Black Honeysuckle (Lonicera nigra)

黑忍冬hēi rěn dōngHeirendong

Lonicera nigra · Plant

Lonicera nigra
Photo: Leo Michels, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
3
Indications
0
With studies in people

Cautions

Limited safety data; berries may be toxic; avoid during pregnancy; limited safety data for medicinal use.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Black Honeysuckle for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Fever SyndromeHeat SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Black Honeysuckle does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit ImmuneBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Lonicera nigra and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Immune0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Fever Syndrome0 records
  • Heat Syndrome0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records