Lian+Qiao+(Forsythia)

[[image:Lian_Qiao_.jpg width="171" height="372" align="right"]]Lian Qiao (Forsythia)
Category: Clear Heat and Relieve Toxins Nature: slightly cold Flavors: bitter Channels: LU, HT, GB

Functions: clear heat and **clear toxins**; **disperse wind-heat** Indications: 1. Fever, headache & thirst due to attack of wind-heat, or early stage of febrile diseases caused by warm-heat pathogen. Stagnant heat. 2. Carbuncles, boils, or **nodes** under the skin due to heat & toxin. [**Dissipates Clumps**]

Dosage: 6-15g Contra: N/A Misc: **Separates the "yang complex", heat-damp or heat-wind pathogens into "heat"pathogens and "damp" pathogens to disperse out**
 * Very strong antitoxic effect when combined w/ Jin Yin Hua**

Formulas Featuring Lian Qiao
//Chief Herb// Yin Qiao San Liang Ge San

//Deputy Herb// Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin