Xincheng Honeysuckle

Xincheng Honeysuckle

Xincheng Honeysuckle is a protected geographical indication product.

　　Honeysuckle is sweet in taste and cold in nature. It can clear heat and remove toxins. It contains components such as luteolin, isochlorogenic acid, chlorogenic acid, inositol, and volatile oils. It is used for wind-heat type colds, fever and sore throat, or at the early stage of febrile diseases when pathogenic heat toxins remain unresolved; summer heat with thirst or prickly heat itching and burning sensations; abscesses, boils, and furuncles with redness, swelling, heat and pain; and heat-toxin induced diarrhea. In modern times, it is also used for hyperlipidemia. It can be brewed as tea, decocted into a soup, or made into dew, among other uses.

　　Xincheng Honeysuckle is a specialty of Xincheng County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The honeysuckle produced in this county has high medicinal component content and nectar levels. Its growing environment is free from pollution sources, and the chlorogenic acid content reaches 4.2%, far exceeding the standards set by pharmacopoeias. After the 21st century, the county replaced the previous sulfur drying method with modern dehydration processing. This makes the product a safe and green beverage, serving as high-quality raw material for pharmaceuticals and floral teas. When consumed as a floral tea, it has a sweet taste and rich fragrance.

　　The honeysuckle in Xincheng County mainly consists of wild honeysuckle, which is divided into early, mid, and late ripening varieties. The early-ripening variety blooms at the end of March to early April, covering less than 1,000 acres. The mid-ripening variety blooms in mid-April, accounting for over 95% of the total cultivated area. The late-ripening variety blooms from the end of April to early May and can bloom twice a year, covering an area of about 1,000 acres. There are also two types of Lonicera hypoglauca, which produce flowers in both yellow and white, with smooth flower tubes and petals, and a claw-like shape—hence they are also called “chicken-claw honeysuckle.”

　　The protected geographical indication range for Xincheng Honeysuckle is based on the scope proposed in the "Proposal on Delimiting the Production Area of Honeysuckle Geographical Indication Products in Our County" issued by the People’s Government of Xincheng County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Xin Zheng Fa [2006] No. 17), covering the entire current administrative region of Xincheng County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.