(1). Traditional uses: for overactive
sympathetic nervous system, bacterial infection of urinary tract and/or vagina area, jaundice due to
hepatitis, middle ear infection, gall bladder stones,
conjunctivitis, migraine due to overactive sympathetic
nervous system,
overactive
thyroid.
(2) New uses: 1. Mondor disease (source: 新 用 薈 萃 )
Directions: With high liver fire or
liver/gall bladder with damp heat, take 3 times a day, 9
grams each time.
For shingles (herpes zoster), acute
psoriasis, acute skin allergies with
high liver fire or liver/gall bladder
with
damp heat, take 3 times a day, 9
grams each time.
Caution: Do not use this formula if the
diagnosis is blood
deficiency
and wind heat (血 虛
風 燥 ).
Ingredients of formula:
long
dan cao 200 g,
huang qin 100 g, jiang zhi
shan ji 100 g,
ze xie 200 g,
mu tong 100 g, yan zhi
che qian zi 100
g, chai hu 200 g,
dang gui 100 g,
gan cao 100 g,
sheng di 100 g.
Directions
for making pills: Grind into powder and make into
pills with cooked honey.
Dosage:
3 times per day, 9 grams each
time. Take pills after meals with lukewarm
drinking
water. Dosage is to be adjusted for children. Stop
taking when problem
is solved. It is especially important
that those who are spleen and stomach deficient do
not take
this formula for a long period of time.
Note: Ready-made formulae are
available over the
counter. Unless you know the
prepackaged herbs are
safe, however, it is better to use
the raw herbs and
make them
yourselves.
Many prepackaged herbs have
been
tested by the government of ROC in
Taiwan. Many
did not pass the test. For example,
sometimes the packages
do not list
all
the ingredients
properly or do not have
expiration dates. Other times, the
pills
contain toxic
trace minerals or vary in size. If
you use raw herbs to
make the pills
yourself, it
is important to know how to
identify the
individual herbs.
If you need
assistance in
finding out if certain prepackaged
herbs are safe or not,
email our
Research
Librarian.
Warning:
This formula can be toxic to the
kidneys because
of
the herb mu tong. There are
different varieties of mu tong in the market.
Before the
Qing dynasty, however, it was not toxic
because mu tong was derived from
either the plant of Akebia guinata
or the plant Akebia lobata.
Today,
ninety
five percent of mu tong (guan mu tong
關木通)
used in China is from the stem of
Aristolochia debilis,
a toxic plant
usually grown in the northeastern provinces
of China, formerly
called Manchuria.
Only rarely in a
few localities in China, is mu tong
obtained from Akebia
guinata or Akebia lobata being used. Today, all formulae that
contain guan mu tong are being banned in China because of the toxicity
to the kidneys.
Letter
of FDA to Industry
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In Chinese:
龍膽瀉肝丸(蘭室秘藏）
主治：肝陽上亢症狀之高血壓﹐属肝膽实火之癫狂﹐急性結膜炎﹐急性中耳炎﹐鼻前庭及外耳道之癤﹐急性膽囊炎﹐急性肝炎﹐自律神經失調症﹐黴菌或細菌感染帶下﹐腹股溝淋巴結炎﹐膀胱炎﹐尿道炎﹐急性睪丸炎﹐急性前列腺炎﹐過敏性皮膚炎﹐带狀疱疹﹐骨盤內炎症﹐膣炎﹐陰部疼痛﹐子宮內膜炎等症。
新用途：
胸壁淺表血栓性靜脈炎 （Mondor
disease） ( 新 用 薈 萃 )