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Forsythia
Botanical name
Forsythia suspensa
Family
Oleaceae
Pin yin name
Lian Qiao
Pin yin description
The fruit resembles the cupule of the lotus (lian ); the branches rise upward and then droop with fruits (qiao means to lift up)
Other common names
Weeping Forsythia
Part used
Fruit
(nearly ripe and ripe fruits; usually without seeds, harvested in autumn)
Taste
Bitter
Nature
Slightly Cold
Traditional Chinese uses
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
Herb drug interactions
None reported
TCM and other contraindications
Spleen and stomach deficiency syndrome with diarrhoea; carbuncles that have already ulcerated; cold-type (yin) ulcers
Formulas
Forsythia +8 (Changing Seasons)
Scute +10 (Changing Seasons)
Peach Seed +8 (Fast Living)
Crataegus +7 (Inner Health)
Author
Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine
Last updated
19 Sept 2002



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