Chinese name:

Source:

Lonicarae Flos - flower

Nature:

• cool (slightly cool, balanced)

Taste:

• sweet (bitter)

Tropism:

• lungs, heart and stomach (spleen, large intestine)

Direction of action:

• emerging

Effects:

• clears heat

• eliminates toxin
• stops Li (acute diarrhoea)

Dosage:

• 10 – 15 g, standardly 10 g

Contraindications:

• do not use in cases of deficiency cold of the spleen and stomach and weeping ulcers related to qi deficiency, where the pus is thin and clear