Efficacy and effects of forsythia

Lianxiao is bitter-cold, non-toxic and enters the heart, liver and gallbladder meridians. It is a commonly used herbal medicine to clear heat and detoxify the body, and no obvious side effects have been found.

Reduce swelling and disperse nodules

Lianxiao has the effect of reducing swelling and dispersing nodules, and it is written in the herbal medicine of Rifa Zi that it "passes through the small intestine and expels pus. It treats sores and boils, relieves pain, and promotes menstruation." Therefore, canker sores, swellings and sores can be relieved by taking forsythia.

Clearing heat and removing toxins

Bitter-cold, master of the heart meridian, forsythia can clear heart fire, detoxify sores, and eliminate swelling and disperse nodules. It is effective in treating external wind-heat or the beginning of a warm illness, which is characterized by fever, slight chills, cough and sore throat.

Dispersing wind-heat

Forsythia is bitter-cold and can disperse wind-heat externally and clear heat and detoxification internally. It is often used for treating external wind-heat or the first onset of warmth, warmth entering the camp, high fever and thirst, sore throat, etc.

Anti-inflammatory

Lianxiao has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects and can be used to treat inflammation of the heart fire, sores on the mouth and tongue, heavy breath, or heart fire moving down to the small intestine, hot shower, painful urination, etc.

Diuretic

The peel of forsythia contains oleanolic acid, which can clear the heart and lower the fire, diuretic and laxative when combined with Bai Mao Root, Mu Tong, Chuan Lian and Sheng Di Huang, which are commonly used. It is effective for those with dry stools and astringent pain in urine.

Anti-bacterial

Lian Lian has anti-pathogenic microbial effects. Topical application can inhibit S. typhi, S. paratyphi, E. coli, S. diphtheriae, Vibrio cholerae, Streptococcus, etc. It also has good inhibitory effects on S. dysenteriae and Staphylococcus aureus. Therefore, it is often used to treat enteritis, dysentery, psoriasis, etc.

Clinical applications of forsythia

Attention! The following remedies are from the Internet. Specific usage and dosage need to be taken under the guidance of a doctor!

Treatment of acute nephritis

Take forsythia forsythia 6 money, add water and decoct to 150 ml with a gentle fire, take in 3 times before meals, reduce for children. Take for 5-10 days depending on the condition. Avoid spices and salt. Before treatment, all 8 patients had swelling, blood pressure between 140-200/96-110 mmHg, and urinalysis with protein, granular tubularity, red and white blood cells. After treatment, all the swelling subsided in 6 cases and improved significantly in 2 cases; blood pressure decreased significantly; urinalysis turned negative in 6 cases and improved in 2 cases.

Treatment of bad breath

Forsythia is crushed into powder. After eating foods that cause bad breath such as garlic and leeks, you can take 6-9 grams of forsythia with water, which can turn the turbid gas in the mouth into clear gas.

Cure constipation

Wash and dry the dried forsythia in a jar. Drink 15-30 grams of dried forsythia in water each time for 1-2 weeks to improve constipation.

Treatment of erratic flow

Fructus forsythia 60g, fried and scorched, decocted in water or grinded into powdered form, the exact dosage should be directed by a doctor.

Treatment of purpura

Take forsythia 6 money, add water and decoct it into 150 ml with moderate fire, take it in 3 times before meals, avoid spicy things. Treat thrombocytopenic hemorrhagic purpura in 1 case and allergic purpura in 2 cases. After 2-7 days of treatment, all the skin purpura subsided. The effect of forsythia on this disease may be related to the fact that it contains a large amount of brassinin, which has the ability to maintain normal capillary resistance and reduce capillary fragility and permeability; in addition, forsythia seems to have a desensitizing effect.

Treatment of lung abscess

It is made into an injection solution containing 1 g of forsythia per ml. It is administered by tracheal drip method combined with intramuscular injection. The tracheal drip is usually given in 6-10 ml once a day; once every other day after the symptoms improve; twice a week after it tends to atrophy or close up. In 25 cases, 14 cases were cured, 10 cases improved and 1 case died; according to the statistics of 18 cases, the fever subsided in 12 days of treatment on average, and the tracheal drip was injected 26.8 times on average, with the most being 50 times.

Treatment of retinal hemorrhage

Take forsythia 6-7 money, decocted in water on a gentle fire, and take it in 3 times before meals. 2 cases of retinal macular hemorrhage, after taking the medicine for 20-27 days, were significantly absorbed and had enhanced vision.

Contraindications to the use of forsythia

It is contraindicated in cases of weak spleen and stomach, feverish qi deficiency, ulcerated carbuncle, and pus thinning and pale. Do not take it if the carbuncle has been ulcerated, if the fever is due to deficiency, or if the spleen and stomach are weak and easily deflated. The "General Introduction to the Materia Medica": long-suffering from cold.