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Gentian
Root (long dan cao)
Radix
Gentianae
Properites:
Bitter in flavour, cold in
nature, it acts on the liver, gallbladder and
bladder channels. The herb has the effects of
clearing hert and dampness, purging fire
downward. So it is good at clearing the
damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder and in
the lower-jiao. It also purges the excessive and
stagnated fire. The herb is indicated for
jaundice due to damp-heat, downward flow of
damp-heat, conjunctival congestion caused by
liver fire and the occurrence of wind syndrome
in case of extreme heat.
Effects:
Clearing heat and dampness, and purging fire in
the liver and gallbladder.
Indications:
1.
For treating the syndromes of
leukorrhagia, pruritus vulvae and pudic eczema,
it is used in combination with the drugs for
clearing heat and dampness, such as
phellodendron bark, atractylodes rhizome and
flavescent sophora root.
2.
For treating hypochondriac pain, bitter
taste in the mouth, conjunctival congestion and
headache, It is used in combination with
bupleurum root and manshurian aristilochia stem,
known as Longdan Xiegan Tang (Decoction of
Gentian for Purging Liver-fire), to clear away
the heat in liver and gallblader, purge fire,
remove dampness. When the damp-heat in the liver
and bladder developed into jaundice, it is used
in combination with the drugs for normalizing
the function of the gallbladder and clearing
jaundice.
In addition, in case of febrile diseases marked
as overabundance of heat in the liver channel,
infantile convulsion with high fever, it is used
in combination with the drugs for removing heat
from the liver and calming the endogenic wind,
known as Liang Jing Wan (Bolus for Removing Heat
from the Liver and Relieving Convulsion).
Dosage and Administration:
3-6g.
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