Honeysuckle Microwave Drying Solution

Online, May 31, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Honeysuckle has been used in Asia for thousands of years as a medicinal plant. Both the flowers and the stems contain many beneficial constituents, such as calcium, linoleic acid, magnesium, potassium and zinc. This delicious edible flower has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties and is used as a diuretic and to reduce blood pressure. Honeysuckle flowers can also be applied as a skin wash for infections and inflammation.

Honeysuckle blossoms are widely used in home remedies, teas and tinctures to treat a variety of ailments. Because honeysuckle grows so prolifically, many gardeners are able to grow all the honeysuckle they desire for medicinal purposes. The process of drying the blossoms is quick and easy and you will be ready to use your honeysuckle blooms in short order

Traditional drying and sterilizing methods are hot wind drying and steam drying which not only take very long time but may also destroy the efficacy of honeysuckle. While microwave drying is to use microwave radiation to irradiate the inside of the honeysuckle to make the water molecules rotate in high speed and then the generated heat evaporate the water molecules inside the honeysuckle. Compared with traditional drying and sterilization methods, microwave drying equipment has the following advantages

High efficiency. Microwave drying honeysuckle equipment can both use in sterilization and drying process, and according to the test data, the drying rate is 8% higher than that of using air drying.
Excellent quality. Compared with the honeysuckle processed by traditional methods, microwave drying honeysuckles are brighter in color and qualified in the bacterial content. Microwave drying can keep the initial color and efficacy of honeysuckle and can also sterilize the honeysuckle at the same time, so it is your best choice for honeysuckle drying.