Honeysuckle is also called honeysuckle because the flower color changes from white to yellow.

The name "honeysuckle" comes from the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and is the flower bud of the evergreen twining vine Lonicera japonica in the family Lonicerae. Because the flowers are all white when they first bloom, they turn golden yellow after two or three days, and the yellow and white complement each other, so it is called honeysuckle. And because there are two flowers on one pedicle, the two stamens stick out, they are in pairs, inseparable, like a male and a female accompanying each other, and also like mandarin ducks dancing to each other, so it is called the mandarin duck vine.

Honeysuckle is distributed in all provinces in China, and its planting areas are mainly concentrated in Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places. Honeysuckle grows wild in relatively humid areas, such as on both sides of streams and rivers, in shrubs and sparse forests on humid hillside.

Efficacy of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle has been famous for its extensive medicinal value since ancient times. Its main function is to clear away heat and detoxify, and is mainly used to treat febrile diseases, fever, dysentery due to heat poison, carbuncle and furuncle, etc.

Modern research has proven that honeysuckle contains pharmacologically active ingredients such as chlorogenic acid and luteolin glycosides, which are effective against a variety of pathogenic bacteria such as hemolytic streptococci and Staphylococcus aureus, as well as upper respiratory tract infection-causing viruses. It has strong inhibitory power. In addition, it can enhance immunity, resist early pregnancy, protect liver, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, stop bleeding (blood coagulation), inhibit intestinal absorption of cholesterol, etc.

Its clinical uses are very wide and can be used in combination with other drugs to treat more than 40 diseases such as respiratory tract infections, bacillary dysentery, acute urinary system infections, and hypertension.

Reference for the above content? Baidu Encyclopedia-Honeysuckle