Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/lian-qiao/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/lian-qiao/">Bencao Index</a> lian qiao 连翘 Fructus Forsythiae Forsythia Fruit rengyo yeongyo Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity Lung Heart Gallbladder

Clears Heat, especially in the Upper Jiao, and resolves toxicity

Wind-Heat with high fever, mild chills and a sore throat Onset of a Wind-Heat cold or Warm disease, with fever, headache and sore throat Heat at deeper levels in advanced febrile illness: high fever, thirst, and delirium or mental disturbance

Reduces abscesses and dissipates nodules

Carbuncles, abscesses and toxic sores or swellings from Heat (Chuang Yung), for which it is a leading herb Erysipelas and pustules beneath the skin Lung abscess Scrofula and other lumps of the neck from Heat toxin Throat Bi

Clears Blood Heat

Blood Heat

Promotes urination

Lin syndrome, painful urination, blood in the urine and acute nephritis