Is Gentian Diarrhea Pill the same as Gentian Diarrhea Soup?

Gentian Liver Pill and Gentian Liver Tang, as common medicines in Chinese medicine clinics, are basically the same in composition and clinical efficacy, with only differences in dosage form and production process. Gentian Liver Pill is the pills of Gentian Liver Tang, which has the advantage of being easy to carry and take, in addition, the composition of the two drugs is basically the same, there are Scutellaria baicalensis, gentian herb, gardenia, zejia, mouton, angelica and other Chinese herbs. The efficacy of the two drugs is basically the same, both have the efficacy of clearing and diarrhea of liver and gallbladder fire, clearing the liver meridian damp-heat (liver meridian feeling damp-heat evil), can be used for liver and gallbladder fire inflammation and liver meridian damp-heat injection, manifested as headache, eye red, dystocia (coeruleus and rib pain), bitter taste in the mouth, deafness, yin and yin swelling and itching, impotence, yin and yin sweating, urination drenched in urine, or women’s yellowish smelling underneath the belt, and so on. However, due to the presence of more bitter and cold herbs in Gentian Diarrhea Pill or Gentian Diarrhea Soup, when patients take it for a long time, it is easy to injure the spleen and stomach, therefore, it is generally not recommended to take it for a long time in order to avoid aggravating or triggering other adverse reactions, which may threaten the health of patients, such as those who have deficiency of spleen and stomach (spleen and stomach weakness and cold), those who have deficiency of yin and hyperactivity of yang (Yin fluid deficiency, Yang energy hyperactivity), and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding women. Chinese medicines should be applied under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner’s diagnosis, do not use medicines without authorization.