Can Gentian Diarrhea Pill and Liu Wei Di Huang Wan be taken separately?

It is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicines during the time of taking Gentian Liver Disease Pills, so as to avoid the stagnation of damp-heat evils, and Liuwei Di Huang Wan is a tonic medicine, so the two should be taken separately. 1. Gentian Diarrhea Pill can clear the liver and gallbladder, and promote dampness and heat. It is used for dizziness and redness of the eyes, tinnitus and deafness caused by dampness-heat of the liver and gallbladder, pain in the ears, dystocia and bitterness in the mouth (pain in the area of dystocia and ribcage and bitterness in the mouth). The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not clear, but it is not advisable to take tonic Chinese medicines at the same time while taking this drug. 2. Liu Wei Di Huang Wan can nourish yin and tonify the kidney. It can be used for kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, bone vaporization and tidal fever (a burst of heat, feeling that the heat comes from inside the bone to the outside), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and the sweating stops after waking up), and spermatorrhea. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not known. Patients are advised to take the medicine under medical supervision.