Honeysuckle vine, also known as large vine, water poplar vine and stephanotis vine, is a perennial semi-evergreen twining shrub with hollow stems and densely pubescent young branches. So what are the functions and functions of honeysuckle vine?
Effects and functions of Honeysuckle Vine
This medicine is also known as Silver Flower Vine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispersing wind and dredging collaterals. It can be used for febrile diseases, fever, sores and carbuncles, blood dysentery caused by heat poison, and rheumatism and heat paralysis.
The nature, flavor and efficacy of Lonicera vine
It is sweet and cold in nature. Efficacy: clearing away heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and dredging collaterals.
Traditional applications of Lonicera vine
It is mainly used to treat rheumatic arthralgia, fever, redness and swelling, sores and carbuncles, heat-toxic blood dysentery, febrile fever and other diseases.
This medicine is often used in the following traditional prescriptions: ① Honeysuckle wine ("Essences of Surgery"): Honeysuckle vine and licorice root, used to treat all carbuncles; ② Honeysuckle vine decoction ("Clinical Research on Traditional Chinese Medicine for Lupus Erythematosus"): Honeysuckle vine, Gangmin root, Polygonum cuspidatum root, Achyranthes bidentata and raw licorice are used to treat joint and muscle soreness in various rheumatism diseases; ③ Prescription ("Taiping Shenghui Prescription"): Honeysuckle vine, thickly decocted and taken, can be used to treat dysentery due to heat poisoning.
Main components of Lonicera vine
Mainly contain the flavonoids Lonicera and chlorogenic acid.
1. Flavonoids: The leaves contain flavonoids such as honeysuckle, namely luteolin 7-glucoside, luteolin, and honeysuckle.
2. Chlorogenic acid. The aerial parts of Lonicera japonica contain chlorogenic acid, which is lower than that of honeysuckle.
3. Others: Honeysuckle stems contain alkaloids and tannic acid.
Pharmacological effects of Lonicera vine
(1) Anti-inflammatory
It has significant anti-inflammatory activity. Intramuscular injection can significantly inhibit foot swelling and pleural infiltration in rats. out. Oral administration of luteolin can cause thymus atrophy in young mice, indicating that it can enhance adrenocortical function and its anti-inflammatory effect is related to this.
(2) Anti-allergic reaction and immune regulation
It has a significant inhibitory effect on industrial allergic reactions. The mechanism of anti-allergic reaction is related to its ability to inhibit the release of allergic mediators, competitively antagonize the spasmogenic effect of SRS-A (slow-reacting substance) and the effect of histamine, and directly relieve spasm of smooth muscle.
It can directly induce lymphocyte proliferation in mice and has a mitogen-like immune-enhancing effect. Luteolin can significantly enhance the inhibition of hemolysin antibodies in SRBC-immunized mice caused by cyclophosphamide.
(3) Lowering blood pressure and lipids
Low concentrations can inhibit isolated hearts, while high concentrations can excite guinea pig hearts, increase contraction, and accelerate heart rate.
Gavage or intravenous injection has a significant antihypertensive effect on anesthetized cats. Large doses can reduce the level of shock, and larger doses can cause cats to die due to shock. Its antihypertensive mechanism is related to the central nervous system and direct dilation of blood vessels.
It has significant lipid-lowering effect.
(4) Others
1. It has antibacterial effect.
2. It has antitussive, expectorant and antiasthmatic effects.
3. It has antispasmodic effect on isolated rabbit small intestine.
4. It has a mild diuretic effect and can increase sodium excretion.
Clinical Application
1. Treatment of various arthritis, joint and muscle pain.
2. Treatment of bacillary dysentery.
3. Treat tracheitis.
Dosage and usage
Pharmacopoeia dosage: 9~30g.
Commonly used clinical dosage: 12~30g.
Large dose: 30~60g.
Instructions for use: decoct in water, soak in wine, take internally, and apply externally.
Clinical experience
(1) Ancient records about honeysuckle and honeysuckle
"Famous Doctors" first recorded honeysuckle, but did not mention its flowers. "Compendium of Materia Medica" only has honeysuckle and no entry for honeysuckle. It is mentioned in the honeysuckle article that "yellow and white complement each other, so honeysuckle is very fragrant. Flowers are picked in April and dried in the shade; vine leaves are picked from time to time and are shaded." "Honeysuckle, stems, leaves and flowers have the same function." More than 10 of them The names of the two prescriptions are all named after Lonicera japonica, and none of the prescriptions are named after Honeysuckle. However, most of the prescriptions use the flowers, stems and leaves together, indicating that the flowers and vines were not separated until the Ming Dynasty and were used as a whole plant.
In the warm chapter of the "Clinical Guide to Medical Records" in the early Qing Dynasty, there are many medical records that use honeysuckle and honeysuckle dew. There is also a medical record in the Bi disease chapter that uses honeysuckle, but there is no honeysuckle. records. The famous Qing Dynasty prescription Yinqiao Powder may be the first prescription using honeysuckle in literature. Since then, there has been a heavy emphasis on flowers but not on vines. Some Chinese medicine books introduce honeysuckle as an adjunct to honeysuckle.
Modern honeysuckle and honeysuckle are used separately as two medicines. Honeysuckle is used to clear away heat and detoxify, and mainly treats infectious diseases; Honeysuckle is used to dispel wind and dredge collaterals, mainly treating rheumatic diseases.
(2) Regarding the treatment of arthritis and rheumatism
This product is a commonly used drug for the treatment of arthritis. It is effective for reactive arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and cervical spondylosis. It has certain effects on treating aches and pains, gouty arthritis, etc. It is one of the few traditional Chinese medicines that is cool in nature and does not cause any discomfort among the medicines for dispelling wind and unblocking collaterals.