Honeysuckle, Winter Melon Seed & Honey Decoction
Ingredients
- Honeysuckle flower (jinyinhua) 20 g
- Winter melon seed (dongguazi) 20 g
- Coptis (huanglian) 2 g
- Honey 50 g
Principle
Honeysuckle clears heat and resolves toxins; melon seed drains damp and helps discharge pus; coptis dries damp and clears heat; honey harmonizes. **Clear heat, resolve toxins, drain damp** for damp-heat with stasis-toxin pelvic inflammation pattern (syndrome differentiation required).
Effects & uses
For lower abdominal or bilateral pain with low fever, yellow profuse discharge, red tongue with yellow coat—damp-heat stasis-toxin tendency. Listed in Beijing TCM administration dietary guidance for this PID pattern.
Method
- Decoct honeysuckle first; strain the liquid.
- Simmer melon seed in that liquid ~15 minutes; add coptis and honey.
How to use
- Drink warm; one dose per day.
Caution
**Not for cold deficiency of spleen and stomach** (coptis and honeysuckle are cold). **Acute PID with high fever, chills, or purulent discharge needs urgent medical antibiotics**—food care only, not a drug substitute.
Source
Beijing TCM administration PID food-care recommendation. To be manually verified.