Clearing Away Heat And Toxic Material In Summer With Honeysuckle

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An ancient Chinese book written in Song Dynasty, about eight hundred years ago, records a story about honeysuckle. A few Buddhist monks picked a basket of potherb and ate it after boiling the potherb. Unexpectedly, the potherb was poisonous and the monks began to suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. Three of them became safe and well after eating the honeysuckle. However, the rest of the monks who didn’t ate the honeysuckle died from the poisonous potherb. From this story, we can have a good understanding of the detoxifying effect of the honeysuckle.

Besides this story, there are many records about the honeysuckle in Chinese ancient books. In addition, honeysuckle can be regularly seen in the traditional Chinese medicine books, which has strong and effective functions in clearing away heat and toxic material.

Honeysuckle can grow in various kinds of environments such as scrub on the hillside, messing muck pile and foot of mountains. It also can grow on the mountain as high as 1500 meters. The honeysuckle can be planted or cultivated by people. There is honeysuckle in Japan and South Korea too. However, in North ...
... America, honeysuckle becomes the wide grass that is difficult to be weeded. In Shen Nong's Herbal Classic, honeysuckle was described as being bloom even in winter. Honeysuckle can be found in every parts of China. Furthermore, honeysuckle is a kind of stubborn plants.

The Chinese name of the honeysuckle comes from the ancient Chinese medicine book named Bencao Gangmu or Compendium of Materia Medica. At the beginning of the flowering of honeysuckle, the color is white and later becomes yellow. In addition, the Chinese name of honeysuckle comes from its color. Honeysuckle has been praised as the effective medicine of clearing away heat and toxic material, especially in summer. Moreover, the honeysuckle tea is very common among the common people due to its low price and easy access.

The prescriptions and the herbal cuisine are very common in the ancient Chinese medicine books and in the normal life. According to a survey, one third of the Chinese medical prescriptions include the honeysuckle.

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