连翘为犀科连翘属,果实含有连翘酚、熊果酸、齐墩果酸,还含有连翘皂甙,黄酮醇类和挥发油等,以果供药用,具有清热解毒,消肿散结,强心利尿、降血压等功能。主治风热感冒、痈肿疮疖、丹毒、颈淋巴结结核、尿路感染、扁桃体炎、肾炎双球菌等均有抑制作用。目前有数十种药物含有连翘成份。 连翘是我国常用大宗药材,连翘价格连年上涨,其原因有:一是近年社会库存减少,但需求量却逐年增长;二是连年掠夺性采收使野生资源减少,而人工栽培几乎空白;三是我国实行“天保”工程后,“封山育林”采收量下降;四是连翘用途范围 Forsythia Forsythia Forsythia is a fruit containing forsythol, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, also contains forsythia saponins, flavonols and volatile oil, if for medicinal purposes, with detoxification, swelling swelling Results, cardiac diuretic, lower blood pressure and other functions. Indications wind-cold influenza, carbuncle boils carbuncle, erysipelas, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, urinary tract infection, tonsillitis, Nephritis, etc. are inhibited. There are dozens of drugs containing forsythia ingredients. Forsythia is commonly used in large quantities of Chinese medicinal herbs, forsythia prices rose year after year, for several reasons: First, social stocks in recent years to reduce, but the demand has increased year by year; second year after year of predatory harvest to reduce wild resources, and artificial cultivation is almost blank; Third, China’s implementation of the “Natural Forest Protection” project, “closing hillsides afforestation” harvest decreased; Fourth, forsythia use range