What are the ingredients of Shuanghuanglian oral liquid?
Disease description:
I've recently caught a cold and would like to take Shuanghuanglian. What are the ingredients in Shuanghuanglian oral liquid?
Shuanghuanglian oral liquid is a traditional Chinese medicine, with the main ingredients including:
1. Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica): As one of the principal components, honeysuckle has effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. It is particularly suitable for treating symptoms such as sores caused by heat-toxin and sore throat.
2. Scutellaria baicalensis (Huangqin): This herb clears heat and dampness, reduces fire toxicity, and also has hemostatic and fetus-stabilizing effects. It is commonly used to treat conditions such as damp-heat syndromes, summer heat with chest oppression, nausea, vomiting, fullness due to damp-heat, diarrhea, and dysentery.
3. Forsythia suspensa (Lianqiao): Forsythia clears heat and detoxifies, reduces swelling, and disperses nodules. It is typically used to treat conditions induced by heat-toxin, such as erysipelas and painful or difficult urination.
In addition, Shuanghuanglian oral liquid also contains excipients such as sucrose.