F
Flu (f; DAA); Fungus (1; FAY); Gonorrhea (f; DAA); Headache (f; DAA); Hemorrhoid (f; DAA);
Hepatosis (1; FAY); High Blood Pressure (1; FAY); Infection (1; DAA; FAY); Inflammation (1;
DAA; FAY); Itch (1; X10726898; X10823672); Jaundice (f; DAA); Malaria (f; DAA); Measles
(f; DAA); Mycosis (1; FAY); Nausea (f; FAY); Nephrosis (1; FAY); Pain (1; X10726898);
Paralysis (f; DAA); Polio (f; DAA); Pulmonosis (1; FAY); Purpura (f; FAY); Retinosis (f; FAY);
Ringworm (f; DAA); Scabies (f; DAA); Scrofula (f; DAA); Sore (f; FAY); Sore Throat (f; DAA;
FAY); Staphylococcus (1; DAA); Streptococcus (1; DAA); Swelling (1; FAY); Tuberculosis (f;
FAY); VD (f; DAA); Urethrosis (f; FAY); UTI (f; DAA); Virus (1; FAY; FNF); Water Retention
(1; DAA; FAY).
Dosages (Forsythia) — 6–15 g fruit (FAY); 6–9 g stem and/or leaf (FAY).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Forsythia) — Class 2b (AHP). Emmenagogue
and uterotonic (AHP). Not covered (KOM; PH2).
FO-TI (Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.) +++
Activities (Fo-Ti) — Antiaging (2; AKT; APA; FAY; KEB; LAF); Antiatherosclerotic (1; KEB);
Antibacterial (1; FAY; SKY); Antimutagenic (2; AKT; KEB); Antioxidant (2; AKT; KEB; LAF);
Antiplaque (f; FAY); Antiprogestational (1; CRC; DAA); Antipyretic (1; CRC; DAA); Antitumor
(2; APA; CRC; KEB); Antiviral (1; APA; LAF); Aphrodisiac (f; FAY); Bitter (f; AKT); Cardio-
protective (f; AKT); Deobstruent (f; CRC; DAA); Detoxicant (f; FAY); Dopaminergic (1; LAF);
Hemopoietic (f; FAY); Hemostat (1; FAY); Hepatoprotective (2; AKT; APA; KEB); Hepatotonic
(f; CRC); Hypocholesterolemic (2; AKT; APA; FAY; KEB; SKY); Hypoglycemic (1; DAA; FAY);
Hypotriglyceridemic (2; KEB); Immunodepressant (1; KEB); Immunostimulant (1; APA; SKY);
Laxative (1; APA; SKY); Lipolytic (1; FAY; LAF); MAOI (2; KEB; LAF); Nephrotonic (f; CRC;
FAY); Nervine (f; CRC; KEB); Propecic (f; AKT); Sedative (1; CRC; DAA; FAY); SOD-genic
(1; LAF); Splenotonic (f; FAY); Thymoprotective (1; LAF); Tonic (f; AKT; CRC; KEB); Vasodi-
lator (1; KEB).
Indications (Fo-Ti) — Abscess (f; APA); Adenopathy (f; APA; CRC; FAY); Allergy (f; APA);
Alopecia (f; AKT); Anemia (f; APA; CRC; FAY); Angina (f; FAY); Atherosclerosis (1; FAY; KEB;
SKY); Athlete’s Foot (f; APA); Backache (f; CRC; FAY); Bacteria (1; FAY; SKY); Bleeding (1;
FAY); Bone (f; CRC); Bronchosis (f; FAY); Bruise (f; CRC; DAA); Cancer (2; AKT; APA; CRC;
DAA; KEB); Carbuncle (f; FAY); Cardiopathy (1; AKT; FAY; KEB); Childbirth (f; CRC; DAA);
Cold (f; CRC); Constipation (1; APA; CRC; FAY; SKY); Dermatosis (f; APA; CRC); Diabetes (f;
APA; CRC); Dysmenorrhea (f; AKT); Epilepsy (f; KEB); Fatigue (f; SKY); Fertility (f; APA; FAY);
Fever (1; CRC; DAA); Fungus (f; FAY); Gray Hair (f; AKT; APA; FAY; KEB); Hair (f; CRC;
KEB); Hemorrhoid (f; CRC); Hepatitis-B (1; APA); Hepatosis (1; CRC; LAF); High Cholesterol
(2; AKT; APA; FAY; KEB; SKY); Hyperglycemia (1; DAA; FAY); Immune Dysfunction (SKY);
Immunodepression (1; APA; SKY); Impotence (f; FAY); Inflammation (f; APA); Insomnia (2; APA;
CRC; DAA; FAY; KEB); Itch (f; APA; FAY); Knee Ache (f; FAY); Lethargy (f; AKT); Longevity
(f; APA; FAY); Malaria (f; FAY); Marrow (f; CRC); Myodystophy (f; FAY); Nephrosis (f; FAY);
Nervous Exhaustion (2; KEB); Nervousness (1; CRC; DAA; FAY); Neurasthenia (2; CRC; FAY;
KEB); Neurosis (f; KEB); Night Sweats (f; FAY); Numbness (f; APA; KEB); Pain (f; CRC);
Ringworm (f; FAY); Scabies (f; CRC); Schizophrenia (2; FAY; KEB); Scrofula (f; CRC; FAY);
Sore (f; FAY); Splenosis (f; CRC); Tendinosis (f; CRC); Tinnitus (f; APA; KEB); Trauma (f; DAA);
Tumor (2; APA; CRC; KEB); Tuberculosis (f; APA; FAY); Vertigo (f; FAY); Virus (1; APA; LAF).
Dosages (Fo-Ti) — 6–15 g dry root (LAF); 4–5 g dry root or 8–16 ml fluid extract (1:2) (KEB);
0.5–1 dropper concentrated root extract 2–3 ×/day (APA); 3–5 g/cup water 3 ×/day (SKY); 5 (500
mg) tablets 3 ×/day (FAY; SKY); 2–3 (560 mg) capsules 3 ×/day (NH).