What are the representative plants of the Honeysuckle family?
Living knowledge column, regarding the representative plants of the Honeysuckle family and sharing the main characteristics of Honeysuckle plants in the field of green plants, next [] the editor will introduce.
Winter does not wither - refers to the sprouting of new green leaves in the axils when the old leaves fall at the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.
Wisteria bursts with gold and silver - refers to the white Honeysuckle flowers that later turn golden yellow.
This product belongs to the Honeysuckle family, Honeysuckle genus, as a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history, it was first recorded in Tao Hongjing's "Famous Physicians' Records", and its flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, etc. can all be used as medicine. Honeysuckle is a perennial semi-evergreen woody vine, with thin and long branches that are hollow and densely covered with short villi, old branches brown cork often stripped in strips; leaves are papery, opposite, mostly ovate to oblong, young leaves have villi on both sides, old leaves are hairless; flowers are paired, axillary, with two ovate bracts, calyx short, apex with 5 lobes, corolla tube thin and long, upper lip 4-lobed, lower lip unlobed, styles clavate, pistil 1, stamens 5, flowering period May to July; fruit is a blue-black spherical berry, mature fruit period July to October.
Source and efficacy
The flowers, vines, leaves, and fruits of Honeysuckle all have medicinal value.
1. Honeysuckle
It is the dried flower bud or initial blooming flower of Honeysuckle. Harvest before the flowers bloom in early summer and dry. It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It belongs to the lung, heart, and stomach channels. It has the efficacy of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling and dispersing wind-heat. Used for carbuncles, boils, throat inflammation, erysipelas, heat-toxin dysentery, wind-heat cold, warm disease fever.
2. Honeysuckle vine
It is the dried stem and branch of Honeysuckle. Harvest in autumn and winter, dry in the sun. It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It belongs to the lung and stomach channels. It has the efficacy of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and dredging collaterals. Used for warm disease fever, heat-toxin dysentery, boils, carbuncles,风湿热痹, joint redness, swelling, and heat pain.
Honeysuckle family representative plants
3. Honeysuckle fruit
It is the fruit of Honeysuckle and other plants of the same genus. Harvest between frost descent and the beginning of winter, dry in the sun, slightly fry in a pot, and it is ready when it feels warm and sticky to the touch. It tastes slightly sweet and is cool in nature. It has the efficacy of clearing intestines and resolving dampness. Mainly for intestinal wind diarrhea; red dysentery.
4. Honeysuckle dew
It is the distillate of the flower buds of Honeysuckle and plants of the same genus. It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It belongs to the heart, spleen, and stomach channels. It has the efficacy of clearing heat, clearing summer heat, and detoxifying. Mainly for summer heat dizziness, nausea and vomiting, heat-toxin boils, and prickly heat.
5. Honeysuckle leaves
They are the leaves of the Honeysuckle plant. The function is similar to Honeysuckle.
The above is a comprehensive introduction to the representative plants of the Honeysuckle family and sharing the main characteristics of Honeysuckle plants, hoping to bring some green plant knowledge to green plant enthusiasts.