What is the role of honeysuckle granules?

Honeysuckle Granule is a kind of granule made of honeysuckle, forsythia and scutellaria root. It also contains some sucrose. It is an over-the-counter medicine for cold or throat arthralgia. It can clear away heat and detoxify, cool and dissipate wind-heat. It can be used for carbuncle, furuncle, erysipelas, throat arthralgia, and hot blood dysentery, wind-heat cold or fever due to warm disease. At present, this drug mainly has anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects. Honeysuckle can promote the release of adrenocortical hormones, so it has obvious inhibitory effects on inflammation, and can also enhance immune function, promote lymphocyte transformation, and thus enhance the phagocytic function of white blood cells. It also has antiviral and antibacterial effects, and has obvious inhibitory effects on many bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and influenza virus.