Forsythia is one of the most commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs, which has the effect of clearing away heat and removing toxins, dispersing lumps and swelling.

Morphological features of forsythia:

Forsythia (Latin name: Forsythia suspensa): deciduous shrub, is a plant of the genus Forsythia in the family of Mignonette. Forsythia early spring first leaf blossom, flower blossom aroma light, full of branches of golden yellow, gorgeous and lovely, is an excellent early spring flowering shrub, plant height up to 3 meters, branch trunks clustered, branchlets yellow, arching pendulous, hollow. Leaves opposite, simple or trifoliolate, ovate or ovate-elliptic, margin dentate. Corolla yellow, 1-3 in leaf axils; fruit ovoid, ovate-elliptic or long elliptic, apex rostrally acuminate, surface sparsely lenticellate; fruiting pedicels 0.7-1.5 cm. Flowering in March-April, fruiting in July-September.