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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.

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