| Forsythia |
| Forsythia suspensa | | Oleaceae | | Lian Qiao | | The fruit resembles the cupule of the lotus (lian ); the branches rise upward and then droop with fruits (qiao means to lift up) | | Weeping Forsythia | | Fruit (nearly ripe and ripe fruits; usually without seeds, harvested in autumn) | | Bitter | | Slightly Cold | | Clear heat, resolve toxin, dissipate nodules, resolve wind-heat | | Traditional Chinese applications |
| All stages of febrile diseases; fever; restlessness; intolerance to wind and cold, headache, sore throat; sores, carbuncles; nodules under the skin | | Possible unwanted effects |
| None known | | None reported | | TCM and other contraindications |
| Spleen and stomach deficiency syndrome with diarrhoea; carbuncles that have already ulcerated; cold-type (yin) ulcers | | Forsythia +8 (Changing Seasons) Scute +10 (Changing Seasons) Peach Seed +8 (Fast Living) Crataegus +7 (Inner Health) | | Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine | | 19 Sept 2002 |
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