In the past six months, it has been rising from 60 yuan/kg to 230 yuan/kg, which has aroused widespread concern. Why is the price of honeysuckle so skyrocketing? What is the next price trend of honeysuckle? It is understood that 60% of honeysuckle in China comes from Pingyi. To this end, the reporter visited the hometown of honeysuckle in China, trying to uncover the mystery of the sky-high price of honeysuckle.

Lonicera japonica Thunb. is one of 70 kinds of precious medicinal materials identified in the State Council and one of 38 kinds of precious Chinese medicinal materials controlled by the state. Honeysuckle is one third of the traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions in China, and it is the first choice for the prevention and treatment of SARS, H 1N 1 and hand, foot and mouth disease because of its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. China Pharmacopoeia describes its functions and indications as clearing away heat and toxic materials and cooling wind and heat. Used for carbuncle, furuncle, laryngitis, erysipelas, bloody dysentery, wind-heat cold, fever and fever. It is widely used in clinic, especially for anti-influenza, anti-SARS, anti-H 1N 1

4 mu of honeysuckle makes medicine farmers earn more than 100 thousand a year: "If the price is not suitable, cover it and don't sell it."

On May 28th, Peng Zhizhong, a drug farmer who is picking honeysuckle, was interviewed by reporters in the field of Dongnanling Village in the basin.

Reporter: How many acres of honeysuckle have you planted in your family?

Peng Zhizhong: We don't have much land here, but we basically grow honeysuckle. There are four people in our family who have planted less than 4 mu of land.

Reporter: How much income did it bring you last year?

Peng Zhizhong (laughs): 65,438+10,000. Can't say too much. You must pay taxes.

Reporter: How many years have you been growing honeysuckle here? Honeysuckle has made all your villagers rich, right?

Peng Zhizhong: This kind of soil here is only suitable for planting honeysuckle. It has been planted for hundreds of years. In short, as long as I can remember, we only grow honeysuckle here. Now, some people here are rich because of honeysuckle, but only in recent years, the price of honeysuckle has been low, and we are poor here, so many people can't get married.

Reporter: What about now?

Peng Zhizhong: Many people are driving now. Think about it, growing honeysuckle is much better than growing crops. An acre of land can earn at least 10 thousand, like when it was good last year, it can earn 40 thousand. Many families can earn tens or hundreds of thousands a year. A friend of mine didn't sell it a few years ago because the price was not ideal. As a result, he saved 1000 kilograms. When he sold it, it cost more than 200 yuan per catty and earned more than 200,000 yuan at once.

Reporter: Everyone made a lot of money last year. Do you have any expectations for the price this year?

Peng Zhizhong: We are the largest producer of honeysuckle in China. We have been doing this since childhood and have a certain understanding of the honeysuckle market. I feel that this year will not be worse than last year. Anyway, we are not short of money. The price is not suitable, we don't sell it!

Reporter: Does honeysuckle have no shelf life? How long can you build it?

Peng Zhizhong: We all have secret recipes for storage. Of course, we won't tell you (laughs). Those that can't be stored may be broken in a year. With our storage method, it is not a problem to put them aside for three or five years.

60% of honeysuckle is produced in China.

Pingyi holds the "pricing power" of honeysuckle.

"April 8, picking honeysuckle", about half a month after the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, is the day when drug farmers in Pingyi, Shandong Province concentrate on picking honeysuckle, and it is also the day when the first honeysuckle goes on the market. Pingyi County is the hometown of honeysuckle in China, and it is also the origin and main producing area of honeysuckle. At present, there are 650,000 mu of honeysuckle in the county, with an annual output of150,000 kg, accounting for more than 60% of the national total output.

Valley Town and Chengzheng Town of Pingyi County are the concentrated producing areas of Pingyi honeysuckle. On May 28th, Pingyi County held the first honeysuckle festival. The reporter saw honeysuckle for the first time in Valley Town. Many farmers are picking flowers, which is like picking tea in Jiangnan.

Wang Bingxiang in Valley Town is picking honeysuckle with his family (locals call honeysuckle honeysuckle). Although very tired, Wang Bingxiang is full of energy, because his family's 3 mu of honeysuckle brought him more than 10 million yuan in income last year. "Honeysuckle started better than last year. It was sold to 60 yuan in May last year and sold to 80 yuan as soon as it came down this year. But I think the price is too low. Now 120 yuan I won't sell a catty. We expect that the price this year will definitely not be worse than last year. " Wang Bingxiang is full of confidence.

Fu Xiao, director of the management office of Jinyinhua Tea in Pingyi County, is also an expert on honeysuckle in Pingyi County. In an interview with reporters, he said that the total output of Pingyi honeysuckle accounts for 60% of the country, and the circulation accounts for 70% of the country. "The goal of' national purchase and sale' has been achieved, and Pingyi honeysuckle has the best quality. The contents of chlorogenic acid and luteolin in Lonicera japonica Thunb. The content of volatile oil in Pingyi honeysuckle was 65438 0.8% determined by Shandong Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The content of similar products in different places is only 0.2-0.4%. The chlorogenic acid content reached 5.78%, nearly 50 times that of other natural populations. " Fu Xiao told reporters: "It can be said that Pingyi is a barometer of China honeysuckle market. Honeysuckle is our first price every year. "

The annual gap of honeysuckle is more than half.

Local expert: The price will go up.

The price trend of honeysuckle during the influenza A1N1last year was very similar to that during the SARS period. After SARS, the price of honeysuckle has dropped, so what will be the trend this time? Fu Xiao believes that this time is fundamentally different from the SARS period. "During the SARS period, prices soared overnight and plummeted overnight. After several large-scale epidemics, people nowadays have become more rational. Moreover, in 2005, China Pharmacopoeia completely separated Flos Lonicerae from Flos Lonicerae, mainly because the content of luteolin in Flos Lonicerae was much higher than that of Flos Lonicerae. In this way, the large-scale honeysuckle represented by Hunan and Sichuan has stripped off the scope of honeysuckle, greatly reducing the market for genuine honeysuckle. "

"Honeysuckle is widely used in Chinese patent medicines because of its unique efficacy, and its dosage is increasing year by year. Besides medicine, honeysuckle is also widely used in other fields, such as food and beverage, beer, herbal tea and fruit juice. Daily necessities toothpaste, cosmetics, etc. Wang Laoji herbal tea alone consumes 4 million kilograms of honeysuckle every year. According to statistics, at present, the actual output of honeysuckle in China is only 25 million kilograms, while the actual demand is at least 50 million kilograms, with a gap of more than 50%. In case of influenza virus, it is even scarcer. In addition, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries regard honeysuckle as a national treasure, and China also exports it, which further widens the supply gap of honeysuckle. " Fu Xiao believes that from the current situation, the price of honeysuckle will definitely rise steadily.

The price is too high to buy more.

Chinese medicine shop: some people hoard speculation

At this time of the year, many pharmaceutical companies go to the honeysuckle production base to purchase. Because honeysuckle is a commonly used medicine, at present, more than one third of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions use honeysuckle. Hu Qing, deputy general manager of Jinan Jianlian Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd. told reporters that their company's annual sales of honeysuckle can reach more than ten tons. "According to the past practice, now we will go to the production site to purchase in large quantities, at least a few tons, but the price is too high this year, so we will purchase less. It is mainly the national policy that lowers the inflated price, and we will lose a lot. "

"To be honest, some of our old experts are also a little confused about the prices of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle this year." Hu Qing analyzed that the skyrocketing prices of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle are mainly due to hoarding by drug farmers and suppliers, and some people are speculating. "As we all know, in order to cope with the financial crisis, the state has invested a lot of money. This year, the housing market has cooled down, and the stock market is also very depressed. A large part of hot money needs to find a way out. Then part of the money entered the agricultural products and even the Chinese herbal medicine market. "

Will the skyrocketing prices of Chinese herbal medicines such as honeysuckle be a flash in the pan? Or really enter the "golden age"? Hu Qing analyzed that from the current situation, Chinese herbal medicines, especially some commonly used medicinal materials, are indispensable, so the price is still rising all the way. Generally speaking, the fluctuation cycle of agricultural product prices is relatively short, but this time it feels that the fluctuation cycle is relatively long, but it is expected that the price will have a certain correction in about two years.