Classical antecedent: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (Gentiana Draining the Liver Decoction).
Indications:
Headaches, irritability, propensity to outbursts of anger, red face, a bitter taste, tinnitus, dizziness, blood-shot eyes, thirst, constipation, dry stools, scanty-dark urine, nosebleeds, blood in urine or stools, a feeling of heat, anxiety, agitation, insomnia, dream-disturbed sleep, ear infection, tongue ulcers, cystitis with burning on micturition, urethritis, vaginitis, yellow vaginal discharge, heavy periods.
Indications in Chinese Medicine:
Pattern: Liver Fire, Heart Fire, Damp Heat in Upper and Lower Burner.
Action: Drain Liver Fire, drain Heart Fire, clear Heat, resolve Dampness, calm the Mind, settle the Ethereal Soul.
Tongue: Red with redder and swollen sides, red points on the sides and tip, yellow coating.
Pulse: Wiry and rapid.
Ingredients:
Long Dan Cao Radix Gentianae Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae Shan Zhi Zi Fructus Gardeniae Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis Che Qian Zi Semen Plantaginis Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis |
Chai Hu Radix Bupleuri Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis Suan Zao Ren Semen Ziziphi spinosae Yuan Zhi Radix Polygalae Ju Hua Flos Chrysanthemi Gou Teng Ramulus Uncariae cum Uncis Lian Zi Xin Plumula Nelumbinis nuciferae |
Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day
Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1