Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Capsules

SKU	BL242C
Brand	Treasure of the East Capsules
Unit Size	100 capsules
Potency	500mg of 5:1 extract per capsule
Contraindications	This formula can harm the Spleen. It should therefore not be taken long-term or in large doses, nor in cases with Spleen deficiency or injury to the fluids. - Benksy
Chinese Symptomology	Pain in the hypochondria, headache, dizziness, red and sore eyes, hearing loss, swelling in the ears, a bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, a short temper. Also for difficult and painful urination with a sensation of heat in the urethra, swollen and pruritic external genitalia, or foul-smelling leukorrhea.
Western Symptomology	Migraine headache, exzema, intercostal neuralgia, gallstones, uveitis, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, acute glaucoma, central retinitis, suppurative otitis media, herpes zoster, herpes simplex, pyelonephritits, cystitis, urethritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, orchitis, epididymitis, hyperthyroidism. - Bensky
Actions	Drains firs excess from the Liver and Gallbladder, and clears and drains damp-heat from the lower burner. - Bensky
Pattern	Heat excess in the Liver and/or Gallbladder channels.
Tongue	Red tongue with red dots along the sides
Pulse	Wiry and rapid
Branch	Liver, Gallbladder
Recommendations	Treasure of the East Formula Handbook
Chinese name	Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Capsules
English name	Gentiana Combination Capsules

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Description	"This formula can be used in treating a wide variety of complaints There are three criteria for diagnosing heat in the Liver channel (the condition for which this formula is indicated); a wiry, rapid pulse; a red tongue or red dots along the sides of the tongue; and dark urine or urinary difficulty. The use of this formula should be distinguished from that of Augmented Rambling Powder (jia wei xiao yao san), which is used in treating constrained Liver qi with some symptoms of heat. That formula in indicated for a condition that lacks the full force of heat excess. The herbs in this formula cool heat without causing stasis, dispel the pathogenic qi, and cause it to descend without injuring the normal qi. It is an excellent formula for treating the symptoms and underlying mechanisms associated with Liver and Gallbladder disorders." - Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas & Strategies.*
Ingredients	Alisma orientalis Rhizome (Ze Xie), Scutellaria baicalensis Root (Jiu Huang Qin), Gardenia jasminoides Fruit (Zhi Zi), Plantago asiatica Seed (Che Qian Zi), Rehmannia glutinosa Root (Sheng Di Huang), Gentiana algida Root (Long Dan Cao), Bupleurem chinense Root (Chai Hu), lycyrrhiza uralensi Root (Gan Cao), Angelica sinensis Root (Jiu Dang Gui).