Treatment Effect of Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

1. Acute conjunctivitis: the symptoms including red eyes, aversion to light, headache, bitter mouth, dark urine, taut pulse, crimson tongue.

2. Liver stasis transformed to fire, forcing the disorder of circulation of blood and caused nasal bleeding: use the prescription and remove Chai Hu, add Qian Cao, fresh Bai Mao Gen, Da Huang charcoal, also increase the dosage of raw Di Huang.

3. Hypertension: the symptoms including headache, dizziness, tinnitus, red eyes, upsetting sensation and irritability, bitter taste and dry throat, the syndrome belongs to hyperactivity of liver yang, water failing to nourish wood.

4. Urine pathway infection: the symptoms including burning sensation of the urination and stranguria with dark yellow color. Penis pain, urinating bleeding, bitter taste hypochondirac pain, headache, dizziness, yellow tongue coating, taut rapid pulse, use the prescription adding Hua Shi, Xiao Ji.

5. Leucorrhea with reddish discharge: the symptoms including leucorrhea with yellow color and fishiness smell, free from inhibition, itch sensation and erosion of pubes, eczema of pubes, pain-itch with yellow fluid, which caused by liver meridian damp heat.

6. Nasal sinusitis: the symptoms including thick nasal mucus, dizziness, distention headache, bitter taste, yellow tongue coating, taut pulse, we can use this prescription adding Xin Yi, Bo He, Jv Hua, Bai Zhi.

7. Mouth and tongue ulcers due to liver-gallbladder excessive heat: the symptoms including mouth and tongue erosion, tinnitus, ear pain, red eyes with turgidness, red turgid throat with erosion, cracked sound, we should use Long Dan Xie Gan Tang to draining heat downward.

8. Hyperactivity of the ministerial fire and wet dream causes deficiency of essence: the symptoms including seminal emmission, surging pulse with big strength, red tongue, bitter taste, we should use Long Dan Xie Gan Tang to clear liver-gallbladder excessive fire, as well as add Zhi Mu, Huang Bai to the prescription so as to clear lower jiao floating fire.

9. Herpes zoster: the symptoms including local pricking pain with burning sensation, upsetting sensation and irritability.

10. Stopping itch function: it is effective for all kinds of prurigo with the mechanism of damp-heat, or together with wind evil and toxin.

Key words: Long Dan Xie Gan Tang, clinical effect

Writer: Jing Lian Yan
TCM hospital, Qubu city, Shandong province (273100)