What is Honeysuckle flower?

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Honeysuckle flower.
• Constituents and Phytochemicals:Honeysuckle flower.
• Effects and History of Honeysuckle flower.
• Honeysuckle flower:Indications,Combinations and Pharmacology.
• More Applications and function of Honeysuckle flower.
• Honeysuckle flower:Suggestions and Administration.
• Research Update:Honeysuckle flower.

Honeysuckle flower:Suggestions and Administration.:

Suggestive Dosage:

 10- 15g, decocted in water for an oral dose.

 Cautions:

 Contraindication: For a person with deficient and cold symptoms.Pregnant and nursing women should not use Honeysuckle.

 Precautions:Exercise caution when administering to patients with cold in the stomach and the spleen, and to patients of sores as yin-symptom complexes

 This herb should be avoided by anyone with deficiency of spleen-yang or with skin and external diseases with watery pus due to qi deficiency.

 Honeysuckle flower's leaves and stems contain saponins. Saponins are quite toxic but are poorly absorbed by the human body and so most pass through without harm. They can be found in many common foods such as some beans. Thorough cooking, and perhaps changing the cooking water once, will normally remove most of the saponins.

 Saponins are much more toxic to some creatures, such as fish, and hunting tribes have traditionally put large quantities of them in streams, lakes, etc., in order to stupefy or kill the fish.

 Modern uses: The Honeysuckle is laxative, expectorant, diuretic, diaphoretic and emetic. It contains natural antibiotics and salicylic acid from which aspirin is produced. The leaves are used as an infusion, one part to 100 parts of boiling water, as a laxative. The flowers, used in the same proportions, are taken for coughs, catarrh and asthma, or may be made into a syrup by adding honey until the mixture thickens. The dose is one teaspoonful.Taken in large doses, the plant is emetic and toxic.
 

 Honeysuckle flower:Applications

 Flowers:

 Infusion - Combine with other expectorant herbs, such as cowslip, elecampane, or mulberry, for coughs and mild asthma.

 Syrup - Take a syrup made with the infusion for coughs. Can be combined with other expectorant flowers, such as mullein or marshmallow.

 Flower Buds:

 Decoction:Take in the early stages of a feverish cold characterized by a headache, thirst, and sore throat. Use 10 - 15 g herb to 600 ml water. Add huang lian and huang qin for high fevers.

 Tincture:Use for diarrhea or gastroenteritis related to food poisoning.

 Stems:

 Decoction- Make with 15 - 30 g herb to 600 ml water and use as the flower bud decoction, especially if there are painful joints, as in influenza. Combine with other cooling herbs, such as luo shi teng or shi hu, for inflammatory diseases, for example, rheumatoid arthritis.

 Honeysuckle Tea:

 Gather two cups of leaves and flowers from wild Honeysuckle vines(make sure they haven't been sprayed). If you can't get the flowers, leave them out of the recipe. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil and add the two cups of honeysuckle leaves. Gently simmer for 10 minutes and strain.

 Add the "tea" back to the pot and add 1 cup of honey, bring to a boil and boil for one minute and remove from heat. Add any flavorings at this time to the syrup. Deborah says her children love it when she adds one packet of lime Kool-aide. Store in fridge up to a month or freeze in small batches and take out what you need at one time. This cured a strep throat in Deborah's daughter during a severe mono infection when no antibiotics would work. Now it has been a standby in her home for over 10 years.

 Dosage: 1 oz every two hours for 5 yr. olds and up to adult.
 


 Honeysuckle flower:Toxicity Study

 Toxicity of Honeysuckle flower extract: LD50 (mice/hypodermic injection/herb extract): 53g/kg.

 Identification of Chlorogenic acid:

 Chemical Name:Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid,3-((3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenol)1-oxo-2-propenyl)oxy)-1,4,5-trihydroxy-,(1S-(1-alpha,3-beta,4-alpha,5-alpha))-

 CAS RN.:327-97-9. M.F.Molecular Formula.C16-H18-O9. Molecular Weight.M.W.354.34 RTECS:GU8480000 EINECS:206-325-6.

 Synonyms:3-Caffeoylquinic acid;3-O-Caffeoylquinic acid;Chlorogenic acid;(1S,3R,4R,5R)-3-[[3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-1-oxo-2-propenyl]oxy]-1,4,5-trihydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid; 3-O-Caffeoylquinic acid; 5-O-(3,4-Dihydroxycinnamoyl)-L-quinic acid
 Note:Mutagen,Reproductive Effector,Natural Product.
 Melting point:205-209 deg C. alpha:-36 (c=1, H2O) Water solubility:soluble in hot water.
 

 Acute Toxicity of Chlorogenic acid

 LDLo-Lowest published lethal dose.Intraperitoneal.Rodent-rat.4 gm(4000mgs)/kg.
 Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value.
 Reference:TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.(Academic Press,Inc.,1E.First St.,Duluth,MN 55802)V.1-1959-Volume(issue)/page/year:36,227,1976.

 Reproductive Date:Chlorogenic acid
 TDLo-Lowest published toxic dose.Intraperitoneal.Rodent-rat.40 mg/kg.Sex/Duration:female 5~12 day(s) after conception.
 Reproductive-Specific Developmental Abnormalities-musculoskeletal system.
 Reference:TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.(Academic Press,Inc.,1E.First St.,Duluth,MN 55802)V.1-1959-Volume(issue)/page/year:36,227,1976.


 Mutagenic Date:Chlorogenic acid

 Gene conversion and mitotic recombination.Yeast-Saccharomyces cerevisiae.1 gm/L.Reference:MUREAV Mutation Research.(Elsevier Science Pub.B.V.,POB 211,1000 AE Amsterdam,Netherlands)V.1-1964-Volume(issue)/page/year:135,109,1984.

 Mutation in microorganisms.Rodent-mouse Lymphocyte.6545 mg/L.Reference:MUREAV Mutation Research.(Elsevier Science Pub.B.V.,POB 211,1000 AE Amsterdam,Netherlands)V.1-1964-Volume(issue)/page/year:204,219,1988.

 Cytogenetic analysis.Rodent-hamster Ovary.250 mg/L.Reference:MUREAV Mutation Research.(Elsevier Science Pub.B.V.,POB 211,1000 AE Amsterdam,Netherlands)V.1-1964-Volume(issue)/page/year:111,209,1983.

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