How to tell whether to take Ermiao Pills or Longdian Diarrhea Liver Pills (龙胆泻肝丸)

Both Ermiao Pills and Longdian Diarrhea Pills can clear dampness and heat, and the use of medication needs to be decided according to the patient’s symptoms. 1. Ermiao Pill has the effect of drying dampness and clearing heat. It is used for the treatment of dampness-heat infiltration (dampness and heat invading the intestines, bladder, pubic area and lower limbs), redness, swelling, heat and pain in the feet and knees, lower limb dengue (acute infectious disease with reddening of the skin as if painted), leucorrhoea, and wet and itchy scrotum. 2. Longdian Diarrhea Liver Pill has the efficacy of clearing liver and gallbladder and facilitating dampness and heat. It is used for dizziness and red eyes (dizziness and red eyes), tinnitus and deafness, ear pain, dystocia and bitterness in mouth (pain in the area of dystocia and ribs and bitterness in the mouth) caused by damp-heat in the liver and gallbladder (damp-heat evils accumulated in the liver and gallbladder). Please take the above medicines on the advice of a doctor.