新密金银花

    新密市尖山景区位于郑州市西45公里的深山区属双牛山的余脉，海拔高度在300-1100米之间，时辖面积50平方公里。这里是金银花的古乡，是金银花人工栽培发祥地。尖山地区所产金银花在以它的"花条长、质优净、骨茬硬""色茶直斜相伴，垂而不倒、茶水金黄，味香浓郁"居全国同类产品之冠，素有"五指岭金针"之美名，堪称"老字号"名不虚传。
      
    金银花方称银花，别名二花、双花、二宝花、鸳鸯花、花翁须、通灵草等，金银花系忍冬种。为半常绿多年生藤茎缠绕灌木。其根、茎、叶、花、实均可入药。药用、茶用主要指干燥后的金银花蕾。1984年被国家医药总局把金银花明确定为35种名贵中药材之一。
      
    金银花植株根系发达、耐寒、耐旱、耐瘠薄，适应性强，生长寿命长。
      
    金银花虽在国内多处有所分布，主要产区在河南称之南花，山东称之东花。产地不同药用商品名称各异。历史上，河南主产地在新密尖山地区。《本草纲目》载"银花出自密县五指岭下"。五指岭地处中岳嵩山东侧的群山之中，辖尖山景区全境。周围群山林立，峡谷纵横，山间有"三龙戏水、潭泽空悬"之论。双牛二山卧于其中。这里夏、秋季节，云雾缭绕、森林茂密、百花丛生。金银花采收季节，满山遍野的金银花萌发出泌人肺腑的清香浓味。
      
    治寒消肿、久服轻身、延年益寿。"明代李时珍所著《本草纲目》记载"泡茶常饮、可补虚疗风、延年益寿"《纲目拾遗》记载："金银花能开胃宽中、清热解毒、治暑温口渴、热毒疮疗"。现代药物学家研究，金银花能清热解毒、抗菌消炎、散痛止痢。临床应用证明，金银花对细菌性引发的呼吸道传染急慢性炎症、流感发热等疗效显著。在体外试验，对葡萄球菌、伤寒杆菌、副伤寒杆菌、变形杆菌、结核杆菌、脑膜炎双球菌、肺炎双球菌均有较好的抑制作用。非典时期，金银花更为热销产品和抢手货。    
      
    尖山地区人民在党的惠民政策扶植下，退耕还林，栽种银花种植规模已达1万亩，2003年被河南省农业厅确认为"无公害金银花生产基地"，2006年被郑州市旅游局、郑州市旅游协会评为"金银花系列产品银质奖"，是尖山地区人民脱贫致富一项支柱产业。


 

Xinmi Honeysuckle 

　　
    Jianshan scenic spot located in Xinmi City is old hometown and birth-land of honeysuckle, whose honeysuckle occupies the head place in congeneric products in China. It earns a praise of Five-finger Ridge Enoki.
      
    Honeysuckle belongs to lonicera and half evergreen cane around shrubs perennial stems, whose root, stem, leaves, flowers and fruits all can be made into medicine. This medical plant has characteristics of having flourishing root system, cold-resistance, drought-enduring, barren soil-resistance, good adaptability and long lifetime. In 1984, it was classified as one of the 35 Chinese precious Chinese herbal medical materials by State Medicine Administration.  
      
    Even though honeysuckle distributes all over the county, it has different medical products names according to different producing areas. It proves that honeysuckle has obvious curative effects on clearing heat and toxin, resisting antibiosis, diminishing inflammation, curing aches, stopping dysentery as well as diseases like respiratory infection acute or chronic inflammation, flu fever, etc.