It's at the very end of the year that the honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium, produces new leaves, as if to symbolize renewal and the importance of moving forward. Honeysuckle, from the Caprifoliaceae family, is a woody climbing plant that grows naturally at the edge of woods and is grown as a standalone plant or in hedges, usually trained. Undaunted, honeysuckle is highly valued for its ornamental and olfactory qualities as well as for its hardiness, as it tolerates temperatures around -20°C.
In purely botanical terms, honeysuckle can reach four meters in height. It has twining branches and deciduous foliage composed of leaves with a glaucous underside and a dark green obverse. Its multiple flowers, in straw-yellow to white corollas with a subtle pink tint, bloom from May to the end of July and exude a captivating fragrance that is even more powerful from sunset to sunrise. It is also during the night that pollinating insects gather nectar from honeysuckle flowers.
Adults: 2 drops in a glass of water or on the tongue 4 times a day.
Non-medicinal ingredients: Grape alcohol 27% v/v, aqueous solution of Lonicera caprifolium flowers (dilution 1/500).
