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A caprifolium blooming in a norwegian garden
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| Common Names |
| Honeysuckle , jin yin hua, lonicera |
| Botanical Name |
| Lonicera periclymenum |
| Family |
| CAPRIFOLIACEAE Honeysuckle Family |
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This sweet smelling shrub fills the summer air with it's sweet scent. According to Grieve "A dozen or more of the 100 species of Lonicera or Honeysuckle are used medicinally" . (p409)
Lonicera caprifolium is astringent, depurative, expectorant, laxative, diuretic and useful in the treatment of respiratory and catarrh.
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The flowers are used in external applications for skin infections.Mabey, Richard ,36
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Related Species
L. caprifolium, the Italian honeysuckle, L. tartarica, from Siberia, and L. xylosteum from Asia and eastern Europe |
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Prep Methods :Teas, tinctures, flower water. ointments
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- Honeysuckle Flower Remedy
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In Traditional Chinese medicine, honeysuckle flowers are among the important herbs for clearing heat and relieving toxicity.
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| Skin rash, boils | | Honeysuckle flowers act as natural antihistamine, although they are more useful for treating rashes and inflammation than for treating coughing and sneezing. Traditionally combined with mint for rashes or outbreaks on the skin following nervous tension, and with scutellaria to treat boils 1242
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 The flowers have been highly valued for medicinal purposes by many cultures worldwide and their use was recommended by Dioscorides and Gerard. |
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