Gentiana Liver-Drain (Long Dan Xie Gan Wan)

Long Dan Xie Gan Wan

                (Gentiana Liver-Drain) 

Long Dan Cao (Radix Gentianae)            15.08%

Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri)               15.08%

Ze Xie (Rhizoma Alismatis)                15.08%

Di Huang  (Radix Rehmanniae)             15.08%

Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae)           7.94%

Zhi Zi H (Fructus Gardeniae)              7.94%

Che Qian Zi (Semen Plantaginis)             7.94%

Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)            7.94%

Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae)                         7.92%

Action and Indication:  This formula purges the intense Heat or Fire from the Liver and Gallbladder, clears the Heat and Dampness of the Three Burners.  1.  For a person with upward flaring of Liver Fire.  The symptoms are:  headache, dizziness, chest pain, mouth with bitterness, blood-shot eyes, ear swollen or deaf, dry throat, yellow urine, constipation. 2. For a person with Dampness and Heat in the Liver channel.  The symptoms are:  turbid urine, swelling or itchiness in the genital region, leucorrhoea, hypochondriac pain.