Formula
Formula
Single Herbs
| Category | Qing Re Ji
清熱劑 |
| Sub Category | Qing Zhang Fu Re
清臟腑熱 |
| Name | Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
龍膽瀉肝湯 Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver |
| Pharma Effect | |
| Function | Drains fire from the liver and gallbladder, and clears damp-heat from the lower burner. |
| Clinic Usage | This formula treats uprising heat from liver and gallbladder. Symptoms include headache, a bitter taste in the mouth, red eyes, pain in the chest and side of body, difficulty hearing, swollen and pruritic genitalia, turbid urine or heavy vaginal discharge |
| Cautions | This formula can harm stomach and spleen. It should not be taken long-term. |
