicated for frequent diarrhea and deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.