Lonicera japonica

Format: Flowers

Size: 1 oz package

Also known as: Lonicera spp, jin yin hua, Lonicera, Hall’s Honeysuckle, Japanese Honeysuckle, and Jen Tung.

Farming Type: Organic

Origin: China

The fragrant yellow flowers of the honeysuckle vine are used in herbal medicine around the world for cleansing, consuming, and digesting. Chinese folklore says that it is useful for snakebites. Other folklore surrounding honeysuckle seems to center around love. It is said to be a living symbol of love, the flowers looking like two lovers intertwined. The fragrance is said to induce dreams of passion and love. One of the most enduring folk tales is that if one brings a honeysuckle in bloom into their home, a wedding will follow within a year. The buds and flowers are made into puddings and syrups.

In Traditional Chinese medicine, honeysuckle flowers are among the important herbs for clearing heat and relieving toxicity.

Honeysuckle is a favored herb of Fairies and used often in fairy magick. It helps with increasing psychic abilities as well, especially when used in incense blends. Being an herb of the earth, it is also helpful in blends for prosperity and money. Because of their wonderful scent, it is often used during Spring Celebrations in association with the Goddess in her Maiden aspect.

Honeysuckle is also often used in spells for courage and longevity. When planted outside, it is said to bring luck!

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