The efficacy, function and edible method of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is also known as honeysuckle. It is a kind of flower that is white when it first blooms, and then turns yellow later. Because of its beautiful color, like gold and silver, people are accustomed to call them honeysuckle. In addition to its great ornamental value, honeysuckle has great effects, functions and edible methods. Honeysuckle has been known as a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying since ancient times.

Honeysuckle has good anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects, and can control and suppress diseases caused by viruses and bacteria such as influenza virus and herpes virus. In addition, honeysuckle can also treat toothache, relieve heat and relieve restlessness. Below I will give you a detailed introduction to the effects, functions and edible methods of honeysuckle.

The efficacy, function and edible method of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle, also known as honeysuckle. The name "honeysuckle" comes from "Compendium of Materia Medica". Because the honeysuckle flowers are white when they first bloom and then turn yellow, they are named honeysuckle. The medicinal herb honeysuckle is the dried buds or initially opened flowers of the plant Lonicera japonica and plants of the same genus in the Caprifoliaceae family. When the flower blooms, it is white at first and then turns yellow. When white, it looks like silver, and when yellow, it looks like gold. The gold and silver complement each other, so gorgeous and colorful, that is why it is called honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle has been praised as a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying since ancient times. It is sweet, cold and aromatic. It can clear away heat without hurting the stomach. Its aromatic fragrance can also dispel evil. Honeysuckle can dispel wind-heat, and has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, and dispersing wind-heat. It can treat heatstroke, diarrhea, influenza, sores, boils, acute and chronic tonsillitis, periodontitis and other diseases. The stems, leaves and flowers of honeysuckle can be used as medicine, which has the effects of detoxification, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, bactericidal, diuretic and antipruritic.

Honeysuckle dew is an excellent product for preventing and treating prickly heat and abscesses in children in summer. Fresh honeysuckle has a fresh fragrance and contains a lot of nectar. Rural children often take the flowers to suck the nectar. The fresh flowers are dried in the sun or by the method of making green tea, which is the finished product of honeysuckle. There are two kinds of honeysuckle tea in the market. One is a mixture of fresh honeysuckle and a small amount of green tea, scented according to the honeysuckle tea scenting process; the other is a mixture of dried or sun-dried honeysuckle and green tea.

Efficacy and function

1. Anti-pathogenic microorganisms. It has a certain inhibitory effect on many pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic Streptococcus, Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, and Salmonella paratyphi. 2. It has antibacterial and bactericidal effects on pneumococcus, meningococcus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shigella dysenteriae, Streptococcus mutans, etc., and has inhibitory effects on influenza virus, orphan virus, herpes virus and leptospira. 3. It has anti-inflammatory and detoxifying effects, and has a strong effect of dispersing carbuncle, reducing swelling, clearing away heat and detoxifying for carbuncle, furuncle, intestinal carbuncle and lung carbuncle. 4. It has the effect of dispersing heat and expelling evil. It has certain effects on exogenous wind-heat or the initial stage of febrile disease, fever, headache, irritability, insomnia, coma, red tongue, dry throat and mouth, etc. 5. Honeysuckle tea tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying and dispersing wind-heat. Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, soothing the throat, and relieving heat and restlessness. It can treat heatstroke, diarrhea, influenza, sores, boils, acute and chronic tonsillitis, periodontitis and other diseases.

Honeysuckle has a cold nature and is not suitable for long-term drinking. It is only suitable for temporary drinking in the hot summer to prevent and treat dysentery. It is particularly important to remind you that people with weak constitutions or during menstruation should not drink it, otherwise, adverse reactions may occur. It is better to drink it only when you feel you are getting hot. Drinking too much will have the opposite effect.

How to eat

Three Flower Tea

Procedure: Add 10 grams of honeysuckle, 10 grams of chrysanthemum and 3 grams of jasmine tea into boiling water and make tea for drinking. Applicable: Clearing away heat and detoxifying, treating headache, thirst, and sore throat.

Honeysuckle Drink

Procedure: Brew honeysuckle and hawthorn with hot water and drink as tea. Applicable to: appetizing and digesting food.

Honeysuckle Dew

Procedure: Add water to the flowers and leaves of honeysuckle, steam them over high heat first and then over low heat for 30 minutes, filter out the juice, add rock sugar and drink. Applicable: clearing heat and relieving summer heat.

Honeysuckle porridge

Procedure: Add a small amount of honeysuckle buds when cooking porridge. Application: Improve immunity.

After reading the above about the effects, functions and eating methods of honeysuckle, I believe everyone has some knowledge and understanding of honeysuckle. Although honeysuckle has good effects in clearing heat and detoxifying, it is not suitable for long-term drinking. After all, honeysuckle has a cold nature. Drinking too much will have a counterproductive effect on the body. People with weak constitutions should not drink it, so everyone should be careful.