Pharmaceutical name: | Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae |
Biological name: | Forsthia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl |
Pron. in Japanese: | rengyo |
Pron. in Korean: | yon'g yo |
Pron. in Cantonese: | lian kiu |
Common Name: | forsythia fruit |
Distribution: | Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and throughout northern China |
Properties (characteristics) | bitter, cool, and slightly acrid |
Channels (meridians) entered: | heart, liver gall bladder |
Actions & Indications: | clears heat and toxin, nodules. Expels externally contracted wind heat as in common cold |
Chemical ingredients: | forsythin, matairesinoside, betulinic acid, phyillygenin, pinoresinol |
Dosage: | 6~15 g per day |
Samples of formulae: | yin qiao jie du san (cold formula) |
Medical Functions: | Broad spectrum antibiotic effect, lower fever, anti inflammation, protect liver, stop vomiting, help blood circulation, promote urination, |
Modern applications: | antimicrobial effect, antiparasitic effect, antiemetic effect, for retina hemorrhage, for acute kidney infection, for pus forming in lungs, acute liver infection, and psoriasis. |
Cautions: | use caution in cases of pixu and weixu with diarrhea and sores that are already ripened (broken) |
