Formulas that clear heat
Long dan xie gan tang
Gentian Decoction to Drain the Liver
- Chinese name
- 龙胆泻肝汤
- Group
- Formulas that clear heat
- English name
- Gentiana Combination
- Basic formula
- ✓
Cools heat and fire in liver, gallbladder and the triple burner.
Indications
One of the most important formulas against damp heat and inflammation: cystitis and urethritis, inflammation of the endometrium and vagina, discharge, genital itching, shingles, pelvic inflammation, swollen inguinal glands, orchitis, acute prostatitis, acute conjunctivitis and otitis media, boils and carbuncles, high blood pressure, hepatitis and acute cholecystitis and pyelonephritis.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Long dan cao (Chinese gentian) | 3–6 g |
| Huang qin (Baikal skullcap) | 9–12 g |
| Gardenia (zhi zi) | 6–9 g |
| Water plantain (ze xie) | 6–9 g |
| Akebia (mu tong) | 6–9 g |
| Raw rehmannia (sheng di huang) | 9–12 g |
| Dang gui root tails (dang gui wei) | 6–9 g |
| Chai hu (bupleurum) | 6–9 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 1–3 g |
- Tongue
- red with a yellow coating
- Pulse
- rapid and full