The dangers of long-term use of Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang are not very clear.
Ling Gui Zhu Gan Tang is a traditional Chinese medicine formula from The Essentials of the Golden Chamber, consisting of Poria, Gui Zhi, Atractylodes Macrocephalae, and Glycyrrhiza Uralensis.
This formula is warm but not hot, treating both the symptoms and the root cause, strengthening the spleen and inducing dampness, warming yang and resolving fluid (warming yang qi in the body to promote water metabolism). It is a good remedy for treating phlegm-drink (a pathological product formed as a result of impaired metabolism of water and fluid) with deficiency of Yang in the middle Jiao, with common symptoms such as dizziness and palpitation, shortness of breath and coughing, white and slippery fur on the tongue, and fullness and discomfort in the chest and ribs.
Since there is no authoritative information documenting the harm of long-term use of Ling Gui Jiu Gan Tang, the harm of long-term use of this medicine is not very clear at present. However, this formula should not be used by those whose drinking evils have accumulated for a long time and have turned into heat, and who suffer from dryness and bitterness in the mouth, burning pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), constipation, irritability, and coughing up sticky phlegm.
Ling Gui Jiu Gan Tang can be added and subtracted according to the actual situation of the patient, the specific use of medication, must be guided by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, should not be used on their own.