Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
Lian Qiao 连翘
Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae Forsythia Fruit
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cool
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Slightly Spicy, Cool
- Channels Entered
- HT, LIV, GB
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae
- Chinese
- 连翘
- Tone Marks
- lián qiáo
Chinese Herb 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.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 6-15 grams.
- Part used: fruit when just about to ripen.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Do not use in Yin type abscesses or carbuncles that have already ulcerated. Also contraindicated in cases of diarrhea resulting from spleen and stomach deficiency.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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