Jinyinhua (Honeysuckle)

Acute tonsillitis: intramuscularinject 2 ml jinyinhua (Honeysuckle) injection, 6~8 h 1 time.Total treatment 55 cases, all cured (the standard of cured: temperaturereturned to normal, symptoms disappeared, normal diet, the inflammation ofthroat disappeared, the pus effusion of amygdale disappeared), the temperaturereturned to normal needed 2.6 days, symptoms disappear needed 4.6 days, theaverage cured day was 4.4, the average days in hospital was 6.2. Moreover, 20cases treated with penicillin and streptomycin as a convention treatment group wasall cured. Temperature returned to normal was 3.6 days, symptoms disappearedwas 5.0 days, the average days of cure was 5.7 days, the average days inhospital was 7.9 days ^[1].

Treat leptospirosis: Use jinyinhua(Honeysuckle),jiuliguan(ClimbingGroundsel Herb) to make the injection that every 1 ml contains 1g jinyinhua(honeysuckle) and 2g jiuliguan(Climbing Groundsel Herb), daily intravenous drip 250ml (minimum 100 ml and maximum 750 ml every day), and oral the decoctionof   jinyinhau(Honeysuckle)30g, jiuliguang 40g(bothwere dry). During the hospital, dependent the difference state of patient, cooperatewith the suatain and treat of western medicine, such as, fluid infusion andhemostasis, etc. Penicillin andother antibiotics, sulfailamide-drugs were not used during the treatment. Total treatment of 55 cases, all cured after 3~12 days (average 6.1days) treatment. The main symptoms and signs were disappeared mostly in 4 daysafter treatment, all disappeared in 5~6 days ^[2].

Surgery suppurative diseases: jinyinhua,yejuhua (mother chrysanthemum) 500g respectively, manufacture to 1000mlinjectionml by distillation, split charging and sterilization. Intramuscularinjection, 3 ml for 1~3 years old, 5ml for 3~12 years old, and 10 ml for morethan 12 years old, 3~4 times a day. 185 cases which contains cholecystitis,epityphlon abscess, deep abscess, furuncle, carbuncle, cellulitis, traumainfection, postoperative injection, scald injection, osteomyelitis and sepsiswere treated. The average effective rate was about 90% ^[3].

Acute inflammation: Use thepenetration of ions of jinyinhua. In order to expand the locality bloodcapillary, boosting the blood flow, increase the vessel permeability, make themedicine juice permeate to the focus easier, the Apyrexia ultrashort wave treat6-8 min was needed before the penetration of ions. Then, according to theoperate convention of direct current import, import the jinyinhua juice to thelocality focus. 1 time a day, 30min each time, 10-20 times as a period oftreatment.Curative effect standard: ① cured: symptoms disappear mass absorption. ② Excellent:symptoms mostly disappear, sign and relate examine improved obviously, the mass reduced above 2/3. ③ Effective: symptoms improve, mass reducedabove 1/2. ④Ineffectiveness: symptoms and signs were no change. Acute appendicitis,appendiceal abscess patients were cured after 10 times treatment, other acuteinflammation (mammitis, lymphnoditis, etc), were cured after 4-5 timestreatment. Curative effect observation: 70 cases of acute appendiceal abscessin the 159 cases of actue inflammation patients, 49 cases were cured, 13 caseswere excellent, 6 cases improved, 2 cases were invalid, the total effectiverate was 97.1%; 55 cases were other actue inflammation, 19 cases were cured, 21cases were excellent, 12 cases were improved, 3cases were invalid, the totaleffective rate was 94.5% ^[4].

Taste: sweet; property: cold; belong to lung and stomach channels.

Function: clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispelling wind-fever.

Syndromes to be treated: carbuncles boils, sore throat, erysipelas, hot sera dysentery , common cold of wind-heat, temperature and disease fever.

Oral administration: decoction, 10～20g, or used in pill and powder.

Topical application: in right amount, smashed and smear on the skin.

Forbid to be used in the patients with the deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach and qi deficiency boils syndromes.

1. Prevention for encephalitis type B and epidemic encephalitis

2. Wind febrile syndrome and febrile syndrome affecting taiying meridians, fever with thirst but no chills in the beginning of winter febrile syndrome

3. Dysentery

4. Heat stranguria

5. Infection of biliary tract, wound infection

 6. Dark sore and ulcer with severe pain

7. Abscess with or without ulcer, or fever at the beginning, furuncle, pharyngitis and tonsillitis

8. Early carbuncle on the back

9. External and internal carbuncle

10. Appendicitis refusing to pressure, failing to stretch the right leg

11. Abscess deep in the body

12. Gas gangrene, osteomyelitis

13. Acute mastitis at beginning

14. Breast carcinoma with enlarged lump and deep internal fistula and reddish skin

15. Syphilis

16. Pesticide detoxification (organophosphorus pesticides including 1059, 1605 and 4049)

Clinical experiment
[1] The Chinese people'sliberation army NO.212 hospital, ENT dept．Chinesemedical journal．1974, (8):492

[2]YongZhen．Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine，1984,(8)：48

[3]HuNan．Combine traditional Chinese and western medicineprevention and control common disease material，1972,192

[4]ZhongxianChen．Henan medicine，1984, (3)：169