Forsythia – lian qiao

Forsythia suspensa
[Medicinal use] This product is the fruit of Forsythia suspensa, a plant of the Oleaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Bitter, slightly cold. Enters the heart and gallbladder meridians.
[Effects] Clears heat and detoxifies.
[Clinical application] 1. Used for exogenous wind-heat or the initial stage of febrile disease.
This product has similar effects to honeysuckle, so it is used for exogenous wind-heat or the initial stage of febrile disease, and the two medicines are often used in combination.
2. Used for fever with high fever, irritability, thirst or macules.
Forsythia suspensa can clear heat and detoxify, and can be used regardless of heat in the qi or blood. The above symptoms are caused by the raging heat evil entering the blood and blood. Forsythia suspensa can be used in combination with coptis chinensis, red peony root, moutan bark, etc.
3. Used for sores, swelling, scrofula, erysipelas, mastitis, etc.
Forsythia suspensa has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing nodules, so it can treat sores, swelling, scrofula, etc., and is often used with honeysuckle, elephant fritillary, and prunella vulgaris.
[Prescription name] Forsythia suspensa, Forsythia suspensa shell, Forsythia suspensa (raw, clearing heat and detoxifying), Cinnabar mixed with Forsythia suspensa (clearing the heart and calming the mind, treating fever and irritability)
【一般用量用法】三至五钱，煎汤服用。
[Comments] 1. Forsythia suspensa is cool in nature and bitter in taste, light and floating, can treat various heat in the upper part of the body, especially can detoxify, eliminate carbuncle and disperse knots, so it is an important medicine for sores.
2. This product is matched with honeysuckle, mint, schizonepeta, and licorice, it can disperse wind and clear heat; matched with Scrophularia ningpoensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Qinglianxin, Bamboo Leaf Roll Heart, etc., it can clear the heart and release heat; matched with honeysuckle, dandelion, Viola yedoensis, red peony root, etc., it can detoxify and eliminate carbuncle; matched with Scrophularia ningpoensis, Prunella vulgaris, Fritillaria thunbergii, etc., it can disperse knots and eliminate scrofula.
3. Both honeysuckle and Forsythia suspensa have good heat-clearing and detoxifying effects, which can penetrate heat to the surface, clear internal heat and eliminate sores, so the two medicines are often used together in clinical practice. But honeysuckle can still cool blood and stop dysentery; forsythia can clear the heat of the heart, disperse nodules and eliminate scrofula.
4. In the past, this product was used to be divided into two types: forsythia shell and forsythia heart. Forsythia shell is the fruit, and forsythia heart is the seed. It is generally believed that forsythia heart has a better function of clearing the heart. Now it has been simplified in Shanghai, with only one type of forsythia, and it is no longer divided into two medicines.
[Example of prescription] Forsythia Detoxification Decoction “Yan Yi Da Quan”: Forsythia, peony bark, Achyranthes bidentata, Radix Trichosanthis, papaya, peach kernel, honeysuckle, coix seed, licorice, white silkworm. Treat armpit sores.
Forsythia Decoction “Shengji Zonglu”: Forsythia, Scrophularia, costus root, kelp, fructus aurantii, rhinoceros horn, bupleurum, scutellaria, licorice, Cimicifuga, agarwood, angelica, peony, akebia, ginger, jujube, willow twig. Treat scrofula and tuberculosis in the armpits, stiff neck and back pain.
Where is the main medicinal part of Forsythia?
Medicinal part of Forsythia:
This product is the dried fruit of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl, a plant of the Oleaceae family. The fruit is harvested in autumn when it is just ripe and still green, impurities are removed, steamed, and dried in the sun, commonly known as “Qingqiao”; the fruit is harvested when it is ripe, dried in the sun, and impurities are removed, commonly known as “Laoqiao”. Characteristics of the medicinal part of Forsythia:
This product is long oval to oval, slightly flat, 1.5~2.5cm long, 0.5~1.3cm in diameter, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles and many protruding small spots on the surface, and 1 obvious longitudinal groove on each side.
The top is sharp, and there are small fruit stalks at the base or they have fallen off. Qingqiao is mostly not cracked, the surface is green-brown, and there are fewer protruding gray-white spots; it is hard, with many seeds, yellow-green, slender, and wings on one side.
Old forsythia cracks or splits into two petals from the top, the surface is yellow-brown or red-brown, the inner surface is mostly light yellow-brown, smooth, with a longitudinal septum; brittle; seeds are brown, most of them have fallen off. Slightly fragrant, bitter taste.
How are forsythia recorded in ancient books?
“Benjing”: “It is used to treat cold and heat, rat paralysis, scrofula, carbuncle, malignant ulcer, goiter, heat accumulation, and poison.
“Yaoxing Bencao”: “It is used to clear the five stranguria, urinary obstruction, and remove the heat of the heart.
“Rihuazi Bencao”: “It clears the small intestine, discharges pus, treats sores and furuncle, relieves pain, and regulates menstruation.
“Yiyi Zhongzhong Canxi Lu·Drugs”: “Forsythia has the power of rising and dispersing, circulates qi and blood, treats blood stasis and qi accumulation in the twelve meridians, and is an important medicine for sores. It can penetrate the muscles and relieve the exterior, clear heat and expel wind, and is also an important medicine for treating wind-heat. It also has the ability to expel poison, and is also an important medicine for relieving rash addiction. ”
效果
Forsythia has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing knots, and evacuating wind-heat.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Forsythia?
Forsythia is used for carbuncle, scrofula, breast carbuncle, erysipelas, wind-heat cold, initial stage of febrile disease, warm and hot entering the camp, high fever and thirst, coma and spots, hot stranguria and pain.
Swelling and poisonous sores, scabs and phlegm nodules
·Treat heat-toxic sores, breast carbuncle swelling and pain, breast lumps, etc., and can be used with yellow Scutellaria, raw arisaema, angelica dahurica, etc. are made into ointments and applied topically. Treat phlegm-fire stagnation, deflated scabs and phlegm nodules. It is often used with seaweed, kelp, and green peel.
Wind-heat exterior syndrome, fever due to febrile diseases
Treat wind-heat exterior syndrome, fever due to febrile diseases. It is often used with honeysuckle and phellodendron.
Treat heat entering the Ying, body heat at night, restlessness and insomnia. It is often used with raw rehmannia, scrophularia, and coptis.
Treat high fever and coma due to heat entering the pericardium. Used with water buffalo horn, lotus seed heart, bamboo leaf heart, etc.
Heat stranguria and pain
Can be used with plantain seeds, akebia, bamboo leaves, etc.
What are the compound preparations containing forsythia?
Yinqiao powder
Spicy and cool, clearing heat and detoxifying. Used for exogenous wind-cold, fever and headache, dry mouth and cough, sore throat, short and red urine. Yinqiao Jiedu tablets
Dispel wind and relieve the exterior, clear heat and detoxify. Used for wind-heat cold, symptoms include fever, headache, cough, dry mouth, and sore throat. Sangju Ganmao pills
Dispel wind and heat, clear the lungs and relieve cough. Used for the initial stage of wind-heat cold, headache, cough, dry mouth, and pain.
Lianhua Qingwen capsule 1 tablet/granule
Clearing the plague and detoxifying, clearing the lungs and relieving heat. Used to treat influenza, which is a heat-toxic attack on the lungs, with symptoms of fever, aversion to cold, muscle aches, nasal congestion and runny nose, cough and headache, dry throat and sore throat, red tongue, yellow or greasy tongue coating.
Shuanghuanglian oral Liquid/capsule/tablet/granule
Dispel wind and relieve exterior symptoms, clear heat and detoxify. Used for colds caused by exogenous wind-heat, with symptoms of fever, cough and pain.
Qinlian Tablets
Clear heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Used for internal heat accumulation, headache and red eyes, mouth and nose sores, hot dysentery and abdominal pain, damp heat in the lower part of the body, sores, boils and swelling.
Sangju Drink
Dispel wind and heat, clear lungs and relieve cough. Mainly used for the initial stage of wind-heat and mild symptoms of exterior heat. Cough, body heat, slight thirst
Modern research progress on Forsythia suspensa
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as anti-pathogenic microorganisms, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiemetic, liver protection, and anti-tumor.
用法
Forsythia suspensa has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing knots, and dispersing wind and heat. It is mainly decocted and taken orally. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
How to use Forsythia suspensa correctly?
When Forsythia suspensa decoction is taken orally, the usual dosage is 6~15g.
When using forsythia externally, take an appropriate amount of forsythia, licorice, and phellodendron to boil water and gargle, which has a therapeutic effect on tongue sores.
Forsythia heart is good at clearing heart fire, and it is often used with the heart to treat heat entering the pericardium.
Through different processing methods, Chinese medicinal materials such as green forsythia, old forsythia, and forsythia heart c