INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Fructus Forsythiae |
| Common English: | Forsythia Fruit Weeping Forsythia Capsule |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Slightly Acrid (Astringent ) |
Slightly Cold (Cool) |
Heart Lung Gallbladder (Liver) (San Jiao) |
6-30g Tincture: 2-5ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao) and relieves toxicity |
Wind-Heat with high fever, slight chills and sore throat |
Reduces abscesses and dissipates clumps |
Toxic Heat sores and swellings (Chuang Yung), carbuncles, erysipelas, pustules under the skin, Lung abscess, scrofula and throat Bi |
Clears Blood Heat |
Blood Heat |
Promotes urination |
Lin syndrome, dysuria, hematuria, acute nephritis |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Isatidis |
Rx. Isatidis |
Rx. Isatidis |
| Any externally contracted Heat disorder. |
Wind-Heat common cold or influenza. |
Mumps and erysipelas. |
Rx. Isatidis |
Rx. Isatidis |
Flos Chrysanthemi Indici |
| Tonsillitis. |
Acute infectious diseases such as dysentery. |
Initial stage warm febrile disease. |
Sp. Prunellae |
Fr. Arctii |
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| Allergic rashes. |
Scrofula and tuberculosis adenitis. |
Wei Stage Heat. |
Cornu Bubali or Cornu Bubali |
Flos Lonicerae |
Flos Chrysanthemi Indici |
| Heat Attacking the Pericardium. |
Initial-stage Wind-Heat. |
External sores and internal abscesses. (boils, carbuncles and furuncles) |
Sm. Phaseoli |
Fr. Gardeniae |
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| Fire in the Heart Channel with Damp-Heat pouring downward with painful urinary dribbling or gynecological pain. Jaundice and gynecological disorders such as pelvic inflammatory disease or postpartum fever. |
Heat entering the Pericardium. Heat remaining in the Heart channel with sores in the mouth, or on the tongue, dark and scanty urine, or urinary discomfort. |
Rashes due to Blood Heat. |
Hb. Lophatheri or Hb. Lophatheri |
Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
| Heat or bloody painful urinary dysfunction (Lin). |
Throat Bi. Lumps and nodules. |
Heart Fire. |
- Both Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao and Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua are cooling and relieve toxicity and both guide Heat to the surface while cooling Internally. Lian Qiao cools Heart Fire, disperses stagnant Qi at the Blood level, treats Lin syndrome and treats shigella and staphylococcus while Jin Yin Hua disperses surface Heat, is sweet and Cold so does less harm to the Stomach and treats salmonella and streptococcus.
- This is one of the most important herbs for purging Heart Fire.
- It is used in most formulas for treating inflammation.
- Its action is similar to Jin Yin Hua and they are usually prescribed together.
- This plant has a reputation for curing cancer.
- Excels at treating acute or long-term skin conditions.
- It is usually used wit Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao.
- Treats microbial toxicosis.
- Treats externally contracted Wind-Heat or Warm pathogen entering the Pericardium with irritability, fever, delirium or rashes due to Blood Heat.
- It also promotes urination and and leads Heart Fire out through the urine.
- It is said to treat tuberculosis and herpes simplex and hepatitis.
- It treats gangrene of the extremities.
- Eliminates Phlegm.
- Good for any case of Lung Heat or Heart Fire obstructing the fluids.
- It also treats morphine toxicity.
- Green Forsythia Qing Lian Qiao or Forsythia with Seeds Dai Xin Lian Qiao are best for cooling and resolving toxicity.
- Yellow Forsythia Huang Lian Qiao or Clean Forsythia Jing Lian Qiao is best for reducing boils and dispersing clumps.
- Forsythia Seeds Lian Qiao Xin are used when Heat enters the Pericardium leading to impaired conscious and delirious speech.