Medicinal properties of Honeysuckle

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I don't know about you, but I just couldn't believe this when I read it in a book I have had on my shelf for over a year. Then I found it online and wanted to share it with you...a simple flower plant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elaine

Properties: Japanese honeysuckle is edible and medicinal. High in Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium, the leaves can be parboiled and eaten as a vegetable. The edible buds and flowers, made into a syrup or puddings. The entire plant has been used as an alternative medicine for thousands of years in Asia. The active constituents include calcium, elaidic-acid, hcn, inositol, linoleic-acid, lonicerin, luteolin, magnesium, myristic-acid, potassium, tannin, and zink. It is alterative, antibacterial, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge, and is also used to reduce blood pressure. The stems are used internally in the treatment of acute rheumatoid arthritis, mumps and hepatitis. The stems are harvested in the autumn and winter, and are dried for later herb use. The stems and flowers are used together a medicinal infusion in the treatment of upper respiratory tract infections (including pneumonia) and dysentery. An infusion of the flower buds is used in the treatment of a wide range of ailments including syphillitic skin diseases and tumors, bacterial dysentery, colds, and enteritis. Experimentally, the flower extracts have been shown to lower blood cholesterol levels and are antibacterial, antiviral and tuberculostatic. Externally, the flowers are applied as a medicinal wash to skin inflammations, infectious rashes and sores. The flowers are harvested in early morning before they open and are dried for later herb use. http://altnature.com/gallery/Japanese_Honeysuckle.htm

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there are several types of honeysuckle... one that grows like a bush/tree... and the one that grows like a vine and smothers everything.... and you cannot kill the vine (like ivy) the bush/tree can be trimmed back but can grow hugh and become like almost like a tree - I have both! Both can take over quick Suzi

seifert925 wrote:

Thanks Elaine, I printed this out and I think I will be planting one soon. Aren't they a viny plant that grows really tall? Patty> Properties: Japanese honeysuckle is edible and medicinal. High in Calcium, > Magnesium, and Potassium, the leaves can be parboiled and eaten as a > vegetable. The edible buds and flowers, made into a syrup or puddings. The > entire plant has been used as an alternative medicine for thousands of years > in Asia. The active constituents include calcium, elaidic-acid, hcn, inositol,> linoleic-acid, lonicerin, luteolin, magnesium, myristic-acid, potassium, > tannin, and zink. It is alterative, antibacterial, antiinflammatory, > antispasmodic, depurative, diuretic, febrifuge, and is also used to reduce > blood pressure. The stems are used internally in the treatment of acute > rheumatoid arthritis, mumps and hepatitis. The stems are harvested in the > autumn and winter, and are dried for later herb use. The stems and flowers > are used together a medicinal infusion in the treatment of upper respiratory > tract infections (including pneumonia) and dysentery. An infusion of the > flower buds is used in the treatment of a wide range of ailments including > syphillitic skin diseases and tumors, bacterial dysentery, colds, and > enteritis. Experimentally, the flower extracts have been shown to lower blood > cholesterol levels and are antibacterial, antiviral and tuberculostatic. > Externally, the flowers are applied as a medicinal wash to skin inflammations,> infectious rashes and sores. The flowers are harvested in early morning > before they open and are dried for later herb use