Top Quality Lonicerae Japonicae Flos

It is a perennial semi-evergreen woody vine. Old Stems Brown, young branches green, densely pilose. Leaves opposite, ovate. Flowers in Pairs; Corolla White at first opening, later yellow, outer pilose and glandular hairy, Corolla tube slender, upper lip 4-lobed, lower lip narrowly but not lobed; stamens 5, Extending Beyond Corolla; ovary inferior. Berries Globose, black when ripe. FLOWERING: 4 ~ 6 months, FRUITING: 8 ~ 10 months. Grown on hills, near Linbian and hedgerows; cultivated. Throughout most of the country. Harvest the flowers before opening in early summer to remove impurities and dry. Honeysuckle is rod-shaped, thick above and thin below, slightly curved. Surface Yellowish Green, densely pubescent. Calyx Green, APEX 5-lobed. Corolla Cylindric, apex-lipped; Stamens 5, attached to Tube Wall, Yellow; Pistil 1, Ovary glabrous. The fragrance is faint and slightly bitter. Sexual Taste Channel: sexual cold, sweet. Channel of Lung, heart and stomach. Efficacy and function: clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling and dispersing wind and heat. Belongs to heat-clearing medicine subordinate classification heat-clearing antidotes. Pharmacological Research: With anti-pathogenic microorganisms, anti-virus, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, promote the phagocytic function of inflammatory cells, blood lipids, central excitation, anti-fertility, prevention of gastric ulcer, excitation of the role of the uterus. In Vitro experiments show that, flos Lonicerae decoction and alcohol extract had certain inhibitory effect on many kinds of gram-positive and negative bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus Albus, streptococcus hemolyticus, pneumonia, Neisseria meningitidis, typhoid bacillus, paratyphoid bacillus, escherichia coli, dysentery bacillus, proteus, Bordetella Pertussis, pseudomonas Aeruginosa, mycobacterium tuberculosis and Vibrio cholerae. Flos Lonicerae decoction, aqueous extract and purified liquid have better bactericidal and inhibitory effect on Streptococcus Mutans, and the bacteriostatic effect increases obviously with the increase of concentration. Chemical Ingredients: Luteolin, INOSITOL 1% and volatile oil, terpenoids, phenolic acid and other chemical components. Among them, chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid, baiguol,-valley sterol, soybean sterol, soybean sterol-d-glucoside and other components.