The advantages and disadvantages of honeysuckle

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Origin of high-quality honeysuckle

How to identify honeysuckle

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Honeysuckle has wide medicinal value and health care uses, and is in great social demand. Honeysuckle has different colors and different medicinal effects. Here’s how to identify the pros and cons of honeysuckle.

Origin of high-quality honeysuckle

Origin of high-quality honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is the flower bud of Lonicera japonica, a plant in the family Capsicum japonica, with a sweet and cold taste. Most areas in China produce it equally, with Shandong producing the largest amount, but the quality produced in Henan is the best and is a genuine area.

Honeysuckle has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispersing wind-heat, cooling blood and stopping dysentery, lowering blood and reducing fire, eliminating pharynx and relieving diaphragm. The honeysuckle produced in Henan is of high quality and low price. There is a big problem in the market with fake origin. It is recommended to buy honeysuckle produced by well-known brands.

The better the color of honeysuckle, the better the medicinal effect and the higher the value. Therefore, you need to learn to distinguish it.

How to identify honeysuckle

Honeysuckle products The national standard is divided into four grades:

First grade: dry goods, flower buds are in the shape of a cup, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, slightly curved, with a green-white surface, thick and slightly hard corolla, and a top-like feel when held; the smell is fresh and fragrant. , tastes sweet and slightly bitter. Open flowers, broken buds and yellow bars should not exceed 5%. No black bars, blackheads, branches and leaves, impurities, insects, or mildew;

Second grade: basically the same as first grade, except that the number of open flowers does not exceed 5%. Broken buds and yellow strips do not exceed 10%;

Third grade: dried goods, the buds are rod-shaped, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, slightly curved, with a green-white or yellow-white surface, thick and hard corolla, and can be held easily Excellent feel. The gas is fragrant and the taste is sweet and slightly bitter. Open flowers and blackheads do not exceed 30%. No branches, leaves, impurities, insects, or mildew;

Fourth grade: dry goods. There are both buds and open flowers, regardless of color. The branches and leaves should not exceed 3%, and there should be no impurities, insects, or mildew. Only by knowing how to identify honeysuckle can you ensure that you buy good honeysuckle, so that you can better treat diseases.

How to identify honeysuckle

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