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Winter is a perennant semi-evergreen winding shrub. Also known as gold and silver vine, vine, left tangled vine. Buds named gold and silver flowers, a.g. double flowers, two treasure flowers; The leafy stems are named ninja vine and are available for medicinal purposes. It is also used as ornamental plant. Most of China is widely distributed, many areas have been cultivated and produced, of which Henan, Shandong is the most famous. Japan and North Korea also produce. Winter into medicine, in China began in liang Dynasty, "the famous medical record", the first use of stems and leaves, gold and silver flowers until the Ming Dynasty after widespread use.

the winter stem can grow up to 9 meters long, hollow, multi-branched, young branches dense short soft hair. Leaf-to-birth, egg-shaped or long-egg-shaped. Summer flowers, in pairs born in the leafy. The crown lip shape, the barrel is slender, the upper lip is light and cracked, when it first opens white, then becomes golden yellow, yellow and white, so the name "golden silver flower". Berry spherical, black when cooked. Adaptability, climate, soil requirements are not strict. Hillsides, embankments, etc. can be planted. However, the need for sufficient sunlight, in the sand loam cultivation is more suitable. Usually breed with a strip. Generally in June to August to choose cloudy days to take 1 to 2 years of healthy branches directly inserted, or seedling after transplanting. In its infancy and after harvesting, catch up with fertilizer. In spring and summer, reasonable reforestation is carried out to facilitate ventilation and light transmission, and to promote plants to produce more new branches, more buds, and increase yield. Pests and diseases have winter brown spot disease, aphids and so on. Gold and silver flowers in May to June buds puffed green and white when harvested, after drying or drying. Winter vines cut the tender branches in autumn and winter and dry them.

gold and silver flowers contain isogreen acid, chlorogenic acid, wood rhinoceros, inositol and volatile oil; Pharmacological tests have shown that gold and silver flowers have inhibitory effects on a variety of bacteria. Gold and silver flowers as a chinese medicine function of heat detoxification, can cure upper respiratory tract infections, enteritis, dysentery, swelling, dan poison and other diseases. Preparations have silver warp detox tablets, silver flower dew, silver yellow injections and so on. The medicinal function of ninja vine is similar to that of gold and silver flowers, and it can also pass through meridians and cure rheumatism and paralysis. In addition, flowers can also be raised aromatic oil, stem skin can be used as fiber.