Lonicera japonica

Alias: Old Wengshu, Hairpin Stock, Ficus carica, Poplar Vine, Lonicera japonica

Main Effects: Clearing away heat and removing toxins, clearing away wind and clearing away collaterals

Lonicera japonica, a kind of heat-clearing medicine, is the dried stems and branches of Lonicera japonica of the family Lonicera japonica.

Lonicera japonica is sweet in taste and cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridians.

Lonicera japonica is mainly produced in Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Henan, Shandong, Guangxi, Hunan and other places. Zhejiang production is the largest, Jiangsu produced the best quality. In addition, Anhui, Gansu, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Shanxi, Yunnan, Liaoning, Hebei and other places also produced.

The medicinal part of Lonicera japonica:

The medicinal part of this product is the dried stems and branches of Lonicera japonica Thunb. It is harvested in the fall and winter and dried in the sun.

Lonicera japonica Thunb. is a long cylindrical, multi-branched, often twisted into bundles, with a diameter of 1.5-6mm. the surface is brownish-red to dark brown, some gray-green, smooth or velvet; the outer skin is easy to peel off. Branches on multiple nodes, internodes 6 ~ 9cm long, with residual leaves and leaf scars. The texture is brittle, easy to break, the section is yellowish white, hollow. The flavor of the old branches is slightly bitter, and the flavor of the young branches is light.

The outer skin of the date-red color, the quality of the tender with leaves is best.

The use of Lonicera should pay attention to, the spleen and stomach cold, diarrhea, caution. The person who is very weak and canker sores for a long time should not take it alone.