本品為忍冬科植物金銀花(Lonicerajaponica Th(?) b.)的乾燥花冠。原植物為半?G纏繞灌木,經冬不凋,自生於山野,全株密生柔毛。葉對生,卵形或長圓狀卵形、先端尖,基部圓形。花梗常單一自葉腋生出,較葉柄稍長。苞片一對、葉状,小苞長僅子房三分之一至二分之一。花冠長三至四厘米,筒狀,上部五裂,裂部與筒部等長,其中四裂瓣常合併,與另一瓣相對,反捲如唇形,外均具柔毛及腺毛;末成熟時白色,微有紫暈,花開二、三日後變黄色,故稱金銀花。花期六至七月,採集時宜即陰乾。(圖1) This product is a dry corolla of the honeysuckle family plant (Lonicerajaponica Th(?) b.). The original plant is a semi-G shingling shrub that does not wither through winter and is native to the mountains. Leaves opposite, ovate or oblong-ovate, apex pointed, base rounded. Pedicels often grow from a single leaf, slightly longer than petioles. A pair of sepals, leaf-shaped, small axillary only one-third to one-half of the ovary. The corolla is three to four centimeters long, with a tube-shaped, upper five-fissure, and as long as the fissure and the cylinder. The four-fissure valves are often merged, and are opposite to the other flap. The revolver is lip-shaped, and is pilose and glandular hairy. At the end of maturity, white, slightly purple halo, bloom yellow after two or three days, so called honeysuckle. The flowering season is from June to July when it is collected. (figure 1)