Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Uibang Jiphae (醫方集解)

Gentian Drain the Liver Decoction

Yongdamsagan-tang

한글 용담사간탕 · Pinyin Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

龍膽瀉肝湯

Composition 構成

Yongdamcho Long Dan Cao
龍膽草 용담초 · Gentian

4 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

4 g
Deputy 臣
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

4 g
Deputy 臣
Taeksa Ze Xie
澤瀉 택사 · Alisma

4 g
Assistant 佐
Moktong Mu Tong
木通 목통 · Akebia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Chajeonja Che Qian Zi
車前子 차전자 · Plantago Seed

4 g
Assistant 佐
Danggui Dang Gui
當歸 당귀 · Korean Angelica

4 g
Assistant 佐
Saengjihwang Sheng Di Huang
生地黃 생지황 · Raw Rehmannia

4 g
Assistant 佐
Siho Chai Hu
柴胡 시호 · Bupleurum

4 g
Envoy 使
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2 g
Envoy 使

Total 38 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Drains excess fire from the Liver and Gallbladder
Clears damp-heat from the lower burner

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Liver fire flaring upward with headache and red eyes
Damp-heat pouring downward with dark scanty urine
Hypochondriac pain with bitter taste and irritability

Biomedical correlates

Urinary tract infections
Genital inflammation and discharge
Migraine with irritability and heat signs

Clinical commentary 臨床

Fierce clearing with a built-in conscience — Danggui and Saengjihwang protect the Blood and Yin that the bitter-cold herbs would otherwise scorch. The exemplar of attacking without abandoning. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.