Lóng Dăn Xiè Gān Tāng

Question 1

Actions

Answer 1

Drains fire excess from the Liver and Gallbladder, and clears and drains damp-heat from the lower burner

Question 2

Indications

Answer 2

pain in the hypochondria
headache
dizziness
red and sore eyes
hearing loss
swelling in the ears
bitter taste in the mouth
irritability
short temper

difficult, painful urination with sensation of heat in the urethra
swollen and pruritic external genitalia
foul-smelling leukorrhea
women: menstrual cycle shortened, menstrual blood reddish-purple

P: wiry, rapid, forceful
T: red, yellow coating

Question 3

Diagnostic Pattern

Answer 3

Heat excess in the Liver and/or Gallbladder channels.

Question 4

Herbs

Answer 4

lóng dăn căo
chăo huáng qín
zhī zĭ
mù tōng
chē qián zĭ
zé xiè
chái hú
shēng dì huáng
jiŭ xĭ dāng guī
gān căo

Question 5

lóng dăn căo

Answer 5

very cold, bitter
drain heat excess from Liver and Gallbladder, eliminating damp-heat from lower burner

Question 6

chăo huáng qín
zhī zĭ

Answer 6

drain fire, eliminate dampness

Question 7

chái hú

Answer 7

disperses heat due to constrained Liver and Gallbladder qi
focuses actions of other herbs on Liver and Gallbladder channels

chái hú + huáng qín: clearing lesser yang-channel heat

Question 8

mù tōng
chē qián zĭ
zé xiè

Answer 8

drain heat from upper burner, eliminate damp-heat from lower burner by promoting urination
pathway to drain Liver fire

Question 9

shēng dì huáng
jiŭ xĭ dāng guī

Answer 9

Liver stores blood –> heat in Liver channel can injure yin and blood (other bitter, drying herbs)
shēng dì huáng: supplements the yin
jiŭ xĭ dāng guī: nourishes blood without causing stasis

Question 10

gān căo

Answer 10

cold, bitter herbs injures Stomach
harmonize middle burner, regulate actions of others

Question 11

Cautions and Contraindications

Answer 11

Can harm the Spleen. Should not be taken long term or in large doses, nor in cases with Spleen deficiency or injury to the fluids.