Chinese: Jinyinhua (Gold-Silver Flower)
Common Name: Japanese Honeysuckle
Chinese Name: Gold-silver Flower
Scientific Name: Lonicera japonia Thunb, Lonicera hypoglauca Miq, Lonicera confuca DC and Lonicera dasytstyle Rehd
Part Used: Buds
Dosage: 12g
Flavour: Sweet
Energy: Cold
Class: Herbs to reduce excessive heat in the body
Meridians: Lung, Stomach, Heart and Spleen
Actions: To clear up heat, counteract toxic effects, cool down the blood and disperse wind and heat
Experiments have shown that jinyinhua can produce five major effects. It can protect the liver, inhibit influenza, inhibit mumps, reduce blood fat and can be used as an anti-bacterial herb. In addition, since this herb contains lonicerin, saponin and inositol and has been found to possess anti-bacterial and anti-viral effects, it is now being widely used to trat common cold, influenza, cystitis, arthritis, eye and throat infections and contagious hepatitis.