HERB FORMULAS

LONG DAN BI YUAN FANG - 龙胆鼻渊方 - GENTIANA NASAL CONGESTION FORMULA

English: Gentiana Nasal Congestion Formula
Also Known As: Gentiana Deep Source Nasal Congestion Formula

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 20g Strengthens the Spleen, resolves Dampness, expels Wind-Dampness, relieves pain, clears Heat and expels pus.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 9g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang.
With Xia Ku Cao, for dizziness and headaches due to extreme rebellion of Liver Fire.
With Bai Zhi, for pain in the eyebrow and eye socket due to Wind-Heat with Phlegm.
Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao 9g Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, reduces swellings and abscesses and expels pus, especially in the Lungs.
With Jie Geng, for Lung abscess.
Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao 9g Clears Liver Fire and clears Hot Phlegm.
Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua 9g Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver and detoxifies.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 9g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, unblocks the nasal passages, reduces swelling, eliminates toxins, expels pus and alleviates pain.
With Huang Qin, for Wind-Heat headaches.
Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi 9gt Disperses Wind and Dampness and opens the nasal passages.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 9g Opens the Lungs, spreads Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, benefits the throat, expels pus and opens and raises Lung Qi, directing the effects of other herbs to the upper body.
With Bai Zhi, for ulcerated abscess where pus is being discharged slowly.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 9g Promotes urination, clears Damp-Heat, clears Liver Heat, clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm and stops coughing.
With Huang Qin, Long Dan Cao and Ju Hua, for Heat in the Liver channel with red, painful, swollen eyes.
With Huang Qin and Yu Xing Cao, for Lung Heat coughs with copious yellow sputum.
Rx. Agastaches/Pogostemmi Huo Xiang 9g Aromatically transforms Dampness, releases the Exterior and transforms turbidity.
Rx. Gentianae Long Dan Cao 6g Drains Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder channels and drains and pacifies Excess Liver Fire.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears and discharges Gallbladder Heat
  • Transforms Dampness
  • Opens the Orifices

SYNDROMES

  • Gallbladder Deficiency Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Runny nose with profuse, thick, foul-smelling, sticky yellow or yellow-green, turbid, purulent Phlegm
  • Maybe Blood flecks in the Phlegm
  • Nasal congestion
  • Anosmia
  • Red, swollen, distended nasal membranes
  • Severe frontal headache
  • Orbital or supraorbital bone pain
  • Bilateral temporal headache
  • Maxillary bone pain
  • Generalized fever
  • A dry throat
  • Tinnitus
  • Deafness
  • red eyes
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Agitation
  • Restlessness
  • Irritability
  • Indecision
  • Suspiciousness
  • Palpitations with anxiety
  • Insomnia
  • Frequent sighing
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow or Yellow and greasy
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and wiry or Thready and wiry- maybe rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For sinusitis with Blood Stagnation:
  
+ 9g Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi    
+ 9g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao