What are the effects and contraindications of Forsythia suspensa

1. Efficacy

It is recorded in many medical books that it has many uses, including treating colds and fever, plague, etc.

(1) If you have a fever, you can use one or two liang of Forsythia suspensa plus honeysuckle, as well as Platycodon grandiflorum, mint, bamboo leaves, etc., mash them into powder, take three times during the day and once at night.

(2) It also has a relatively significant effect on women. It can relieve pain and normalize menstruation.

(3) It is also very useful if you have difficulty urinating.

(4) If used with honeysuckle and mint, it can clear away heat; if used with green lotus heart and other substances, it can dissipate heat.

Overall, this plant will have a greater effect if used together with many plants with the same functions. Of course, it can be used to make several kinds of beverages, and these beverages will have their own effects but they still have to be combined with other things.

2. Make soup

It can be made into soup. Generally, it uses bupleurum and gentian, etc., all of which are ground into fine powder, and then made into balls the size of mung beans. This one can treat abscesses. However, if the pus is thinner and darker in color, it cannot be eaten. In addition, it can be used as a beverage to detoxify, and it can also be made into scented tea, which is used to treat nephritis, purpura, etc.

3. Taboo

It actually has quite a lot of taboos, mainly regarding certain people who cannot eat it. Generally speaking, people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it. In addition, people with qi deficiency and fever should not eat it. Of course, you can’t eat this often. If you eat it frequently for a long time, your body will become cold.