Red River Lantern Flower [Yunnan Red River Specialty]

What is the Red River Lantern Flower? Authentic Yunnan Honghe specialty: Honghe Lantern Flower

Summary:Do you want to know what Honghe Lantern Flower is? This article is a detailed introduction toYunnan Honghe specialty - Honghe Lantern Flower. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Honghe Lantern Flower. The full text takes about 15 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Honghe Lantern Flower and its nutritional value? What are the product features of Honghe Lantern Flower? How did the history of Honghe Lantern Flower come about? The awards and honors of Honghe Lantern Flower, etc

Basic Introduction of Honghe Lamplighter

Honghe Lamplighter is a specialty of Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Honghe Lamplighter is superior to lamplighter from other production areas in terms of yield, appearance, and internal quality, and has the characteristics of geographical indication product protection.

. The Honghe Dengzhan flower has these characteristics, firstly due to the special geographical location and unique climatic conditions of Honghe Prefecture, which result in high daytime temperatures, strong photosynthesis, and accumulation of organic matter; Low nighttime temperatures, weak respiration, and low consumption of organic matter are beneficial for the accumulation of dry matter and nutrient synthesis in the flowers; Secondly, the unique properties of various soil contents are very suitable for the growth of lamplighter flowers

Honghe Lamplighter has tall and branched plants, thick rhizomes, wide and dense leaves, and is mostly yellow green in color. The plant height ranges from 20 centimeters to 55 centimeters, while the plant height of Lamplighter produced in other production areas inside and outside the province is generally between 15 centimeters and 25 centimeters. The rhizome is 1.5 cm to 6 cm long and 0.2 cm to 0.5 cm in diameter; The surface is uneven, with many cylindrical fine roots growing, with a diameter of about 0.1 cm, and ranging from light brown to yellow brown. The stem is cylindrical, measuring 14-30 centimeters in length and 0.1-0.2 centimeters in diameter. It is yellow green to light brown in color, with fine longitudinal ridges, covered in white short hairs, brittle in texture, with a yellow white cross-section, and has a pulp or hollow. The basal leaves are wrinkled and broken, and when intact, they appear ovate lanceolate, spoon shaped, broadly lanceolate, or broadly ovate after flattening, measuring 1.5 cm to 11 cm in length and 0.5 cm to 2.5 cm in width; Yellow green, with a blunt rounded tip and a short apex, gradually narrowing at the base, completely green; The stems and leaves are interlocked, lanceolate in shape, and the base embraces the stem. Head shaped flowers grow at the top. The achene is flattened and inverted. The aroma is slightly fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter

The source of the record about Lampyrida in the "Dian Nan Ben Cao" is: "Lampyrida, also known as Lampyrida, is a type of Chinese herb. It has a bitter, pungent taste and a warm nature. It can cause children to have purulent ears, and the juice drips into their ears. If they have left or right paralysis, rheumatism and pain, boil it in water and drink some water." "Lampyrida is used to treat hand heat and hand and foot tube growth. Pull one hundred Lampyrida. Remove the corners of the back and ground, use a tile bell, use a stone pestle to crush it, add a little bit of sugar, and crush it into the flowers. Apply it to the mouth, and it will heal after two or three times

What are the product features of Honghe Lantern Flower

(1) Appearance: This product is 15cm to 50cm long. The stem is cylindrical, with a diameter of 0.1cm to 0.2cm, yellow green or light brown, with fine longitudinal ridges, and covered with white short hairs; Crispy texture, yellow white cross-section, with marrow or hollow. Most of the basal leaves are clustered, with spoon shaped lanceolate or spoon shaped leaves, green in color, measuring 5cm to 20cm in length and 1.0cm to 3.0cm in width; Short white hairs, no obvious petiole, leaf base purple or green; Stem and leaves alternate, spoon shaped lanceolate; The tongue shaped flowers are purple or light purple, and the tubular corolla mouth is light yellow

(2) Taste and odor: Slightly fragrant, pungent, and slightly bitter

(3) High yield: Through comparative research on the yield of Lampyrida in different production areas, the yield of Lampyrida in Honghe is 59% higher than the average yield in other production areas, with the highest yield reaching 122%. Wild lantern flowers from other production areas can be harvested twice a year, while red river lantern flowers can be harvested up to four to five times a year. Analysis suggests that the reason for the difference in yield is that the temperature difference between day and night in the Honghe production area of Yunnan is greater than that in other production areas (with an annual temperature difference greater than 1.6 ℃), which is beneficial for the growth and accumulation of dry matter in the plant

(4) Low pesticide residues: After analyzing the residual levels of hexachlorocyclohexane and DDT pesticides in Honghe Lamplighter flowers from different origins in Honghe Prefecture, only one sample was detected with a residual level of only 0.02 mg/kg of hexachlorocyclohexane; The rest are 'not detected'; The majority of DDT residues are "undetectable", with an average DDT residue level of 0.4 milligrams per kilogram in the detected samples

(5) High active ingredients: Lampyridis is one of the most important active ingredients in Lampyridis, and many scholars have determined and compared that Lampyridis in Honghe Lampyridis is higher than in other production areas. The content of Lampyridis in wild Honghe Lampyridis is is 0.5% -0.8%, and in artificially planted Honghe Lampyridis it is 2.20% -2.78%

(6) Excellent physical indicators: After comparative analysis, the extract of Honghe Dengzhanhua water is stable at over 30%, which is over 67% higher than other regions; The alcohol extract is stable at over 15%, which is over 50% higher than other regions. The heavy metal content and other indicators meet the relevant requirements of WM2-2001 "Green Industry Standard for Import and Export of Medicinal Plants and Their Preparations"

How did the history of Red River lanterns come about

There are not many records of the traditional Chinese medicine of Dengzhanhua throughout history. It was first recorded in the book "Dian Nan Ben Cao" by the Ming Dynasty medical expert Lan Mao (1397-1476), also known as Dengzhan Xixin. It was originally used as a wild plant medicine and is a traditional medicine of the Miao ethnic group in Yunnan Province. It is also widely circulated among the people. Later on, there were records in the "Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine", "Illustrated Catalogue of Natural Colors of Traditional Chinese Medicine Plants", "Chinese Pharmacopoeia", and other publications

Red River lantern flowers have a very long history of folk use. As early as the 1930s, Miao traditional Chinese medicine used the whole plant of Honghe Lamplighter to treat stroke and hemiplegia, which has been passed down as a myth among the people. Several generations of people in ethnic minority areas of Honghe Prefecture used to often use wild lantern flowers to stir fry eggs or boil egg soup, and some directly boiled Honghe lantern flowers into soup and hot applied it to the eyes. For the convenience of utilizing the plant resources of Honghe Lantern Flower, our ancestors used simple methods to transplant wild Honghe Lantern Flower into their homes or gardens, so that it could be used to brew tea for future generations at any time

In October 2004, it passed the national GAP certification for standardized planting of Lamplighter. In 2003, the artificial planting of Honghe Lamplighter was successfully promoted on 2000 acres, and has now developed to 8000 acres. The various products of Honghe Lantern have developed rapidly, with the annual production of fresh products increasing from 2250 tons to 12000 tons; The refined powder has increased from 4 tons to 15 tons; The number of injections has increased from 130000 to 21.3 million. With the development of the Honghe Lamp Flower Industry, a series of products such as Honghe Lamp Flower Tea, Honghe Lamp Flower Wine, Honghe Lamp Flower Essence Powder, and Xinmai Kang Soft Capsules have also been added