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Gallbladder pure heat

胆瘅 〔膽癉〕 dǎn dān

A disease manifesting as bitter taste in the mouth and arising when depressed heat in the gallbladder that fails to be discharged by free coursing flows upward into the mouth. Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn, qí bìng lùn). When there is illness marked by bitter taste in the mouth... the disease is called gallbladder pure heat.

Medicinal therapy: Use formulas such as Gentian Liver-Draining Decoction (龙胆泻肝汤 lóng dǎn xiè gān tāng).

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