Category
Clear Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Forsythiae Fructus
English Name
Dosage
6-15g
Entering Channels
GB
Flavor
slightly acrid
Temperature
slightly cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- None
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat and resolves toxicity: for externally-contracted wind-heat with pronounced fever, slight chills, sore throat, and headache.
- Reduces abscesses and dissipates clumps: for toxic clumps such as external sores, internal abscesses, scrofula, or throat painful obstruction.
