Planting benefit of honeysuckle

Analysis on Planting Prospect and Industry Status of Honeysuckle

1, the use of honeysuckle in pharmaceutical industry

Honeysuckle is mainly used as a medicine to treat diseases and belongs to commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. 1984 state administration of traditional chinese medicine identified it as one of 35 precious Chinese herbal medicines, and was later identified as a homologous variety of medicine and food. Honeysuckle has a long medicinal history. As early as 3000 years ago, our ancestors began to use it to prevent and treat diseases, and it was listed as the top grade in the annals of famous doctors. Its efficacy is mainly to clear away heat and toxic materials, and it is mainly used to treat fever, bloody dysentery due to toxic heat, carbuncle and furuncle. Modern research has proved that honeysuckle contains chlorogenic acid, luteolin and other pharmacological active components, which has a strong inhibitory effect on pathogenic bacteria and viruses causing upper respiratory tract infections such as hemolytic streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus. In addition, it can enhance immunity, resist early pregnancy, protect liver, resist tumor, diminish inflammation, relieve fever, stop bleeding (coagulation), and inhibit the absorption of cholesterol in intestine. It has a wide range of clinical uses and can be combined with other drugs to treat respiratory tract infections, bacillary dysentery and acute diseases.

There are three main medicinal ways of honeysuckle: first, it is used as a decoction piece in clinical prescriptions of traditional Chinese medicine. According to statistics, honeysuckle is used in more than13 of Chinese medicine prescriptions in China, and became the first choice Chinese medicine recommended by most experts to prevent SARS in 2003. Second, it is used as a raw material for producing honeysuckle extract. At present, there are many domestic manufacturers of honeysuckle extract, and only Shandong Sanjing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. produces more than 300 tons of honeysuckle extract every year. Third, it is used as raw material in the production of Chinese patent medicine. According to statistics, there are more than 200 kinds of Chinese patent medicines containing honeysuckle, such as Yinqiao Jiedu Pill, Yinhuang Oral Liquid, Shuanghuanglian Injection, Mailuoning and Qingkailing. The actual medical demand of honeysuckle in China is about100000 kg every year. In addition, the stems, leaves and fruits of honeysuckle plants can also be used as medicine.

2. Application analysis of honeysuckle in traditional Chinese medicine agriculture.

2. 1 planting

The earliest record of honeysuckle planting can be found in the Song Dynasty's "Su Shen Neihan Recipe", which states that "in case of emergency, the roots can be moved between courtyards". Since then, it has been recorded in many local county annals. For example, the Chronicle of Feixian County in the 22nd year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty said: "The flowers are yellow and white, so they are called honeysuckle, but they are used instead of tea. In the early years of Jiaqing, business travelers had moved to other places, and ... planted them in the corner of the mountain several times. " So honeysuckle has a long history of cultivation. At present, honeysuckle planting areas are mainly concentrated in Shandong, Henan, Hebei, Chongqing, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei and other places. Shandong has the largest planting area, about 500,000 mu. Honeysuckle is suitable for large-scale popularization because of its strong adaptability, vigorous vitality, simple cultivation method and high planting benefit, which can play an important role in helping farmers get rid of poverty and promote the adjustment of rural industrial structure. Many places in China are establishing planting bases, the planting area is expanding year by year, and the output and output value are constantly improving. For example, Xiushan County in Chongqing has an existing honeysuckle base of 6.5438+0.04 million mu, covering more than 55,000 households. In 2007, the total output of honeysuckle was 4006 tons, and the processed dried flowers were 654.38+0030 tons, achieving a total income of 42.05 million yuan. In 2008, the total output value of honeysuckle exceeded 1 100 million yuan for the first time, and the income of flower farmers reached 92 million yuan.

2.2 Aquaculture

Tender branches and leaves of Lonicera japonica Thunb. Rich in nutrition. Compared with green corn stalk, its crude protein content is 23%, crude fat content is 47%, crude ash content is 265,438+0%, and crude fiber content is 50.8%. Moreover, their palatability is good, and cattle, sheep and other domestic animals like to eat them. Its branches and leaves contain not only nutritional components, but also antibacterial and anti-inflammatory active components such as chlorogenic acid, which can prevent and treat diseases of cattle, sheep, rabbits and other domestic animals. Therefore, using honeysuckle as green feed to develop aquaculture can not only promote the growth and development of livestock, but also ensure the meat quality. In addition, in the flowering period of honeysuckle, there are many flowers, long flowering period and fragrant smell, which is one of the plants that bees like to eat. It can be used as a honey source plant for bee breeding, and the brewed honey has high nutrition and health care value.

2.3 Honeysuckle can be used in beverage and food industry.

Honeysuckle not only contains medicinal ingredients, but also contains rich nutrients. Its amino acid content is about 8%, its varieties are complete, and its water-soluble sugar content is above 18%. It also contains essential elements such as manganese, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, cobalt, silicon, iron, etc. It has important nutritional and health care values and can be used to produce health food, health drink, etc.

2.3. 1 honeysuckle tea

Using the original flower of honeysuckle instead of tea leaves, the soup is green and bright, and the smell is fragrant. Taking it in summer and autumn can not only prevent heatstroke, reduce fat and beauty beauty, but also clear away heat and toxic materials and prevent diseases. "Drink honeysuckle, 20 this year, next year 18" is a beautiful compliment to honeysuckle tea. At present, there are not only a variety of packaged honeysuckle teas with single honeysuckle as raw materials, but also compound health teas compatible with other traditional Chinese medicines, such as green plum health tea made by mixing honeysuckle with wild chrysanthemum and Ophiopogon japonicus, which can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve summer heat and promote fluid production, and is beneficial to patients with acute and chronic pharyngitis and tonsillitis.

2.3.2 honeysuckle beverage

Honeysuckle is extracted, added with appropriate sweeteners, correctants and quality improvers, and made into health drinks through ultrafiltration, sterilization and canning. It is a product with clear color, cool taste and fragrant smell. Such as honeysuckle green tea compound beverage, honeysuckle chrysanthemum bitter gourd health beverage, bitter gourd honeysuckle bamboo leaf health beverage, aloe honeysuckle compound beverage, ginkgo biloba honeysuckle health beverage, etc. Yinhuajing is a solid beverage made of honeysuckle as the main raw material, which has been exported to foreign countries.

2.3.3 Honeysuckle Compound Yogurt

Honeysuckle functional yogurt integrates the health care functions of honeysuckle and yogurt, with moderate sour and sweet taste and delicate and tender taste. Mushroom, tremella and honeysuckle compound health yogurt has the unique fermentation flavor of yogurt and the faint fragrance of mushrooms.

2.3.4 honeysuckle health wine

Honeysuckle wine developed by lanling wine traditional technology is amber in color, clear and transparent, and has the unique compound aroma of lanling wine and honeysuckle. Based on the traditional processing technology of yellow rice wine, honeysuckle concentrated solution was added and scientifically blended to make honeysuckle yellow rice wine with light brown color, mellow taste and suitable sweet and sour taste. Honeysuckle beer made of honeysuckle instead of some granular hops is clear and transparent, with pure taste, elegant and natural honeysuckle aroma, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diminishing inflammation and quenching thirst. In addition, there is honeysuckle sparkling wine.

2.3.5 honeysuckle health food

Honeysuckle health candy has the functions of diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, moistening and protecting throat, and endows traditional candy with new vitality, which is well received by consumers. The boiled juice of honeysuckle and reed rhizome was added into ice cream ingredients to make ice cream with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Honeysuckle has a strong detoxification function, which can relieve the toxicity of inorganic or organic poisons to human body, such as organophosphorus pesticide poisoning and fungal poisoning, so it has a broad market prospect in the development of health food. The stems and leaves of Lonicera japonica Thunb are high in crude protein, crude fiber and crude ash, and low in carbon and nitrogen, so they are suitable for edible fungi culture medium. The cultivated Pleurotus ostreatus and Lentinus edodes can not only flourish, but also contain active components such as chlorogenic acid and luteolin, which have obvious health care functions and great market development potential.

2.4 Daily Chemical Industry

Honeysuckle is also widely used in the field of daily chemicals. Silver thread toothpaste and honeysuckle toothpaste with honeysuckle as the main raw materials have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and can be used to prevent and treat oral diseases. Honeysuckle prickly heat can clear away heat and detoxify, which has a good effect on refreshing children and eliminating prickly heat. Various cosmetics containing honeysuckle ingredients have also been put on the market, such as honeysuckle perfume and honeysuckle shower gel. The volatile oil and extract of Lonicera japonica Thunb. can also improve and modify the aroma of cigarettes, with the functions of enhancing aroma and reducing irritation, and can be used as cigarette additives. The essential oil extracted from dried flower buds and flowers of Lonicera japonica Thunb can be used as high-grade perfume. Chlorogenic acid is an important biochemical reagent, which is widely used in physiology, medicinal chemistry, medicine and other fields. The content of chlorogenic acid in honeysuckle plants is as high as 5 ~ 10%, which can be used for industrial extraction and purification of chlorogenic acid in honeysuckle.

2.5 Horticulture

Honeysuckle is a perennial vine with opposite leaves, wide lanceolate to oval, strong cold resistance and "uneven leaves". In early spring, new leaves are born in the axils of leaves, which are as green as ever and lovely. In spring and summer, two small white flowers were born between the green axils. After opening, it looks like a bird spreading its wings and flying. It smells fragrant and has a strong aroma. One or two days after bloom, the color changed from white to golden, and the yellow and white flowers were embedded in the complex green leaves, which were very beautiful and had important ornamental value. Honeysuckle stems are stout and grow strangely, which can be used to make all kinds of bonsai. Their taste is quaint, their posture is gentle and lovely, and they are the best products for indoor greening and decoration. Honeysuckle is also a good material to beautify courtyard greening. It can be planted beside piers in rockeries, windows and doorways. In order to enjoy the flowers. It can also be planted next to climbers for climbing fences, flower galleries, rocks and other green decorations. You can also use bamboo poles, ropes and other things to make a cylindrical and steeple-shaped green configuration. According to research, honeysuckle has strong resistance to toxic gases such as hydrogen fluoride and sulfur dioxide. So honeysuckle, as a horticultural plant, also has a great market space.

2.6 Tourism

Honeysuckle plants flourish, grow rapidly and close quickly, and have the ability to take root on the ground. The taproot, lateral root, fibrous root and hairy root are complete, not only the taproot is developed, but also the lateral root and fibrous root are densely distributed and crisscrossed, forming a dense root network, and the slope protection effect is very obvious. Planting in barren hills can effectively delay the time of rainwater confluence, consolidate topsoil and prevent ground erosion and freeze-thaw erosion. Honeysuckle plants have strong adaptability, which is not only cold-resistant, but also drought-resistant, salt-tolerant, and ridge-tolerant. It can be planted in arid, saline-alkali and sandy beaches, and has the functions of increasing soil organic matter content, storing water and conserving moisture, and solidifying soil, which is of great significance to improving the ecological environment. Giving full play to the ecological benefits of honeysuckle will help to harness small watersheds, beautify the environment, green mountains and rivers, promote the construction of tourist attractions and promote the development of tourism.

2.7 Others

Honeysuckle vines are long and soft, and some annual branches can reach more than 3 meters. They have strong toughness and can be used to weave various containers and handicrafts, such as flower baskets, wire reels, edible plates, bird cages and fish baskets. These products have been exported abroad and have certain market potential.