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1607 龍膽瀉肝湯 (Long Dan Xie Gan Tang)

 

 Gentiana Combination

Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver

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【Formulation】

Chinese Name	Pharmaceutical name	Pin Yin Name	English Name
龍膽	Radix Gentianae	Long Dan	Gentiana
澤瀉	Rhizoma Alismatis	Ze Xie	Alisma
木通	Caulis Akebiae	Mu Tong	Akebia Stem
車前子	Semen Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	Plantago Seed
當歸	Radix Angelicae sinensis	Dang Gui	Chinese Angelica Root
生地黃	Radix Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	Rehmannia
山梔子	Fructus Gardeniae	Shan Zhi Zi	Gardenia
黃芩	Radix Scutellariae	Huang Qin	Scute
柴胡	Radix Bupleuri	Chai Hu	Bupleurum
甘草	Radix Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	Licorice

            

 

【Classic Literature Reference】

Li Dong Yuan Fang (Secret Collection of the Orchid House, 1251).

Compiler: Li, Dong-yuan.

 

【Indications】

Traditional:

1. Flaring up of Liver fire marked by headache, red eyes, impaired hearing, swollen ears, bitter taste in the mouth, and hypochondriac pain, a red tongue with yellow coating, and a wiry and rapid pulse.
2. Downward flow of damp-heat marked by painful and difficult urination, dark and cloudy urine, swelling and itching around the external genitalia, genital sweating, or foul-smelling leukorrhea, a yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a rapid and forceful pulse.

Modern: Acute conjunctivitis, cornealulcer, keratitis, acute otitis media, migraine headache, mumps, hypertension, hepatitis,acute cholecystitis, urinary tract infection, pelvic inflammation, prostatitis, testitis, cervicitis,herpes zoster, urethritis, cystitis, endometritis,vaginal inflammation, leukorrhea, venereal ulcer, groin lymphadenitis, Behcet's disease, and eczema of scrotum.

Pattern of Liver Fire or Downward Flow of Damp-Heat in the Liver Channel

 

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