Gentiana Formula by Far East Summit Chinese Classics, also known as Long Dan Xie Gan Tang, drains fire excess from the Liver and gallbladder and drains damp-heat from the lower burner.

TCM: Liver Fire, Damp Heat

Potency: 5:1

Actions: Drains firs excess from the Liver and Gallbladder, and clears and drains damp-heat from the lower burner.

Tongue: Red tongue with red dots along the sides

Pattern: Heat excess in the Liver and/or Gallbladder channels.

Channels Entered: Liver, Gallbladder

Pulse: Wiry and rapid

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.

Ingredients: Scutellaria (huang qin) root, Raw Rehmannia root, Gentian (long dan cao) tails, Dong Quai root, Bupleurum root, Plantago seed, Alisma rhizome, Gardenia fruit, Akebia stem, Chinese Licorice root.