The efficacy and function of honeysuckle

As the pressure of modern life increases, more and more health care methods are emerging, but the most popular ones are still traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine that have been tested for thousands of years. For example, honeysuckle, what are the effects and functions of honeysuckle? Let me introduce it to you today.

[Source] It is the whole herb of Honeysuckle of the Caprifoliaceae family .

【Original form】 Fujimoto. The stem is hollow and reddish-brown in appearance; the twigs are sparsely covered with short soft hairs. Leaves are opposite; elliptical, about 8.5 cm long, about 3.8 cm wide, with apex gradually pointed to acute, base rounded or slightly truncated, entire or slightly wavy, green, smooth and glabrous above, grayish white below, densely covered with white fine short soft hairs, and with golden glandular dots; petiole about 1 cm long. Flowers are axillary, arranged in pairs in racemes; peduncle is about 3 cm long and has fine soft hairs; bracts are leaf-shaped and oblong, about 1.5 cm long and 7 mm wide; corolla tube is slender, split into 2 lips, one lip is large and 4-lobed, and the other lip is small and tongue-shaped; stamens are 5, extending out, and anthers are T-shaped; style is linear, stigma is capitate, and ovary is inferior. Berries, spherical, black.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in deep mountain forests. Distributed in Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[Nature and flavor] It is mild in nature, sweet in taste and fragrant in aroma.

【Functions and indications】Calming down the nerves, dispelling wind and eliminating toxins.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat acute convulsions in children: 3 grams each of large honeysuckle, golden hook and golden lock key. Take it in decoction.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Guizhou Folk Medicine"

Above we introduced honeysuckle and its characteristics. We can know that honeysuckle has very good efficacy and functions, and it has played a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic effect on many diseases. I hope this will be helpful to everyone’s health.