Honeysuckle is a shrub in which at the beginning of May, beautiful yellow flowers appear in honeysuckle bushes, which attract insects with their scent. The berries are dark purple with a bluish bloom, they have a thick colored juice, reminiscent of blueberries, but their size and shape in the bush are different, as an oblong rule.
The flavor of the fruits is very varied: sweet, bittersweet, sour with a more or less pronounced spicy bitterness, which joins the glyceride sponge. Honeysuckle berries are edible and bitter in taste, and the bitterness of the inedible remains in the mouth for a long time.
Honeysuckle fruits contain dry matter, including sugars (glucose, fructose, galactose, sucrose), organic acids (citric, malic, succinic, oxalic). Among the vitamins, ascorbic acid, provitamin A, B1, B2, B9, a complex of P-active polyphenols. Fruits contain potassium, phosphorus, calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, silicon, copper, zinc, iodine, tannins and pectin.
Jungle mother berries have the ability to increase gastric secretion and increase the digestive power of gastric juice. They are used as gastric, astringent, fortifying, antichingotic, diuretic, choleretic, appetizing, laxative. Honeysuckle in people treats hypertension, diseases of the stomach, liver, kidneys; diarrhea, constipation
Fresh and processed fruits of mother jungle are used for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes as a multivitamin, antipyretic and hair strengthening agent (for cardiovascular diseases, hypertension), the decoction of branches is used as a diuretic, infusion of flowers and leaves, as an astringent, Antiseptic (for tonsillitis, tonsillitis) remedy.
Honeysuckle fruits can improve gastric juice secretion and digestive capacity of the stomach. In natural medicine, they are used as anti-inflammatory, astringent and diuretic. Fresh fruits are recommended for hypertension, gastrointestinal tract disorders, malaria, anemia.
Honeysuckle is one of the richest plants in polyphenols, so it perfectly relieves irritated and inflamed skin, along with green tea, aloe vera and chamomile. Honeysuckle extract contains a large amount of vitamin C, which is an excellent antioxidant and chelating component, as well as a possible stimulator of collagen production by our skin.
Honeysuckle extract is believed to have a wide range of properties: antioxidant, antifungal, antiviral, antibacterial, etc.
As a medicinal raw material, flowers are used, less frequently leaves and stems of a plant. Infusion and decoctions of flowers are used against many bacteria and pathogenic viruses.