Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
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Ingredients
- Long Dan Cao (radix gentianae longdancao)
- Huang Qin (radix scutellariae)
- Zhi Zi (fructus gardeniae jasminoidis)
- Mu Tong (caulis mutong)
- Che Qian Zi (semen plantaginis)
- Ze Xie (rhizoma alismatis orientalis)
- Chai Hu (radix bupleuri)
- Sheng Di Huang (radix rehmanniae glutinosae)
- Dang Gui (radix angelicae sinensis)
- Gan Cao (radix glycyrrhizae uralensis)
Special Precautions of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
- Caution should be used with Spleen deficient patients.
- The very cold and bitter properties of this formula also limit it’s use to short term low dose administration.
- This formula can be toxic to the kidneys because of the herb Mu Tong.
- Ze Xie may be unsafe and toxic. The fresh rootstock is thought to be poisonous.
Benefits and uses of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang are
- Traditional uses: for overactive sympathetic nervous system, bacterial infection of urinary tract and/or vagina area, jaundice due to hepatitis, middle ear infection, gall bladder stones, conjunctivitis, migraine due to overactive sympathetic nervous system, overactive thyroid.
- New uses:
- For Mondor disease : With high liver fire or liver/gall bladder with damp heat, take 3 times a day, 9 grams each time.
- For shingles (herpes zoster), acute psoriasis, acute skin allergies with liver yang ascending or liver/gall bladder with damp heat, take 3 times a day, 9 grams each time.
