Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Honeysuckle and Licorice Decoction

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Honeysuckle and Licorice Decoction,Clears heat and detoxifies. Indicated for heat-induced boils, carbuncles, and early-stage heat-toxin sores and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain; a red tongue; a thin yellow coating on the tongue; and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Honeysuckle and Licorice Decoction

Chinese Name : 银花甘草汤

Drug Formulation

2 liang of honeysuckle, 2 qian of raw licorice.

Source

*Ten Methods of Surgery*

Benefits

Clears heat and detoxifies. Indicated for heat-induced boils, carbuncles, and early-stage heat-toxin sores and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain; a red tongue; a thin yellow coating on the tongue; and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take orally, or drink frequently as a tea substitute. The decoction may also be used to wash the surface of ulcers.

Honeysuckle and Licorice Decoction,*Ten Methods of Surgery*,Clears heat and detoxifies. Indicated for heat-induced boils, carbuncles, and early-stage heat-toxin sores and ulcers characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain; a red tongue; a thin yellow coating on the tongue; and a slippery, rapid pulse.

More Herbs Formulas

Five-Spirit Ointment

Five-Spirit Ointment,From *Shenghui*, Volume 34.,To treat tooth loosening caused by wind-toxin.

Unparalleled Decoction

Unparalleled Decoction,From *The Universal Remedies* (Vol. 157), citing *The Family Treasure of Health*.,For all types of coughs.

Su Fang Decoction

Su Fang Decoction,From *Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 160.,For postpartum abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, accompanied by shortness of breath and a sense of impending death.

Mulberry and Coptis Powder

Mulberry and Coptis Powder,From *Ma Ke Huo Ren*, Volume 4.,For cases where residual toxins from measles have not been cleared and remain stagnant in the Lung Meridian, leading to lung abscess with yellow pus-like vomit.

Flame-Suppressing Powder

Flame-Suppressing Powder,*Record of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 12.,For women with deficiency of kidney yin who, during the third or fourth month of pregnancy, experience a dry mouth and tongue, mild sore throat, and lack of saliva to moisten the throat, leading to fetal restlessness and, in severe cases, bleeding like menstrual flow.

Muxiang Tiao Zhong Pills

Muxiang Tiao Zhong Pills,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.,For conditions caused by irregular diet leading to damage to the stomach and intestines, characterized by pain in the chest and abdomen, distension and fullness in the flanks, diarrhea, and undigested grains in the stool. There may also be rumbling in the abdomen, loss of … Read more

Poria and Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Poria and Cinnamon Twig Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 25.,Following sweating therapy for typhoid fever, excessive fluid intake has caused palpitations beneath the heart.

Rhubarb Flesh-Eroding Ointment

Rhubarb Flesh-Eroding Ointment,From *Ghost Remedies*, Volume 5.,For boils and abscesses.

Scar-Removing and Pain-Relieving Powder

Scar-Removing and Pain-Relieving Powder,*Essentials of Smallpox Treatment*, Volume 22.,For itchy, broken smallpox sores.

Tai Ji Dan

Tai Ji Dan,From *He’s Treatise on Saving Lives*, Volume 2.,For coughs.

Flaxseed Decoction

Flaxseed Decoction,From *Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 206.,For retching and vomiting.

Pingju Dan

Pingju Dan,*Secrets of the Medicine Chest*.,For sores and abscesses with protruding granulation tissue.

Double-Shell Cleansing Decoction

Double-Shell Cleansing Decoction,From *Supplement to the Treatise on Surgical Diseases*, Volume 2.,All types of ball-wind conditions.

Fire-Earth Pill

Fire-Earth Pill,*The Collection of the Unsettled*, Volume 17 of the First Collection.,For phlegm in the weak and frail.

Miraculous Revitalizing Powder

Miraculous Revitalizing Powder,*Bo Ji*, Volume 1.,Exhaustion syndrome. Fatigue in the back and shoulder blades, aching and soreness in the limbs and joints, frequent drowsiness and low energy, loss of appetite, sallow complexion and emaciation, or alternating chills and fever.

Golden Toad Pills

Golden Toad Pills,*Shenghui* (Volume 86).,For children suffering from the “Five Wasting Diseases,” characterized by a hot head and dry eyes, a protruding chest and thin legs, a large head and distended abdomen, a sallow complexion and dry nose, startle episodes, palpitations, and night sweats, as well as emaciation and irregular fluctuations between chills and fever.

Ointment for Dispelling Wind, Harmonizing the Meridians, Regulating Qi, Draining Dampness, and Resolving Phlegm

Ointment for Dispelling Wind, Harmonizing the Meridians, Regulating Qi, Draining Dampness, and Resolving Phlegm,From *Selected and Commented Medical Formulas of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu*.,For stubborn phlegm and aversion to wind that has invaded the meridians, causing facial nerve spasms.

Qingqing Ointment

Qingqing Ointment,*Insights into Surgical Mysteries*, Volume 12.,For contusions where the leg is bruised, swollen, and has ecchymosis.

Wind-Calming Decoction

Wind-Calming Decoction,From *Research on Medical Formulas*, Volume 5.,For wind-heat toothache with a preference for cold and aversion to heat.

Muxiang Huachong Pills

Muxiang Huachong Pills,From *Secrets of Infant Care*, Volume 2.,Worm-induced pain resembles epilepsy. Infants are inherently delicate; if their stomachs become deficient and cold, worms may bite them, causing heart pain, foaming at the mouth, and drooling. The pain occurs intermittently, but the eyes do not roll sideways and the hands do not twitch.

Pine Needle Wine

Pine Needle Wine,*Qianjin*, Volume 7.,For weak legs, the “Twelve Winds and Bi” syndrome, and inability to walk; for those who have taken several doses of the “Renewal Powder” and found no relief from other treatments.

Three-Harmony Sweet Dew Decoction

Three-Harmony Sweet Dew Decoction,From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 33.,For diabetes.

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Turtle Shell Powder

Chuanxiong-Danggui-Turtle Shell Powder,From *Jiyang Gangmu*, Volume 23.,For labor-induced malaria characterized by heat within cold and cold within heat, or a condition where symptoms recur after ten to fifteen days following a period of mild exertion and persist without resolution.

Coptis and Atractylodes Decoction

Coptis and Atractylodes Decoction,*Treasury of Diagnosis and Treatment*, Volume 4.,For middle-jiao wasting syndrome where purgative methods cannot be used.

Python Ointment

Python Ointment,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 69.,Tooth Tonic.