Below you will find theoretical and clinical applications information related to liver and gallbladder damp heat. We have created associations based on clinical experience that lead to possible treatment approaches with acupuncture points, individual herbs, TCM formulas, and more.

Liver and Gallbladder Damp Heat - Basics

Chest a/or hypochondriac pain/distention, jaundice, fever, bitter taste in the mouth, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, swelling a/or itching of the genitals.

Tongue Diagnosis

Red w/yellow sticky coat.

Pulse Diagnosis

Slippery, wiry, rapid.

The following 9 TCM Formulas are empirically related to the treatment of Liver and Gallbladder Damp Heat

C

• Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Wan (Bupleurum, Dragon Bone, and Oyster Shell Formula) Calm The Spirit

L

• Long Dan Xie Gan Wan (Gentiana Purge Liver Formula) Clear Heat

S

• Si Miao Wan (Four Marvels Powder) Expel Dampness

W

• Wen Dan Wan (Warm the Gallbladder Formula) Treat Phlegm

X

• Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin Wan (Immortals Formula For Sustaining Life) Clear Heat
• Xiao Feng Wan (Clear Wind Pill) Expel Wind
• Xie Xin Wan (Drain the Epigastrium Formula) Clear Heat

Y

• Yi Zi Wan (Decoction B) Clear Heat
• Yin Chen Hao Wan (Artemisiae Scopariae Decoction) Clear Heat

The following herbal formulas are potentially useful in the process of treating liver and gallbladder damp heat. For a complete list from our store with more details see our liver and gallbladder damp heat formula section.

• Yi Zi Wan
• Guan Jie Shu Wan
• Yin Chen Hao Wan
• Li Dan Wan
• Xiao Feng Wan
• Xiao Chai Hu Tang Wan
• Wen Dan Wan
• Long Dan Xie Gan Wan
• Li Niao Pai Shi Wan
• Chai Hu Long Gu Mu Li Wan

The Chinese Medicine treatment of liver and gallbladder damp heat generally involves being certain that this pattern is the proper diagnosis. Each pattern may have multiple conditions and each condition may arise from one or more patterns (see treating the cause and not the symptoms).

The following 40 conditions may arise from liver and gallbladder damp heat . Each condition is listed with other possible patterns to expand diagnostic possibilities.

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