Commonly Used Chinese Herb Formulas with Illustrations - Gentiana Combination (Long Dan Xie Gan Tang


1607 龍膽瀉肝湯 (Long Dan Xie Gan Tang)

 

 Gentiana Combination

Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver


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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