Lian Qiao

Herbs that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity

 

 

Channels: HT, LIV, GB

Properties: Bitter, Slightly Spicy, Cool

Common: Forsythia Fruit

Latin: Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae

 

Actions:

  • Clears heat toxins and disperses lumps and nodules: for all sores from heat including abscesses, neck lumps, scrofula, and carbuncles.
  • Clears wind-heat: for wind-heat common cold. Also effective in treating high fever, thirst, and delirium.

Contraindications:

  • Do not uses in Yin type abscesses or carbuncles that have already ulcerated. Also contraindicated in cases of diarrhea resulting from spleen and stomach deficiency.

Dosage:

  • 6-15g. Part used = fruit when just about to ripen.