Honeysuckle Vine and Wild Chrysanthemum Juice

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Honeysuckle Vine and Wild Chrysanthemum Juice

Chinese Name: 银花藤野菊花汁

Formula

50 grams of honey, 20 grams of honeysuckle vine, 10 grams of wild chrysanthemum, and 10 grams of Chuanxiong

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Place the last three ingredients in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain out the residue, let the liquid cool, then stir in the honey to complete the preparation.

Efficacy

Clears heat and detoxifies; cools the blood and promotes blood circulation. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids with anal swelling and pain

Usage

Take in 2 doses; consume 1 dose per day. One week constitutes one treatment course

Commentary

Taking honeysuckle vine (Ren-dong-teng) as the chief herb, the formula draws on its sweet flavor and cold property: its action follows the Lung, Stomach, Large Intestine meridians and works to clear heat and remove toxins, unblock the meridians. Wild chrysanthemum (Ye-ju-hua) serves as the deputy herb, bitter, pungent-cold in property, acting through the Liver, Lung meridians to clear heat, remove toxins and pacify the liver. Chuanxiong (Chuan-xiong) complements it, working to activate blood, move qi, dispel wind and relieve pain. Honey (Feng-mi) rounds out the formula as the harmonizing herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. Taken together these herbs clear heat and detoxify, cool the blood and promote blood circulation, in keeping with the hemorrhoids pattern.

Honeysuckle Vine and Wild Chrysanthemum Juice，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and detoxifies; cools the blood and promotes blood circulation. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids with anal swelling and pain

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