Chinese name:

Source:

Forsythiae Fructus - fruit

Nature:

• slightly cold (balanced, floating, yang, yang in yin)

Taste:

• bitter (slightly bitter, pungent, light)

Tropism:

• lungs, heart and gallbladder (liver, stomach, triple burner, large intestine)

Direction of action:

• emerging

Effects:

• clears heat

• eliminates toxin (Qing)
• softens nodules
• drains pus (Huang)

Dosage:

• 3 – 15 g, standardly 3 g

Contraindications:

• caution required in case of spleen and stomach deficiency, contraindicated in heat of deficiency nature