Donguibogam Evidence Bridge한국어

Forsythia fruit 連翹

Pharmaceutical nameForsythiae Fructus

Evidence grade: Not gradedSafety signal: Adverse-event literature existsMapping confidence: Strong correspondence

The three axes are assessed independently and are never combined into a single score.

KTKP records the origin species as Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl. It has not yet been cross-checked against the Korean Pharmacopoeia, so the identification confidence is not raised to an official code mapping. The same source species also yields 1 other separately registered drug(s) (Forsythiae Semen), which must not be conflated. The name most used for this taxon in current literature is Forsythia suspensa.

Tradition · what the text describes

탕액편

The sub-section within this volume has not been verified against the original text yet.

The KTKP traditional materia medica record (M0002516) gives the origin species as Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl, the part used as 종자, and the properties as 고(苦), 무독(無毒), 미한(微寒). It lists 담(膽), 소장(小腸), 심(心), 폐(肺) as the channels entered. The same record cites the Donguibogam (1613) as the source for its indications.

Properties & channel entry: 고(苦), 무독(無毒), 미한(微寒) · 담(膽), 소장(小腸), 심(心), 폐(肺)

Source species: Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (종자)

Read the original: Korean Medicine Classics DB ↗

Modern · documented evidence

(no indication derived — herb-name-only search)evidence for this indication

Evidence grade: Not graded
  • No indication is specified. A and B grades cannot be assigned until the query is narrowed to a specific indication.
  • No indication could be derived: no condition appears on two or more registered trials for this herb.

Literature

SR 1 · RCT 3 · preclinical 172

These counts come from a herb-name-only search (1 systematic reviews, 3 RCTs). Without a specific indication they show how much the herb has been studied, not what it works for.

Query used

We publish the exact query behind these counts so you can reproduce them yourself.

SRC:MED AND ((TITLE_ABS:"Forsythia suspensa"))

Clinical trials

Safety

auto-proposed · unreviewed

  • 7 adverse-event or toxicity record(s) were found. This only flags that literature exists — read the abstracts to decide between "caution" and "harm confirmed".
  • The KTKP record states the following traditional contraindication: 고한(苦寒)하여 비위허약자(脾胃虛弱者)와 기허발열(氣虛發熱) 및 옹저이궤(癰疽已潰)나 농청색담자(膿淸色淡者)는 복용을 기(忌)해야 한다.

Adverse-event and toxicity literature

This is not a finding of harm — it lists literature that is retrievable. Read the papers to decide.

Sources

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