Forsythia, Lian Qiao 连翘

Forsythia
Lian Qiao (TCM)

Forsythia fortunei
Addisonia, vol. 4 (1919)

Forsythia suspensa flower
(Photo by 阿橋) (Wikimedia)

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Botanical name:
Forsythia suspensa (syn. F. fortunei)

Parts used:
Fruit

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent

Classification:
B. Clear Heat and Toxin

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Toxin:
-Fever

2. Clears Heat, Reduces Abscesses:
-Sores, Boils

Dose:
Decoction: 6–15 grams
Powder: 1–4 grams

Main Combinations:
1. For all types of Heat and Heat and Toxin:
i. Forsythia Lian Qiao ... available in PRO version
i. Heat and Toxin, Forsythia Lian Qiao, ... available in PRO version
ii. Heat type Cold or Flu, Forsythia Lian Qiao, ... available in PRO version
iii. Mumps, Erysipelas, Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version
iv. Heat-Toxin Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version
v. acute Infectious Disease, Forsythia Lian Qiao, Isatidis ... available in PRO version
2. Cold and Flu, Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version
3. Acute Summer-heat, or Wind-Heat attack, ... available in PRO version
4. Allergic rashes, Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version
5. Swelling and pain of the Ear or Sinus, Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version
6. Toxic Sores, Boils, Carbuncles, Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version
7. Scrofula, ... available in PRO version
8. Irritability, Insomnia from Heat entering the Nutritive/Blood level Forsythia Lian Qiao with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Yin Qiao San
Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
Chai Hu Qing Gan Tang
Gan Lu Xiao Du Yin
Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang
Jing Jie Lian Qiao Tang
Liang Ge San
Ma Huang Lian Qiao Chi Xiao Dou Tang
Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin
Qing Gong Tang
Qing Wen Bai Du Yin
Qing Ying Tang
Sang Ju Yin

Cautions:
Caution in Cold and Weak Stomach

Main Preparations used: