Table 1.
The traditional and clinical uses of Lonicera japonica in China.
| Preparation name | Main compositions | Traditional and clinical uses | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bao An Yan Shou Fang | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Glycyrrhizae | Curing some infection diseases | ‘Yi Fang Yi Jian’* |
| Bei Mu San | Flos Lonicerae, Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii | Curing mammary abscess | ‘Pu Ji Fang’ Vol. 325* |
| Fu Fang Jin Yin Hua Jiao Nang | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Scutellariae | Clearing heat and detoxicating. Curing headache, fever, cough and toothache | ‘Chinese Medicine Dictionary’* |
| Gan Ju Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Flos Chrysanthemi | Curing all furunculosis | ‘Chuan Mo You De Book’* |
| Hua Gan Xiao Du Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Gardeniae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Angelicae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis | Curing the pain of coastal regions | ‘Bian Zhen Lu’ Vol. 13* |
| Jia Wei Sheng Hua Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Olibanum, Myrrha and Radix Ginseng | Curing deficiency of both QI and blood after childbirth | ‘Jin Jian’ Vol. 48* |
| Jie Du Xian Cao | Fresh branches and leaves of Lonicera japonica | Curing late syphilis | ‘Shang Yi Da Quan’ Vol. 34* |
| Jin Pu Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Herba Taraxaci, Semen Benincasae, Radix Aucklandiae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei | Clearing away heat evil, promoting diuresis and Qi to activate blood | ‘Zhu Ri Dong Fang’* |
| Jin Qi San | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Astragali, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Angelicae Sinensis | Curing women’ acute pain and trug of hypogastrium | ‘Pu Ji Fang’ Vol. 335* |
| Jin Qiang Gao | Flos Lonicerae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Herba Violae, Radix Arnebia, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Eupolyphaga seu Steleophage, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Saposhnikoviae | Curing wound infection | ‘Zhong Yi Shang Ke Xue Jiang Yi’* |
| Jin Yin Hua San | Flos Lonicerae, Herb Schizonepetae, Fructus Cnidii, Radix seu Rhizoma Nardostachyos, Radix Angelicae, Semen Arecae, Natril Sulfas | Treating chancre sore | ‘Pu Ji Fang’, Vol. 301* |
| Jin Yin Hua Gao | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Herb Leonuri | Treating pregnancy carbuncle | ‘Chen Su An Fu Ke Bu Jie’, Vol. 3* |
| Jin Yin Hua Jiu (Wine) | Fresh leaf of Lonicera japonica | Curing superficial infection and furunculosis | ‘Gu Fang Hui Jin’* |
| Jin Yin Hua Tang Jiang | Vine of Lonicera japonica | Clearing heat and detoxicating. Curing fever, sore throat and so on | ‘Chinese Medicine Dictionary’* |
| Jin Yin Wine | Flos Lonicerae, Herba Taraxaci | Curing breast's bump | ‘Xian Nian Ji’ Vol. 3* |
| Ju Hua Jin Yin Hua Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Flos Chrysanthemi, Radix Platycodi, Radix Ophiopgonis, Radix Glycyrrhizae | Treating pharyngo-laryngitis chronica | ‘Dan Yan Fang’* |
| San Xing Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Herba Taraxaci, Radix Glycyrrhizae | Curing carbuncle in mouth | ‘Bian Zheng Lu’ Vol. 13* |
| Sheng Hua Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Ginseng | Curing ulcer, the deficiency of Qi and blood | ‘Dong Tian Ao Zhi’ Vol. 14* |
| Shu Feng Qing Gan Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Paeoniae Lactiflora, Herba Schizonepetae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis, Flos Chrysanthemi, Fructus Gardeniae, Radix Bupleuri, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis | Clearing away heat evil, promoting diuresis and removing heat to brighten vision | ‘Yi Zong Jin Jian’ Vol. 65* |
| Wan Shan Wan | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Fructus Forsythiae, Spica Prunellae | Curing hemorrhoid | ‘Yan Fang Xin Bian’* |
| Xiao Du San | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae, Herba Schizonepetae, Radix Angelicae, Fructus Arctium, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Cortex Dictamni, Radix Paeoniae Lactiflora, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Fructus tribuli | Expelling wind and dispelling dampness, clearing away the heat-evil and expelling superficial evils | ‘Shang Yi Da Quan’* |
| Xiao Hua Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Trichosanthis, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Gynura Bicolor, Medulla Tetrapanacis | Clearing away the heat-evil and expelling superficial evils, curing mammitis | ‘Dong Tian Ao Zhi’ Vol. 7* |
| Yin Hua Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Rhizoma Menispermi, Radix Trichosanthis, Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii, Radix Angelicae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Paeoniae Lactiflora, Olibanum, Myrrha, Radix Glycyrrhizae | Clearing away the heat-evil and expelling superficial evils, curing the phyma and body pain | ‘Gan Zu Wang Fang’* |
| Yin Hua Tea | Fresh Flos Lonicerae | Curing children’ parotitis and furunculosis sudariferus | ‘Chang Yong Zhong Cao Yao Shou Ce’* |
| Chinese Pharmacopoeia | |||
| Kang Gan Ke Li | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Paeoniae Lactiflora, Rhizoma Dryopteris Crassirhizomae | Curing headache, fever, cough and pharyngalgia | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Li Yan Jie Du Ke Li | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Isatis, Fructus Forsythiae, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis, Fructus Arctium, Fructus Crataegi, Radix Platycodi, Folium Isatidis, Bombyx Batryticatus, Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Trichosanthis, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii, Radix Ophiopgonis | Curing anemopyretic tonsillitis, acute tonsillitis and anemopyretic laryngalgia | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Qin Guo Wan | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Canarli, Radix Scutellariae, Rhizoma Menispermi, Radix Ophiopgonis, Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Platycodi | Curing the swell of throat, celostomia, dry mouth and xeropulmonary cough | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Qin Re Jie Du Kou Fu Ye | Flos Lonicerae, Gypsum Fibrosum, Radix Scrophulariae, Radix Rehmanniae, Fructus Forsythiae, Fructus Gardeniae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Gentianae, Radix Isatis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Ophiopgonis | Clearing away the heat-evil and expelling superficial evils | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Xiao Yin Pian | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Rehmanniae, Mudanpi, Radix Paeoniae Lactiflora, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, Radix Scrophulariae, Fructus Arctium, Perioatracum Cicadae, Covtex Diatamni, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Folium Isatidis, Flos Carthami | Removing heat to cool blood, dispelling wind and arresting itching, curing pruritus | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Shuang Huang Lian Shuan | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Scutellariae, Fructus Forsythiae | Curing upper respiratory tract infection and pneumonia | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Shuang Huang Lian Ke Li | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Scutellariae, Fructus Forsythiae | Dispelling the evil in the superficies with drugs of pungent taste and cool nature, and curing fever, cough and pharyngalgia | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Xiao Er Re Su Qin Kou Fu Ye | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Isatis, Radix Puerariae, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Bupleuri, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei | Curing children headache, fever, nasal obstruction, cough and pharyngalgia | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Ying Huang Kou Fu Ye | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Scutellariae | Curing upper respiratory tract infection, acute tonsillitis and pharyngitis | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Zhi Zi Jin Hua Wan | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Gardeniae, Rhizoma Coptidis, Radix Scutellariae, Cortex Phellodendri, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Pinelliae | Curing the swell of throat, constipation, conjunctival congestion, etc. | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Yin Qiao Jie Du Pian | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis, Herba Schizonepetae, Fructus Arctium, Radix Platycodi, Folium lophatheri, Radix Glycyrrhizae | Curing pharwind-heat type common cold and headache, fever, cough | ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’** |
| Yin Qiao Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Forsythiae, Radix Scutellariae, Radix Bupleuri Chinensis, Herba Artemisiae, Fructus amomi, Almond, Semen Coicis, Radix Adenophorae, Rhizoma Phragmitis | Treating SARS in clinic | http://www.satcm.gov.cn |
| Healthy food | |||
| Feng Jiao Jin Yin Hua Qin Liang Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Propolius, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis | Moistening and cleaning throat | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
| Jin Yin Hua Qin Liang Tang | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus Canarli, Fructus momordicae, Semen Sterculiae Lychnophorae, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis | Moistening and cleaning throat | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
| Jin Yin Hua Li Yan Pian | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus momordicae, Rhizoma Imperatae, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis | Moistening and cleaning throat | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
| Jin Yin Hua Jiao Nang | Flos Lonicerae | Moistening and cleaning throat | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
| Jin Yin Hua Zhen Zhu Jiao Nang | Flos Lonicerae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Herba Taraxaci, Mudanpi, Fructus Gardeniae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Margarita | Curing acnes | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
| Jin Yin Hua Luo Han Guo Han Pian | Flos Lonicerae, Fructus momordicae, Flos Chrysanthemi, Semen Sterculiae Lychnophorae, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis | Moistening and cleaning throat | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
| Jin Yin Hua Pan Da Hai Chong Ji | Flos Lonicerae, Herba Taraxaci, Flos Chrysanthemi, Herb Houttuyniae, Fructus momordicae, Herba Menthae Haplocalycis, Radix Platycodi, Semen Sterculiae Lychnophorae | Moistening and cleaning throat | http://www.sda.gov.cn*** |
*
Cited from the Website: http://www.zysj.com.cn.
**
Cited from ‘Chinese Pharmacopoeia’.
***
Cited from the Website: http://www.sda.gov.cn.