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特级 山东 金银花 忍冬花 （6oz）

忍冬花、鹭鸶花、银花、双花、二花、金藤花、双苞花、金花、二宝花

金银花春末夏初开花不绝，花的颜色是先白后黄，黄白相映，故此才称为“金银花”。通过自然晒干的金银花颜色为黄白色，用机器脱水烘干后的颜色为淡绿色，功效相差不大。 

性味

甘；寒

功效

为忍冬科植物忍冬的花蕾。 主治温病发热，热毒血痢，痈疡，肿毒，瘰疬，痔漏。

经脉

肺经；胃经

主治

清热，解毒。治温病发热，热毒血痢，痈疡，肿毒，瘰疬，痔漏。

注意禁忌

脾胃虚寒及气虚疮疡脓清者忌服。

【食疗方】

1.银花绿豆饮

绿豆60克，加水煎汤取汁，加金银花10克，蜂蜜适量。煎20～30分钟，去渣服用。

功效：清热除烦，解暑止渴。主治暑热烦渴，小便短赤，或痱子热痒。并可用于预防中暑。

2.菊花银花公英茶

菊花15克，银花20克，蒲公英30克，甘草3克，绿豆20克。将诸味共入锅中，水煎去渣取汁即成。每日1剂，连用5～7日为一疗程。

功效：清热解毒，抗感染。主治妇女乳痈初起热毒较甚者。

3.二花茶

金银花50克，杭菊花100克，蜂蜜适量。将金银花、菊花拣去杂质，淘洗后放锅内略炒一下，凉后放干净瓶中保存，用时取其少许，放杯内用开水冲泡，加蜂蜜适量调味，即可饮用。每日2～3次。

功效：清热祛风，明目降压。主治暑热烦渴，高血压病，冠心病，心悸失眠，咽喉肿痛，感冒咳嗽。也可作为夏季防暑之清凉饮料。

4.忍冬汤

金银花120克，甘草45克。以水或酒煎汤服。主治 "一切内外痈肿"，如肠痈、乳痈、疖疮等。

In traditional Chinese medicine, honey suckle/ Lonicera japonica is called rěn dōng téng or jīn yín huā. Alternative Chinese names include er hua and shuang hua. The dried leaves and flowers (Flos Lonicerae Japonicae) are employed in traditional Chinese medicine, being used to treat fever, headache, cough, thirst, and sore throat. It is included in herbal remedies for skin issues including acne and eczema. It is a broad-spectrum antibiotic herb that is strongly anti-inflammatory. Excess use can cause nausea and diarrhea.

From the manufacturer: 

The taste is sweet; and it is cold [anti-inflammatory] in nature. It is the bud of the honeysuckle plant of the honeysuckle family. Indications of febrile disease, fever, febrile dysentery, carbuncle ulcer, swelling and toxin, scrofula, hemorrhoids. 

It enters the Lung, Stomach meridians 

Indications include, Detoxification. It has been used to cure febrile disease, fever, febrile dysentery, carbuncle ulcer, swelling and toxins [abscess], scrofula, hemorrhoids. 

Cautions: Avoid use with Spleen-stomach deficiency, internal cold and Qi deficiency and oozing sores 

Diet Therapy  

1. Silver Flower Mung Bean Drink  

Ingedients: 

60 grams of mung beans, 10 grams honeysuckle flower

Add water and cook the beans to make a decoction. Set the juice aside and add the honeysuckle. Simmer for 20-30 minutes adding the cooking juice to prevent sticking; Remove the residue and drink the soup. 

Efficacy: clearing away heat and eliminating inflammatory symptoms; it relieves heat and thirst. 

Indications: Heat polydipsia, inadequate urine, or itchy prickly heat. It can also be used to prevent heat stroke.   

2. Chrysanthemum, Honeysuckle, and Dandelion Tea  

Ingredients:

15 grams of chrysanthemum flower, 20 grams of silver flower (honeysuckle flower), 30 grams of dandelion, 3 grams of licorice, 20 grams of mung beans. 

Put all the flavors into the pot, simmer in water to remove the residue and get the juice. 

Take 1 dose a day for 5-7 days as a course of treatment.  

Efficacy: clearing away heat, detoxifying, anti-infection. It is helpful for women with severe febrile toxicity at the beginning of breast carbuncle and abscess.

3. Two flower tea  

Ingredients:

50 grams of honeysuckle, 100 grams of chrysanthemum flower, appropriate amount of honey. 

Rinse the honeysuckle and chrysanthemum to remove impurities. After draining, put them in a pot and fry them. After cooling, they will be stored in a clean bottle. 

Take a small amount when used. Place the flowers in a cup with boiling water and add honey to taste. Drink it 2 to 3 times a day.  Efficacy: clearing away heat and wind [irritation or infection], improving eyesight and reducing blood pressure. 

Indications for heat polydipsia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, palpitations, insomnia, sore throat, cold and cough. It can also be used as a refreshing drink for preventing heatstroke in summer.   

4. Honeysuckle soup  

Ingredients:

120 grams of honeysuckle, 45 grams of licorice. 

Take the decoction with water or wine. 

Indications "all internal and external carbuncle" such as intestinal carbuncle, breast carbuncle, furuncle and so on.